PERSONAL ITEMS

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 20 July 1920, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

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Mr Ashley Skinner, accountant in theNational Bank of New Zealand at btrattord, has been appointed accountant m the Napier branch of the bank.

The Prince has arrived at Hobart and was enthusiastically welcomed. lhf\ route of the Royal procession was gaily decorated, and was lined by many thousands of people.

Letters received from Mr James Hull, after whom the township of Bulls was named about fifty y ears ago, indicate that he is in vigorous health and •njoying hf e in England. He is approaching ninety years.

The. Welhngton correspondent cf the Dunedin Star states: There is the best authority for stating that Sir Thomas Mackenzie will settle m Auckland He V { ,^ c *_ he E*form -candidate for Mr t, Mander's seat (Marsden) at the next election, the latter retiring. Sir Ronald Munro-Ferguson, Gover-nor-General of Australia, accompanied by Lady Helen Munro-Ferguson intends to nay a visit to New Zealand, and will be in Auckland fora day or two toward the end of next month.

Mr Darcy Cresswell; who was shot at \\ anganui, having recovered sufficiently to enable him to leave the hosnital, has left for his home in Timaru.* On his doctor's advice he will make the long journey by easy stages.

An old and respected resident of Eltham, in the person of Mrs Caroline Norris, passed away at the Hawera Hospital on Sunday, at the advanced age of 82 years. The deceased lady's husband was the late Mr John Norris, whose death occurred about two years ago. The late Mrs Norris had, many friends in Eltham and district, and the deepest sympathy is extended to the sorrowing family in their bereavement..—Argus.

The death of Mr Edward Morris, senior, in his 82nd year, has removed another old and respected settler. Mr Morris was born in Montgomeryshire, Wales, in 1839, and after serving his. apprenticeship he went to London, where he entered the well-known undertakers' business of Hickman and dives, as foreman. Failing health necessitated his retirement, and he sailed for New Zealand on the ship Strathnaven, arriving in Welhngton in 1872, and settling there, established the well-known undertaker's business. Some years later he retired from the business and went on the land, being one of the early settlers in the Nireaha district, FortyMile Bush, where he was very successful. Some 15 years ago he returned again to Wellington.

Another of that fastrdisappearing band of colonial volunteers who did so much during the struggle between the pakeha and Maori in the 'sixties has passed to his long rest —namely, * Veteran George Tufhn, who died at Wanganui on Saturday, in his 84th year. The death of Veteran Cosslett Johnston recently" left, so far as is known, only two survivors of Turuturu.-Mokoi —J. G. Beamish (Patea), and G. Tuffin, both of whom were seriously wounded on that memorable night of July 12, 1868, when a determined attack, was made on the redoubt by the i Maoris; and had it not been for the pluck and endurance'of the handful of men in charge, there is little doubt but that the whole of the garrison would have fallen. As it was, about a dozen were killed, inciud-ng the officer in charge (Captain Ross). The temper of the Maoris was manifested in the manner in which they treated some of the dead—Captain Ross and a man named Lennon had their hearts cut out. but the former's was recovered near where the body lay; the latter's, however, was>taken away for a wellknown purpose. The late Veteran George Tuffin was the son of highly-respected New Plymouth settlers, who were obliged to abandon their farm at. Omata at the outbreak of the war.

There passed away at Mata on last Thursday afternoon, after a long illness, one of our oldest settlers, MiDennis Mannex, aged 86 years (writes a Mata correspondent). Deceased in the course of his long life had a rather varied experience. Born near Scarriff, County Clare, Ireland his parents took him at the age of six years to Australia, to the various gold diggings there, and after" seven years brought him back to Ireland, where he remained until he attained to the age of 27 years, when he returned to Australia, and from thencfe came to New Zealand 40 years ago, 35 of which he spent at Mata on his farm. Deceased was a quiet, industrious, hard-work-ing nu'.n, whose word was his boad, upright a.id honorable in all his dealings and most respected and beloved by his neighbors. He is* survived by his widow two sons —Thomas and Denis— and five daughters, viz., Mrs >G. Davis, of New Plymouth, Mrs Percy Toylforth, of Manganui, Mrs Charles Trott, of Te Roti, and two unmarried daughters, Mary and Katie of Mata. The remains were followed ho the El--tham cemetery last Saturday by a large number of neighbors and relatives. The Rev Father Moore officiated at the graveside. j