PERSONAL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17323, 24 May 1918, Page 5

PERSONAL

A cable message from London announces u Munro-Forijuson, mother of the Australian Governor-General. Mr and Mrs Robert Powell, of the China Inland Mission, \vho have been ou an extended furlough in the dominion, will leave Dunedin for Wellington shortly. They purpoeo leaving Auckland, en route for China, in August next. Major Cooper. General Staff Officer, went north yesterday morning- to inspect the ■territorial camp at present being held at Oamuru. Mr 11. M. Didsbirry has arrived from Aapiei' to take over- the management of the New Zealand Insurance Conrpany. Ho has had a wide mnge of managements for the company in Western Australia, India, and Victoria, as well us in Now Zealand. Mr Dklsbury has received presentations from the Napier insuranco staffs and the Napier Savage Club. Another sap in the fast-diminishing ranks of the early pioneers has been caused bv the death on Monday morning of Mrs John M'Kissock, at her son's residence at Inchclutha. The deceased lady, who -was in her eighty-ninth year, was ljorn at New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, and was married to her late husband in 1852. Mr M'Kissock was attracted to New Zealand by the news of tho discovery of gold at Gabriel's Gully, at which time he in Australia, and his' wife joined him at Tuapeka at the latter end of 1861. There were very few women on the field. After spending two years at the diggings, Mr M'Kissock acquired a team in order to wagon provisions, etc., to the goldfield, and subsequently leased a farm at Inchclutha, whore the family lived for several years, finally settling, however, near Stirling. Mr M'Kissock died 36 years ago, and of a family of seven there are four survivors—Mr John M'Kissock (Waikaia), Mr Andrew M'Kissock (Stirb'ng), Mrs J. J,. Thomas (Pleasant Point), and Mrs W. J. Neal (Mornington).