PERSONAL

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 208, 1 August 1928, Page 7

PERSONAL

Illipnon T. A. Hamilton (Christchurch), who underwent a slight opermpifn recently, is reported to be pro;gressing satisfactorily, iflpjr H. H. Sterling, general manager of Railways, returned to Wellington from the north by the Main Trunk express this morning. R. D. Furse, private secre(appointments) to the Secretary of State for'the Colonies, arrived from Sydney by the Marama yesterday. ||§i|pcable message from Brisbane announces the death of Mr E. B. C. .Cdlgier, member of the House of RepgiMHntatives, aged 75 years. Hfer. F. M. Keesing, a former secIgMury of the Palmerston North HraK.C.A., sailed for Honolulu by the Siwangi yesterday. After a short jHjjy there he will proceed to America npre he will study Maori research. isJfaVo Auckland headmasters, Mr J. 'Wooller, of Newton West School, and Pp A. Douglas, of Mount Eden School, Spl retire on superannuation at the mojil of this year, after having complet--4d 45 and 40 years’ service reSjpfectively. S§|Mr Frederick Charles Gerard, who wid on Sunday at his residence, FenifflSltoii, Christchurch, arrived in New |»ialand by the Carisbrook Castle in IBppteniber, 1874. He was in the emof the Lyttelton Times Company Wot many years, and was the first sec||etary of the Christchurch Typodgraphical Union. jfffiThe death has occurred at Drury of Par Richey Brooks, aged 93. Mr Brooks was born in Ireland and at an parly age joined the Londonderry mili(jfia at the time of the Crimean War. Subsequently, he was drill instructor for the militia for a number of years. |ii'ccompa nied by his wife, he arrived t.ilifl Auckland by the ship Lauderdale on January 29, 1874, and two years later Jettled at Drury, where he was farmling for many years. He took a keen interest in Sunday school work at ‘Drury. Mr and Mrs Brooks celebrated tlieir diamond wedding on May 3 jjlast year. Mr Brooks is survived by ,his wodw, four sons, and four dauglirawrs, 22 grandchildren, and two great .’grandchildren. §» Mr Edward William Earp, who poss§ed away at his residence, “Boscobel,” pit Tawa Elat, last week, was probably ; the oldest settler in the district. He came out to New Zealand almost an infant with his father, Mr William Earp, by the ship Patsey Dawson. His father settled at Tawa Elat, where the family has lived ever since, the late Mr Earp liaving*been in New Zealand for 72 years. In his younger days he was a great sportsman, a good shot, and a keen fisherman. He was at one time a breeder of choice stock, and was a well-known member of the farming community. Mr Earp died very suddenly whilst reading in his chair after lunch, passing away in a few minutes after a severe stroke. Mr Earp, who was greatly respected throughout the district, left a widow, one son, Mr G. Shand Earp, of Opotiki; a married daughter, Mrs Thompson, of Palmerston North; and two younger daughters, Misses Hilda and Blanche Earp. l An elder son lost his life at Gallipoli, and a daughter, formerly a nurse at .Wellington Hospital, died in America.