Personal.

Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 1, 2 January 1901, Page 3

Personal.

Mr and Mrs Cargill left for Greymouth on Saturday via Dunedin. Mr and Mrs G. W. Tiffen have returned to Gisborne from Australia. Mr Banjo Paterson arrives in Gisborne by the steamer this afternoon. Mr Lockie Gannon, now in the front rank of Auckland rowers, is on a holiday visit to Gisborne.

Mr Frank Faram, who has been stationed in Hawke’s Bay for some years, is spending a holiday with his relatives in Gisborne. Tho many friends of Mr Syd. Riley, the popular footballer, will be pleased to learn that he is returning to Gisborne to join the Times staff.

Mr A. M. DeCosta, who has been stationed in Wellington for some years, is enjoying his holiday with his relatives in Gisborne. He leaves for the South this evening. Mr F. T. Steele, one of the founders of the Gisborne Telephone, and now of Auckland, has been having a short holiday in Gisborne, and leaves for Auckland this morning, accompanied by his bride (nee Miss A. Colley). Mr V. Willeston, the Hon. J. Carroll’s private secretary, is in Gisborne for a few weeks, accompanied by Mrs Willeston. Mr Willeston’s many friends aro pleased to know that he is steadily recovering from his recent indisposition. “Distant fields aye look green,” remarks the Wellington Free Lance in reference to the intended departure of Messrs A. Cox and F. Holford from Gisborne for South Africa. At the same time our Wellington contemj orary will join in wishing the young men the best of luck. Mr J. A, Shand, a member of the New Zealand Herald staff, and who did such splendid service as special war correspondent for that and other leading journals, is to take a temporary position on the staff of the Gisborne Times. Mr Shand, accompanied by j Mrs Shand, arrives in Gisborne by the Mararoa to-day. We have to express our obligations to Messrs Wilsons and Horton, proprietors of the N.Z. Herald, for their courtesy in allowing Mr Shand to take the run down to Gisborne for a few weeks.

The great esteem in which Mr J. W. Cargill is held in Gisborne was shown on Saturday last, when an influential assemblage of citizens and settlers met that gentleman at the Masonic Club rooms, and presented him with an address and a purse of sovereigns (75) prior to his departure from Gisborne. The testimonial was a spontaneous one, without canvassing of any kind. The presentation was made by the Mayor, and Messrs DeLautour, Bright, Joyce, Kennedy, Bellerby, Gray, and Kenway also added their testimony to the worth of Mr Cargill. A toast to the health of Mr and Mrs Cargill was given with musical honors, and a modest reply was made by the much-esteemed guest. The gathering broke up with very cordial wishes for continued happiness and prosperity.