PERSONAL ITEMS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2849, 21 October 1908, Page 27

PERSONAL ITEMS.

The Oamaru Presbytery on the !3th fixed the sth November as the date for the induction of tlie Rev. P. C. liennio to tltc pastoral eaie of the Herbert-Kakanui charge. A strong requisition is being signed throughout tiie county (says the Cromwell Argus) asking Mr Jsis Horn, the county chairman, to re-consider his projected retirement from the council, and communications have- been received from the Mayor of Alexandra, and others asking if anything was being done in Carriek Riding to indues him. to again come forward. A correspondent at P-annockburn writes that a requisition lias boan eigncd by on-a and all there, ■and it has beea forwarded to Nevis to b<k signed by supporters there, as they are very anxious to get their popular member to again como out. As tnerc,is such * general request from all parts, Mr Horn may probably ccc- his way to favourably consider it. At tno invit«&t*oti of Mr John Ker, of Wickliffe Bay, a number of his old friends met at the residence of .Mr and Mrs Ja«. Weir (son-in-law and daughter) to celebrate his arrival "in Otago 5.0 years ago, the good chip Jura, from Glasgow, having cast anchor at Port Chalmers on the 23rd September, 1258. There were present on this auspicious occasion Mr Thee. Moodie (of Dunedin, ako a passenger by the same ship), Messrs D. D. Seaton, D. Dickson, VVm. Clcarwater, J. G. Lawis, Halcrow, Jos. Cress, I. Ryan, aud J. K. Ryan (sen- j "in-law and grandson), and many others, j An exceedingly pleasant evening was spent, j first fn the game of euchre, and some meet ; exciting and well-contested games were played, Mesbrs Clearwater, lUoodie, and ilalcrow carrying off the victory for their eides. After suppar Mr D. 1). Seaton, in a very happy speech, proposed the health of their host (Mr Jor.ii Ivcr), and referred to the arduous times trie early e«ttlers had to face, the Peninsula being then dense, heavy bush, with no roads as now, and many hard .years' work was put in clearing the bush to get a silo for the homestead. Mr Seaton paid a high tribute to the pereeveranos and energy displayed by Mr Ker, who has now retired to epond the evening of his-dajs resting from his labours. Messrs Dickson, Clearwater, .Lewis, and others also spoke. Messrs Ker and Moodie suitably replied, thanking one uud ali for the many kind- expressions. Mr Oon. Christie, who has for eoine years . acted as auctioneer' for ihe North Otago .Farmers' Co-operative Association, has sent in bis resignation to the directors, t having accepted an offer to untfiertake. the i duties of auctioneer for Messrs Dalgety and I Cb.'s Auckland branch. I Gn Wednesday, i4th, -there was a largo I gathering at Pine Hill School-?to bid farewell to Mr and Mrs Carrmgtou and family. Mr Carrington has for over seven yea re i been in charge- of the school -at Pino Hill, , ! and has recently been apeojaicd to a i similar position at St. Leonards. Z\lr Gardiner, who at or.c time was tha teacJicr at Pine Hill, and greatly respected by the residents, made, on their behalf, a presentation of a clock to Mr and Mrs Carringtcn. Mr Gardiner spoke of the many good qualities possessed by Mr Carrington, and congratulated him on his well-men ted pro- ; motion. Mr Carrington thanked the xesi- j dents for their gift, and hoped that the j friendly re'ations thus ecmenied would not j bo entlrel- at, an cud through his removal to St. liconarfls. Tlie following presentations were then made : — A gold bracelet to Miss Carrington, a shaving outfit to Mr George Carringrcn, a pecket-book to -Mr Ernest Carrington, and a purse to, Master Athol Carrington. The annual conference of the New Zealand Federated Builders' Association will I be held at Inverc-argiU on November 4. j The delegates from Dur.edin are Me&rs «J. { Crawford {president), G. Hodgee, and G. j Simpson. ' i Mr C. C. Graham has been appoinlc-J Lv ; the Government 110 act as etip-'i'diai'v ' rnagistrine a«- Waisganui for a m^nth or ! two. ' Word was received in Roxburgh last v~rk , that the Rev. Father Geary, who wats for years in charge cf the local Roman j Catholic Church, had been accidentally drowne«i-at Waterford, Ireland. Constable Lopdell, of Balcluth-a, left on Monday by the Maheuo on a five wesk* 1 holiday trio to Victoria. His place will bo taken' by Constable Fox, of Dunedin. The death is reported by the Press Association of Mr Win. Harrington, of Sumner, a very old eefctler in the Canterbury province, who died at his residence in Sumner on Thursday evening. The deceased claimed , to be one of the first four persons to Teeide in Lytteiton. At a social gathering at Winton Mr Waller Taylor, local representative of the National • Mortgage- and Agency Company, was entertained on the occasion of his. approaching marriage. The chairman (Mr' W. Smale), on behalf of ihe stock agents, presented the guest of the evening with a gold albeit chain and inscribed gold m-adal. Mr Win. Buss, who lived for a great many years at Rangiora, died on Thursday "at hi-3 residence in Christchurch (says a Pro.-» Association telegram), at the age of 68 y-eais. Mr Biro ivas born in 1840 at S-ellinge, Kent, England, and arrived in Lytteiton by the ship Roman Empercr in l£6o. In 1862 Mr Bu^s founded a large auctioneering bu-inccs, which he successfully conducted for 40 years, retiring in. l»02. He claimed to have held an auctioneer' 6 license- continuously for a longer period than any other auctioneer in Canterbury, and ho wes the first resident auctioneer in the district. He was first secretary of the Northern Agricultural and Pastoral Association, and held tlie offices of secretary and treasurer for 15 years. He was subsequently president of the society- for three years. His numerous friend,s will be pleased tohear that Mr W. S. Laidlaw, who left Matakanui a few months ago on a 'trip to the Old Country, has greatly benefited by the change. In consequence of his medical, adviser ordering- him complete rest, 'Mr Laidlaw informs the-Alexendra Herald that his stay in England will be longer than at first anticipated, but hopes to be back again, in the best of health in the near future. Since their arrival in England Mr and Mrs Laidlaw have been eight-seeing, and axe now enjoying a well-earned rest. The messengers, tod orderlies attached to

