PERSONALIA

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7868, 2 August 1911, Page 6

PERSONALIA

A cable message from Melbourne states that Mr Cussen, a member of tho Vlotoriaa Legislative Assembly, is dead.

Tho Hon. C. M. Luke, M.L.C., is suffering from an attack of bronchitis, and will not be able to attend to his Parliamentary duties for some days. Hr A. W. Holler, of tho. Featherston railway staff, has been appointed stationmaster at Te Aro. Hr T- Walsh, of Hastings, will succeed Hr Holler ou tho clerical staff.

Tho Acting-Prime Minister (Sir James Carroll) received tho following cable from Sir Joseph Ward despatched yesterday from Colombo: ‘All well. Ecgrct hear death Mr Taylor. Sailing to-night." c

Colonel Hughes, V.D., of Wanganui, commanding tho Now Zealand rifle team now' in England, attended tho School of Musketry at Hytho from 3uno 2Dth to July sth, a special class for senior being held during that period. Colonel Hughes and the team will probably roturu by tho Onnuz, leaving ou August 18th.

The Hon, T. Mackenzie, Minister of Agriculture, will address the daily farmers at tho winter show at Dunedin this afternoon. To-night ho will attend tho Gaelic Society's Hall at 7.1J0, where High* landers will \ineefc in memory of their • honoured dead, and at 8 pan. will doliver a lecture on “New Zealand Explorations" at tho Early Settlors' Hail. The death occurred at Greytowu, on Sunday' night, of Anikanara Heremaia, •widow of tho late Heremaia Tomaihotua* chief of the Ngaii-Hinewak and NgatiHikawcra tribes. Deceased was (say's tlm “Wairarapa Times") tho mother of Nj.nlwa Hurcmaia, a well-known native, and was aged about eighty-eight years, and belonged to the liamua, Ngati-Houra and other hapus. The tangi and funeral will , be held at Tablelands, Hartinborough. Comte Alphonse Dcflourieu, a member of the Paris Geographical Society’, a greatnephew of the French Minister of- Marino, who sent out La Perouse and D'Entrecasteaux at the close of the eighteenth, century, is now in Tasmania seeking information with regard to early Preach exi plorations on tho Tasmanian coast. Ho ia anxious that due credit should bo given to tho French explorers, and that some of the names given by them should be ro- - stored to their place on our maps. Mr Nowton Jones, tho London. Sunday* school evangelist, arrived at Auckland by the Maheno from Sydney on Sunday' last* Mr Jones visited tho Dominion thirteen years ago on a health tour, and he con- t siders his present visit a happy climax to his twenty-one years' evangelistic work in connection with the London Sundayschool Union throughout the British Isles. He has just completed a campaign in Australia, with gratifying results. Tho object ho has in view is chiefly to create a revival in Sunday-school work and to encourage Sunday-school reform. After visiting Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin he proceeds to tho Argentine and returns to. England on January Ist. Tho forthcoming elections promise ta be particularly interesting so far as Awama is concerned (says the ‘‘Bluff Press"). In addition to the candidature of the sitting member for the constituency (Sir Joseph Ward) there are likely to bo three others in the field-yand, strangely enough, all in different interests- We refer to Mr J. It. Hamilton. (Winton, Oppositionist), Mr T. Fleming (Invercargill, Independent), and Mr A* W. Morris (\Vaikiwi, Labour). Sir Joseph will, of course, stand (as of yore) in the Government interests, a platform which he has supported so ably for over a quarter of a century. Mr W. J. Hookey, who has been appointed manager of tho Nelson gasworks, out of twenty-six applicants, nas been, manager of the Waini gasworks for the past four years, lie came to N«w Zealand in 1894 i, and after filling engagements with * Auckland architects he entered tlm'servico of the Auckland Gas Company in 1896, remaining witn the company' until 1907. During the erection of the new gas, works at Auckland Air Hookey was engaged on the plans and estimates for the « buildings and plants, during the absence of Mr Suggate (engineer) in Eng- ■ land ho had tho supervision of the works , going on. He was also professionally en. gaged in connection -with tho Devonport and Onehunga gasworks. Dr Wilson, the Bishop of Melanesia* arrived in Sydney on Wednesday last by the steamer Malaita from Norfolk Island. The Bishop (writes the “Auckland Star's" Norfold Island correspondent) has made an extended visit to the various mission stations in Melanesia. .The particular work this year was the gathering together of ail the island staff in conference at Bungana, on May 30th last. Tho conference lasted until Juno 3rd. This was the first conference held outside Norfolk Island, and was regarded as a great event in tho history of the mission. Some 17 members of tho staff were present from all . parts of tho diocese. Tho chief .points decided upon were ; —Tho education of the small boys, six central schools to bo established, and big mission students to bo taught at Norfolk Islahd, limited to sixty', under three white teachers-

Mr W. A. Woodgcr, the well-known athlete, writing from Margate on Juno Iflth to a member of tho Potone “Chronicle” staff, says: "I was just beginning to feel mypelf and running pretty well when I caught a chill. I would very nearly get rid of it and then it seemed to get worse and in this way hung to me for a couplemf weeks, i felt really bad, and as everybody was toiling mo how ill I looked I went to an eminent man and ho thoroughly examined me. His verdict was certainly startling. My temperature then was over 100 and rny pulso ICS. Ho said I had a combination of pluerisy and pneumonia.. This was a hit of a stunner and meant the hospital for mo. So I went into a private one in Hampstead. You can guess how keenly disappointed I was, as all this happened within a fortnight of tho Festival games. Still, I had to consider myself fortunate, as tho doctor said if I had let it go for another week or more I might have lost my life.”