PERSONAL

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9197, 23 April 1910, Page 5

PERSONAL

Cardinal Mpran, of Sydney, has been ill, but latest'advices are that his health has much improved.

Mr Arthur Rac, whose name appears in the list of newly-elected Senators in tho Commonwealth 'Parliament, was formerly a resident of Blenheim.

An Auckland telegram announces the death of the Rev. F. Larkins, a Church of England clergymen, and formerly in the firm of Macarthur and Co.

The well-known jockey, W. H. McKay, rode his last raco at Invercargill on the 7th inst. He has acquired a sheep station in the North Island, and intends to settle on it almost straight away. During his career McKay has ridden on nearly every course in the Dominion, and has been associated with some of the best horses with their victories in big races.

Dr Hardwick Smith, medical superintendent of the Wellington Hospital, was yesterday appointed by the Wellington Hospital and Charitable Aid Board as medical superintendent of all institutions under tho jurisdiction of the Board. The new appointment carries a salary of £700 per annum, with a free house, light, and fuel, but no right of private practice is allowed.

The death is announcod at Auckland of the Rev. Frederick Larkins, sometime of St. Albert's parish there, at the age of 82. Ho is survived by his daughters, Miss F. Larkins, Auckland, Mrs Stone, Vua Estate, Fiji, and Mrs Dr." Greig, Palmerston North. He was predeceased by his wife, his daughters, Mrs F. T. Baker, of Waitara, and Mrs Seth. Smith, of Auckland, and by his son, Mr Russell Larkins, of Exeter College, Oxford.

We regret having to record the death of Mrs Webb) wife of Mr Webb, of Featherston street, after a short illness. The deceased lady was an old colonist, and has resided in Palmerston for a great many years. Her death was not altogether unexpected, and she passed away peacefully on Thursday morning. The funeral took place this afternoon, and was attended by a large number of friends of tho deceased. We feel sure that her husband and family will have the deepest sympathy in their sad bereavement.

The Hawera Star records the death of Mrs Chas. Gibson, relict of the late Chas. Gibson, of Marton, at the residence of her son, Mr H. G. Gibson, near Eltham, on Sunday last. The deceased lady arrived in Now Zealand by the ship Thames City in November, 1860, together with her husband and family, and settled in the Rangitikei district, near Marton, which in those days consisted of 'one toitoi whare in a wilderness of toitoi and manuka scrub. Her descendants now number one hundred and thirty-two, in five generations. The sons are Mr John Gibson, of Patea, storekeeper; Mr C. E. Gibson, of Hawera, secretary to the Electric Light Co.; Mr Arthur Gibson, and Mr H. G. Gibson, who arc both farming near Eltham. The daughters are Mrs Dolamoro (at present residing with her brother, Mr C. E. Gibson, in Hawera), Mrs James Bradbury, of Halcombe, and Mrs J. Hayden, of Rotorua. Two of the daughters (Mrs R. L. C. Birch, of Halcombe. and Mrs S. Jenkinson, of Porcwa, Rangitikei) pre-deceascd their mother.