PERSONAL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17586, 17 September 1917, Page 6

PERSONAL.

Mr Robert Arlow (Wellington) is on a visit to Christchurch.

Fathers Seymour, O'Leary and Campbell arrived from tho north on Saturday-

Mr John Wilson has been appointed a member of the Waiau Domain Board, in place of Mr T. M. Marr, resigned.

Messrs C. J. Talbot, M.P., P. C. Webb, M.P., T. K. Sidey, M.P., and J. Craigie, M.P., arrived from Wellington on Saturday. Tlie Rev J. Matthews, Commissioner for Wanganui, ha* accepted a call to the Baptist Church; Ashburton, and will take up his d'utics on November 1.

Amongst the passengers who arrived by tho terry steamer on Saturday were Maior Johnston, Colonel Barnett, Dr Snow, and Messrs Colin, Munro, R. English and H. H. Jackson.

On Friday night the members of the Rangiora Fire Brigade entertained their comrade, Private R. Little, prior to hi& return to camp, and presented him with a money belt and fountain pen.

Among the names gazetted as having been drawn in the tenth ballot is that of J. G. Hughes, Christchurch. This is identical with Private J. Gib •on Hughes, N.Z.M.C., who left Ne"w Zealand fifteen months ago and wa3 wounded last June in the Messincs battle.

Lieutenant Pekama Rongoaia Kaa, who recently died of wounds in France, was a descendant of a notable line of Maori warriors of the Ngatiporou tribe. He was educated at the Rangitukia school, where ho won the Makarini Scholarship. Two year* later he entered the Department of Agriculture. He enlisted in the first Maori Contingent, and was given a commission in the Second Contingent. Lieutenant Kaa was fatally wounded while directing the movements of tho Ngatiporou platoons. Mr Bedford Moodie, with a B 3 certificate, has been appointed Assistant Agricultural Instructor to the Canterbury Education Board. His duties will be in conn*etion with the schools situated in tho late Grey nnd Westland education districts. Next year the Grcvmouth and Hokitika District High Schools intend taking up the rural course of instruction under the new arrangement. Mr Moodie is at present acting as assistant master at the Paeroa District High School, in the Auck-l.-.nd district. Ho has had considerable experience in agricultural education, both in that district and under the Southland Education Board. Mr Moodie is a discharged soldier, saw service in Egypt and was wounded at Gallipoli, but he has now been declared fit for duty.

The "Bay of Plenty Times" records the death of Mr James Henry Fenton, at Te Puke, at the ago of seventy-three years. Mr Fenton was born in Antrim, Ireland, and when a youth left his native town for Australia. For about fifteen years he was engaged in the carrying business on the Ballarat, Bendifo and other goldfields. In 1874 he left Australia, bringing a number of fine draught horses across with him, and settled in Tauranga. He immediately went into business as a carrier between Tauranga, Rotorua and Taupo, employing as many as ten teams of six horses each. In those days all the goods for Rotorua and Taupo were transported by steamer from Auckland or southern ports to Tauranga and thence carted by waggon to their destination. It was no uncommon sight for ten horse and bullock teams, laden with goods, to set out from Tauranga.