PERSONAL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16602, 14 July 1914, Page 8

PERSONAL.

Sir Joseph Ward returned to Wellington last evening.

Mr Hugo Fricdlander left for Wellington last evening.

The Hon J. Barr, M.L.C., left for Wellington last evening.

Mr E. T. Homo was a passenger for Wellington by the Maori last evening.

The Hon R. H. Rhodes, PostmasterGeneral, left for the north last evening.

Messrs G. Witty, M.P., and G. W. Forbes, M.P., returned to Wellington last evening.

Mr G. R. Whiting, Mayor of Spreydon, left for Wellington last evening to attend tho Municipal Conference.

The Mavor (Mr H. Holland) and tho Town Clerk (Mr H. R. Smith) left for Wellington last night to attend the Munieipa 1 Conference.

Mr J. R. Webb. Mayor of Lyttelton, and Mr L. A. Stringer, town clerk, left for Wellington last evening, to attend tho conference of Municipal Associations.

The Mayor of Ashburton (Mr H. Davis) and town clerk (Mr A. M’Clure) left Ashburton yesterday by tho first express for tho north en route for Wellington to attend the Municipal Conference.

Mr John Beveridge, president of tho New Zealand Licensed Victuallers’ Association, and Mr P. Burke, a member of the Canterbury Licensed Victuallers’ Association, left for Wellington last evening.

At the ploughing match dinner held at Rangiora on Friday evening Mr A. S. Clarkson, ex-president of the Northern Agricultural and Pastoral Association, on behalf of the members, presented a framed certificate to Mr J. L. Wilson, the veteran pressman, in recognition of the interest -bo bad taken in all tlic ploughing matches held in North Canterbury since the first, which took place in 1803.

Tiie Waimate correspondent of the “Lyttelton Times” telegraphs that an old pioneer, Mr Samuel Collett, died on Sunday. He had entered his eightythird year and had lived in Waimate for thirty-six years. He was a native of Gloucestershire, and he came out to New Zealand iu 1858. landing at Lyttelton from the shin Indiana. Mr Collett was h builder \v trade. Ho took part in public life as a borough councillor, for two terms.

Mr James Matthew Thompson, who in his early days followed a seafaring profession, died at his residence, Exeter Street, Lyttelton, yesterday. The deceased, who was seventy-six years of age, was well known in the port, where, prior to about eighteen months ago, ho held tho position of caretaker of the Seamen’s Rest, a position he filled for nearly sixteen years. He was. born at Gravesend in the year 183 S, and came out to New Zealand in the ship Monica.

Advice was received in Ashburton yesterday morning of tho death in London on Friday last of Mr C. F. M. Wrouehton. who.retired from tho managership of tho Ashburton branch of the Union Bank •of Australia some seven or eight months ago. Mr Wroughton bad not enjoyed the best of health of late years, and intended to visit a German health resort. Ho was fiftv-six years of ago. Ho loaves a widow (at. present in London) and a married daughter (in Auckland). •

Mr Dan Crawford. F.R.0.5., tho famous African missionary, explorer, and author of “Thinking Black,” will arrive in Christchurch on Saturday, and will remain in the city four days. The Y.M.C-A. is looking after liis local arrangements. Mr Crawford is a linguist, and can speak or read in thirteen languages. He was born in Greenock, and was farewellcd at Exeter Hall at nineteen years of age, with a band of missionaries for Central Africa, where l.e has spent twenty-threa years of liis life. Ho “bored” into Central Africa to a district 250 miles beyond the spot where the heart of David Livingstone was buried. There with other helpers ho has conducted a mission among tho natives of tho very centre of Central Africa. The character of his work and his success arc indicated in his book “Thinking Black.” Besides doing the work of evnngelising and Bible translating, no has also done great tilings there in the construction of roads', in the building of model native villages, and in the establishing of schools.