PERSONAL.

Manawatu Times, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 12806, 2 June 1914, Page 5

PERSONAL.

A Sydney Sun London cable announces the death of Mauser, the inventor of the Mauser rifle. His many friends will be pleased to hear that Mr H. C. Collinson, senr., showed slight improvement last evening. Dr. Alexander Grahame, of WaiUouaiti, died suddenly at his residence at 4 o'clock on Sunday morning. It appears that he rose during the night to take some mixture of bromide, and must have swallowed an overdose. He was a married man, 42 years of age. There is at present in Palmerston on a visit to his son, Mr John Sullivan, who was one of four white men who helped the late Mr Stuart to survey Palmerston nearly 50 years ago. At that time there was not a vestige of a house. A remarkable thing is that this is Mr Sullivan's first visit since then. Among the passengers who arrived from London by the Rotorua yesterday were Capt. C. R. Macdonald, of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, and Capt. Gibbon, of the Royal Irish Fusiliers, both of whom were accompanied by their wives and families. Capt. Macdonald will succeed Lieut.Colonel Braithwaite (who has been appointed Chief of the General Staff, in succession to Colonel Heard) as General Staff Officer for Auckland military district. Capt. Gibbon will replace Lieut.-Colonel Cochrane who ha 3 gone to England) as Director of Military Operations.—Association. For 12s 9d you can buy a warm and becoming dressing gown of heavy moloton flannelette, made Russian style and finished with bands of Oriental trimming—shades of saxe, sky and vieux rose. 7s lid is asked for another style large braid trimmed collar —shades of saxe and cardinal. 6s 6d is the price of yet another dressing gown — a cheap useful line. Ladies will find these good values at Collinson and Cunninghame's.* We have just the thing you want — a Good Reliable Watch, guaranteed two years, only 30s. Perfect timekeeper. Hundreds in use and not one complaint. Try oce now. N. D. Stubbs, jeweller*