PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14532, 21 November 1910, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

' jfe/ J. Boss, of Dunedin., is visiting Auckland, ', and is staying at the Central -;■■ , Hotel. •_ - :;•■; . * Mr. C. H. Bisley, of Nelson, is at present on & visit to Auckland, and is staying at the iiloyal Hotel. Mr, J- F. MacMahoh, of MacMahonßros., isrrived in Auckland -> by the. Main Trunk :'_. . express yesterday.":'' .j^v*"' """"-: Among the visitors to Auckland, is Mr. Rupert V: Hosking, who .arrived from ißaratonga on Saturday. Mrs. Kelsey, of Los Angeles, arrived in Auckland by the Islands' steamer on Saturday, and will proceed to Sydney to-day. The Bishop of Melanesia, Dr. Wilson, 'Mrs. Wilson and four children, were passengers by the Southern Cross from Norfolk Island yesterday. ■■'] Dr. R. Law and Mr. J. E. Law, who .have been making a holiday tour in Tarawa ki and the Botorua district, have returned to Auckland, and are staying at the Grand Hotel. Mr. Stephen Jacka, who came to Wellington over half a century ago and has ifor a great- many years resided in V Hanover-street. Wadcstown, died suddenly on Friday afternoon. He was sit- ■ ting in a chair in his house at Wadestown, : - when ho fell forward and expired. The 'deceased was born in Cornwall. 83 years 'ago. Ho was & builder by trade, and for ; sonic rears he carried on a big business sin Courtenay Place. His wife died about '• '" : two years ago. leaving a family of three ,' sons (Messrs. Arthur and Harry Jacka, of Wellington, and Mr. Thomas Jacka, of Auckland) and two daughters (Mesdames Judd and Kew). The late Mr. Jacka ? was one of the earliest members of the I City Council. A Press Association message from Christl church states that Mr. Arthur Washer, |- i for many years on the clerical staff of | ■ % the Lyttelton Times,, died suddenly on ' Saturday about 11.50 p.m. Mr. Washer ; paid "visit to Mr. Marfeli's house in Moorhoose Avenue, and after having sup- . per he went into a bedroom to say good- - bye to a sick friend. He ©at down on •'l'- a" chair and a few minutes later ell forV -ward on to the floor dead. Dr. Orchard, "" who had been-, attending him, stated that death was caused by a clot of blood from a varicose vein having blocked an artery. The late Mr. Washer took a keen interest in sports of various kinds, especially in ''athletics and boating. . Mr. JoEn Bissett, who has been appointed superintendent of the Auckland Central Mission, is expected to arrive by the ' Maheno this morning. He comes, with high credentials, from Scotland, where be • has been well known in religious circles for •;■,-," a number of years past. Mr. Bissett was superintendent of the Motherwell Mission, near Glasgow, and also held the position of secretary to the Lanarkshire Christian Union. '" Mr. John Anderson, of the Bible - Training Institute, Glasgow, writing in reference to Mr. Bissett's work, states that his name had become . a household word- in ■'■■'■■'■"■•• Lanarkshire and beyond its bounds. He '_■ had gained the love and confidence of all who had been brought into intercourse with him. . :\'"