PERSONAL.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13493, 23 September 1914, Page 2

PERSONAL.

Commissioner and Mrs Richards and the other visiting Salvation Army offi- , cers proceed to Napier ay to-night's steamer. Col. Powley, the chief secretary, left for Auckland this morning. His Honor Mi- Justice Cooper, who has been presiding over the. session of the Supreme Court, leaves for Napier this evening, and thence /proceeds to Auckland. His Honor's associate, Mr Mackay, will remain m Gisborne for a few days on holiday leave. Lieutenant Commander Charles JL*. Elwell, R.N., \vho was killed m actiohiafc Berbertshohe, was one of the officers lent by the Imperial Navy for duty under the Australian Government. He came; to> Australia as first lieutenant of H.M.A.B. Melbourne m 1913. Afterwards he\ became commander of the Pioneer. When the war broke out, 'in August laat, "he was at tlie Naval Officers!. Training College at GeelGng. " At his own request .ho was attached -to the Expeditibnaiy Force. ■_ ;;■_ ' Seaman G. V. Williams, who was killed m. the Australian attack on Herbertshohe, was 28 years of age, and a Victorian. He went to- sea as a. boy, and became an able seaman on the steamer Westralia. He served also on the Loongana and- the Paloonai,:. He was .well known on the watersides of Sydney and Hobart as well as m Melbourne. Hequitted the sea somet ime ago, and fonnd employment, m Melbourne! City Corporation Electric Works. ! He was a member of the Royal Australian Navy Reserve, and had done more than the four of tho five years. service, which was covered by his enlistment. He had one more drill to attend for the completion of liis service irlien hie- was ordered on -foreign, duty. „He.was one of the best rifle. and revolver shots m the brigade, and. was generally kSiowi_as r a plucky; vigorous, and athletic man.' ,' '

Many m Wellington - (states, the Dominion of Monday) . will regret to hear of the death, of the Rev. H. B. Redstone, wJiich! -'"ocourred ' . suddenly yesterday afternoon. The late MiRedstone, who had, not been feeling very well owing to. a slight c01d, . : attended service "at Taranaki -7 Street Methodist Cfturch on Sunday . morning, and had reached his. home ""-in Upper Hawker street. There he rested on a chair on the verandah whilst the midday meal was bejing prepared, and, • after en absence of a few- minutes only, he was ' discovered ,. dead . by his eister-in -law, - Mrs Redstohe ~, of Gisborne;, having apparently: ipassed peacefully'away through, a failure of the heart's action. The Rev. Mr Redstone was. born m Newquay, m the parish of Ta vistbek, D eronsldre (England) , on, March 4, 1836. Tiie clergyman was,,, much respected by all who knew him.: His was a, kindly,' loving disposition,; and* he i was, held m niueh esteem. He leaves a widow and two daughters. His brothers are -Messrs W. E. Redstone, of Wellington. Mr John . Redstone, of Gisborne, Mr James Redstone, of Tavistock (England.) -' His£ only sister, Mrs H. L. Wilkinson, '"re* J^ sides at Cleveland, .Ohio, U.S; A. • •'-.', A requiem ,-mass was* celebrated i yester. day morning' for tl^e ; haopv repose of tie sou! of the late Father Paul Kehoe, wno died' at. vthe- Catholic, Presbytery,, New Plymouth, last Friday morning, at the age of 77 years. Father Kehoe worked witli much success, m * Gisbo^ep some years ago. (1888-1894). A native r of Dublin, he was a mian of high culture and noted for his musical abilities; a\ man also of a very genial disposition^; After his departure from Gisborne, some 20 years ago, he became parish priest of Paniell, a suburb of Auckland, where ' his health began to break .dowiu • Ovtfrng td failing health, he retired'to -tihe< Mater Misericordia Hospital; Moimt Edejn, to which he acted as chaplain for a couple of years. After wards "he joined his old friend, Father .Obstello, at Palmeraton North; attending to" whatever dtities his frail health allowed.; After ; the'- demise of Father Costello, he took up his "residence at tlie Presbytery, New "Plj-ino-ith. By the death of this: fiiie old' priest -another pioneer mis'sibner is., Lost to the church.' St. Mary's choir attended, and. the organist- played the "Dead March": at the end of the mass. ; 'There was a, good congregation. Father Golden officiated. The altar w^s tastefully draped , in< black by the Sifters of St: Joseph. ' It may be mentioned that Father Kehoe < built the front of the existing Presbytery, and that he enlarged the church at Painell. ,: • Quite a gloom was .cast. over. .papier on Sunday (says the'-JELB. Herald^ when it : became known. that Mi' John Parker, for many\yearsV' secretary for the Napieiv • Building and Investment SocietAr and Registrar of Electbrs for tlie fNapier district, died suddenly at~-his : residence at the comparatively-, early age of .46 years. He. had complained on Saturday of indigestion, but bfcherwise felt- well,' and on Saturday evening he and*- Mts • Parker spent the evening with, friends. Early on- Sunday malniiner vhe was taken ' with a heart seizUi'Cy the serious nature of which ..was apparent/ and a doctor. 'was sent for at once, but death had taken place before the arrival of medical assistance. '-He was the youngest soh< f bf the late Mr' William Parker, of Napier, was born i n Napior, his parents having removed there- from' the; Poverty Bay (district, where they 'Were amongst those who witnessed . the horrors, of • the- Poverty Bay .massacre by the natives under To Kooti. Having been so closely connected with Napier's commercial Ufa for many years it goes without 'sayinc* -that > the late Mr Parker was ' well and : widely known .throughout t;ho district and liis genial , and kindly disposition madet him. a, favorite wherever hie went. Ho. gained an honorable reputation on account of his business dealings, and a wide popularity If or his generous and open nature. He was educated at jtho. old Napier Grammar School, and afterwards entered the service of Messrs 'Williams '. and Kettle, iv, which he rose rapidly. He later entered into business on- his ow^a account as an accountant and. commission agent, and/ succeeded m building .up a large connection. He was a most 'enthusiastic fisherman, and a frequent visitor to Taupo, the claims of which place he never lost a. chance of extolling^ v. 1 MrParker, m his younger days, • a prominent tennis player. He had <lono much. for the advantage of thc,:town, as secretary to hospital' ball committees, etc.. and his willing; efforts havQ ' » hiany times been' highly praised; by ; those with a full knowledge of all the labor rendered by deceased ' m : the # cause bf charity. Mrs Parker, sen., his, mother, died only a few months ago. Mr-Wil-liam Parker, of Hastings, and. Mr -Fred. Parker, of Gisborne, are brothers of the deceased. Much sincere sympathy .will bs felt for the widow (a daughter of Mr Keesiug}, who is left with one .child > to console her m her great loss. Mr Parker had only been' married about two y earsr«gfe.