PERSONAL MATTERS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LV, Issue 8613, 22 November 1906, Page 5

PERSONAL MATTERS.

Father O'Shea, of Dannevirke, is seriously

Mr A. Anderson, of Woodside, has decided to take up his residence in Featherston.

When Mdlle. Dolores signs her full name she writes Antoinette Charlotte Alexandrina Zelle Bettini

The Gazette notifies the appointment of Dr J. P. D. Leahy as surgeon-captain in the New Zealand Volunteer Medical Corps.

It is understood Mr Goldie has resigned his position as representative of the Bush Union on the N.Z. Management Committee.

Mr W. E;~ Atack, manager in New Zealand of the Press Association, is back in Wellington after an absence of eight months abroad. Sir John Gorst, who is staying at Government House Wellington, has been a victim to the influenza epidemic. He is now convalescent.

Mr H. J. Reaks, who has been headmaster at the Midhirst School for some years, has been appointed to the charge of the Pohiua (Hawke's Bay) School.

Mr and Mrs Olaf Jensen, well-known in the Wairarapa, at one time resident in Cartertoa, left Dannevirke a fortnight ago en route for. Utah.

Since the end of last week Sir John Hall's health has continued to improve, and his condition, latterly, was reported to be eminently satisfactory.

The Hon. J. Holmes, who went to Christchurch to attend the opening of the Exhibition, has been ill with influenza, from which, however, he is now recovering.

A Wanganui telegram states that Mr William Hall, of Wanganui, has been appointed secretary of the Wanganui Jockey Club. There were forty-four applicants.

At a meeting of the North Canterbury branch of the Farmers' Union, yesterday, reference was made to the deaths of Mr Kirkbride, M.H.R., and the Hon. A.Pitt, and motions of sympathy were carried.

The Rev. H. T. York, accompanied by Mrs York, returned to the colony yesterday morning, after an enjoyable holiday trip to England, the Continent, and Palestine. They leave at once for their home on the West Coast.

We hear, on good authority, that Rev. Robt. Wood, formerly of Masterton, and now of Dunedin, is engaged to be married to Miss Charlotte McGregor, M.A., daughter of Dr McGregor, of the southern city.

Mr T. P. Firman, who has held the position of station-master at Carterton for several years, has received notification of his promotion to Marton, and leaves next week for his new location. Mr Miller, stationmaster at Cross' Creek, will succeed Mr Firman at Carterton.

Mr J. D. Murphy, who has relinquished the position of district constable, after serving in that capacity for some ten years in the Makuri district, was entertained by the public of Makuri at a social on Saturday evening last, and presented with a marble clock, suitably inscribed. * After a most enjoyable trip to the Old Country, Mr A. Grant, Superintendent of Railways for the South Island, accompanied by Mrs Grant, has returned to the colony. Mr Grant will resume his duties at an early date. In his absence the position has been filled by Mr C. A. Piper, formerly Traffic Manager at Invercargill.

At St Augustine's Church, Petone, yesterday afternoon, Miss Georgina Hector, second daughter of Sir James Hector, was married to Mr Richard J. Barton, eldest son of Mr John Barton, of Trentham. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. D. Russell. After the wedding a reception was held at Sir James Hector's home, Ratanui.

The late Mr James Paterson, of Christchurch, whose funeral took place on Monday, had been employed a I Anderson's Foundry for over forty years, and was a highly respected and valued member of the staff. He was very successful in the training of apprentices, and six of those who had previously served time under him acted as pall-bearers.

Old Mr Smith (better known as " Kenepuru " Smith), who claims that he was born on 15th February, 1804, and is consequently verging on 103 years of age, is certainly a remarkable old gentleman, says the Pelorus paper. On Monday last, he pulled up from his home in Kenepuru Sound, being five hours on the journey in consequence of a head wind and sea, and pelting rain.

Writes a London correspondent over date 15th October :—I hear that Mr and Mrs W. H. Hales (Wellington) are making a Continental tour prior to joining at Marseilles the Orient liner Omrah, in which they will travel to Australia on their way back to New Zealand after a visit to the United Kingdom. They are seeing something of France and Switzerland and the Riviera on their way to the final port of departure.

Mr G. C. Fair, the Taranaki Oil Company's manager, whose health has, of late, been causing his friends some anxiety, was taken ill on Thursday last. On Sunday his condition became so serious that a consultation was deemed advisable, and an operation recommended. This was performed on Monday afternoon. Since then Mr Fair has been more comfortable. His condition, however, is still one of much gravity.

The will of the late Hon. G. M. Waterhouse, who died on the 6th August last, aged 82, has now been proved. His estate in Britain is valued at £61,104, all of which he has left in trust for his wife, Mrs Lydia Waterhouse, upon whose decease it is to be divided into no fewer than sixty parts and shared among as many relatives. Mr Waterhouse's property abroad is similarly to be split up, but in this case only into twenty portions, these likewise being distributed among the same number of relatives

Having resigned her position under the Transvaal Education Department, Miss Lily Rees (Gisborne) is now on a pleasure trip to England, prior to returning to New Zealand. It will be remembered (writes a London correspondent) that Miss Rees was one of a party of twenty teachers who went from New Zealand. to work in the Concentration Camps in South Africa ; eight months later the camps broken up, and she accepted a position in the Pietersburg High School. Miss Rees came from South Africa by the s.s. Kenilworth Castle, and she will probably leave for Australia and New Zealand by one of the Orient liners early in December.