PERSONAL MATTERS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 11339, 1 May 1912, Page 5

PERSONAL MATTERS.

Hon. Ta Raugilviroa (Dr Buck), Native Minister, is at present visiting Master ton on business connected with the Bjmgokako Maori Council. OaplPin R. Amundsen has returned to Wellington from his lecturing tour in the South Island. Hon. J. A. Hanan, Minister for Education, will be prcsont at the opening of the new assembly hall, at the Mastortou District High School, tomorrow. Mrs John McKenzie, of Weraiti, and Miss R. McKenssio, of Woodlands, loft this morning for Wellington, whore they will spend a short holiday. Captain Caloott, of the Cartcrton branch of the Salvation Army, lias received'word of transfer, having boon appointod in charge of the Army work at Oxford, South Island. The death occurred at Pahiatua yesterday of Mr Win. Keeble, at tho age of 47 years. Deceased was woll known in Masterton, where he resided for a number of years. He died in a shop in Pahiatua,' and heart failure is supposed to be the cause. Mr R. Jackson, who has been head lineman in the local Telegraph Departnieut for some time, has boon transiiteed to the Taihapo district as foreman lineman, and left to take up his new duties to-day. Mr M. Wilton is now in charge at tho Masterton office. Tliis morning the linemen at the local office presented Mr Jackson with a handsome case of pipes. Mr J. Havelock Wilson, general president of the National British Seamen and Firemen's Union, accompanied by Mr R. l< 1 . Bell, left Auckland for Wellington by last night's express. They wore accorded an enthusiastic send-off by a large number of seamen. A Press Association message from Gieborne states:-Major Oamiiehaol, the Salvation Army Provincial Commissioner, received a cable message yesterday from Melbourne, stating that Commissioner Richards, the new Territorial Commissioner for New Zealand, would arrive in Wellington on 19th June. His reception would take place on 20th June in Wellington. At Wellington, this aftoruoou. Mr W. Judd, well known iv Masterton. whore a number of relatives reside, was married to Miss Howard, daughter of Mrs Davis, of Owen-street, Wellington. Miss Amy Judd, of Masterton, was bridesmaid. Tho friends of Mr W. Kemp, of Mastertou, will regret to hour that, he is snlifciug from blood poisoning, supposed to have been caused by the bite of an insect. Mr Kemp has been rendered temporarily blind, ami his condition is causing Ins relatives tho gravest auxietv. The death took nlace, at Christchurch, on Monday night, of Mr Charles Hood Williams, secretary of the Lyttelton Harbour Board. The deceased was born in Edinburgh in 1844, and arrived in the Randolph (one of the. first four ships bringing immigrants to Canterbury) in litfO. He was educated at Christ's College, Christchurch, and afterwards spent some years on a sheep station. Later Mr Williams entered the service of the Union Bank, and in 18C>4 became a clerk in the Canterbury Provincial Secretary's office. He was appointed Assistant. Secretary for Public Works in 1H73, which position he held till 1877. when lie became secretary and treasurer to the Lytteltou Harbour Board. Deceased married in 187:5 a daughter of Mr R. H. Allan I, of Christchurch. anil leaves a grown-up family. Mr D. C. Collins, son of the Hon. Dr Collins, M.L.C., of Wellington, en.ioyfthe rare distinction of being the only Double Blue who has come / to light for forty-two years, says the ' London correspondent of The Press. The last Double Blue, also in cricket and rowing, was Jack Dale, who batted and pulled for the victorious Cantabriaus in 1870, so the New ZeaAander is bridging a wide gap. By the way, the title Double Blue was formerly reserved absolutely for men who won their place iv cricket and the Eight, but latterly a practice has grown up of applying it to men gaining representative honours in any two of "tho sports for which the Blue is awarded. The first real Double Blue under the stricter meaning of the term •was Charles Wordsworth, afterwards Bishop of St. Andrew's. He was one of the fathers of the boat race. He. . rowed four in LS-Jii and played cricket J for Oxford in 1827 and 18v!',i. '•Tom ' Brown's , ' brother, C. E. Hughes, was a Double Blue, and so was Lord Justice Chittv. Each University lias contributed e"ight to the list, and of the schools Eton lias found four, Tonbridge three, and Harrow two Wellington College is the only school outside England to produce a Double Blue. Mr William Brewer, of Wailiau, one of thp. best-known and best-liked of the Wanganui district, passed away at Belvedere private hospital on Sunday morning. For some time past (says the Wangauui Chronicle) Mr Brewer had been in indiffpreut health, and, although he Tallied a tew days ago and was able > to return home, he gradually grew i worse, and had to return to the hospital on Friday. He never rallied again, and passed away peacefully. Mr Brewer had been identified with the progress of the coast for the best part of' half a century, and experienced the vicissitudes common to all early settlers. Eventually he settled down at Wai ban, and for the past thirty years Mr and Mrs Brewer have dispensed the most generous andopenluuided hospitality; so much so that Waihau and hospitality are looked ■upon as synonymous. The. late Mr Brewer was of the kindliest nature and generous to a fault, and withal a man of the highest integrity, and a sport to the core. He was a prominent member of the EgmontWauganui 1 Hunt Club, and the Waihau meet was always one of the most popular of the season. Mr Brewer married a daughter of the lute Major Durie,iwho survives him, «l he leaves a family of three sons—Mr Sam Brewer, of Stratford; Mr Bob Brewer, of Hawera; and MiHerbert Brewer, of Waitotara —and three daughters—Mrs Aif. Symes, of Waverley; Mrs Dr Simmons, of Patea; and Miss Maud Brewer, of Waihau.