PERSONAL

Taranaki Daily News, 24 July 1929, Page 8

PERSONAL

Mr, and Mrs. L. R. Jones, Awakino, are spending a day or two in New Plymouth. Mr. A, E. R. Gilbert, New Plymouth, left for Wellington yesterday to attend the New Zealand timber merchants’ conference. A London message reports the death of the ex-Coimnonwealth. banker, Mr. Campion, from blood poisoning. He had been in the best of health, but a fortnight ago a pimple on his nose became septic and the infection spread through his whole system. Mr. 8. J. Ambury, aged 77, chairman of directors of Amburys, Ltd., dairy merchants, died yesterday. He was a pioneer in the dairy industry in Auck-. land and exported the first ton of butter from Auckland, reports the Press Association. A Sydney cablegram reports that the Rev. Father William Cleary, Professor of Mathematics and Physics, of Dublin, , has been appointed to succeed the late Father Pigot in charge of the seismological, meteorological and astronomical observatories at Riverview College, Sydney. s Mr. C. A. Wilkinson, M.P., who had a severe attack of influenza and has-not fully recovered, has for the last few days been confined to his room. The Eltham Argus says he is now on the way to recovery, and hopes to leave for Wellington during the course of a few days. " > The Rev. W. E. Gillam, aged 73, vicar of Point Chevalier and for 20 years in charge of St. • Matthew’s parish, Auck-. land, died yesterday. The Press Asso-. ciation reports that before coming to Auckland Mr, Gillam was vicar of vari-. ous parishes on the west coast. of tho South Island and in Canterbury. He served as a chaplain in the Great War and ill-health compelled him to relinquish charge of St. Matthews’ in 1919. The death occurred at Auckland last night of Mr. Samuel Bradley, aged 77, ft pioneer in the Manukau coastal trade and a prominent sawmiller for many years, says an Auckland Press Association message. He was formerly a well< known racehorse owner, his horse Im-, pulse winning the New Zealand Cup in 1595 and the Auckland Easter Handicap in 1891 and 1893, while Swordfish 11. owned by him won the Egmont Cup and the Wanganui Cup in IS9B. Mr. James H. Mortlock, sales manager of L. 11. Johnson and Coy. for the past ' three years, left yesterday for to take over the managership of the Timaru branch of the Dominion Motois Ltd. Mr. Mortlock, who was a very popular members of the stall, was presented with a leather suit case and a travelling rug. In acknowledging the presentation, Mr. Mortlock emphasised tho cordial relations that had always existed in the staff.

An interesting function took place at Hamilton recently, when a number of Freemasons gathered to present Mr. H, E. Tristram, of Hamilton East, with a cake to celebrate his 75th birthday. Ih© . cako was decorated with a representation of a masonic apron. Mr. Tristram possesses the distinction of having been a member of each of the four Hamilton lodges and of having taken an active part in Freemasonry for the last 50 years. He was born in Melbourne, his father being the late Mr. James Quick Tristram, a bandsman in the 40th Regiment, who was with the Imperial forces in New Zealand. Th© Alexandra Lodge, E.C., ,was. established at Pirongia, and as hi./ father was a member, Mr. H. E. Tristram also joined. With the removal of the military forces from Pirongia, th© Alexandra Lodge become dormant, but years later it was revived and its charter was removed to Hamilton. Mr. Tristram is now a member of Alexandra Lodge. The death took place at the end of last week of Mrs. Alice Jane Ainsworth, widow of the late Mr. Harry 1. Ams-. worth, at the age of 66 years. Mrs. Ainsworth was the second daughter o the late Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Sole. Mr. Sole came to New Plymouth in the s.s. Oriental in 1841, and Mrs. Sole, who. was a Miss Ware, arrived by the s.s. casnmere in 1854. Mr. Ainsworth son of Captain Ainsworth, of St. > Newfoundland, and came to> New i iymouth in the early ’eighties. • Ainsworth-was born on May o, , the eve of the outbreak of th© second Maori War. She tfhs married to Mr. Ainsworth in June, 1885. Her ius predeceased her 10 years ago. leaves a son, Mr. Wm. Ainsworth, New Plymouth, who is in the l ostal ' nient, and a daughter, Mrs. - e Murchison. There are six grandclnl