PERSONAL.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12145, 7 September 1908, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. Mc^bbie, f qrmeriy manager of the " New Zealand^Lmeej* has purchased the ■_" Waihi Telegraph." i S Hia •Hqnou^:\iJ^:;\-ju^icevi-'.C^a4»jman. leaves-^pr ■ Palnierston■• jNortlftto-da^ -topreside at. the^Supreme i Cou*t seisfciohs which" open their.>tfec-riioi'i*ow;r . <~!'-3. A! .cable-froV Melbourne oirt Satifrday reports the death oi Buckley, sporting writer of the Australasian,'bet.ter, known as _" R-ibbleden." . . • v W^ours--«Bel>fe|^h"e^' >welUiai6M novelist,, was a passenger-by the lonic, which arrived at Hobart on Thursday.' Ho is proceeding to the Solomon Is"-' lands in seai'ch of material for a new novel v !

•It is with sincere regret we announce tho death of Mr Duhcan Corby, who passed away suddenly' on Saturday at tho ripe old age of 77' years. The deceased had been ailing ior some time, but his death, which was due to heart disease, came unexpectedly. The late Mr Corby/was born a^Blyth, Northumberland, and in. his early days was a sailor. In 1854 he went to the Victorian diggings aria subsequently came across: to the. Nelson district in search of gold. Shortly/afterwards the Oalifornian rush set in, and Mr Coiby was one who hastened there. He next went to Otago, being one of the first to take part m tho rush. From there he went to Wakamarino, arid thence to Collingwood, where lie spent some fifteen years. In 1878 ho came to Wanganui, where ho resided till the time of his death. Tho deceased was highly respected by all who knew him", "'and the news of his death will be a-eceived with regret by a lar,go circle of friends. ~ A grown up family aye left to nVgurn weir loss, and to them wo tender'"our*-sincere sympathy.