PERSONAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10434, 27 September 1911, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Mr R. Messenger, stook agent for Dalgety and Co., Masterton, on re- / turning from the East Cpast yesterday met with a nasty accident at Blair-; logie. The motor-cycle he was riding skidded owing to the greasy state iof the road through the rain, and mn,--' him into the bridge. He was. badly: bruised about the arm, and partially ■< stunned. Mr H. Morrison very kindly drove Mr Messenger in 'his car|t»; town. The front wheel of the'bicycle was completely wrecked. Our Nireaha correspondent writes: —Mr Tom Mason, who has disposed of his farm, intends to take a trip Home, and on returning will proibab- 1 ly take up Hand in the Tauranga dis- y trict. Word has been received here that Mr Bert. Mason has arrived safely at Sydney.—Mr Alec. Pryde, Tviho is now on his way home from a trip to the Old Country, is bringing out with him an up-to-date motor-car. This will be.the first in the district locally owned. Mr A. W. Hogg, M.P., was unable through sickness to be present at tfoe . meeting of the Wellington Edncition Board yesterday. The Neflsoh, as secondary assistant at Carterton, and oi Mr Young, as sole-teacher at Akitio, were yesterday accepted by the Wellington Education Board. :' Leave of absence has 'been granted to Mr Wallis, teacher at Ngaturi, for one month; to Miss Haggett, assistant at the Lansdowne school, for one I month; to Miss H. Burge, assistant at Scarborough, for three weeks,-and' to Miss Hogg, of the Masterton i school, for a few days. The death occurred yesterday of Mr John McKay, a weTl-known settiler of Wangaehu. The deceased gentleman was born at Melvich, Sutheroshire, Scotland, and came out to New Zealand tMrty-five years ago, Mving re- ; sided; during tihe past 25 .v years' at ' Wangaehd. A wife and family of eight are left to mourn >tiheir loss, and tftey will have tfhe sympathy of a wide carole of friehdls, among whom the de- . ceased was higMy esteemed, in 'their sad bereavement. The funeral wiU leave Mr McKay's late residence Hillsworth, Wangaehu, for the Masterton Cemetery on Thursday, -at 2 p.m. . Mrs Sydney Edwards, of South Road, left Masterton on Monday for Wellington, en route to Sydney. Mr C. Ohilsky, who conducted the musical examinations at St. Bride's Convent, Masterton,.-last week, was very enthusiastic concerning. the fair ure of Miss Phillis Hanify. He pressed the wish that Miss Hanify be • sent Home for further study. Mr Peter Eadie, of Palmerston North, who is taking part in the concert in the Town Hall, this everting, arrived in Masterton yesterday.