PERSONAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13695, 11 September 1906, Page 5

PERSONAL.

. Mr G. L.. Dennisfon, tho nevfly-appoint*^ member of the Olago Deck Trust, took hia feat for the first time at the special meeting held yesterday.

Tho death occurred 011 Sunday of a.-we*.l- " 's'V'i known AVairarapa settler, Mr G. M. Drum-.'/'■'( mond, brother of Mr John Druramohd/stiflck .'.'• inspector. . 'j \ '.' ■' • ;Mr E. F. Black, of the Dunedin branch ' A. of tlio'Australian Widows' Fund Lifo Asinr- '..;•. .''v ance Society, has been promoted to the ;.' ; /management of the company's business ..H V (• Auckland. Mr B'.aek, who has become.',an ■ ';''■= j; enthusiastic bowler wi.th.in tlio past ■ three" ' '/' years,' has been selected.as a member of Mr '~.'■>>'■' Payno's team about tb tour Australia. ' " ■■'■A

Mr John Fulle.r jun, returned to town V '■'•'■;? last evening after a brief business .visit to.' ' - Wellington. ■•... ■:•;_■ .■;*.';

Miss Grace J. Joel, tho well-known artist,' ', ':' returned 'to Dunedin a few days ago nrt« : *'.','* some years' absence. She has not maifo,.ber''. : .i ..■'■• plans yet for tho future, but it is probable'i v ■ , ; ;!.j that, while ehe is in ■Dunedin,'sho will hbfuVV I''■■"■ •an. exhibition of somo of the picturesi. she ; : ] ''iA: executed in England and on tho Continent."W< K SuccoseKt! exhibitions of her works h'avo rqv -',ys l '"f cehtly been held in Sydney and Melbourne. ■' T At last night's meeting of tho Port Chal- '-! m?is:Borough'-Council (in committee), 'Or hyj% •Edgar referred in felicitous terms to ,; th« ; fact' .•' ; " f : that-qpe of the pressmen present—their • •'/• Worthy townsman, Mr William Fail-had thait • '• ' X Up. completed the ' fifty-second ahniversiiry V ; < 'W( of. his marriage, and tho Mayor aiid coup- •' : ',i cillors joined- in extending their hearty 'con-' '■■ ':: i" gratnlatious to Mr und Mrs Fail, wishing"'''-4 them, many happy returns and • extending ; hearty good .wishes for their future": welfare. •, y/l Mr and Mrs Fail arrived iii Melbourne (uV '•';''# January, J835, ond camo. to the coleny'in'' ''""'.'! September, 18G2, having resided in Port Chat- ■' 'f luers,nearly over siuco the latjer^dijite;'■ ■'>"■'. :.:'.'', ! ifr Dennehy, who lias been railway ganapr . . ;,i ; at Puketiraki for a number' of years,. |i«h'-'.':. ,i -£ hoen to tho position •■ of officer i»;' ■' cliargo of Goodwood tablet-station. Mr awl • ''«' Mrs Dennehy were waited on ii few even)n«s ■' iogo.by u'liumher'.of Puketirake rosideiits ti).' Vhid them good-bye and testify (0 tho esteem ; :: A in which they were held. Mr Stephens, ; .-r stationmaster at Seaclilf, on behalf'of sub-' •■ -:-\ scribers, presented Mr Dennehy .■ witli-'. a'''■'. •i-i' smoker's outfit, and expressed regret at the' '•' departure of Mr. and Mrs Dennehy. After-. '•'■"' [he prosentafion bed lieen suitably ackiidw- ■' A'A •edged, tho remainder of the evenyis' wna ;'■ devoted to music, songs being contributed ' ' " by. Messrs Patterson, Heath, Smith,'-and • ,'i others. .... ',-■,:

.The death is. noted ot Mr Wi'.liim-Trtoo:.<" Huborficld at -the Oamam Hospital on Sun- ' day. Mr Haberficld was bom at Bristo', -' England, on the ilrrt of June, 1815, about-10 ■ days before the '■ battle of Waterloo,! iijirV father, who was a captain in the navy, brought, ' hiui up to a seafaring life, aiul apprenticed '■■ , liiftt on board u vessel sailing from" London.' »« ft'tMwards became a midshipman art li.M. brig Snake, and mado his first acquaint- •' since with the colonics as one of the crew ■ of a ship which brought prisoners to' Vim ' Dieroen'e T,and. Mr Haberfield landed in Otago in J836, and was for a number of .year* ; ' engaged in whaling on the' east "coast ot'" 1 the South Island. During this period he hod , many curious-and difficult experiences ■' In'-." 1842 Mr Ilabcrfield' settled at Port Mownki ■ which ho has since called his home. For ' very many years subsequently, however, he . sailed in coastal ve»sels, and suffered shin- • wreck on the Rory O'Moro at iho AVairarapi beach. Mr Haborfle'd left surviving him his wife, an aged Maori woman, who is con'-, nlctc.y blind. : ■■ .i