PERSONAL MATTERS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8855, 5 September 1907, Page 5

PERSONAL MATTERS.

Police Inspector . Ellison is at pre- ... .. ... _~ official visit to Masterton, fli 6 death Is ailnouno&d of Mrs Wm. i Kettifi, of Attc.klaiicl; Who was; born lat vifliangftiWa iii iS34; ( , Miss Tittell Brune leaves Australia foi' England on her holiday trip oil September 28tli. Sir William Gomm, who died in 1875, held the extraordinary record of having spent eighty-one years in the British Army. Mr T. J. '-. Joynt, senior King's Counsel in New Zealand, died at Christchurch at five o'clock this morning. —Association. According to a London paper, the estate of the late Sir Walter Bailer, the New Zealand ornithologist, has been sworn at £150,678 for probate duty. lii the Gospel Hall, Martinborough, on Wednesday, Mr James Smith was married to Miss M. R. Thomas. Mr Rowe, Evangelist, of Rongotea, officiated. Dr Engleberger, who had passed through the Rotorua railway accident without injury, was thrown heavily from his horse last week, and had his shoulder dislocated. The author of the well-kuown hymn, "Work, for the night is coming," Mrs < Harry Coghill, has just died. She was a cousin of Mrs Oliphant, and wrote her biography. Another link in the chain of old identities is broken in the passing away of Mr Christen Christensen, in his eighty-eighth year. Deceased was a native of Denmark, and came to Thames in the early days, where he followed mining pursuits. He was also a musician of no mean ability. General Booth, of the Salvation Army, was bestowed with the honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Law by the University of Oxford in June. The Chancellor delivered a eulogy of the General, and the scene is described as a brilliant one. In the last issue of the War Cry a photo appears of the General in his D.C.L. robes. Another very old colonist, in the person of Mr Daniel O'Brien, passed away at his daughter's residence, Grey Lynn, on Wednesday, at the ripe age of eighty years. The deceased came out to the colouy in 1858, and served through the Maori War, both at Waugauui and in Taranaki, receiving his discharge at Now Plymouth in 18(52. In 18(58 he settled in Auckland, and has resided thore ever since. Constable Weatherly, who has been gaoler at the Nelson Police Gaol for the past five years, has retired from the Police Force, after over thirty years' continuous service. Prior to that Constable Weatherly was in the Armed Constabulary, and went through tJiu Maori War. Constable Mackay, at present stationed at Takaka, will succeed Constable Weatherly, and Constable Sheary, of Martiuborough, will be transferred to Takaka, It is with sincere regret we (Eltham Argus) record the death of Mr R. McTavish, at the Pahiatua Hospital, on Sunday Those who were acquainted with the nature of Ills complaint, whilst sorry to hear of his death, will be prepared to hear of, his demise, as the end was not altogether unexpected. During the long and painful illness the sufferer bore his trials with fortitude and patience. After considerable success on the Continent, Miss Amy Castles lias come back to London. She has been .singing at Cologne, and also at the great Dutch holiday resort, ScJieveniug. Throughout, Miss Castles has had splendid receptions. Next week she will be singing at Douglas, in the Isle of Man. Her sister, Miss Dolly Castles, is shortly to be seen and heard in London, for at the end of the present mouth she is to take the principal part in the new musical play at the Gaiety Theatre, "The Girls of Gotteuberg." Miss Dolly Castles lias for some considerable time been undertaking prima donna duty for the Williamson Company ia Gilbert and Sullivan opera. Mr and Mrs G. W. Scaddeu, of Masterton, celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding this day._ Mr Scadden is seventy-three years of i age, and Mrs Scaddeu is a year younger, and both enjoy good health. Mr Scadden's mother is still living in Gloucestershire, having attained the great age of ninety-four years. Mr and Mrs Scadden have live children living and twenty-one grand.-children. They came to New !Zofijuud in the year 1872. and ha/y(\ resided in Masterton for Mr Scadden asks us to state that the first employer ho worked for in Masterton was the proprietor of this; },apov. IT, announceu t!)"!: Miss Irene Aiusley, the Auckland contralto, has been engaged to support Signor Bnsoni (niauist), Mr William" Baekliaus ! (pianist , ), niul Miss DlJa Russell in different series of concerts which have been arranged for these artists in the provinces. Miss Aiusley lias been continuing her studies in Paris. Another young sister, "formerly of Wellington, Miss Nora Long, is said to have appeared with considerable I success at a sacred concert at Manchester last Sunday. Miss Mabel Mauson (Dunediu) has been fulfilling an engagement at Colwyu Bay, North Wales, tins week. An old Wairarapa friend of Mr Fred. Barrett, who was injured recently at Levin by an explosion of acetylene gas, visited the sufferer in the Wellington Hospital. He found Mr Barrett rather weak, but improving, though very slowly. The invalid was able to say a few words, but was very much depressed. The chief injuries were to his' .skull. Apparently the explosion was not caused, as was first stated, by the gas igniting, but by explosion from compression. It is a fact which may not be very well known among all users, that acetylene gas may not be compressed beyond 201b to the square inch. Anything which causes the fluid to accumulate beyond this limit will result in an explosion.