PERSONAL

North Otago Times, Volume CII, Issue 13462, 5 January 1916, Page 4

PERSONAL

'l'll ll ili'iilli is nitiioiiuced i»r. Hir f|, iVoI.I. ICn|i<>ilsun, K.C.H.1., I »ilnjr:il M.l.'! I'm- Bradford, in llie Hrilisli lliin:;« of Cnuininmi, 'Nip lalo Mr M. l>, Hnriisby, Mayor nl' Carterton, who died on Saturday, wok a son of Mr J. T. M. Hornsby, M,P. for Wairarapa, lie was ft solicitor < by profusion and wn« considered 1 liy his friends In linvn n brilliant onroor ■ before liim, Mr Ifornsliy was married 11 i up months ago lo Miss Telford, youngest daughter nf .Mrs Telford, a wellknown pioneer in llie Wnirarapa. Anoilier daughter is Mr* Donnelly, wife, of Mr M, bomielly, nf Cliriste'liur^ftf*

Chnplain-'O'nptniii 'J?. I/, flarner, nf the Salvation Arniv, will leavo for l.'gypt with tiie Ninth Reinforcement, iiiuler instructions to report to Colonel A. B, Charters, Ollieer Commniiding the, New Zealand linse at (Alexandria. Cnplain Garner has been attached to Hie Headquarters Staff,as a chaplain sinre flic mobilisation eamp was formed at I'almerston Nortli, and has since etalioned at Trenthnm. • Jle will-be sin oeoiled by. Chaplain-Captain A..Gray, who was chaplain at the Avondale. Camp during the training of tlie Tunnelling Company of Engineer!). ;

Private Jleriry Senior, of .the Canterbury Battalion, Third Reinforcement!?, who returned to NewZcnlaml'by'tjin - Tahiti, which nrrivod nt Port, Cliainiel's on Christmas Day, died in Dune/1 in Hospital on Friday morning from 'typhoid fever. Private Senior, who had spent ■ four a half la the trenches al flnllipoli, was thirty years of age, and. was the second son of -Mr .lull 11 Senior, of P.i'iiniierlon, Before;lie enlisted he was employed as a miner in Ihe North Brunncr mine. The deceased was accorded a military funeral a Minted in on Sunday, and a fairly'large number of returned soldiers tookadvanlagn & of thn opportunity of paying their last fj tribute of respect to their comrado, .

Mr floorgo Xicol Barnes,. Labour member for tlm ninckfrinrs Division l of Olasgow, who lins been created -aTrivj Councillor, lias boon in tlio Ilon&e *hf Commons .Tntmiuy, lOOfij wn(>n : h* defeated the present londor of tho,Cl(iii» smntivft Party, tho flight, Honourable A, Ronar Law, now Snore,tary of Stale for the Colonics in the National Cahinet, Mr Bonar Law won the seat at 1900 election, defeating the veteran Liberal member, Mr A. 1), Provandj.hy lOtin votes, In 1000 Mr Barnes stood'ln the interests of Labour, whilst :Mr Erovand again essayed to capture the seat, The polling resulted as follows: 32&1, Bonar Law '2974, Provand S'Ci3& 4 As a eonseqtieuee of this defeat Alt Bonar Law did not return to the Hou& of Commons for several months, ' •

A Christelmreh message slates • that Mr W, Devenish Meares, the general manager in New Zealand of the Alliance Assurance Company, Limited,'retired on Saturday on a pension, It 1 isunderstood that Mr Meares, who had a life appointment, has wished for some, time to retiro, but the retirement was postponed at the request of the h»aft office, The principal office of the- company for New Zealand will be transferred to Wellington, and Mr C. R. Smith, who has been associated with ifr Meares since 1881, will be the chief presentative of the companv in New Zealand. Mr J. Hvelyn "Wright, who has been the accountant in Chrlstehurch for many years, has been promoted to Wel» lington, and Mr Tl. Cnughley, who-jias) managed the Jlre Department In Chrlsh church for many years, has Wu appointed manager of the ('hrlstehurCh branch,

.".Sir.Thomas Mackenzie, High,.'torn- ■) 'missioiier for New writing under date December 11th xvlth reference to his son, Troopov Clutlia Mackenzie, who was blinded in the' fighting at the Dardanelles, says:—"lt, is imiecd a terrible thing for a young fellow of 20 to be deprived of his sight, and when I talk to him it goos to one's ■heart to see him sitting in that condition. He takes it, however, so splendidly that ho helps us more than I can tell, lie will not admit that blindness is half so, serious as wo think it is. He is .determined to learn everything within his power and intends to show possible for a man without sight to-take his stand in Hip world, 110 has hail rather a had him of enteric, hut. is gelling over it. The people here are very kind. Mr Pearson, of Pearson's Magazine, who, as you probably know,;is himself blind, has been exceedingly kind to Clutlia, and visited him eve?v week when lio was in hospital at-\Va\» ton." '

The death of Aft Alex, Isdale, which occurred suddenly at llie residence, ; of liis Hon y Mr John lsdnlc (Weston) on Monday night, lit the advanced agc-ftf M years, removes yet, another from tho ranks of the early settlers of North Otago. The deceased had Yotired for the night in his usual good health, but. was found in the mming lying fully in his last sleep. Upon medical examination of the body, n certificate I was returned that death was duo Jo heart, failure. Air Isdale, who mi a native of Perthshire, came out to the Dominion in the ship Alpine in the Into' 'fifties, arriving In Port Chalmers, AT" ter a few, weeks' residence in lie camp on to O.nnarn, working for .some years as shepherd on Hip flulriiddery station and on fencing contract* on ilic Ardgowan Rotate, where he eveu> tiiallv liccanie a I'aivman. At the tjr.se land sale in Onmarii, Mr Isdale pub chased the fifty acres at. Weston which lie occupied at the time of his death, lie Inter look over a section of 30fl acres at Teaneraki, which he farmed successfully for some years. Deceasoil was a recognised, authority on fruit tare, and did much to promote th<vwrfl» fare of the industry in North Otdgo, being one of llie lirst members of the North Otago Horticultural Society. lsdnlc took a live interest in. nil affairs. He was largely instrumental in llie establishment of n sefcotil j|t Waiareka, and in the starting of the library there. He was for many years a member nf the Wainreka. Road Board,, and held a fir aI; on the. Whitoki County Council from 1887 to ISflfi, retiring tft tlio last-mentioned, year, rers«#atty, Mr Isdale was a strong character, ivhbse likeable disposition had, earned him many friends. Mrs Isdale .pre-decease(\ her husband recently, Five, sons, T, Isdale, (Western Australia), A[r Mm Isdale (Weston), and Messrs DavW s A)» t'red and William Isdale, who uwaVpresent farming in the North Istonil, and two daughters, Miss Imlafo and Mrs Gill (Tatnnnki), remain t.c» inourn ttieir loss,