PERSONAL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 16928, 14 February 1917, Page 5

PERSONAL

Brigadier-general Robin, -trill leava ok his-! return to Wellington this morning. r 5 Sir Roland Vaughan Williams, who from?, 1897 till 1914 was a Lord Justice of Appeal, was found lifeless in bed on December.-# -'atfi his residence, High Ashes Farm, at Abin(jerj£ near Dorking. He was 78 years of ago,and had been under medical treatment, vvyj A Press Association message from Wei-,.' lington states that Captain J. A. Hayward, deputy harbourmaster at Wellington, died; on Monday night! in a private hospital, a, few days after an operation; aged 47 years.?Ho was a brother of Mr Hayward, a mem-i ber of the Dunedin City Council. , T A Palmerston North message states' tha£the death occurred yesterday morning of aa; old Wellington pioneer—Mrs E. Bannister^—_-'i at the ago of 87. She arrived in Wellington ! in 1841 in the ship Arab with her parents, ; Mr and Mr 3 Peter Tutchen. She lived.; a*. Happy Valley for many years, and latterly-; in Palmevston North; She was widelyknown throughout the North Island. Sho s leaves three sons and four daughters, the-!] former including Mr R. E. Bannister (Syd- ~ ney) and Mr C. M. Bannister (Queensland); s| Mr R. A. Wilson, who for the past four.-i years has been on the local staft of than New Zealand Insurance Company, ■ has been;) promoted to the position of chief olerk':in'; the luvercargill office of the company. Prior* to liis departure he was presented by. the managcr and staff with a smoker's cabinet.. Mr Grave, manager, in a few well-chosen ■- remarks, made tno presentation, and - Mr. Wilson suitably responded. The death is. announced at Melbourne ofMr A. H. Massina, who, arriving inYictoria 63 years ago, at once went into busi-;* ness as a printer, and,' when he retired in* 1909, had been the senior partner of the firmof A. H. Massina and Co. for over 50 Hxj was the first printer in Victoria to introduce the linotypo machine. Mr Massina was a well-known publisher, and founded; and published the Australian Journal nearly, 55 years ago. In connection with this jour-.> nal he -may (the Argus reports) be said to •' have "discovered" Marcus Clarke, for \-heir the latter applied to him on one occasion for work Mr Massina, anxious to brighten: up. the Australian Journal, commissioned cus Clarke to write a story, and sent him to Tasmania. The result of that commission: was The Term of His Natural Life." MrMassina Was also the first publisher of Adam Lindsay Gordon's poems. Mr Maa-i sina was for over 30 years on the directorate - of the Melbourne Herald and- Weekly.! Times, and was chairman of the board. Mr Donald M'Bain, who died at Otama" at the age of- 73 years, was one of the earliest) settlors at Otama. Born in the parishCo£\ Alvie, Invemesshire. in 1843, he came:'to,: Melbourne in the shirt Lightning in 1862K and after a short trial at the took ship to Otago, arriving per ship Rihgaifjj rooms in the early seventies. He immfe diately took up land at Otama, and provedS one of the most industrious and successful; settlers. In 1876 Mr M'Bain was married to r the oldest daughter of the late' Angus'! M'Eochern;, sheep farmor, _ Victoria. ; Haf* leaves a widow and a family of. sovcri _son3V •and .four daughters. Mr M'Bain was ./a t public-spirited and enterprising man, ,an3j held in high esteem. In 1877 he was :a'S member of the Otama Presbyterian Church'. Committee, and also of the school comrnitteo! for a number of vears. until compeUed\tc • resign through failing health.