PERSONAL NOTES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 4182, 7 March 1916, Page 5

PERSONAL NOTES.

His Honor Judge Jones returned to town from Tologa Bay yesterday moi’mng.

Mi- H. H. De Costa leave's for Sou-li L-y the s.s. Arahura this eveniim <>n a business trip. “

Mr F. Hutchinson has been appointed associate to Mr Justice Smi, -.11 succession to Mr J. A. Sim, the judge’s son, who is at present in camp at Trcntham.

Captain H. R. Friedlander, of the K.A.M.C., is amongst the names of New Zealanders mentioned in the final dispatch issued by Field-Marshal Viscount French. Captain Friedlander who was recommended for gallantry and distinguished conduct in the field is a sou of Mr Rudolph Friedlander, of Ashburton.

Mr Malcoln Niceol, Grand Secretary of New Zealand Freemasonry, is at present in Auckland, making preliminary arrangements for the transfer from Christchurch of his head office, which will, under the Masonic peripatetic, he stationed in Auckland for two years from May next.

It is anticipated that ChaplainMajor J. A. Luxford and CaptainChaplain- H. Li. Blamires, of the Methodist denomination, will arrive in the Dominion within the next fortnight. The former was severely wounded at Gallipoli, where ho was conspicuous hy Ids fearlessness and devotion to duty.

A Whakatanc- correspondent says that the Hon. A. T. Ngata is in the Urewora Country, and is supposed to he endeavoring to persuade Rua to submit to the authorities in connection with his sentence of nine months’ imprisonment’ for illicit trading -jn liquor. A further attempt to arrest the “prophet’’ is evidently tinder way.

Cable advice has-been received in Gisborne -hat Lieut. W. S. R. Bloomfield, of the Royal Flying Corps, has been admitted, slightly wounded in the knee, to the Red Cross Hospital, Rouen. Lieut. Bloomfield, who is the son of Mrs Bloomfield, and a brother of Mrs H. E. Bright, both of Gisborne, was studying architecture in England at the outbreak of war, and joined the Flying Corps, later being promoted to lieutenant.

Mrs John Vile, senr.. of Pahiatua, will celebrate her 100th birthday in thy month of May. The old lady, who has lived under five British _ Sovereigns, came to New Zealand with her husband and family sixty years ago. For some months past, she has been confined to her bed, but her friends hope that she may see the century out.

The Hon! AV. D. S. MacDonald (Minister of Agriculture and Mines) is paying a short visit to Gisborne, and hopes to leave for V olliugton tomorrow. Speaking to a “Times’’ reporter yesterday lie stilted that, ho did not think the Hon. A. L. Herclman (Minister of Justice) would he ablo to come to Gisborne just now. Ho believed the Hon. G. W. Russell would bo here this week, and as Mr Russell has charge of returned .soldiers in hospital he would no doubt inquire into the soldiers’ cases heie during his visit.

The death announced of an old and greatly respected resident of Wellington,' Mrs Harriet Kennedy, widow'of the late Captain Kennedy, who passed away on Monday at her residence in Tinakori road. Airs Kennedy arrived in Wellington in one of the pioneer ships, the. Nelson, which was commanded by her brother, Captain Edward Martin. Captain Kennedy was the chief officer, arid she was married to him on their arrival in Wellington. She was 91 years of age. Her sons are Messrs A. E. Kennedy, W. A. Kennedy (manager of the' Union Steam Ship Company, Wellington), and A. R. Kennedy.

Ono of the, best-known in Poverty Bay passed away at the Gisborne Hospital on. Sunday in the person of Mr M. Maher, at the age of .)!). ••Mk-k,” as: he is more familiarly known, has been a prominont- figure in local sporting circles for the past 35 years. lie was c. first-class horseman and won a number of good races in different parts of the Dominion, afterwards turning his attention to training. At different times he rode and trained for Messrs A. McDonald, Donald McDonald, Bailey, Montigo Smith, D. Heoburn, ,J. Chadwick, Sir James Carroll and others. 0' 10 ,. 01 the best horses he rode over hurdles was Cat if, on which he won the hurdle races at Napier Park and Hawke s Bav. putting up a record at that time for New Zealand at the latter place over a mile and ihrce-cjuavtois, iunniiig the distance in 3.17. lie also trained Hereulanium when lie beat AVaitiri at .Makaraka. the latter being barred mi the machine, tins being about the greatest boil-over that nas ever happened on a local course. Uptime Gisborne sports will remembei a match that created a. lot of interest at the time between Disturbance (ridden by Malier) and Catif (ridc.en by f) J. Barry), oih> milo, ovor f uncos* for £25 aside, the • former winning. Maher also rode a horse, called bailor at Makaraka sports when ho jumped oft 2in high and 33ft long, and he also rode him in a inunber of hurUe races he won in this district. l‘ ,e host horse the deceased trained was Malmtonga. who ran second in the N.Z. Cup, and then went t o Auckland and won the Auckland Cup canyiug X. 12, also winning the Winter Cup P.U), Metropolitan Handicap 8.0, and numerous other races for Sir James Carroll. Maher possessed a very fine disposition and had a good word for overvono, and' was very well liked, trainers throughout the Dominion who knew him always had a good wo rd for Mick. The family will have vhc sympathy of a large number oi sportsmen.