PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mataura Ensign, 26 May 1911, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr C. J'owke. of Timval*!, t.iu-l terbury, will succeed Mi' Koster as st.i- . tionmaster at hdendale consequent on . the transfer <1 the latter to tiu» V< :e ; office. j -Mr John Murray. .IP., and wmcr councillor li.r the city oi wi:h Mrs Murray. spent yesterday altcinoon and to-day at (lore. Mr and .Mrs Murray are on a tour of the world, a.id ( visited \\ aikaka w-stcrday afternoon in order to see the grave of a relative. Mi' 1 Murray has been a councillor ior tincity ot Edinburgh lor a continuous period of '2' A years, and is well versed in municipal undertakings. He exploded his pleasure the appearance of (lore ami its well-lighted streets and build- j ings. In 1-1(1 ill the electric lijJjl co'-ts the consumer .'{(l per unit and for power purposes jd ]ier unit. Mi ainl Mrs Murray return on their hoincua.'d trip this altcrneon via Sydney, HongKong, .Japan. Vancouver and Canada, and are due to arrive in Edinburgh about the middle ot September. The death occurred suddeniv I.M eveni;?;.r of Mr William lleiioni I'.uk. •J.P. (..tiiti a Hlcuheim I'ivs A.-s.-c,;i-tion lelegranii. IKvcas* d, who \\ ~s horn in London in IS.S". cam.' to New /tulaud in lS(j|. Alter spending tii.ee years on i!ie Otago (loldlields he ca:.;e to Marlborough where he had s.nec resided. He was one ol tin l iouinlors ot the .Methodist ( hurch in Mlenhcii:; ..i d at the time ot his death was trus.tv and senior circuit steward. He was also chairman of the Wairau Hospital Hoard and the Omake Cemetery Hoai>l and had been a member of the Omakit Koad Hoard for years. Ho was a member of the Marlborough Education Hoard and was an ex-councillor. On Wednesday evening lie delivered a public lecture on his earl* - cxpeiici - s in \ ictoria where lor some vears i > had resided before coming to Now Zealand. He leaves a widow and live s,. |,- We regret to record the demise of another oi the last diminishing band of ( id idc niities in the person ol Mrs Maigaret Hcyd. late of Kast (lore, ulch 1 ■ >k place on Wednesday at the v«-i- ---* nco of her son-in-law, Mr Win. Wilton, of I'apatowai. Mrs Hoyd arrived ii: the coll.,iv : ■line ;i!t years ago .rl settled in Kast (lore, where -he has resided practically ever since. As an example of what thrift and indu-rr wi'! accomplish (and that in the (ace of ad\tr.se circumstances) the old lady was a reiaarkable instance, and until incut years no more familiar ligure than "(Iranny" and her "kvc" was known in East (lore. Her memory of the bygone days days full of struggle and iard work in her home in Scotland—was remarkable, and her fund of stories anent that period was almost inexhaustible. ITer family is scattered in Scotland, America and New Zealand, the local members being .Mrs David McDoiigall. Mrs John Gilder (of Kast (lore), and ?\Tl\s Will. I'recce (of West (lore), Mr.s H. Chittock (of Waikoikoi), and Mrs Win. "Wilson (of Papatowai).