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Colonist, Volume L, Issue 12159, 6 February 1908, Page 6 (Supplement)

The Mayor received., on Anniversary Day a telegram from the Prime Minister as follows : — " Congratulations on the anniversary of- the Province.'* In connection with the Appleby coach accident, Sir Joseph ""Ward has telegraphed his sympathy to the Mayor (Mr Piper) as follows : — '• lam deeply grieved to hear of the sad coach and train accident in your district. Please convey my sincerest sympathy to the injured, and i express my earnest wishes for their speedy recovery. lam telegraphing my condolences to' the' bereaved husband of the lady who was killed." It Is not generally known that the Hon. James Carroll, Native Minis : ter, was born under the shade of a cabbage tree on a farm in Northern Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, at present owned by Mr J. H. Smythe, a wellknown pioneer of the district. The owner has presented the plot to Mr Carroll. A New Zealander, Mr A. V. Lockiei has been elected- Mayor of Eoodefoort, the Transvaal. He is a sonof Mr James Lockie, of Wellington. Captain Rhodes, only brother of the late Mr Ueoil -Rhodes, accompanied by Lieutenant-Colonel Ward, have arrived in Ufew Zealand, aod intend touring the Dominion. The dea&h is announced of Mr Owen M* A idle, secretary of Messrs Staples and 00,, Ltd,, the Weiliag|io» hewers,