PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14159, 7 September 1909, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr. Leo Alexander, of New York, who is Souring the Dominion, is at present staying it tho Grand Hotel.

Mrs. Hislop, wife of the Hon. T. W. Hislop, lato Mayor of Wellington, died yesterday a'iter a long illness.

Messrs. E. and A. Price were passengers by the Wimmera last night on a holiday Visit to Australia and Tasmania.

The Rev. IT. C. Bourne, of Napier, arrived by the express from Rotorua last evening, and will be staying at the Star Hotel for a week.

Mr. E. F. Lilley, of Belfast, who has been touring the Dominion, left by the Wimmera for Sydney last night, en route to England.

Mr. E. S. Averon, of London, ie at present staying at the Star Hotel, having arrived from Sydney by the Victoria on Sunday night. " lie intends touring the Dominion.

Mr. R. William, manager of the Union Steam Ship* Company's store department at Dunedin, arrived by'thc Victoria from Sydney on Sunday night, and will leave to-night bv the Main Trunk express for Wellington.

Mr. G. H. Smithers, chief stipendiarymagistrate at Sydney, accompanied by his daughter, arrived by the Victoria on Sunday night, and is staying at the Star Hotel. He will leave by the Atua for the Islands next week.

• Messrs. W. Baker and R. W. Brandon, of Byron Bay, New South Wales, returned to Auckland "from Rotorua last evening, and will leave to-night by the Main Trunk express for Wellington.

Mr. W- J- Tonkin, a well-known frozen meat and rabbit exporter, of Dunedin, died suddenly from heart failure on Saturday night. He was also identified with the flaxmilling industry, and was once a floiamiller in Timaru.

: Mr. Samuel Vaile, owing to a severe illness, has been confined to his bed for the last 10 days. Though now making progress towards recovery, it will be some days before Mr. Vailo will be able to bo about again, and a longer period must elapse before he is woll enough to attend to business affairs. ......

Mr. Henry Shaw, president of the New Zealand Accountants and Auditors' Association, along with Mr. T.B. Howarth, Auckland, vice-president, and Messrs. E. W. Evans and G. O'Halloran, jun., members of the executive, left by last night's express for Wellington, to attend the half-yearly council meeting of tho association. '.' :

Mr. John Greenwood, dentist, and an old resident of Nelson, died unexpectedly on Sunday night (says a Press Association message). Mr. Greenwood, who was 77 years of age, came to New- Zealand in 1847, and had practised in various places in the Dominion. He leaves a. grown-up family, one of whom is Dr. Greenwood, the well-known tuberculosis specialist, of Christchurch. __-• * -

"The Very Rev. Father Chine, superior of the Re'deraptorist Order in New Zealand, arrives in Auckland to-day by the . "Main Trunk express, and, during his stay; ■-will be the guest of Bishop Lenihan. He ■will *' conduct a retreat for the Children of Mary and Guard '* of Honour at the Cathedral from to-morrow till Sunday, and.will preach in St. Patrick's Cathedral next Sunday/evening: . * ' : - -, •

The ; remains of the late Mr. Patrick Moloughney, i jun., were (writes our Northern Wairoa correspondent) conveyed last Wednesday from Auckland to Dargaville, and deposited in the Church of the Sacred Heart, and from thence were ,interred at "Mount Wesley. The cortege was a lengthy one, representative settlers from all portions of the Northern Wairoa being present.The deceased gentleman s had resided. for 30 years in North Kaipara,. and, in addition to his farming' interests, successfully carried out large timber con- ; tracts. His death is widely deplored. The death last week of Mr/Alfred James Sanders, at the age of 57,. removes another of the Auckland-born boys who acted as despatch riders duping the last Maori wars. . He joined the Tauranga Light Horse during Te Kooti's war, and, although a mere boy, it often fell to his ; lot to„ carry despatches single-handed from Tauranga to th& Thames. In those days this meant a wild night ride from Waihi beach, near Katikati Heads, over the range to the Thames, as Ohinemuri was unsafe for Europeans and had to be carefully avoided. He narrowly escaped the Opepe massacre, having been sent back to Taupo for instructions shortly before the camp was attacked. After tlje war he settled in the Bay of Plenty, and for many years drove the mail-coach between Tauranga and Rotorua. He was a son of the late Mr. Thoo. Sanders, who was during the fifties clerk to the Magistrate's Court in Auckland. He leaves a widow and nine children, and his mother still survives him.