PERSONAL MATTERS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LV, Issue 8607, 15 November 1906, Page 5

PERSONAL MATTERS.

His Excellency the Governor is expected to arrive in Wellington on Sunday morning.

The death is announced in the Wellington papers of George McKenzie, father of R. McKenzie, of Wellington, in his 74th year. ;;

Mr David Robertson, the well-known Wellington ironfounder, who has been on a visit abroad, reached Adelaide, on the Moldavia, last Monday.

Mr W. R. Boyd, of Boyd and Cook, is laid aside, to-day, through a sudden and violent 'attack of influenza, which has compelled him to take to his bed.

■ A Press Association telegram from Dunedin, reports the death of Mrs J. A. Millar, wife of tbe Minister of Labour. Death was caused by apoplexy.

Mr W. J. Knell, of the Bank of New Zealand, who has been promoted to the management of the Bank's Opunake branch, is a son of. Masterton's first vicar.

Mr Thomas Gorringe, late of Granity, a resident of the Westport district of many years standing, died in the Westport Hospital on Wednesday last, aged 67 years.

Mr Nelson Illingworth, the Australian sculptor, who executed the bust of Mr Seddon for the Government, will spend six months in New Zealand studying Maori types.

Mr C. W. Hursthouse, Chief Engineer of Roads, who was incapacitated through illness for some months, has made a very satisfactory recovery, and is now back in his office at Wellington.

Mrs E. Devereux, who arrived at Auckland fifty years ago, died recently at her residence at Ponsonby, at the age of 74. She was the widow of Mr W. C. Devereux, and the mother of Mr F. W. Devereux, of Wellington.

The health of Mr D. McPhee, senr., of Gladstone, is at present giving considerable anxiety to his many friends. Mr McPhee is a victim to the prevailing influenza, and, owing to his great age, it is difficult for him to shake oil the disease.

News received from Christchurch late last night, concerning the condition of the Hon. A Pitt (Attorney-General), who underwent a surgical operation on Tuesday, was not reassuring. His condition is

regarded as extremely critical

Mr E. J. Yon Dadelszen, RegistrarGeneral, leaves for Sydney on Saturday, en route to Melbourne, to attend the conference of Federal and State statisticians which takes place at the end of this month, and to which he has received an invitation.

Mr Alexander Stewart, headmaster of the Union-street School, Dunedin, has handed in his resignation to the Education Board, to take effect from February Ist. Mr Stewart has held his present position since the foundation of the school in 1862, no less than 45 years. The Rev. Hugh Black, M.A., has left Edinburgh for New York in order to undertake his new sphere of work as Professor of Practical Theology in the Union Theological Seminary of New York. By his departure Scotland loses the most eloquent pulpit force within its borders.

Mrs McArthur, wife of Dr A. McArthur S.M, has recovered sufficiently from lie r recent illness to be able to leave the private hospital at which she was being treated. Mrs McArthur is now at her home, Boltonstreet, though it will be some weeks before she is strong enough to get about.

Writes a London correspondent under date 3rd October : —" lam glad to be able to say that Lord Ranfurly has recovered from his recent indisposition, which confined him to his room for several weeks at Filey, in Yorkshire, and that he has now been able to journey to his home, Northlaad House, Dungannon, County Tyrone, where he arrived this week.' 1

Dr Fen wick, travelling from Wanganui to Christchurch, met with a painful accident while on his way from Wellington by the Rotomahana. A portmanteau falling from one of bis berths in his cabin awoke the doctor, and, jumping to the floor with his bare feet., he landed on some pieces of broken glass. One of his feet was severely cut, and ii was only the skilful attention of the chief steward and the cabin steward, who were promptly in attendance, that saved him from a serious loss of blood.

On Thursday night last, Miss Kibblewhite, of Otaki, who is about to leave for a trip to the Old Country, in company with her father and mother, was the recipient of a~ presentation by the members of the Anglican choir, taking the form of a very handsome . and valuable purse and card case, containing money, and a handsome, gold-mounted greenstone brooch. Miss Kibblewhite has recently acted as organist at the church, and has been connected with the choir for some considerable time.

At last Sunday morning's service at St. Paul's Cathedra], Dunedin, the Yen. Archdeacon Robinson announced his intention to resign his office as vicar in the following terms: —" I think it right to announce to worshippers in St. Paul's that] my resignation of the office of vicar of this Cathedral, and of the cure of souls which belongs thereto, is now in the hands of the Bishop of the Diocese, and I have asked the Bishop to allow the resignation to take effect at the end of February next." The reason for the resignation was not announced, and the vicar, when seen after the evening service, said he did not consider it desirable to give any further information than that contained in the terms of the resignation as above stated.