Personal Pars.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XXV, Issue 4549, 25 August 1903, Page 2

Personal Pars.

Mr P. Maokay, representative of the Equitable Life Assurance Co., is paying a visit to the district. Mr J. N. Williams and Miss Williams, of Frimley, arrived at Auoklaud by the San Franoisoo mail steamer Ventura yesterday. Mr H. 0. Molvor, manager of the Waipawa branch of the Bank of Australasia, is enjoying his annual holiday. Mr Brabant, Who is deservedly popular in this distriot, is relieving him. Mr R. B. Rigg, Inspector to the Bank of New Zealand for the Otago district, is leaving for Melbourne shortly to take up the position of manager of the bank’s branch formed in that city. Mr Rigg is well known in banking circles, and was for some years assistant-manager of the Bank of New Zealand in Sydney. The Agricultural Department has secured the servioes of two more dairy experts—viz., Mr L. Hansen, manager of the Thames Valley Dairy Company, Paeroa, and Mr W. Wright, manager of the Mangawhare Dairy Company, North Auckland. Both will be employed as instructors and graders. Messrs Hartstone and Sons have disposed of their Burnside property, at Takapau, to a resident of Palmerston N. The property consists of 3500 acres, and we hear the price is completely satisfactory to the sellers. There is a patch of 400 aores of magnifioent flax on the property, and it is the intention of the syndicate to ereot a plant and manufacture twines. At the Catholic school at Hastings, on Friday, the Very Rev. Father Smyth was presented by the Sisters and scholars with an illuminated address and an engraved gold chalice, on the oocasion of his celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood. On Sunday, after mass, it was announced that Archbishop Redwood had created Father Smyth Dean of Hastings. Wiremu Pirihonga, died at Oromahoe, Auckland, a few days ago, at the age of 90 years. He was the last of Hone Heke’s old warriors, and fought against the British in several battles. He was at Ohaewai when the assault ordered by Colonel Despard resulted so disastrously, the British losing 100 men in a few minutes. Wiremu led the war danoe before the Governor at Waitangi four years ago. He was greatly respected by both Maoris and Europeans.