PERSONAL

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XL, Issue 13191, 27 September 1913, Page 2

PERSONAL

- . -. -•_ '-- » •;• - ■■*••■ -::.\s. ■■ - Mr ; . G. J, ; "Sl\c^. retuctp;^ ■'• {# '.Qi s .. borne to-day*; frbiij ,a visit 'ft*, jAustraiia. The Hon. Capt." Tu'cker^MlL.GW returned to Gisborne this morning by the* Riverina. ... . . . .' The Yen. ArcKdeaeon .hVw.' Williams was a passenger* from Wellington by tho . s.s. Riverina this> morning. His Excellency the Governor will pay New Plymouth an official visit either on the 14th or 16th of next month: •' - : Captain Taylor, Lloyd's representative, passed through Gisborne to-ciay on Wa way to Brisbane. .-''.- The friends of Mr"' T. E. Torieycliffe will be pleased to learn ,that he haa recovered sufficiently from his recent illness to enable him. "to get Out again. "'-'••■■*" Mr J. T. M. Hornsby, ex-A.LP, for Wairarapa, denies a rumor that he ia going to contest the Masterton seat at Ano next election. He says he has done* with politics. At a meeting of the Hawke's my Presbytery yesterday Rev. A. Grant, &f Dannevirke, was nominated as Modera- . tor* 'of the Presbyterian General Assembly, w Ihe many friends m Poverty Bay of '■Mrs and the Misses Telford, of Waimarino, Carterton, will be sbrxy'to learn of the death/ of Miss Robend Ellen Telford, for many years m Napier At the popular Salisbury; Tea-rooms. ;.- , Mr Stannard, of the firm of Messrs Langlands and Co., who experienced- a severe attack of typhoid last supimej?, ,'. froi*n which he ia slowly recovering, lef^ oWa health-recruiting visit to Rotorua this morning. •••.''.. W'vf- V Messrs J. R. Kirk, VW. Morgan, and M McLeod, members of ihe Hawke's Bay Education Board, returned to Gisborne this morning, they having been to Napier to attend the monthly meeting of the Board. _ V . k ._ ' Lord Islington, m a-letto'^i-k^W. A. Beddoe, of Auckland, states, that he is leaving England at the end of tha present month for India, where he Viil spend six months m concluding _aquinea concerning the Indian Civil Service Cpm^' mission, after which he will spend -tKe " summer a.t Home preparing his- report.

At the gathering at the Gentle Annie quarry last' evening a presentation^* * brightly-burnished steel anvil, made7of tramway rail metal, ; was made to "Mr Robinson, a quarry employee^who is leaving with Mr Rogers.. .The gift, 'thatW work of a German fellow^exnplp'y^e, was " accompanied by many' expressions Of goodwill, and kind ; wishes' foi 1 J '■' fut&fc success. •"-' •**'."' ,' . , . **.-

A pleasant,. social gathering -was ijeldr., m St. Andrew's schoolrobrii last . _ig_V " by the members of the,<jh.oir> The evening was devoted to gained and musical items, and refreshments. were.Vhaiided round. During the everiiri£'..ft surprise, - ; was sprung on Mr C. East/choiririStep** * and organist, when orijljehaif bfiiis_c choir, the Rev. W. Grant presented ium with a silver-mounted baton, as aa - evidence of the esteem, .m which, havia held, and as an appreciation 'of "nis services m connection with the recent ; choir contest.^ Mr Eas]^* replied m suitable terms. -?"':W. "ff**;"? W XX'XX'"^-h A By the, death of Sii. WilliaijA'Vl^eH: V /(states ** the N.Z. Times) the^New* Zea*-7-land turf has lost_one of-its keenest aiid.,' most straightfbrwaid ,? *.: . Bix£ William, although he never kept, a very large string going, always ha,3^fir^e ocifour to i-epresentVhM/i^idfl'.'lltfe:. colora have been .c^rriedV.to -,Yiqt r cffy ( ..ii(it_<>mQ 1 jof the most important (especially Jnmpuig) events m the Dominion,. The" Sq_iro* : K>f jPiaxmere was also 'pifesidk-fe'Vof the* Ha-wke's Bay .Jockey ,CluJ) i fpt*fti*.,tnjwalwi , *s. of years. When he went to England ha • resigned his position^ b'uf'on his Teturik to the Dominion again interest(*d'himselJ f " m the doings of that club. Afnong thot ' ' horses to score m the amber .anc^gold ■ livery may be mentioned such high-3as_' perforinera as Tigress, Tigris,' Qi-uride^ Lion, Nadador,* Coraipn, and several others. '„-..

At the Gentle- Annie quarry •la_t~e^w**iing there was an assemblage of tihe Tvoektnen to make a.. presentation to MV^p] Rogers, who is leaving" the Gisbouptt'. Borough Council's emplpye,.- ..jSfir. 0! Gal- 1 lagher, at the request of the-~m§n 0 presided, and on, their behalf presentted^Mr ■ Rodgers with a handsome travelling tgig, with suitable monogram, also a pipe and; tobacco pouchy an,d_to Mca-.Rodger&7» handsome silvfr cruet (which. is to i»i suitably inscribed), m -recognition-' of l*er'; many kind actions. Mr Gallagher made* a felicitous speech. He _aid that it vvaa a tribute to a man as a '.hoes'Vthat;, his workmen .tho-iv?ht' nothing too iobbl' to- speak of him, and theyasfced him to* accept these presents .as a token of. theirgood wishes for the future. Hb'^went bn to speak: highly of Mr Rodgers' good qaalities, and as for the pipe, "he stf,id*,7 "May all troubles vanish from vgrgr^ future life as vanishes the curling smoke from this pipe." (Applause.) Mr Roderers. replied m feeling terms. Heraid that there was any amount, of good stone m the quarry- and --bo . eooklV guarantee a five- years' supply,, T^e onlytf thing that pixianpted , him. to leaye .- sj3t ■ the fact that his name had been placed on- the No. 2 li^t for dismissal ajidVhe', ddded that the names of -t^e 53 men,, at the quarry , vera also .;pn the>.* ,wai^ and his advice to them "was ■ to 'do ''aav he had doge as .soon^as.they/sW^aß* opportunity \t> get. but. Mrs Ro^g^^, made a pleasing reply, tl^nj^rig^-^^nte^,/ for the kindly feelihe that Tiad 7p*fth_tp~J ed the gift, and said , that, she 7hqggd. -"•' that m their travels round taq.i)btmi^iiy7 tfhey would again have the' pl^as^e.^pf meeting men from the' quarry. :. Sei^M, songs were given, one geht^eiqM *&ss&! especially pood with Scotch 'songs- SideRanees, -vyhich were ptfeatly enjoyedVby, all ■present. '* A capital' spread was 7pro£ vided. and the 1 patheripj? concluded jwi% 11 " the singing of "Auld Lang Syne/^ancjV th? National Anthem. 7,- * yX'AX**ft'