PERSONAL ITEMS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 2 September 1924, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

At the first meeting of the newlyappointed board of directors of Kaupokonui Dairy Company, Mr. E. T. Burke, who had been acting chairman for some months, was unanimously elected chairman.

Mrs Hobhouse, widow of a former Bishop of Nelson, celebrated her one hundredth birthday at Wells, Somerset (England) recently.

The death occurred on Thursday at her residence, Hastings, of Mrs. (Nurse) Eliza Luke Dickson, widow of the late Mr. J. Dickson, at the age of 70 years.

A very old settler of the Hawke’s Bay district, Mrs. J. J. Sinclair, passed away at Otane on Thursday last.. Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair, with their family of seven," the youngest or whom .was born on board ship, arrived in the bay of Napier nearly 50 years ago, in the ship Clarence. Mr H. S, S. Kyle, the unsuccessful Reform candidate for the Riccarton seat at the last general election, informed a Lyttelton Times reporter that he had definitely decided to contest the seat again at the next election in the interests of the Reform Party. At the last election, on December 7, 1922, the polling was as follows: G. Witty (Liberal), 3240; H. S. S. Kyle (Reform), 3005; J. A. McCullough (Labour), 2341. Mr. Charles Jones, a member of the advertising staff of the Lyttelton Times, died at his residence, Merivale, on Thursday. Mr. Jones was a wellknown and respected figure in the business world of Christchurch. Born in Geelong, Victoria, Mr. Jones at an early age came to Christchurch with his parents, who had arrived in. Wellington in 1842. In the early ’eighties he moved, with his parents, to Timaru, and shortly afterwards became associated with his brother, the late Hon. George Jones, in the management of the Oamaru Mail. He went to Christchurch in 1905, and a few years later joined the advertising staff of the Press and Weekly Press, and in 1918 joined the staff of the Lyttelton Times Company, Ltd., and was in the employ of this company when he died. He is survived by a widow and two sons. At the annual meeting of the Kaupokonui Dairy Company the chairman referred to the sudden death of Mr. J. D.' Mitchell, and on his motion a vote of sincere condolence was passed with the relatives. Mr. Mitchell had been one of the earliest supporters of the company, and was well and highly respected all over the district. In seconding, Mr. E. Long said he had been a neighbour for many years and was confident a whiter man never breathed. The; motion was passed, all standing for a few moments in silence out of respect to his memory.

The sudden death occurred in Dunedin on Thursday of Mr. R, S. Wardrop, whose figure was one of the best known in the streets of the city. He carried on the business of the Dunedin Fibrous Plaster Company, which for many years was practically the only firm carrying on this class of work. Mr. Wardrop (states The Post’s correspondent) was well and popularly known in the Dunedin Commercial Travellers and_ Warehousemen's Association, of which he was one of the oldest members. He was president of the . commercial travellers' entertainers, whbse adjuncts included a choir. Deceased was a Past Master of the Masonic Lodge St. Andrew, and was one of the trustees of Linden Lodge (Oddfellows). He was a vicepresident: of the Kaikorai Football Club. . Mr. Wardrop, whose age was sixty-six, had been in business in Dunedin for twenty-four years, having come from Victoria to Dunedin. ' He was a prominent cricketer in Victoria in his younger days.

The death occurred suddenly ' last week of Mr. James Ogilvie, father of Mrs. A. F. Wimsett, of Church Street, Palmerston North, and formerly of Oamaru. He had entered the hospital for an operation, and while under the, anesthetic collapsed and died. The late Mr. Ogilvie, who. was 85 years of age, was born in Edinburgh, and with his wife and four children came .to New Zealand in 18S9 in the snip James Nicol Fleming, landing at Invercargill. Later they lived for a sh ° rt , in Dunedin, and -then settled m Oamaru. Here Mr. Ogilvie lived until last January, when he moved to Palmerston North. The late Mr. Ogilvie was one. of the oldest Justices of the Peace in New Zealand and while at Oamaru was for a number of years a member of the Borough Council, besides being a member of the school committee, until he was over 70 years of age. His wife died about a year ago, and he is survived bv five daughters and three sons. "