PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11852, 2 January 1902, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Colonel Hume, Inspector of Prisons, left for Wellington by, the Rotoiti yesterday. " ' Ex-Police Inspector /Atchison,- formerly .inspector at Wellington and Nelson, died 'yesterday," aged '.73 v years. \ *" The ; Hon. J. G. ;: Jenkins, Premier of South 'Australia/-. is "an American the '}. Leader of the Opposition in the South Australian Legislative Assembly, : the - Hon. K. ' ">Homburg,.is ; a German and the Mayor of Port Adelaide, Dr. J. C. Jurs., is a Dane. I: • Mr. A. W. : Lilly, organist at St. Matthew's Church, Dunedin, is the first .New.. Zealander .to have! conferred on him the diploma of Fellow of the Guild of Church - Musicians. The Rev. ; Curzprt . Siggers, -of ■ that city, has been advised of Mr. Lilly's success - ' ■;.';-:. . ■;: Mr. Robert Pendergast, whose death at : the age of 70 years ,took place recently at . Florence, Italy, .was a member of the firm of Fitzgerald and Pendergast, proprietors of the Castlemaine brewery and its branches in the various Australian States. He also owned several stations in the vicinity of Bourke. .... Our. Ho1«o North'co<respondent writes: •-.I havitc record the sudd*a t'eath of the only son of one of.; our pioneer settlers, James Wyatt, who passed to rest on Christmas Day. It appears that the deceased had not been in the best of health -for sometime past: ' On the day named he joined in with , some of the; * young folks playing cricket, and seemed to thoroughly enjoy the game till, feeling tired, he lay down to rest. His companions; on-going over : to him, - found life almost extinct. / Heart failure .; was the cause/of death. The sad event cast quite a gloom over the districtj and deep sympathy is felt for the bereaved parents. Although very short notice could be given,' a. very large number attended the funeral on / December 27. / ; The coffin' was beautifully made, and the funeral arrangements perfectly conducted by Mr. Treadwell, of ? Wellsford. Mr. Ef-'G. Clements, of Kaipara Fiats, / impressively ;• read the Church / of England burial, service -at Mr. Wyatt's residence, and also at the grave in the Hoteo North cemetery.