PERSONAL

North Otago Times, Volume C, Issue 13178, 6 October 1914, Page 4

PERSONAL

s[r Anthony -Wilding,,, the tennis champion,'. Ims been itppoiutod sccoud lioiitoiiant in thcltoyal Mariucs.—London cable. :.'. '■■"'.-•

Included in the Taraiiaki section of tho Expeditionary Force is Colonel Malone aiuljiir three sons, Colonel Malone,, who is 56 years of age 'fought in tho Franco-Prussian war.ill the seventies, and lie knows Belgium wolli lie has served in.the Now Zealand volunteer' and territorial force for 15 years. Stratford is proud of the Malouo family. The ages of the sons are 21, 23, and 25.

~ The death occurred at Wellington, ou Thursday night of Mr John Newton, proprietor the the soap works-at Kuiwarra. Mr NoWlou, who was seventyseven years of age, was a native of Glasgow,.where lie had long engaged in the soap trude. Ho arrived.'in Wellington in 1885 with aeompleto plaut, ami established-the business at Kaiwarra, quickly gaining a wide connection .throughout scw Zealand.

By command of his Majesty the King his Excellency the Governor, at Wellington on Saturday morning, invested Mr. Christopher "James Parr,, Mayor of the City of Auckland, with tho Insignia of a Companion of I'lio Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, and Mr Thomas Eonayno, late general manager-, of the New Zealand State Railways, with the badge of a Companion of tho Imperial Scrriec Order. !

, ;Mi;. W.,.H, Green, ,C v fiivcd.,a.,£able,.mesßage,oi), fr Friday ( . | aplnouncing the death of his father, the Rev, M, W. Green, of Cheltenham, Victoria. The lato Mr Green was in the 'eighties a well-known figure in .New .Zealand politics. He sat in House of Representatives in 1882 for Dimcdiu East. Hp contested the seat against Sir Robert Stout, but was defeated by the small margin of three votes, Mr Green leaver a widow and six children-two daughters aud four sons. Mr MHV. Green, the eldest soil, js sub-manager of the Melbourne Age and Leader.

Mrs Gcargc Lainbic, who died at her late residence, Upper Fcndalton, cm Friday, was the eldest daughter of the late Rev. Dr Sidey, of Napier, who for a large number of. years was one of the most widely known and popular ministers in the Presbyterian church in New Zealand. Mrs Lainbic, whose husband for a number of years was malinger of tho local branch of the Union . Steamship „ Company), hud resided in Cliristchurcli for over twenty years, and at one time was closely connected with the work of St. Andrew's Church. She is survived by her husband and live children (four daughters and one sou.)