PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9876, 19 July 1895, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Inspector Emerson left for Napier by the Flora yesterday. Sergeant Gamble is still on sick leave, and unable to return to police duty. Superintendent Hughes, of the Auckland Fire Brigade, still remains in a precarious State of health. ' The Right Rev. Bishop Cowie called upon Dr. Joseph Cook at the Grand Hotel yesterday afternoon. Among the victims of the prevailing Influenza is the Rev. A; H. Collins, of Ponsonbj', who is confined to bed. The Presbytery of Bathurst has nominated the Rev. A. M. Tait, of Goulburn, as Moderator of the next General Assembly. Major Alexander Wilson, tho new Commandant of the Military Forces in West Australia, will leave England for that colony in tho steamer Gulf of Genoa.

Pastor W. W, Prescott, of Battle Creek, Michigan, who arrived by the Monowai, is paying a visit to the Seventh Day Adventists of this colony. Ho delivers addresses during his stay here and expects to leave for Napier early next week, at which place a convention of that body will be held, which is expected to extend over gome days. • The funeral of Mr. Charles Albert Kunst, for many years a member of the Herald Composing Staff, and formerly of the Southern Cross, took place yesterday afternoon at the Symond-street Cemetery, and was largely attended. The deceased was a son of the late Mr. Philip Kunst, who was well known and respected in the early days of Auckland. A wreath was sent by the Herald Companionship. Rev. Dr. Egan officiated at the grave.

A Californian (Modesto) paper records the death of Mr. W. E. Turner, solicitor, who died at the age of 52. Deceased was a son of the late Mr. Benjamin Turner, of Auckland. He practised his profession first in San Francisco, and went to Modesto in 1874. In 1881 he established and conducted the Farmer's Journal, but after some time wont back to the law. He leaves a wife and six children Deceased was a vigorous writer and speaker, and an able lawyer. Mr. John Marquardt, the celebrated 'violinist, and Madame Alexandra Breitschuck Marquardt, the talented harpist, who arrived by tho last mail steamer from San Francisco, will be staying a week in Auckland prior to their departure for Australia. Efforts are being raado to arrange during their visit for their appearance here upon the concert platform. It is seldom that Aucklanders have the opportunity of hearing such talented artists, and ft really noted harpist is almost an unknown quantity in the colonies. At Honolulu they gave three most successful concerts to crowded audiences.

The Press says that a private cable mes-sage-received in Christchurch announced the death of Mr. J. Evans Brown, at Ashville, North Carolina. Mr. Brown was a very old Canterbury resident, and the news of his death will be received with regreb by those who knew him. He was born at Louiston, Pennsylvania, and came out to Kew South Wales about the year 1854, where he engaged in pastoral pursuits. About ten years later he left for ISew Zealand, and resided in Canterbury until the year 1884, when he returned to America. Tho late Mr. Brown was a member of the Provincial Council up to the time of the abolition of the province*, and for many years represented Ashley in the House of representative?. Ho was the promoter of the Canterbury Tramway Company, and was the first Chairman of Directors. His first wife, by whom he had five children, was a sister of the Hon. J. T. Peacock, and his second was a Mrs. Martin, of Wellington. Mr. John Tinline Mowatb, who has been appointed to the position of Stock Inspector to the Falkland Islands, under the Imperial Government, is a good specimen of the native-born New Zealander. Mr. Mowatt'e parents were amongst tho first settlers in the Awatere, and Mrs. Mowatt, sen., is now the last of the original settlers to hold property there. Tho Falkland Island officer is to deal specially with the eradication of scab, and for this work Mr. Mowatt is peculiarly fitted, as he was until 21 years of age engaged in clearing scab from the Middlehurst run, and was mixed up with the eradication of scab until the Marlborough runs were made < clean. Mr. Mowatt then went to California, where he had; six months' clearing scab from the famous Hagan Rancho, and on returning to r.he colony was eighteen months buyer for ' the Gear Company, and, for the past five years has been buyer and wool expert for Nelson Brothers' (Limited), in Marlborough. tMSMowfttb is 33 .years of age, stands 6 feet 2J inches,' and weighs 17st 41b of bone and muscle.■ ■ ■ -