PERSONAL

North Otago Times, Volume C, Issue 13170, 17 December 1914, Page 4

PERSONAL

mmmmm *j M o i*\{li(} in tor n a tioin 1) pliiyqr,' r of South' Wat(Ja v v Orickpt^Xsiso^ c alion/ WM'PSr* < ;j tij, '4' Ad jnlanV- -I JoVd, i£ 'cluu'ge 'of.niic y'cars; , Mij(| i ' oil: 11 011 tfV of i t nfn gf o r,/lo irt t other dls t H ecK 1 v> W'VV/ii'V 1 •' 1 Word dins,boom lit stoii ( North' that'-' l)r 'Martin, l(iisw)i ilouiU'sgrgoou 'nt- the, front, .has, ; ;tfcbsM6ntion^ ■ liuit?.; soryiccs'.to the/ ,wound6(l"; uiidui; shell liie. <' ; "• <■« '■ :v" 1 »' s v' T 'A ! f-/ s *' ** , ft - >J<, Dr Todd, formerly of Mhorluiny ; 'Alii uvK Caiitorb'ury ; 'buti ;: SoitthMdj|iias staff of/'tho U.F.S.'; Medical -Institute, ; uiul takca "iiiV. ' Oil;tllo'2lsV:i)l3t.' : '< An l Ad*o li ft do. ut tilil c a»liou iw os the death ; o£ Itcgiiiatd KyHlnThomas,\oue sf._ ; thb proprietors of the/'.Rc^fjsjt^r' ; l . papeiyivho >n{cciii/ibe<Lto j,if.o effects oT ; a'motoi accident. , ■ Dciin" liightlieart, - Hoinaii'/ Catholic; , 'oil the; AVniotupu Eoa(l, .six miles;frOm'Rot!)i!ua, f! lifiiiotor uloiic,. when ; tho^cai: ran ovorT ' l/anlt,; rollingover onMiiih: artd^cmliiiip; • him badly. ; Hq ■ > sooii afterwards. < >' i . * • i f< ' ' , " • •Mr Gciirge Nelson; chairman;ol direc- ; tora oft' Messrs Ji Jr Niyen and Co., Ltd.p s (lie woll-knpwu engineering linn, who ' went lloino .sonic months iigo,; has - enlisted.' On his '.arrival 'in■, liiiglatid,', Mr . Nelson.iiicVwith-(i severe- illnessj-butlie • has completely recovered.^' ; '.W ' A .Tiniaru juosaago. ■ anuouiicos tlio death ;of Mr William' Gunn," surgcoMdentist, aged v (|i3. l)j!cpsei[' ps ; an old rpsideiit iiiid was well-known as proprie- ' tor of tlic;Tliealie;ltoyal aiidin .eoniicctioui'itlUJie.lOviil racingxlub. and O'alodyuiau Society, lie hud been ailing fur ; sonic time. *—■ • • .>f ; v : A'Wellington press rpessage'says that (lie Jlarbour last .night- appoint- ' eu Captain J. E. Dawson to. succeed Capiaiii. .johnsoh' as harbourmaster.' on tiie' 'q retirement, .on March • olsi iil'lct, (rfter;2o years' scmec.'Mcautinio: C'iipt, lUawso'ii acts lis - deputy lutrboii;; ihjistcr,'ait(l Oiiptaijj, J. 11. Hay ward, ot ■ ilie pilot staff, lias been appointed de 'piity as from April Ist next. .; The defeat of Sir 'Walter Buchanan in Wairarapa is now definitely announced. • While ;wo (''.The I'ress") regret ■ that (liis-leaves the. Government with-a majority of two, instead of four, wo still more regret the loss to Parliiimeiit of ono of, its worthiest members'. Sir Walter, lias done far nioro than, men for the couutry'in which ho'settled . with np capital save his industry and : perseverance; By sheer hard: worh lie won his way tq his present position; ■his possessions are the fruit of, toil and . sagacity.lie made, -for himself the lucaiis ol' assisting "Very materially the growth of the great primary industries in the southern pii'rt .of- the North Island, and happily his experience will hoc cease, to assist those interests now that lie is once more ji. private 'citizen, lie lids given liberally for public causes, and he deserved far better of tlie-U'ai-rarnpiV district than to be roplaeed by Mr Ilornsby. In retiring from politics, the veteran.will take with liim the repiril of all'liis fellow-inembcrs, ami In): loaves beliiml only an''honourable ami useful record, ,