PERSONAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13299, 7 February 1914, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Dr Collins returned to Gisborne to-day after a ! visit to La ke' Taupo: .. A through passenger for Auckland by the s?.s. Monowai this morning was -Rev. P. T, Williams, of St. John's College, Auckland. i . ? , Captain J^lL.Whyt'e, D.5.0., Brigade Major, Wellington Mounted \ t Brigade, ariuved from south thi^"" morning,' and returns to Napier to-morrow-. - - .Lieutenant-Colonel Hislop, Major R. H." Potter, and Lieut. ! Bishop' return, to Napier by the s.s. Westralia to-morrow evening. : i .. Bishop and Mrs Averiil and some of their family j ,tle;ft* i Y' , Na|iier'- >b]r * the'- mail train yesterday- morning-; for- Auckland. A large number of citizens and church dignitaries were on the station to bid them, farewell. 'R,ugby supporters will* be interested to know that 'as a young man Mr TijW. Stringer, K.C., the newly-appointed President of the Arbitration Court, was a member of the firstr interprovincial team from Canterbury which toured New Zealand m 1876, and represented the province for several years. Mr Kenneth' Watkins, the well-known Auckland artist, who with Mrs Watkins, has been spending, the summer holidays at . Waikaremouna, returned .to Auckland to-day by the s.s. Monowai. During • his visit to the lake Mr Watkins secured a number of sketches.' He was much impressed with the- beauty of the. scenery at Wnikaromoaim, which at present is looking exceptionally fine.--.'.^ Mr H- W- Bain, English representative for the Norwich Union Insurance Society, who has just completed an inspection ' trip •; through . the Dominion, passed : through Gisborne this morningon his »way .back to the Old Country. Speaking generally,.-. -Mr Ba^n was impressed with the air of prosperity which he observed m all the cities m New Zealand, although from an insurance point of view'thpy hardly compared S o favorably with those at Home. , Mr John Wolsteiiholme died at. Hast:, ings on Thursday./ Deceased, who very widely known and highly esteemed throughout ' Hawke's Bay, wasifor many years headmaster of 'tlie district school at Port Aliuriri: He lately acted as relieving teacher for ..the >■ Education Board, and whilst takipg • .part m the physical training class at Hastings Jiad a seizure. Daceaselj was 62 years ol age, and was, born m ;Lancashire ; England. In his time he was one of the i district's best cricketers. . At the conclusion of the - committee meeting of the ■ Gisborne Rowing'.'Chib last evening, the opportunity- was' taken to present *a- travelling -rug to 1 Mr ■ D . ,' Cowan j 1 the popular captain of the shad! who has been transferred to the teachinp staff of the Napier -school. In making .the ' presentation Mr 'Oi O. Hansen rofetred \%jo the great services Tendered to the club -by -Mr Gowan v arid /expressed .sic regret '\ie\t- -by rmembevs,- at . his de-. paTtuv.?.;:.-. Mr <yewaiv». feelingly replied. ' tnanking.,,the : meraber.s, : and preferring to the pleasure he 'had always derived af a memoer of the clpb.' He wished the shed a very prosperous future.