PERSONAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13861, 26 March 1907, Page 6

PERSONAL.

Our Oaroarn correspondent wired last evening:—"Tho death is announced to-night of Mr Thomas Forrester, who was for many years

secretary and engineer to the Oamaru Harbour 1 Hoard." Tho Rev. 11. T. Blair, o[ Waikaka Valley, who received a call from the congregation at Orepuki, has notified tho Presbytery of his acceptance of the call. Mr Wm. Scott, who represented the employers at the conference on the West Coast . in tile Westport coal dispute returned to Dunedin on Saturday niglit. Mr Scott leaves for Auckland at tho end of tho week to attend tho sitting of the Arbitration Court in ,the tramways and Waihi miners' disputes. On Sunday afternoon, at the King Street Congregational Church, the members of the Bible Class and the Sunday schcal teachers presented Miss W. Fisher, in view of her approaching marriage with Mr A. Taylor, of iiurnsido, with an expression of their regard for the work she had so willingly performed in connection with the Sunday school. Tho presentation took tho shape of a handromelyengraved silver cakedish, and the Rev. G. Heighway and other speakers, in asking her acceptance of it, conveyed to her the very best wishes of the gathering. Mr W. J. ti rigor, who lias been second auctioneer to the National Mortgage and Agency Company's Timaru office for f.oma years, has been promoted to take charge of the company's Waimate branch, in place of Mr C. Guthrie, who comes to Dunedin to t-nko charge of the auctioneering department here. . At the sitting of the Police Court yesterday morning Mr M. Fraer, one of the presiding justices, referred to the departure of Mr James Steiihouse. clcrk of the court, to fill a position in Hokitika. Mr Fraer said he desired to endorse the complimentary remarks which Mr Moller, J.P., had made about Mr Stenhonse on Saturday. He had known Mr Stenhouso for some time, and could speak only in the highest terms of his services. He was very pleased to hear of his promotion, although ho was sorry to lose him from Dunediu.