PERSONAL MATTERS

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 64, 12 September 1912, Page 6

PERSONAL MATTERS

The Hon. Maurice Baring, who arrived in Wellington some weeks ago, on a visit to His Excellency the Governor, will leave for San Francisco by tho Moana to-morrow, en route for England, Major-General Godley, who has been laid up with a chill, is now much better. Mr. W. Pryor, secretary of the New Zealand Employers' Federation, returned from Wanganui last evening. Mr. Robert T. Turnbull, who went to Tahiti some weeks ago for the benefit of his health, returned to Wellington by tho' Aorangi to-day. Mr. 0. H. Hughes, who is acting as secretary of the Union Steam Ship Company during the time Mr. T. W. Whitbou ie relieving manager, arrived from Sydney yesterday by the Moeraki. Mr. D. M. Yeats, headmaster of the Lower Hutt School, who has been 6©r» iously ill for some time past, underwent an operation yesterday. He is reported to be progressing favourably. Mr. John Town&end Fowler, of Maeterlon, who died at Napier yeeterday morning, ageu 82 yeans, waa formerly Inspector-General of Schools in the Madras Presidency, India. One of Mr. Fowler's sons is headmaster at the Nel» eon College. Recognition of the House of Represent tatives' expression of condolence and sympathy with the relatives of the late Mr. Richard Monk, formerly member for Waitemnla, was acknowledged in a letter to the Speaker from Mr. W. T. Monk, of Auckland yesterday. It was ordered that the latter be recorded on the Journals of the House. Mr. Murdoch Fraser, of Burgess, Fiasor, and Co., New Plymouth, and his eon Mr. Graham Fr&ser, who went to tho Islands about two months' ago, returned to Wellington by the Aorangi to-day. They visited Raratonga, Tahiti, and other islands, and Mi\ Fraser, senior., who is a member of tho Polynesian Society, seized the opportunity to make further researches. t The New Zoa* landers were not at all impressed with Tahiti as a place of residence. Rarotonga, in their opinion ( is an ideal place for a holiday in the cool weather. The Messrs. Fraser will return to New Plymouth to-morrow. Mr. Fred Reyling, on© of Wellington's most prominent Labour men, died at his residence last night. He had been k failing health for over a year pout, bub only gave up his organising and secretarial work & few weeks ago. The late Mr. Reyling was bom in Sydney in 1860. Ho came to New 2o&lami with hit* parent*' when quito a boy, and with thorn settled in Invercargill. Hi» early manhood was spent on the West Coast, but for the last 23 years he resided in Wellington. From the start he took a pre minent part in his trade union. He was ope of the few who took an active part inHhe resuscitation of the Wellington Painter*' Union 15 yeare ago, a«d two years later became secretary of that organisation. For six years ho gave his -ttsrvices to the union priwUcally gratia. TDurirfg that time he succeeded in getting every working puintet in the city in the organisation, and establishing it on a, strong footing. In recognition of his service* he was appointed pewHanonb secretary seven years ago. The Trades Council secretaryship became vacant nbi>ut the wme time, and Mr. Rryling was also elected to that office, He was one of the most popular union officials in the local Labour movement, Mid was ever ready to take his share of the "slogging" work of the movement. Tha deceased was also a prominent member of the Druids' Society. He long ago passed though all the chain*. an<i gave up official work in the lodge with tho rpgret* and good wishes of all fellow members. He leave* & widow ttxtd seven chiMren.