PERSONAL

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXV, Issue 3374, 6 October 1931, Page 5

PERSONAL

The death occurred at Wellington on Friday of Miss Phoebe Pomare, sister of the late Sir Maui Pomare. Miss Pomare had been ailing for some time. Sir Maui Pomare died in California last year. His body

was brought to Wellington and cremated and his ashes were placed in a vault at Waitara at the end of August.

When handing over the Banks and Law and Auctioneers’ Shield to Mr. E. Hislop, captain of the Stock firms’ team, at the smoko in Barraud and Abraham’s hall on Saturday evening, Mr. H. Rothery remarked upon the fact that Mr. James Hislop, father of Mr. E. Hislop, formerly held a very important position in the Civil Service, being Undersecretary of the Department of Internal Affairs. Mr. Hislop,' senior, was held in very high respect, and the speaker was glad to know that the stock firms’ team had been led that day by the son of such an esteemed father. Mr. Hislop, senior, was known from one end of the Dominion to the other, and during the time he held an important official position, had been courteous, yet firm in all his dealings with the public, and it had been his policy to deal fairly and impartially with all matters on which he was called upon to give a decision.

The death occurred in the Te Kuiti Hospital on Friday last of Mr. John Gribbon, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. N. Gribbon, of Mahoenui. Death was due to complications of peritonitis. Mr. Gribbon was 23 years of age and was a fine type of young manhood. He played football for the several past seasons for the Mahoenui Club, and had represented the Tainui Union. He was held in high esteem among the old and young folk of the district where he has lived all his life. Taken thus early on the threshhold of life, Mr. Gribbon promised to be the type needed to carry on the work of the earlier pioneers of which his parents were among the first at Mahoenui. The funeral of the late Mr. Gribbon took place at Te Kuiti yesterday, and was largely attended by residents of the district to which he belonged.

Sir Thomas Lipton, whose death took place last week, commenced his career behind the counter of a grocery store at Glasgow and afterwards became a millionaire merchant, sportsman and philanthropist. He will best be remembered by the public as a yachtsman. He has been a persistent seeker after the America Cup, and has expended enormous sums of money in building yachts, sailing across the Atlantic and meeting America’s fleetest craft in contest for the trophy. He challenged for the cup in 1889, 1901, 1903, 1914, 1920, and 1930, but always he has been at a disadvantage through having to build a yacht sturdy enough to sail the stormy Atlantic, and in many a stirring Contest he has always failed to take the cup back to Britain. It was his cheerful acceptance of defeat and his trying again that earned for him the name of the “World’s Best Loser.” After the last fchallenge and defeat of the Shamrock, American admirers presented Sir Thomas with a “loving cup” in recognition of his sportsmanship. As a soldier, sailor and keen business man, Sir Thomas has been one of the most popular figures in Britain. From a humble beginning his business interests rapidly expanded from his famous half-pound stores until he became the owner of extensive tea and rubber estates in Ceylon, and his name was common in international trade. Sir Thomas founded the Alexandra Trust for providing the poor with cheap, wholesome meals. He was an indefatigable helper of starving Serbs in 1916 and had a high honour conferred upon him by the King of Serbia. He was created a baronet in 1902, and became a Grand Officer of the Crown of Italy and of the Order of St. Sava (Serbia).