PERSONAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 217, 31 August 1911, Page 4

PERSONAL

Mr. and Mrs Gray left for Wellington by the Hauroth (his nfti'iniocn.

Mr R. B. Ross, M.P., for Paliiatua is in Napier at present on Education Board business. 1

Mr. John Board, of the N.Z. L. ami .M.A., left N tpier thir- ai’ti me. m by the Hnuix.to 0:1 a holiday 11 ip to Svdncv.

Air. IL L. Donnellv intends leaving for (he Povcrtv Bav district on land valuatmg business. The Popo has sufficient Iv recovered from his illness to be able to give audiences.

Sergeant-Detective ( assells returned to Napier from Dannevirkc lasl toning. Inspector Dwver returned to-dav.

Air. Jack Marlin, the well-known Pirate footballer, left for Gisborne on Mcndy night. He will be greatly missed in local football circles.

Mr. R. Laws, who has been employed as draughtsman by a firm at Ncwcastlc-on-Tyne. England, returned to Napier by the s.s. Sussex yesterday after several years absence. Admiral Togo has sailed homewards from Ottawa attended by several American warships. President Taft sent a message of good wishes.

Air. Selby Alorton, of Wanganui, was married to-day at Wanganui to Miss May Hearne, of St. John’s Hill. Air. Alorton is well-known as the secretary of the Wanganui Agricultural and Pastoral Society.

Captain Potter, who for some time past has been attached to the headquarters staff of the Canterbury military district as adjutant, will leave for India at the end of next month for a period of training with an Imperial regiment.

The funeral of Airs Alary Ann Rundle who died suddenly at Taradalc on Alonday took place yesterday. There was a large attendance of friends and relatives. The 'service was conducted by the Rev. A. P, Clarke.

Air. Paid left Napii r l\.r Welling ton-dny by the Haurcto. A S.vdney cable state-, ’hat Mr. Cecil F. Adams has been appour.-d secretary of 'h.- Co-opcrat'v<.' Assurance Companv of Au.-tralaHa The fcllt.-vving ccmpc-i iterr. nt the musical cuinpeti!ions left this morning : - -Madam Briggs (Wang inui). Misses Bcauiucnl and .Brown (Oiaki) Messrs Fnlliser (Palmerston) and J. Bell (1.-.wer Hull). The other Wanganut competitors left this afternoon.

The Outlook states that the R-*.-. Professor Hewitson leaver. Dunedin next moiitl) for ;i trip to Gr su Britain. He expects to Im* away six months, and will devoir the lime !<> a careful study of the modes and methods adopted in the resideir ial colleges of the Old Land.

Dr. .1. Q. A. Henry, in writing to Mr. H. N. Holmes, states h<* has just concluded his final mission in Australasia. It was held at Toowoomba, Queensland. Dr. Henrv left. Sydney on Monday by the Makura, en route* to, America.

According to a letter read in 11m Legislative Council on Tuesday by Sir .John Findlay, tin* Speaker of the Council, Sir (.'. C. Bowen was to leave London by the Rotorua and is due here about the middle of September. Sir John Findlay stated that he saw Sir Charles Bow.n in London and he was then veiy well and feeling the benefit of the tri j).

The death took place at the Palmerston Hospital on Monday of Mr. Isaac Kent. Deceased who was 70 .years of age, was an old Maori war veteran, having seen service on the East Coast during the sixties. He was also a member of the Hawke’s Bay Military Settlers under Major Fraser. He leaves a widow and family to mourn their loss. The death is announced of Mr. James Madden, an old resident of the West Coast. The late Mr. Madden had been identified with the West Coast since 1566, in which year he was one of the first four men to drive a mob of cattle to Ahaura from Canterbury via the Kapara. He was particularly successful in the matter of raising trotting stock, and wms the owner of Dictator and several other noted trotters.

Mr. IV. A. Smith, manager of the Hawkes Bay Timber Company, after 19 years service, has severed his connection with the company for the purpose joining in business with Mr. Eddy, plumber of Napier and Hastings. Mr. Smith has been a sleeping partner in the business fcr a number of years and now that he has decided t:» take an active interest his well-known cop.iinereiai ability should assure success fcr the firm.

The “Sydney Sun” reports that Mr. William Richardson, a well known station owner from the Whangarei district, North Island <>t New Zealand, accompanied by Mrs. Richardson and family of eleven, whose ages range from two years to 16, arrived from Auckland by tin* Maheno yesterday morning, and left for Brisbane in the afternoon. Mr. Richardson intends taking up a tract of couutrv in Queensland.

Mr. A . p. S Macdonald. M.lb f< r Bg.v of Plenty, is seriom-av ill. I He has boon suffering from neuritis for MHih liiiu and shortly alter he -poke in the- House on Tuesday night, ho had io rieeive medical attention, lb was conveyed to a private hespn cl yesterday and hie illness has since been diagnosed as clue to appendicitis. Doctors fear complications may ( nstie. Air. Macdonald was in groat pain last night and the operation for append nit 1-. bad to lie pc:,tp< ned account of the condition cf his heart.

Ala: Moul-ug’iK.*, the official ace-’.m-pianist at the Musical Compelitions, lelt Napier by the express this morning. Last night nt the conclusion of the prizewinners’ concert the cc.m--pcl.itol s assembled on the stage and presented her with a silver card cose as a mark of apreciation of her valuable serv ices. The presentation was made by Mr. C. Smith ,->f Wellington, and Mr. P. Ti.mbs, Hastings responded lor Mrs Montague. As an accompanist Airs Montague is exceptionally clever and she followed tin’ temperament of the different competitors with an unfailing intuition which was of the greatest, help to them. Thc-ir appreciation of her was well deserved.

We learn from Wellington ti -s morning that nothing further na.! transpired with regard to the escaped prisoner’s movements. 'i'l.e police there think that lie is being secreted in the town with the ultimate object of getting away by a steamer. The general opinion there is thal then' is little doubt, he is being helped by accomplices, whilst there is also a lot of public sympathy for him, details which make it extremely difficult for the police to' (‘O]>e with the situation. Regarding the jmhlic cympathy Wellington does not differ greatly from Palmerston. where it is quite common to hear sympathetic remarks and statements that food and clothing would be available for him if nee *ssarv.