PERSONAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7606, 16 January 1903, Page 3

PERSONAL.

Mi 1 J. T. M. Hayhurs,t, Temuka, Mr G. Lning-Meason, Tiimaru, and Mr James Gray. Dunedin 1 , were passengers by the express for tho south to-day. The- passengers for Hanmer Springs by the north train to-day were : — Mr .Whitehouse, Wellington, and Miss G. Sim and Miss D. JJabar, Rangiora.

A tdegfam from Invercargill stales that Mr J. P. Joyce, editor of the "Southland News" fp. forty years, and formerly representative of the Wallace and Awarua electorates ih Parliament, died suddenly this morning front heart disease. He was at Ballarat and Bendigo in the early days ff the \disrglngSj and arrived in Southland -bout 1857.

A rather good story is -told aboht Dr Pomare, the Native health oiheer, who, though a full-blooded Maori, is no mean scholiiy and has travelled to nearly every nooltN and corner of the Continent and America. The doctor (says an exchange) I*us traV-dlling ih the north by the "VVhimgarei _'teaimer — % run where they frequently oarry Natives., He was poking round the saloon, looking for liiS berth, when a steward, spvitlg a member of the iviaori race fossicking round, caiiglit him by the arm and af-ked vrith fetiine-L indignatioti, " Why you no makey tho ask for what you want to makey *th<i find'/" Tlie ■ medico looked him up and d-nvit, and iii his most faultless accetitj and with a chilling look, said : "My dci?r sh*, if you cannot make yourself understood in plain English, try French or German ; or, if you do not feel at home in either of these languages, try some of the- dead ones— Greek or Raman — and I will endeavour to converse with you." The steward collapsed amid profuse apologies, and tlie joke was much enjoyed by a number of jietjjile who iVete iii the saloon at the time.

The ttev l-t- Elmslie arrived froni Sydney by ih© s.s. Monowai this morning*.