ABOUT PEOPLE

Southland Times, Issue 19444, 7 January 1925, Page 4

ABOUT PEOPLE

Mr A. Cleland of Wellington is at present spending the holidays with his parents in Invercargill. Mr R. A. Rodger, of Tapanui, who is a member of the Dominion Revaluation Board, is at present visiting Invercargill. Mr D. H. Wilson, manager of the Standard Insurance Company at Invercargill, has returned home after spending a holiday at Puketeraki. Mr Joseph Weate, of Williamstown, Victoria, accompanied by Mr Weate, are visitors to Gore, and are guests of Mr and Mrs Owen Kelly. Mr D. J. McLauchlan, of the staff of the Bank of New Zealand, Auckland City, who is on special leave on account of his father’s serious illness, is at present at Wyndham. Mr and Mrs I. W. Raymond returned to Wyndham on Monday, and in the evening proceeded to their property, Woodslea Downs Estate, where they will remain some time.

Among recent callers at the Invercargill branch of the Tourist Department were Misses E. Simmonds and E. M. Weeks, of Melbourne, Mr A. I. Clark (Melbourne), Mr R. West (England), Mr C. E. Lawrence (Melbourne), and Mr J. A. Sampson (Melbourne) .

On the occasion of the separation of the Oreti charge from the Winton parish, Muss Cowie, who has acted as organist for many years at Oreti, was made the recipient of an ivoroid mirror, brush and comb from the Deacons’ Court of the Parish. Mr J. Findlay, Choirmaster, was also presented -with a gold mounted fountain pen and pencil in appreciation of his services. The presentations were made by the Rev. A. McNeur, and Mr Findlay suitably acknowledged the gifts on behalf of Miss Cowie and himself.

Captain W. T. Turner, 0.8. E., R.N.R., who was captain of the Lusitania at the time she was sunk off the Irish coast by a German submarine, arrived in Sydney by the Orama recently. Captain Turner came to Australia primarily to see his sons, one of whom lives in Perth and the other in Brisbane. It is possible that he may settle in the Commonwealth. He has visited Australia before, the first time in 1872. He first joined the Cunard Line in 1889, and had command at different times of the Lusitania, Mauretania, and the Aqait&nia.

One of the oldest and most esteemed residents of Forest Hill District in the person of Mr Edwin Butler, passed away on Friday. He, like many old settlers, saw that part of the country converted from its natural state into prosperous homesteads. He was predeceased by his wife a few years. He was of a quiet and retiring disposition and a kind friend and neighbour. The sympathy of the whole community goes out to his sons and daughters. The funeral took place at Winton on Sunday afternoon, the burial service being conducted by the Rev. Vivian Fisher. Mr James Hore, who died at his residence Bay View road. Dunedin, on Friday last, at the age of eighty-two, was one of the band of adventurers who sought fortune on the Otago goldfields in the early days. Arriving in Dunedin from Cornwall in the well-known ship Jessie Readman in 1865, he went straight to the Hamilton’s diggings, where he was fairly successful. He returned to his native land a few years later, and was engaged in farming for some time. Then he decided to come out to New Zealand again, and for some years he was occupied in mining operations at Naseby. In 1878, when land became available, he went farming on the Maniototo Plain, and carried on through the difficult years of low prices and bad eeasons. Ultimately, with an enlarged bolding, Mr Hore achieved success, and in 1911 he was able to retire and live in Dunedin, where he has resided ever since. He is survived by Mrs Hore and seven daughters and two sons, all of whom are married. The late Mr Hore, who had a kindly and genial manner, was much respected. He was one of a family of fifteen, one of his brothers being Mr Silas Hore, formerly of Waipiata, but now of Christchurch.