PERSONAL NOTES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13387, 13 September 1905, Page 6

PERSONAL NOTES.

Tip Very Rev. Father Hay 9 lias succeeded n inducing, during the past four months, >5,363 persons to join his enrarie, which if ow finally conclndcd. Ho is sulfcring s'ovcro'y irom cold aiid troublo in both lungs, and .th-. .irecaripus stata o( lus health may compel liiin .0 prolong his siay at sonis of our resorts uthough his paassigo is booked by the Jloeraki 11 the-I6th fo: Sydney, 011 his way back lo ■telbounie. Tlio Vi'yndhain Heroic! reports the death of ilr John ll'Ltiren, oi Wyndlianr, who died on .he 10th inst. while sitting in & chair. The leceased, who was 66 years of age, arrived at .'ort Chalmers in lt?G0 in the Dhip Henrietta, md has been a resident of Wyndham for the past 35 years. Jlr M'Laren is survived by. -lis widow, two sons, eight daughters, and 11-, ,is,ndc-l)ildren.

After- many days of hardship, Captain Wiliam Jackson Barry, explorer whaler, gold miner, master oi marine, lecturer, and author md one of the feiv remaining of the pioneerthat battled v.-iiii the difficulties of soas a-nd .ands of tho Australasian coionic-s back in the early days is (says tho Wellington coiTospon--lent ot the CKrlstehurch Press) coining to .vhore the day's bread will no longer be a joiirce of anxiety. By a letter which! 110 received from a relative in the Old Country a lew days ago, he received information that his .umt, Mrs Mcuy Carter, of Hampshire, had 'eft him at her death properly in London and elsewhere, in addit'.on to a sum of money. Although tho old man 13 very frail, and stil differing from tho effects of a recent fall, lie is cheerfully making plans for future activity. Our Cronnvell correspondent states that s further presentation was mado to Hr II Murray, engine® of the two Iliso and Shine dredyes* on Friday evening by tho boarders of Pc-rriani'6 Hotel and ceveral prominent citizens 011 the occasion of his mfirriiwje.. Mr L. ll,mis made tho presentation, consisting of a vory handsome spirit stsud of oak and silver, nnd wished tho recipients a long and prosperous life. Mr Murray, on behalf of Mrs Murray and self, heartily thanked llio donois for their valuable and handsome present. Another of the old rosidonls of Otago has departed this life, in the person of Mt John who, after some weeks of illness, died at Balciutlia on tho Sth inst. at Ihe ago of 76, Deceased was a native of tho North of Irolaiul. When a young man he lcfl his birlhplaco and went over lo Scottend. He was married in Ayrshire, raid in ISo3 ho aiid his wife arrived in Nov,' Zea'and by the ship City of Dunedin. lie lived at Mcsgicl for somo time dairy farming^,Mid in 1879 went to Balciutlia, where he has resided ever since. Ho loaves a widow to mourn her loss.

; Owing lo i)l-heallh, l+i Thomas Berham, A A1.1.C.E., the water conservation engineer of tho Minos Department for the past eight years, has_ been retired from tho public service. During his connection with the department Mr Perham designed tho Eweburn dam, Otago, and bo roported on various irrigation &chcme3 in Otago, and on tlio domestio supply of water for several of the principal mining townships in thb HauraUi goldfields. A very pleasing ceremony took place at Iho Planuses of Slessrs Laid! aw and Gray (Limited). Rattray street, when Mr Jl'lver, on behalf of the employees, presented Mr L. Lumsden with a beautiful tea set on the occasion ot his appro-selling marriage. Mr Lumsdcn suitably responded,