PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 42, 18 February 1913, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Kubelik, the famous violinist, is seriously ill at his homo in Bohemia. —London cablegram. Mr /‘Paddy” Sheehan, the well known Otago footballer, lias secured the plumbing contract fob the Union S.S. Co.’s, big hotel at Fiji. A farewell social and presentation to Mr and Mrs Goldie Rutherford is to take place in the Coronation Hall, Toko, on . Thursday next, February 20th. *

Mrs Aylward, wife of Mr L. T. Aylward, of Whangamomona, who has been seriously ill at New Plymouth, is now, her many friends will be pleased to learn, approaching convalescence.

The latest bulletin issued with regard tp Dr. Harrison’s serious illness, and posted up in the Eltham Post Office is: “Passed a good night; position still critical.”

Dr. Pomare goes up the Wanganui river to-day in a motor canoe to make preliminary arrangements for the large Maori meetings and reception of the Governor at Jerusalem next week.

It is stated that the King has received shoals of letters, written by men in all stations of life, thanking him for the confession he made with regard to his daily habit of Bible reading-

Mr W. H. Jackson, of the stuff of the Eltham School, who is relinquishing his duties,' was the recipient on Friday afternoon of a set of nine books (English classics) from the pupils, the presentation being made by Master M. Barnard.

Rev. E. Bandy, of Dunedin, succeeds the Rev. B. Metson, of the Stratford Methodist Church, and Mr Metson will move to Christchurch, where he will have charge of the Cambridge Terraco Church. Mr Metson is expected to arrive back in Stratford on Wednesday.

Sir James Dod Shaw, the editor of the official Hansard, and for many years chief of the gallery staff under Messrs Hansard, was among the participants of Birthday honours at the New Year. • The honour thus paid to journalism is much appreciated by English journalists (states an exchange).

Among the North Islanders suggested as “probables” for appointment to the Legislative Council are reported to be the following: Mr J. G. Wilson, Bulls, president of the N.Z. Farmers’ Union; Mr G. Harold Smith, Pahiatua, solicitor; Mr J. B. Connett, Bell Block, chairman of the New Plymouth Harbour Board; Mr John Fisher, Pukerirnu, chairman of the Waipa County Council; Mr J. B. Gow, Opotiki farmer and sawmiller.

Miss Da Faur, the young Australian lady who made the long traverse of Mount Cook recently, has achieved another remarkable mountaineering feat. With Guides Peter Graham and Thom-

son she climbed Mount Sefton, the

most difficult mountain in New Zealand. This is the first time that anyone has climbed one side of Sefton and descended the other—a most arduous and hazardous undertaking.

Dr. Peter McNab, who left the engineering staff of the Public Works Department to go Home and study medicine, and went through his medical course at Edinburgh with honours, just relinquishing the position of senior surgeon at the Royal Albert Hospital at Devonport, is returning to New Zealand by the Union Company’s new liner Niagara, which is due in Auckland on May 9th. It is now seven or eight years since “Peter” left here with Mr W. S. Bowie, a fellow officer in the Department, and it is hoped that the new “doc.” will revisit Stratford. Mr Thomas S.Scown, who died at Manaia on Tuesday, was in his 80th year and was well known. Ho passed away at the residence of his son-in-law, Mr T. McPhillips, where he had . been staying for about a fortnight. Mr Scown was one of the old pioneer settlers, having landed in Wellington some 57 years ago. Shortly after his arrival he proceeded to Wanganui V where he took up land and was engaged in farming pursuits for some 20 years, until he removed to the Patea district, where he resided up till quite recently. The Patea Press states that during the Maori war of the early sixties, Mr Scown was engaged in carting supplies for the troops ,and though not actually a combatant, yet he saw probably more' active fighting than many of the soldiers themselves. He had the misfortune to be burnt out by the na- ■ tiyes on more than one occasion and had many stirring tales to tell of the troublesome times experienced by settlers in the early days. The deceased is survived by a family of thirteen, including seven sons and six 1 daughters.