PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 47, 19 October 1912, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Marconi, of wireless fame, has had his right eye removed. The death of an old identity in the person of Mrs. John Bar, at the age of 82, is reported by the .Wanganui papers. She leaves a family of five sons and six daughters, The Rev. R. B. Blackmore, late of the Methodist Church at Otaki has been married at Auckland to Miss Wirth, daughter of Mr. Mirth, the well-known circus proprietor. ■The time General Godley, Commandant, is absent from the Dominion in Australia, from October 18th till November 25th, Colonel Heard will be in charge of the New Zealand Territorial forces. Mr. R. B. Ross, late member for Pahiatua electorate, has stated that he will not contest the next election, but will continue to take an interest in the district. He said it would pay him better to look after his own busn ne»s than to bother with politics. > Sergeant-Major Hesp has received notice of his transfer to Waitara, and will leave Stratford as soon as his successor, Sergeant Major Talbot, arrives. Sergeant-Major Hesp is an exceedingly popular officer, and he will be much missed bv local Territorials ‘and a large circle of friends. Mr. Dickie, of the Post and Telegraph Service, inventor of the stampsoiling machine .which the New Zealand Government has accepted) and which has been introduced in most parts of the world, paid a visit to Stratford yesterdav for the purpose of , explaining' the working of the machine to be installed in Stratford m the course of a few The machine will probably be placed in the private-box : lobby. The death of Mr. Howard Warren Watkin, Treasurer of the Kingdom of Tonga,'is reported by wireless from the Islands. The telegram states that Mr Watkin died from enteric fever, at Nukualofa, on Thursday week, after a brief illness.-Mr. Watkin was the eldest son of the late Rev. W. J. Watkin, of Onehnnga, and brother to Mr. L. J. Watkin, A.M., art instructor to the Wanganui Education Board. !