PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 29, 27 September 1912, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Sir Richard Cartwright, Minister of Trade and Commerce tor Canada, and member of Parliament for South Oxford since 1896, has passed away.— Ottawa cable. Mr. F. Archer, late engineer to the Waimato North County, Council, was presented with j\ handsome dressingcase at Manaia on Tuesday night, on his departure for the South Island. The Hon. Mr. McGowan, Prime Minister of New South Wales, intimated at the Dominion Day reception that ho proposed .visiting New Zealand shortly.—Sydney cable. Mr. Joseph is sinking fast, says a cablegram to the Ausbralian papers. During the last five weeks he has ceased to take any interest in political events. Pie is lying in bed, mentally and physically helpless. Mr. E. Pearson, who received seri- . ous injuries as the result, of a collision with a motor-car at Waituna West, last Thursday evening, shows no improvement in his condition. Major-General Godley has not quite recovered from the bronchial trouble, and is still confined to his house m Wellington, but is able to transact departmental business. His Excellency the Governor has given permission to the Senior Cadet / officers throughout New Zealand to xiso one of tils crests (the Dickson crest) as the badge of.their companies,

The Duke of Connaught and party, who are touring the Alaska Coast, \\oie received at Port Simpson by Indians in full war paint (says a cablegram from Ottawa), nd presented with totem poles and other native gifts. Messrs W, A. McCntchan and A. Meredith' members of the Wnangamomona County Council, who attended ; the conference cf delegates of vaiunis . local bodies at Te Kmti, returned by mail train last night. / Rev. Father Maples, who has been . ■ transferred to Stratford, was accorded a very largo “send-off social by members of the Petono Roman catholic community on Wednesday evening. . • Father Maples arrived in. btrattoia last evening. ,Mr. Henry Carlson, one of Danne- ■ virko’s first residents, and a pioneer of the sawmilling industry in that district, tossed away in Auckland yesterday morning (states a Danncvirke telegram)j ’ Deceased, who leaves a widow and a grown up family, had been ailing sometime and went North in search of health. Mr Alt- G- Lumsden, touring manager of the “Tiny'Town” Company, ■ was in Stratford yesterday, making arrangements for the appearance or 1 - the Company on Wednesday next. Iho touring manager is 6ffc 2in in height, and the height df the Mayor of imj Town bujj 2ft Bid. The Chairman of the Whangamomona County Council (Mr. A. Mere- ' diEh) and Councillor W. A. McGutchan, were absent from Wednesday s meeting of the Council, on account of attending a meeting of delegates from 1 ' various local bodies at Te Kuiti on { ;; Wednesday, to ’'discuss the forming of a Back .Blocks’ Local Bodies’ Association, • ,

' Mrs Sarah .McCarthy, relict of the ■ late Mr T, McCarthy, at the age of ■72 years, died at Inglewood on VVed- <'> nesday. Death was duo to heart fail- ' lire. Mrs McCarthy* was a, native of Cbrk, Irelaiid, and had no relatives n in the Dominion. Thirty-Aye years of Her life were spent in India and China with her husband’s,regiment, the.lßth Royal Irish, a -similar period in Inglewood. She herself was the daugh- ; ter of'a soldier. : Mr. F. J. Jackson tendered his resignation last night as a member of the Stratford Bowling Club, giving as his reason his lameness and rheumatic troubles. This bad nows was very sympathetically received by the bowlprs present, and, in making Mr. Ja'ck- , son a life member, the president ana others spoke of the services rendered to the club by the Jackson players, the good fellowship that had existed,* and the sterling qualities of these two gentlemen.

■ The marriage of Mr. Alex Major, of Awakino, and Mias Kate Mustard, of Dunedin, was celebrated at Elthum on Wednesday by the Rev. Mr, Robertson, at the local Presbyterian Chiirch. Miss Nellie Watersori was bridesmaid,, and Mr. A. E. Collins was best man. At the breakfast after the ceremony, the usual toasts h ere honoured, Mr. G. W- Tayler. the proprietor, proposing the health of the newly-wedded couple. The toast, which was drunk in bumpers, was responded to by the bridegroom,' and Mr. Col Tins responded to the toast of the bridesmaid. The vacancy caused by the death of the Earl of Onslow as representative of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand in the Grand Lodge of English Freemasons, has been filled— and the distinction has fallen on Mr James W, Matthews, who received his commission from New Zealand early in August. The appointment, -remarks a London is the more,interesting as Mr Matthews is New Zealand born, his native town being Dunedin, where the Grand Lodge of New Zealand is now held. , Mrsi William Douglas, an old pioneer of the district, died at Hawera on Wednesday, aged 85 years. The deceased, who was very well known, has been a resident of Hawera for about forty years, and saw some of the vicissitudes of the' Maori War, "states the “Star.” Deceased leaves a grown-up family, including Mrs. Malcolm Campbell, Mrs. J. Cooper (of Keteonatea), and Messrs. *R. and W. Douglas, of Hawera. ’ Hr. Douglas died a number of years ago. Mr. Smith Sullivan, an old resident of Hawera, but lately residing in New Plymouth, died yesterday with tragic suddenness. He had just returned to his home in Queen street from -a shopping expedition, when he suddenly collapsed (says the News). He expired before the arrival of a medical practitioner, who was quickly on the scene Death was found to be from heart fail ure, for which he had been treated while resident in Hawera. An Jnquest will not be held. The late Mr Sullivan, who. is survived by a wife and a grown-up family, was born In Lancashire, and had been a resident in New Zealand for in ore than half a century. He was on the railway construction work in the Crimean War, and saw .much of the lighting that took place there.