PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 61, 5 November 1912, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Dr. William A. Reid, son of Mr W. S. Reid, of Wellington, died at the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, on Wednesday, aged 37. Mr W. L. Lawrence, of the Nelson staff of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., lias accepted a position on the staff of Mr Newton King’s Stratford office, and took up his duties this morning.

Mr. Page, of Ekotaluma, wdio has recently been appointed a StipendiaryMagistrate, will be permanently stationed in the Main Trunk line. His district will He between Tanmarunin and Herbertvillc.

Mr. L. E. Mair, whom many will remember as a member of the staff of the Bank of New Zealand at Hawera (says the ‘Star’), and who has since been at various branches in the north, has accepted a position in Vancouver City, and will leave New Zealand shortly for British Columbia.

Mr R. H. Robinson has received word from his son, Mr E. Robinson (now of Sydney), of the rather serious illness of'Mrs E. Robinson. It appears she was suddenly taken -.11, and on a doctor being called in, her removal to the Sydney Hospital was ordered. At the time, her husband wrote, Mrs Robinson, who is suffering from internal inflammation, was doing as well as could bo expected. Mr and Mrs J. H. Hougham, of Henderson, Auckland, celebrated their golden wedding at their residence on Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Hougham were married in 'Trinity Church, London, on October 30, 1802 and. with the Albertland settlers, left for New Zealand in the ship Gertrude the fcllowino- day. Upon arrival, in February, 1863,' Mr and Mrs Hougham reinclined in Auckland, and did not, like the Albertland settlers, take up land. It was not until 1883 that they commenced fruit-growing at Henderson, where they have resided ever since. Mr Hougham is now one of the loading fruit-growers of the North. The Hon. J. -A. Millar has been presented, with an illuminated address bv the Canterbury branch of the executive of the Locomotive Men’s Union at Christchurch hist night. Mr Millar, in responding, claimed that Ins sympathies were always with Labour. He resented the actions of an individual member of Parliament who, under the pretence of voicing the opinion of Labour, took a prominent part in objecting to himself occupying the position as leader of the Liberal Party. He assured his hearers that he had no feeling in the matter, because that member did not represent Labour, but only .claimed to do so. _ Mr Millar stated that he had assisted in the Trades Union movement since the year 1885, and it certainly cut him to the quick to hear a Member of I arliament say that he had never represented Labour. “My work as Labour representative,” continued Mr Millar, “can be seen on the Statute Book since the year 1899, which is sufficient reply to those who think otherwise ct me/’—Press Association.