PERSONAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1886, 10 August 1920, Page 5

PERSONAL.

The death is recorded from Sydney of ul Woodl. formerly Miss Essio Jcnyns, tho Shakespearean actress. MaorGeneral Sir Andrev, RusseU - coSed to become ' j New Zealand Legion of FronUcremon. | \ cablegram from Brisbane reports >e cl A2'"oT hTr.hi.iu. ,»,.«! ** I

unuloasant experience. • ■ £ Maf.cbcatcr Daily Dispatch says that i, "quite"likely that Thomas Mackenzie ill ioon bo back again in bngwjcl •>" Salf of some of the great mutton interests of New Zealand. Servant O'Halloran) of the police force, i, ,'{;. r promoted to tlic rank of scnior,7 and transferred from DanneVirko KSer He 3be succeeded at Dtnne&W Sergeant Harvey, of Otahuhu M,- Robert McKonzio Watson, U«et w'ceof fifmon (son of Mr W Watson, J Wellington), is retaining to New ZeahL to take up a position as a Stipendiary Magistrate-. . Mr (' 11 Meads, of Wanganui, who has been appointed « pupil teacher on thestall of the Campbell street school to take tic i.laco of Mr Stockwcll. who rcccnUj ie-

signed, took up his duties yesterciay. The many friends of Mr A. B. Cleaver will regret lo learn .that ho has been obliged to enter a private hospital, wheio ho underwent an operation yesterday jh is progressing as well i.s can be expected. Mr 11 M. Butehor, of Dunedin, has been successful in winning the Lever Imo : in connection with town-planning. Lhis. u> ■ annual award, give, by Lord Lovejhul no, of the value of £SO. and is tenable foi two years at London University. Mr John Doak, who died at Ashburton on' Thursday, in his seventy-ninth year, was a very well known farmer of the Wnkanu district, where he resided for upwards of forty years, lie was an elder of the- Prcsbjterian Church at Wakanui. Mi- K Booth, superintendent, or tho Dunedin'Telegraph Office, will retire from the service on tho 9th of October next on supcrannuatic.ii. During his official career of over 46 years Mr Booth has had only one month's sick leave. He joined the Department on February 15, lo<4. Commandant Scotney, who has been in charge of the Salvation Army Boys Home at Eltham for the past seven and a-half years has received advice of Ins transfer to Wellington, where he takes up the position of men's .social secretary, with the rank of staff-captairf. , Captain Dvcmner, M.C., chief staff officer at the local defence headquarters, left for Wellington this morning, where lie will ( DO occupied for five or six weeks in a refreshV' course of training. Captain Bremuer is one. out of about six officers in New Zealand, who are holders of a passed Stall' College certificate, awarded in hug land

Another of Iho curly settlers of \\ oilington passed away on Saturday evening, in her seventy-sixth year, in the person of Mrs C \ Widdop, relict of the late William \Viddop. Mrs Widdop, who was born in Wellington, v as the second daughter ot tne lit" Mr and Mrs D. Kittniburgh, who were arnonu; rho pioneer settlers of Wellington. Mr Richard Joseph Cotter, one of the pioneers of Wakatipu, died at Arrowtown !„ hi 3 89th vear. Deceased was born at Quoenstown. County Cork. Ireland. He was attracted to Australia by the gold rush, and subsequently lie crossed the lasman to the OtagO goldfields. Mr Cotter reached Arrowtown the day after it was discovered by Fox, and there he had remained ever since. Three old resilient s of Portobello (Uuncdin) died rocently. Mr James McCartucy, who had reached the age of 90, was an Avrshire man. and came out by the Storm ('loud in 1860. Mrs I lark wife of Mr Alexander Clark, was buried on the same day as Mr McCartney. She came out with her husband by the ship Nelson in the early sixties. The third of the deceased .settlors was Mr W. A. Wilson, a bachelor, who had been farming for many years.

Mr Thomas Morland. one of the best known residents of the Rakaia district who was born in County Down, Ire and in 1842 and came out to New Zealand m 1800 bv the ship Greyhound, died at Sunnier on Friday last. Hi's first work was to plough part of Haglcy Park (Ohristchurch). In 1868 he took up land at Greendalc and held it for seven years. Ho was one of the rust to acquire land south of tho Rakaia and for many years he was closely associated with local bodies in the district.