PERSONAL

Taranaki Daily News, 8 August 1934, Page 4

PERSONAL

Mr. F. Thomson, New Plymouth, left yesterday on a holiday visit to Palmerston North.

Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Nicholson, New Plymouth, left Auckland by the Marama yesterday on a short trip to the Islands. Mr. W. S. McKay, Auckland, president of the Methodist Men’s Fellowship of New Zealand, will arrive at New Plymouth to-day. He will meet members of the local branch at a meeting at Whiteley Hall. The death of Dr. Alexander Leeper, M.A., LL.D., one of the foremost classical scholars of Australia, is reported by cable from Melbourne. His name is inseparably associated with Melbourne University as warden of Trinity College. Dr. Leeper was 86 years of age. The funeral of the late Kenneth Hayden Henwood, the young son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Henwood, who was accidentally killed on Sunday, took place at the Inglewood cemetery yesterday. The cortege and the floral tokens' gave evidence of the sympathy felt for the relatives in their bereavement. The pallbearers were young friends of the deceased lad. The service at the graveside was read by the Rev. Boyd Bell, vicar of Inglewood. The death of Sergeant-Major William Milroy, formerly of the New Zealand permanent forces, occurred suddenly at the .age of 57, says a Wellington Press Association message. Sergeant-Major Milroy joined the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders at'an early age, serving with the regiment during the South African War. On the cessation of hostilities he joined the Johannesburg foot police and saw 12 years’ service there before coming to New Zealand to join the permanent staff. He went to Palestine during the Great War as a regimental sergeant-major, and on his return to New Zealand he remained with the permanent staff until 1930, when he retired owing to failing sight. He was a member of the Dominion executive of the South African Veterans’ Association.

The esteem and respect in which the late Mr. Francis Henry Brown was held throughout the district was evidenced by the representative gathering that assembled to pay a last tribute yesterday when the funeral was held at the Inglewood cemetery. The cortege included residents of the Inglewood town and district and of New Plymouth. There were numerous floral tributes. The pallbearers, very old personal friends, including'some old employees of the firm of Messrs Henry Brown and Co., were Messrs J. W. Winfield, C. R. O’Carroll, R. B. Sutton, L. Kirkby, F. Hellier and W. J. McCormick. The service at St. Andrew’s Anglican Church, of which the late Mr. Brown had been for many years a prominent office-bearer, was read by Archdeacon G. H. Gavin and Rev. Boyd Bell, vicar of Inglewood. The latter officiated at the graveside. The death of Mr. Carl George Vogeler, one of the most respected citizens, occurred at Timaru yesterday at the age of 74, says a Timaru Press Association message. Mr. Vogeler came to New Zealand with his parents in 1861 and in 1875 joined the Post and Telegraph Department, being stationed at Wellington, Hokitika and Timaru. In 1881 he joined the staff of Priest and Holdgate, Timaru, as an accountant, and remained with the firm ever since. He was associated with the early history of the town and took part in the rescue of the crews of two ships wrecked at Timaru on May 14, 1882. He took a prominent part in the activities of the Methodist Church, being a lay preacher for a number of years. He was also executive trustee of the Foresters’ Lodge for a great number of years.