PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 43, 14 October 1912, Page 5

PERSONAL.

The death of Sir Charles Moss, Cjiiof Justice of Ontario, is announced by cable from Ottawa.

‘The Times’ (London) welcomes the suggestion that Mr. Winston Churchill should visit New Zealand, though his visit may prove impracticable.

Mr. W. P. Smith, senior clerk in the Hawera Post Office for many years, has been appointed Postmaster at iuparoa, in the Gisborne district. Mr. Frank Rhodes left on Saturday afternoon for Wanganui, en route for Timaru, where no takes possession of the Empire Hotel. Mg. Rhodes’ many friends in Stratford district will wisJi him success in his new venture.

The Rev. F. H. Spencer, the agent of the British and Foreign Bible Society in New Zealand, who is now in the Dunedin district, has contracted an inflamed throat, which has obliged him to cancel all his engagements for the time being.

Mr. A. Morton, has been re-elected chairman of the Inglewood Bacon Curing Company for the fourteenth year in succession ; in fact, he is held in such high esteem by the shareholders that they have not.changed their chairman since the inception of the company.

The Most Worshipful Grand -raster of New Zealand (Mr. Maurice Thompson), who has been on a tour of the district of Taranaki, in company wren Right Worshipful Brother T. A. i oter kin, Provincial Grand Master of Wellington, returned to the Capital City this morning.

Mrs. Wright, wife of Captain Wright, Hawera, met with a serious accident in London, having been run into by a motor bus. The accident happened about five months ago (according to news received by the English mail, says the ‘Star’). Mrs. Wright, although making satisfactory progress, is yet far from well. Lord Chelmsford is to succeed Sir George Clarke as Governor of Bomhay (.states the London.correspondent of the ‘Bombay Gazette?). Up to the time the last Indian mail left, nothing was known about the appointment in India, and it was generally believed that Sir George Clarke would have a six months’ extension of office if lie so desired.

Mi 1 . J. Horo, of the staff of the New Plymouth Magistrate’s Court, has received notice of his promotion to the office of the Under-Secretary rf Justice at Wellington. His place at New Plymouth will bo filled by Mr. B. L. Hammond, who is coming from Nnsei)v, and who at one time was relieving at New Plymouth.

The funeral of the Hon. James Marshall took place on Saturday, the remains bonifc interred at the Aliauiu cemetery, eight miles from his residence, at Totara Flat, states the Press Association. Representatives were present from all parts of the roast, including those from various local bodies. Over one hundred messages of sympathy were received by the widow from all parts of the Dominion. A Presbyterian 1 service was held at the house" and the grave by the Rev. Mr. Herd. The cortege was the longest ever'Seen on the coast.•> ''"

Mr. &. Jv Elston, Organising delegate of the, Araalgapialed Society of Siiginecrs, Jfasj rptip-ncd jtp Dunedin, after A most successful tour through New Zealand and all the States of the Commonwealth.' liv the course of his travels he has formed ten new .branches „ of Aha, society -he .represents —four in New. Zealand, one, in lasma,da, and five in Australia:.'' The 'fiumcf/er off Members connected-yith the Society of Engineers has risen from 3000 to 9000.

Mr. F. H. Parker, father of Mr. W. Parker, the well known Sydney schaitor, put up a remarkable feat recently. The old gentleman, who will be 81 years of age next Christmas Day, left his home in Phillip Street, Sydney, at rt o’clock in the morning, and walked all the way to Parramatta, fourteen miles, arriving there at a minute to' 0, at another of his sons’ residence, in time for breakfast. His object in making the trip was that the last, time ho was along that road was 65,years ago, , with his .father, and he was curious to see what changes had taken place during that tinie. He saw some.

• The Dean of Gibraltar, the Very Rev Docimus Storry Govett, died at Gibraltar of September 1. The deceased who whs a younger brother cf the late Archdeacon Govett, of New Plymouth, was educated at Wadham College, Oxford, whore he graduated in 1850, Ho was ordained in the following year to the civil chaplaincy of Gibraltar, of which he was appointed Archdeacon in 1882 and Dean in 1905. Ho did a groat deal to improve the Cathedral and the services at Gibraltar, where he introduced a ladies’ surpliced choir, cne of the first in the Empire. It was owing to his. having sent a photograph of this choir to his brother. Archdeacon Govett, (says the ‘Herald’) that the practice was followed at St. Mary s, Ngw. Plymouth, this being the first church- in the Dominion it is believed, where it was introduced. He was a man of great liberality, and will no doubt be a good deal missed at Gibraltar.

One of the oldest and most noteworthy pioneers of the Dominion, in the person of Mr. James Mackay, aged 81 years, has passed away at Paeroa. During the years he has spent in New Zealand he has taken part in many stirring events of New Zealand’s history. Amongst the memorable deeds of Mr. Mackay’s career perhaps the most important (says a Press Association message), was the manner he carried through the negotiations with Maoris in 1867, when he succeeded in making agreements with the Thames Maori chiefs to allow mining over their property at the Thames, and later on at Ohinemuri. Mr. Mackay was in charge of both these fields when they were first opened. He was then civil commissioner in charge of native affairs, lie was afterwards appointed Warden of the Thames and Ohinemuri goldfields, the first headquarters of the latter field, Mackay Town, being named after him.

Mrs. Margaret Gawto, widow cf the late Mr. J. Cawte, died at Mahakipiwa on Monday night (says the ‘Marlborough Press), andj,UH)ther of Marlborough’s pioneer settlers has passed to her long rest. The deceased lady had reached the grand old ago of !)() years. A grown-up family of sons and daughters are left to mourn their loss. Two sons, Messrs. Thomas and George Cawte, are well-known settlers of Mahakipawa.’and another, John, is farming in the North Island. There are also four married and one unmarried. Mr. John Cawte, who died in 1887.. came to New Zealand in the ship “Whitby” in 1812, and .Mrs. Cawte landed in the Dominion shortly after her husband. After residing for several years in Nelson. Mr. Gawto went to the Australian goldfields, where ho remained till 1859. .Mr,_aud Mrs. Cawte, sen., were for many yens residents of Picton, and,, in the ‘good old days,” Mr. Cawte had charge of the Picton gaol for the lengthy period of 23 years. They afterwards left for Mahakipawa, where Mrs. Cawte res ded ever since, and, despite her advanced ago, enjoyed good health until recently.

Councillor Harcourc has resigned his scat on the Waimacc County Council. The Rev. J. J. North has accepted a call to Christchurch, and will leave at the beginning of February.—Press Association. Mr. J. B. Hine, M..JL, and Mrs. Hi no, returned to Stratford from Wellington on Friday night. Mr. Hine left again for the seat of Government by tins morning’s mail train, as the house from to-day until the close of the session will sit at 7.3 U p.m. on Mondays.