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Grey River Argus, 31 May 1922, Page 4

PERSONAL.

'l’he friends of Mr Bort Munson will regret to hem- that lit' is suffering from another attack of rheumatics. Air !•'. <l. Jones, consulting engineer, Railway Department, arrived from Christchurch last night on an official Brian McCleary and Jim Alusson arrived in Greymouth last evening on their journey through to Westport, where the former boxes Cadman. It is .stated that the Reform Party's candidate for Hutt against the sitting member. Air T. M. Wilford, will he Air W. T. Strand, Mayor of Lower Hutt. Sir Joseph AVard, who is at present in Wellington, states that he has been asked to contest 14 seats at the next general election, but so far has not decided to stand at all. ’Die death took place at the residence of her daughter, Westport, on Thursday night, of Mrs Afargaret Horn, relict of the late Mr Anthony Hern. Deceased is .’mother of the pioneers who are passing away, having arrived in West perl ' yenijs ago. Rc'-ftonites will be inicrested to hear of the engagement of Mr K. IL J. Saxon (_\e|son, ; nd Emmanuel College, Cambridge, formerly on the Reefton District High School staff), to Miss Frances Smith, (.laughter of the Rev. A. W. Smith, of Monks Kirby X'icarage, Leicestershire. Mr W. V. Ilanstock, of Denniston, much improved in health, arrived from Ilanmer by the express last evening. Mr 1 [anstock will depart by the Reefton train for Westport to-day. Tie is very enthusiastic about the splendid treatment meted out to him by the Ilanmer Hospital staff and all the friends he camo in contact with. AVe regref that rhe name of Mr T. E. Y. Seddon, M.l’., was unintentionally omitted from the list of those who accompanied Hon < . .1. Parr on his visit to the School and Hospital on Monday. As was to be expected as member for this district, Mr Seddon took a prominent part in the representations mad'* to the Minister on behalf of his constituents. The death of a former well-known Greymouth resident, Mr Frank Kemple, took place yesterday nt Wellington, at fin- Hospital, where he had been admitted only the previous evening, suffering from an attack of pneumonia. The late Mr Kemple, who was close on 50 years of age, had for some years past been foreman Hnotypist on the staff of the “New Zealand Times,” Wellington, and was noted as a very efficient operator. lie learned his craft on the staff of the “Grey River Argus,” on which he served for very many years, both “;t tin* case'’ and on the lino when this paper was the property of Messrs Kerr, Arnott ami Co. He was known here as a most rclmble and expeditious tradesman. In the field of sport, he was a prominent cricketer, good with bat and ball, while he also had a very comprehensive knowledge of tin* turf. A single man and a native of Greymouth, deceased belonged to a well-known family here, and is survived by three sisters, Alesdames D. Mcßrearty, and J. W. Hannan, and Aliss F. Kemple, of Alexander Street. The many friends of Air Kemple on the West Coast will sincerely regret his unexpected death, and will extend to the relatives sincere sympathy in their bereavement. Airs Mcßrearty and Mrs Hannan left, yesterday for Wellington. Says the Auckland “Observer”:—Air “Fat’’ O'Regan, loading counsel for the defence in the trial of Dr Liston, is one of our ablest Irish-Colonials. He is a native of Charleston, on the west coast of the South Island, and spent much of his early life in the Inangahua A’alley, his father having been a farmer. His early thoughts turned towards public matters and political problems. He early became an ardent disciple of Henry George and under the nonie deplume of “Horny Hand'’ wrote largely on signle tax and other subjects in the local papers. At the age of 22 ho became editor of the Reefton “Guardian” end a few months later he joined the Inangahua “Tinies”— also a Reefton journal—in a similar capacity. He has always written exceedingly veil. .After severing his connection with journalism he was for a short period travelling representative of the Catholic “Times,” a weekly paper then published in AV’cllington. It was about this time—in 1893—that the Inangahua sent in Parliament became vacant through tin* resignation of the sitting member, Air “Dick” Reeves. Mr O'Regan contested the seat, thus met ting in sigle combat a former Premier, Sir Robert Stout, who had been out of politics since his defeat in Dunedin neatly six years previously. Mr O’Regan, although unsuccessful, made a good stand against such a strong opponent. Six months later, at the general elections, when Sir Robert Stout was not a candidate, Air won the seat, one of his two opponents being the former member, Air Reeves. Three years later the Inangahua seat was merged in the Buller and “P.J.” beat James Colvin (“Uncle”). In 1899, when these two Irishmen again faced the electors the tables were turned, Air Colvin displacing Mr O’Regan. The latter, who has mastered the intricacies of the law and was 40 years of ago, entered legal practice in Wellington. He unsuccessfully contested Wellington Parliamentary seats on several occasions, but while the Legislature has been the loser the Bar has been the gainer. Air O’Regan has a singularly kind nature although he seems a ruthless opponent. He has moreover a very fine family of six children and a charming wife whose quiet word will still even an oratorical “P.J.” single tax tempest.