PERSONAL.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 21, Issue 90, 6 December 1910, Page 4

PERSONAL.

The Hastings Standard of Wednesday says:—" Mr David Whyte telegraphed from Feilding last night stating that a petition, largely signed by town and country residents in the Hawke's Bay province, has been presented to Mr Robert McNab, asking him to, be a candidate for the Hawke's Bay electorate at the next election. Mr McNab replied that he will be glad to meet the committee who have interested themselves in the matter, and he will visit Hastings with that object at the end of next week." Good fortune has (states the Melbourne Leader) befallen the wife of Mr A. W. Gow, licensee of the Koyal Hyde Park Hotel, corner of Elisabeth and Bathurst Streets, Sydney. Last week Mrs Gow received a letter from Messrs Sainsbury.Logan and Williams, solicitors at Napier, N.Z., to the effect that she was legatee in the intestate estate of Patrick M'Guire, who died recently in America. Then a cablegram came from the solicitors as follows:—" Deceased left 7,000,000 dol. Have no information as to amount of your share." The share, however, is believed to be about £300,000. Patrick M'Guire was Sirs Gow's uncle. She bad not seen him for 37 years, and only once or twice during that period had she heard of him. She did not kuow how he made his money. Mr Gow will be remembered as having organised two expeditions to recover the gold losfoin the Elingamite. Mr Tosswill, of Tira Ora, was also one~ of the party. Dr J. E. Weld, of Oxford, Canterbury, whose death is announced, had for some time been suffering from illhealth, and although he went for a change to the Islands his strength did not recover. He left England and came to the Australian colonies in the early 'sixties, arriving at Tasmania, whence he wort to Ballarat, and settled for some time in South Australia near the Callenton copper mines. From there he went to Angeston for a time, and returned to England. Dr Weld then came out to Mew Zealand at the time of the Maori War, and took up his residence at Havelock, in the Pelorus Sound. From here he removed with his family by the topsail schooner Shepherdess to Lyttelton, and took up the land at Oxford on which he had since resided, and where he had been so well known for many years. He was the first qualified medical - practitioner to reside permanently in the township. He had a very frank, open manner, and took a keen interest in nearly all public affairs. He was exceedingly sympathetic to the struggling settlers. Dr Weld came to Havelock in 1868,/just after the death of Dr Sickler, and lived in a house near the beach at the back of the Masonic Hotel. The "oldhands" gf Havelock have many amusing anecdotes to tell of the late doctor, who seems to have teen somewhat of a wit. Mrs Perry was a member of Dr and Mrs Weld's household.'