PERSONAL ITEMS

Wairarapa Daily Times, 1 July 1933, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

Miss Enid Gordon, .Pownall Street, Masterton, will return on Monday from a holiday spent in Wanganui and Ha-' wera. A Sydney cablegram reports that Sir John Harvey, at present Chief Justice in Equity in ISjew '.South Wales, succeeds Sir Philip Street as Chief Justice' of that State. The'death took place at his residence,, Pukio, Kahutara, on Thursday, of Mr Abraham John. Harris, a very old settler of the district, at the age of 7£> years. The engagements is announced of Miss May Elizabeth Richards, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs A. E. Richards, of McLean Street, Woodville, to Mr John Jackson, eldest sen of Mr and Mrs L. Jackson, of Homelands; ' 1 The Council of the New Zealand LawSociety, sitting in Wellington yesterday, unanimously appointed Mr C.jJfej Treadwell, of Wellington, presideaMp the society in succession to the Isto Sir Alexander Gray, ICC. The office of president of the Law Society is the highest fellow practitioners' can give, and the selection of Mr Treadwell is; an indication in some measure or the widespread appreciation of his services oveir a long period of years. • One of the most pi&ujesque’ an* easily, the oldest Maori it-' Rangltik«| Meri Pakaihua, died at the Pairelran** ipia this week, at the ; age of sonife 104 years. Deceased was a .typical member of the old school Maoris, and ire her eighty years’ residence in Parewanui, the seat of the Ngatiapas, she bore an honoured name among both. Maori and pakeha for she was a most capable and kind-hearted woman, giving many years of faithful service in the household of. 1 the famous Utiku Marumaru, his son Trau and in turn the latter’s son, H. T. W. Marumaru. The first two generations of this honourable Maori family have long since died, but there aie many who still remember Utiku Marumaru in ' the hey day of his life as a. Maori Chieftain and as a sportsman whose racing stable was famous tto lengths, and 1 breadth of the country. fKJ was on 10th March, 1849, that the late Donald McLean completed the purchase of the Rangitikei block, and at this time Meri Pukailiua (or “A-mary” as she was more popularly known) was a young widow, the name of her husband being at the time of writing unknown.

Mr E. F. N. Morgan, retiring manager of the Carterton branch of the Bank of New Zealand, was farewelled yesterday afternoon by a representative gathering of the bank’s clients' and friends. Mr W. Fisher, Mayor of Carterton, 'presided, and Messrs C. L. Reynolds (President of the Wairarapa P. and A. '.Society),. W. Howard Booth (Racing Club), J. B. Lawrence (Tradesmen’s Association), G. Hughan (Bowling Club) and D. McGregor (County Council) paid a tribute to the assistance given by Mr and Mrs Morgan during their six years’ residence in Carterton, and expressed regret at their departure for Eastbourne. The Mayor.presented Mr Morgan with .a tall English fullcliime Westminster solid oak case, chiming clock, and a bank draft for tne unexpended balance of .the amount subscribed for the presentation. . The presentation and kind sentiments ' accompanying it were acknowledged by Moirgan, after which the chairman intended a welcome to Mr C. C. Callender, who succeeds 'Mr Morgan as . manager of the Bank of New Carterton.