PERSONAL ITEMS

Wairarapa Daily Times, 18 July 1932, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

The death is announced by cable from London of Sir John Ferguson, Unionist M.P., at the age of 72 years. Mr M. McLeod has been nominated by the Wairarapa P. and A. Society as a member of the New Zealand Meat Board. Rev. P. Wiltshire, accompanied by Mrs Wiltshire, has taken up his residence at Pongaroa, of whicn parish he has been appointed vicar. Mrs T. Burr, formerly of Masterton, is an iumate of the Pahiatua Public Hospital, where she .underwent an operation. Pier condition shows some improvement. The death occurred at the Masterton Public Hospital this morning of Mr Thomas Ryan, after a short illness. Deceased was over SO years of age and had resided in the district for a long period. In his early manhood he was engaged in marine engineering. Deceased was .of a quiet, retiring disposition, and was highly respected by Ms many friends who will regret to learn of his death. The funeral will leave St. Patrick’s Church at 2.30 p.m. tomorrow for the Masterton cemetery.

Judges have written to the Wairarapa P. and A. Society accepting appointment as under: —Dogs, J. A. Gibson (Ballanee); hacks and competitions, H. J. Ayres (Tiratu); Jerseys, G. A. Bell (Oakura); Milking Shorthorns, J. H. Mason (Feilding); dairy cattle, F. J. Boddy (Palmerston North); Romney sheep, W. (J. Small (Feilding); unhoused Romney rams, A. Robertson (Otane); unhoused Romney ewes, E. E. Short (Feilding); Southdowns (open class), L. B. Wall (Kairanga); unhoused Down rams, G. W. Muniord (Shannon); unhoused Southdown ewes, W. Lumsden (Feilding); fat sheep, R. W. Deighton (Marton); pigs, O. C. worn (Palmerston North); cheese section, Department of Agriculture; butter, C. H. Andrews (Wellington); writing, Training College Staff; grasses and weeds, A. T. P. Hubbard; school gardens, A. Rl Hadfield (Bulls).

A Loudon cable states that the death has occurred of Lord Plumer, aged 75 years. He underwent an operation in February and improved until recently. His Majesty the King, in a message ; f condolence, says: ‘‘My people throughthought the Empire with me mourn the loss of one whom history will remember as a distinguished commander and great administrator.” The burial will take place in Westminster Abbey on Wednesday. Deceased entered the Army in 1876. Before the outbreak of the South African War (1839) lie raised the Rhodesian field force, which lie commanded during the early months of the contest. In May, 1915, Sir Herbert Plumer (as he the was) was selected to lead the Second Army on the Western Front in the Great War. His army was not very actively engaged during the remainder of 1915, nor yet in 1916, but on 7th June, 1917, he gained a signal victory at Messines. In November he took charge of the British troops, sent to the basin of the Po after the Italian defeat at Caporetto, and in the following , March was recalled to Flanders to resume the leadership of the Second Army just before the great German offensive started.