Parliament Building" made a presentation, on the 16th inst. to the Speaker (the Horn. A. R. Guinness) as a mark of esteem for th© kindly interest taken by him in their affairs during the past session. The presentation, which was accompanied by an address (<ays the Press Association), took the form of a handsome gold-mounted umbrella. A similar article was giveoi for Mrs Guiniwws. The Speaker briefly returned thanks, remarking that amongst those pre»3nt were "men whom he had known for the pa-st 30 or 40 years. He hoped to meet them all'again next session. Mr J. H. Sheath, chief postmaster of r»apiev, and who resigns from the service at the end of February, joined the telegraph branch of the service as far back as April. 1665, at Christchurch. afterwards serving at Baiclutha, Featherston. and Tauranga. He became postmaster at the Bay of Plenty port in 1884, and after eight years there was appointed chief postmaster a-t Westport. In 1900 h© wa« transferred to Hokitika, and three years later to Napier. 'Re retires on a pension of £293 6s 8d per annum. Another officer who is retiring on pension is Mr James Delancy, for fivo years past postmaster at Lytteiton. Mr Dekney joined the service as a telegraph assistant and post olfico messenger at Arrowtown (fcheiKoaUed Arrow) in 1870, and rose to the telegraphic heed of 1 affairs iv that lirtl-fe settlement tiro jejrs la^t-eri In 1884 (after th£ amalgamation of ihe Post^anS Telegraph Departments), Mr De llaney was appointed podtnixster, a position he occupied until 18S2, when lie was transferred to Lawrence, where he remained for 11 years prior to his transference to Lytteiton. He will receive a pension of £199 10s, as from Ist April. Mrs W. H. Reynolds and her daughters left Louden on Saturday by the j steamer Arawa for New Zealand. The death occurred on Saturday (says a Napier mescag-?", in her sixty-fourth " J year, of Mrs Annie Spencer, relict cf the late Dr W. T. Spencer, who was surgeon to the 18th Royal Irish in Napier. Mr F. Oakden, manager of the Mi I burn Lime and Cement Ccmnany (Limited), returned to Dunedin by the Maheno oa Saturday mornhig af^er a five months' business trip through China, Japan, Siberia, Russia, Germany, England. United States, ami Canada. A London cablegram states that Mr George Gilbert Murray has becin appointee regius professor .of Greek at Oxford. l Another of our o!cf identities passed away, on Friday last, at _the ag-e- of 68 years, in ihe person of Mr/ Annie Parker, relict of the late James Parker. Tho deccassd lady left Leith in December, 1862. , in the Arima iCaptain Brown), and landedat Port Chalmers in March, I£fc3. The . same year she mari'icd her late' husband, , who took up mining at Post Office Creek, Waipoci,- and subsequently T-imoved to York street, Opawa, where lie .was .engaged ia storekeping. From this he retired, and the aged couple took, utj their" residence, with their daughter, Mrs J. . Higgs, ,of Montreal street, Sydenham. , Ihe death is announced of Mr William M\Lecd, son of Mx~ Hector M'Lecd, ' of ' Kartigi. Mr M'Leod liad bsen in the • railway sorvice for upwards of 20 year*, end was for fpme time cleyfc a.t Dunback. He \va? afterwards appointed stationmaster at Dimtrcon, and about four years ago he was transferred to Wanaajiui. He had been on sick leave for three months * prior to his death. A Melbourne cablegram states that Sir _ Alexander Peacock has resigned the Chief i Secretaryship on the ground of ill-haekb. j The Rev. Mr Ha in was inducted to tho ( pastoral charge of Waikaia on Wednesday I 14th inst. The Moderator (tho Rev. Mr MacInne<) gave a short resume of the proceedings leading up to the call and the difficulty which had been 'experienced in setting tho charge- satisfactorily settled. The Rev. Mr Collie addressed tlie newly-inducted elergyl.ian, and tho Rev. Mr Sangeter addressed the congregation. The subsequent proceedings were of the most cordial 1 cfi-araeter.