PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 77, 23 November 1912, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Obituary: Sir William Owen, exSuprerae Court judge. Mr H. E. Archer, of Whangarnomona, has purchased the Mangamahu Hotel (Wanganui district). Messrs Ward and Dunlop conducted the sale. Mr. E. B. Stohr returned yesterday from an extended holiday trip in Australia, looking in excellent health, and having had'an enjoyable time. Mr G. Richter, who for 3* years has been on the staff of the local branch of the Bank of New Zealand, has been transferred to Auckland, and loaves Stratford probably on Tuesday next. M ,J A. M. Pilcher, of New Plymouth, fills the vacancy. Mr J. R.' Gardiner, of the Sydney Teachers’. College, has been awarded the first travelling scholarship in industrial arts in New South Wales. The scholarship is only tenable for one year, One is worth £2OO. The course of travel will probably include Australia, America, and Europe. Mr W. Ah Kett, a well-known Chinese barrister, of Melbourne, has been chosen to attend the conference o delegates from the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, living in foreign countries, to be held at Pekin in December, in connection with the assembly of (the Chinese Parliament next year. The duty of the conference is to select six delegates to represent to the Chinese Parliament the interests of the i Chinese living outside China. Mr Ah. Kett left Melbourne last week for j Sydney en route to China, but prior I to < his departure his marriage with Miss Bullock, of Kew, will take place. The late Captain Charles Quinton Pope ; vyho lost his life in the Wanganui rivbr last week, was born in Liverpool, England, in 1854, and was thus 68 years of age at the time of his death. Born and bred in one Of the largest shipping ports of the world, it was but natural that his thoughts should turn to the sea, and, at 15 years of age, he joined the service of the Black Ball Shipping Line, trading to Australia and other parts of the world. During his service with this lino Captain Pope suffered the experience .of shipwreck on the inhos- 1 pitable Auckland Islands. Leaving sail for steam, Captain Pope then made his home in New Zealand, and engaged in the coastal trade, and, after being officer and master of several vessels, entered the service of the Wellington Steam Packet Company, -‘ ,r ’d traded for several years between Wellington, and Wanganui,"" ' Abijifi 20 years ago, he was appointed deputy harbour master at Wanganui, and. with his family, came here to live. He that position with credit and fidelity, in fact it was while he was on duty, close on midnight, that he met his death. Good hearted al most to a fault, Captain Pope was • ever ready to do a kindly turn (states the Herald) and his hosts of friends will hear of his death with sincere re gi'eat, and join in extending their sympathy to his bereaved wife and family.