PERSONAL.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume L, Issue 12259, 6 July 1909, Page 4

PERSONAL.

1 'A says that Mr A. G. Johnson,'for several years secretary of tlie^YMlipstPl!- Benevolent Institution, and a prominent figure in boating -and .athleiac^fclesj died yesterday morning, after a io-ag illness.

The manx visitors to Rotorua,, who have ■'stayed at "The Australia," will learn AVitii'xegret that Mrs McLean, the wife of tile proprietor, passed away ori June/.^th: : The deceased was highly respected by all who knew her, and sincere sympathy will be extended to the sorrowing':liusband and the, three little children who have been bereaved of a mother's' care. . ■ i .'

The l :death: occurred at Christchurch on Friday of an old West, Coast and Otago_;;inoneerj Mr J. D. Hunter. Mr Hiinter*ar'fivec[ in Victoria, in 1853, and came to"Ne\v -'Zealand in 1861. He followed gold-mining at Gabriel's GuJly T ;the Duh^tan, and the Shotover. When, .the fWe^t Coast diggings broke out, Mr iHunterJ made overland for Hokitika. In .1879' he 3 settled at Gore, and retired from biisinessvin 1888.. He took a pro.mineni .part in public and Masonic af.fairs,; and went, to Christchurch to live soriievtw.o and-a half years ago. The. death occurred on Sunday of Mr v4ibert-;G.-,'H. 'Moore, one of the oldest vcpmtttepcialivtravellers in New Zealand-,an4-.a sifeUfknown member of the Comm.erciaL Travellers' Club, Wellington. Mr>, Moore, who was 45 years of age, Mieiji. at-h>s. residence, Heatpn Terrace, Brooklyn, i- Some nine weeks ago he caught a severe cold whilst tavelling in the Ma^aw-ajtu,, and the cold developed into, aiViMfe^: of pleurisy, which ultimately 'R9-.u??4: death.