PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 50, 23 October 1912, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Mr. A. E. Copping, managing editor of “The Post,’' was co-day con lined to his home owing to bronchial trouble. The death of Robert Barr, the novelist, is announced by cablegram from London. . Obituary notice from Sydney: Mr E. J. Finch, formerly of the Bank ot New South Wales in New Zealand. Father William King, of the llodemptorist Monastery at Ballarat and . well known in New Zealand, has pass<4'ed away.—(Cable from Melbourne.) Commissioner Richards and party left by the 10 o’clock train this morning for Elthaih. Mr James Kell, Inspector of the Bank of Australasia, has been appointed Deputy-Governor of the Federal Bank, states a Melbourne cable. Mr Henry Brown, of Inglewood, who has been residing in New Plymouth during the past few months, is at present seriousy indisposed, and has entered a local private hospital. Mr John Barron, one of the earliest settlers of the Inglewood district, passed away very suddenly at the age ot sixty-two years on Monday evening. Mr. F. Rhodes, late mine host of the Stratford Hotel, arrived in Timaru on Thursday, and took over his interest in the Empire Hotel. Mr. E. D. Hoben leaves Palmerston for Christchurch next Saturday to take up the position of editor of the “Evening News” which is part of the “Christchurch Press” proprietary. Quartermaster - Sergeant Perroti,! formerly attached to the Queen Alexandra Regiment, has been presented with the long service medal, fie served : for sixteen years, and is one of the. youngest to receive the decoration. The death of Colonel Wardrop Moore, of High Blantyre, Scotland, is reported by cable. 'Tne deceased was well known in New Zealand, having visited this Dominion on various occasions for trout fishing and deer stalking. Mr Wrench, the general organiser of the Overseas Club, and Miss Vrci.cn, who is a good platform speaker, are to arrive in the Dominion on 26th November. An itinerary of the Noith and South Islands has been arranged by Captain Waters, Dominion Organiser of the Overseas Club, which will cover seven weeks. Mrs. Gray, widow of the late Mr. Wynne Peyton Gray, and daughter of Captain Spicer, H.E.1.C.5., died at Onehunga on Friday. The deceased lady was born at Vizagapatam, LTdia, in 1831, and arrived in New Zealand in the late, ’forties. She married a son of Major Gray, of the 40th Regiment. The late Mrs. Gray was therefore one of Auckland’s earliest settlers. j The many friends of Miss Ivy Butcher, who has been a member of “The Post” staff for a number of years, and is deservedly popular in the district, will be sorry to hear that sue is at present an inmate of the Hospital. | Pneumonia and pleurisy followed an at-; tack of bronchitis, and Miss Batcher j is now very seriously ill. Latest news this afternoon from the Hospital states that there is no marked improvement in her condition. Mr. W. Devine,/ retiring president J . of the Palmerston North Licensed Vic-' hrtuallers’ Association, was thp recipient , of a. presentation from members yes- , v terday morning in appreciation of his ( services to the Association, The presentation consisted of a handsome silver fruit stand and a pair of silver vases to match, also for Mrs. Devine a charming gold chain necklet, set ft with. pearls and . garnets. The stand bore the following inscription: “Presented to W. Devine, Esq., by the Palmerston, L.Y. Association',.'in ret ognition of ten years’ faithful service as President, October 21, 1912.” |

Mr. C. A. Wilkinson, who did the 1 Government the good turn of wini ning the Egmont seat for them (states a southern correspondent), promises, with some practice and a knowledge of a 'the procedure and ways of the House, > to be a very useful member in the debating ranks of the Government. He speaks sensibly and to the point, and on subjects that he knows well enough to be able to say something of interest. He belongs to the sensible and solid order of speakers, and the correspondent adds, is not the kind of man to outlive nis first good impression.

Sergeant-Major RucM, now a prominent officer in the Defence Forces, and formerly a well-known Southland boxing exponent, has received a letter from his brother, a member of Hie Wellesley Battalion, India (says the ‘Southland News’). The writes states that all the uniforms in his regiment are manufactured from Dominion-maue khaki. The permanent forces where he is stationed go in for sport on a very large scale. The writer in a Marathon race secured sixth place out < f an entry of one hundred competitors. Ho was champion shot of his battalion, and runner-up in the light-weight boxing contest. Continuing, he says that an insurance scheme has been introduced into the Indian Army and among the companies participating is one from New Zealand. The death of Mr, James Stubbs, a well-known resident of Palmerston district, occurred on Friday last. Deceased, who was 63 years, was born at Wigton, in Cumberland, England, being a son of Mr. T. Stubba ; also a well-known farmer in, the Kairanga many years ago. Deceased came to New Zealand in the s.s. Wanganui in the year 1882, two years after his father. He settled in the Kairanga district, and for a time he was engaged in building and contracting. He then took up farming pursuits, purchasing a farm next to his parents. In recent years Mr. Stubbs retired and was living in Palmerston North, in Joseph Street. A widow, three sons, and a daughter, are left to mourn their loss. The Rev. H. 0. Hanby. well-known in Taranaki, and who a few weeks ago met with a serious accident on a bush railway in the King Country, which necessitated the amputation of one of Ids legs below the knee, has made an excellently good recovery, and left the Waikato Hospital last week. Besides the terrible injury to his leg, Mr Hanby received a very severe shock, and his condition at the time was considered critical. The news of his recovery will therefore be very welcome to his friends. Mr Hanby is at -present in Auckland attending the Anglican Synod. On his first appearance at the proceedings lie was heartily welcomed by the members, who expressed 'their deep sympathy with him in the misfortune that he had met with.