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Evening Star, Issue 19351, 10 September 1926, Page 3

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Bishop Liston will preach the dedication sermons at the opening and blessing oi the now Catholic; churches at Outram and Ranfurly. Rev. J. J. Lewis, of Auckland, will arrive by this evening’s express to take part in the Mornington Methodist Church jubilee gatherings. The death has occurred at Wellington of Captain Joseph Hyde, aged ninety-five years. As a gunner lie was in the Crimea, and helped to serve the two 181 b guns at the Battle ot inkerman, which outmatched the Russian artiller? Jind silenced it at a critical stage of the fight. Captain Hyde’s description o fit was that “ wo blew the Russian guns and gunners to jneces. He arrived in New Zealand in 10/b, ana lived first in Nelson and latterly in Wellington. He leaves seventy-six descendants, including his widow and eight daughters. . Mr P. H. Young, who has severed Ins connection with The Bristol Piano Cornpam* after twenty-five years’ service with the firm, was the recipient of a presentation from his fellow-employees in tho form of a travelling bag. Mr L. Bonnell made tho presentation, and referred to the long and faithful services rendered by Mr Young, who suitably rcplicd. Mr Bonnell also conveyed to Mr Young the directors’ appreciation of liis valuable services. Recent arrivals at tho Excelsior Hotel include Mr L. Lawrence (Sydnevl Mr and Mrs Johnston (Auckland), Mr 0. I). Bell (Wellington), Messrs J. K. Maloney, J. Alien, I . MTlngh. L. T. Coll, C. D. Stewart J. Elliott, E. Rich, R. J. Gibbs, A. Iv. Ciinningham, S. ,G. I'aiuknor, J. C. Cibbs, C. H. Gibbs, R. Smith, A. A. Wilton, and T. Fletcher. Staving at the Grand Hotel arc Mr and Mrs A. Godfrey and Mr and Mrs J. Grant (London), Mr and Mrs R. Hon (Boston), Messrs H. A. Smith ami C. Walker (Sydney), Mr R, G. Moodhouse (Auckland), Messrs E. G. Rutledge and W. Aitcheson, Captain and Mrs Cbudlev (Wellington). Mr and Mrs Res (Ghatto Creek), Miss Larking (Clyde). , , Guests at the Hotel Carlton include Mx R. 0. C. G. Hately (London), Mr G. He Noyau (Sydney). Messrs P Sherlock and N. L. Reid (Christchurch). Mr and Mrs Houglas Macpherson, ■who have had seventeen years’ experience in the Salvation Army work, are appointed master and matron of the Benevolent Institution at Cavershara in succession to Mr and Mrs Porteous. The announcement of the death of Mrs Florence Elizabeth Milne, which occurred on August 31, will bo received with profound regret, not only in Christchurch and Lyttelton, but in

Hunedin and on the West Coast, (states the. Christchurch ‘Press’). The. late Mrs Milne, who was born in Christchurch, was a daugher of the late Mr R. B. Henniston, the well-known mining engineer, who discovered the rich coalfields in the Bullcr district, and who opened tho coal mines on tho barren plateau near Westport where sprang up the township which was tallied Henniston in his honor. After her marriage to Mr Alexander Milne, who was formerly manager of the Lyttelton Harbor Board’s freezing works, Mrs Milne made her home in Lyttelton. Later she lived in Sumner, and when her husban, after many years of ill-health, died a few years ago she moved to Opawa, and there, as in Lyttelton and Sumner, she soon won the esteem and affection of a large circle of, friends. Her gracious manner, her loyalty, her ready 1 sympathy and genuine kindness of heart endeared her to many, and of her it can lie truly said that she never lost a friend.