PERSONAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6934, 25 October 1900, Page 3

PERSONAL.

w The Hoii J. Kerr, the Rev A. D. Bkayehj dttd Mr T^iorrihill Cooler were passengers 1 for tfis scttith by this morning's express. The rearrangenient bf the San Ffahciscd mail service will necessitate the senditig' away of four jjfeyr Zealand mail a*genta by the Mar iposa hekt Week. , Of the quartette, Messrs Isbister and Rudd, both of Auckland, will return by the Sierra on her maiden trip,, and Messrs Lindsay (Wellinp* tfin) and Martin (Diinedih) Will come back by the Ma-rip'osa* .which is to leave San Framcisco three wfieks after the Sierra. Mr H. 0. Haggett, Who has for some considerable time acted as associate to his Sonor Mr Justice Williams, will relinquish that position at the end of the present week, in order to devote himself to another 1 branch of business. Mr J. L. Stanford, son of Mr Stanford, 5.M., ( has been appointed asSocmte to Mr Justice Williams in Mr Saggett's place. The death is announced of Mrs Collins, sen., of Collingwood> Rangitikei line. Mrs Collins was the daughter' of the late Mr Isaac Lovelock, one of Wellington's earliest settlers. Born in Kent, England^ on Oct. 9* 1830 (says the Wellington "Post"), she, ■with her parents, landed ia 1840 in Wellington, in the Boltbn, the first ship to moor at the Te Aro landing place. With her •husband, the late Mr E. W. Collins, she lived for inahy years at the well-known Tainumu Estate, near WaipaWa. Removing thence in 1878 they cast in their lot in the Manawatu. Sir George Whitmore has suffered a severe stroke of paralysis, and his condition is such as to cause serious apprehension to his frtends.