PERSONAL MATTERS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXX, Issue 8449, 14 May 1906, Page 5

PERSONAL MATTERS.

Major Moore, of the Indian Army, is on a visit to New Zealand.

The Hon C. J. Johnston is gazetted Con-sul-General of Belgium, at Wellington.

Mr Walter Miller, Stock Inspector for Hawke's Bay, is spending a few days in Masterton before returning to Hawke's Bay.

Mr Christopher J. Parkei 1 , the well-known sheep-farmer, of Poverty Bay, and Mr D. R. Lawlor, of Wellington, are now en route for the Old Country. The will be absent about six months.

Mr C. M. Chettle, manager of the Hawera branch of tho Bank of Australasia, is now relieving manager at Auckland during the illness of the manager there. Mr C. K. Sams, of Christchurch, is acting manager at Hawera. His Excellency the Governor returned to Wellington from the South by the Warrimoo, on Saturday. He will remain in Wellington for a few days. Lady Plunket, who is indisposed, is the guest of Mrs Waliis, at Bishopscourt.

Mr D. C. Urquhart, at one time manager of the Bank of Australasia at Invercargill, and who afterwards adopted the law as a profession, has been appointed Colonial Treasurer in the new Tasmanian CabinetHe had been Attorney-General in a previous administration.

Mrs H. 11. Wimsett, of Masterton, underwent a serious operation in a private hospital on Saturday afternoon. Her friends will be relieved to learn that she is doing fairly well to-day, notwithstanding the fact that she spent rather a bad night.

The appointment is announced of Captain W. Tinney, late of the Aorere, as harbourmaster and pilot at Patea. Captain Tinney, who has been in the joint service of the Anchor Line ancl Messrs W. ancl G. Turnbull and Co. during the past 15 years, recently accepted the position of actingpilot at Patea when tho late Captain Petersen was drowned.

Mr F. G. Kimbell, manager of the Bank of Australasia at Stratford, is at present relieving Mr Halcombe, manager of the New Plymouth branch, who is absent on three months' sick leave. Mr Nicholls, accountant, is acting manager at Stratford, his duties being temporarily discharged by Mr H. S. Symonds, of the Wanganui branch.

The Rev. Henry Hassall La wry died at his residence, " Carlton Gore," Auckland, last week, aged eighty-five years. The reverend gentleman was born in Sydney, in December, 1821, and, after being educated in England, landed at Auckland in 1544. He took up work amongst the Natives. He is survived by two daughters and four sons.

A chief of the Ngatamanu tribe, of the Bay of Islands, Louis Davis (Ru Rewiti), died on April 30th, after an illness lastingeight weeks, at the age of forty-four. Deceased unsuccessfully contested the Northern Maori District against Mr Hone Heke, M.H.R., at the last election. Ru Rewiti married the only daughter of Major Keepa, a powerful chief of the Wanganui Natives.

"Mr Matthew Fowlds," says a London paper, " whose son George is a well-known member of the New Zealand Legislature, is the oldest working; weaver in Scotland. He still lives and works in the house where he was born on May 22nd, 1806—almost 100 years ago. He has lived under five sovereigns, and he recalls quite vividly the reception of the news of Waterloo, the first Reform Bill, the repeal of the Com Laws, the advent of railways, steamboats, penny postage, the telegraph, and the telephone. Ho has a family of live sons ancl one daughter, ancl 38 grandchildren. Mr Fowlds still retains his mental faculties unimpaired, is an interesting talker, and keeps abreast of all general topics."