PERSONAL

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXVII, Issue 13607, 13 February 1912, Page 6

PERSONAL

Mr W. A. Veitch, M.P., kft for Wel- f lington yesterday to attend tV forthcoming session of Parliament, prior to which he will attend a conference of tV Labour members of Parliament. Mi* Wall baa taken Mi* Speight» position on the teaching.atalf of the St. John’s Infant School. . „ . The Very Reverend Father Holley, of : Wanganui has been made a dean. j According to * Southern exchange Buh- i Inspector Norwood will succeed Mr Black : as police inspector of the West Coast of | tV South Island. , „' „ I Messrs Baaaeit aad 0.. W. McCaul. who left to-day tor Auckland, earoute for a trip to tV Old World, wera j entertained fit a dinner at Ditto’s , evening. Mr J. Jons*. Mayor of Wangamn T&mrf, occupied tV chair. During the evening, speeches were made hy member* of the various local and bodias the guest* of tV ewaiug *r* «•- needed with, wishing them «m voyage and a sale return. Mr Spriggene. on behalf of the Rugby Union officials md nfercM, took the opportunity of proranting Mr Baaratt with a wiring ewe. which he hoped Mr Baaratt’ 'womd Isd useful in his travels. Both Messrs Bam sett aad McCaul heartily thanked all for the expressions of goodwill. Mr McCaul was presented or Mr Westbrook with a hand-, some hookas a small taken from the members of the Wanganui East Beautifying Society is reoocpßitioii of- hie untiring work tV station 1«* erasing Mr H.- O, C. Simmons, of the Eastown maintenance, branch, was p»sented with a tea sad coffee service which had been principally subscribed by members of the maintenance branch. Mr C. Bathgate, foreman of works in the Wanganui section, who made the presentation, congratulated Mr Simmons on his approaching marriage, and, in a brief speech, voiced his of the recipients’ many, good fidelities, and referred to the active interest which Mr Simmons had taken in the Wangahpi branch of the Railway Officers’ Institute. Three old hoys of the Wanganui Collegiate School, Messrs Hammond Russell. Piri Batley, Mid Maurice Chambers, left to-day for a trip to England and tV Continent. They are taking the opportunity of a trip before settling down on their various stations. There will be five old boys on the Medina, Messrs McCaul and Bassett travelling by tV same vessel. ,We wish them all a very pleasant trip. A pleasant Jiue function tok plane., at the Aramoho station, last evening, when, on the invitation of Mr S. Dustin, of tV refreshment repos, .tV local staff assembled far the purpose of bidding au revoir to Mr Robert Drearer, shatter, who has been promoted to Hawera. Mr Davidson, stetioaguater, presided., sn4, on behalf of his Arsinolw comrades, asked Mr Drcaver’s acceptance of a handsome travelling .beg as a token M tiuir goodwill. Eulogistic speeches were made by several other members of tV Department, after which Mr Drearer suitably responded to the toast of his health and returned thanks for the gift. The gathering was concluded with a vote of thanks to the host, Mr Dustin, and three hearty cheers for the guest of the evening. Death has removed another of the fastly diminishing bond of early Wanganui settlers in the person of Mr Henry Sarjeant, who died at bis residence, Beil Street, last evening. The deceased gentleman, who was a native of Gloucestershire.

England, arrived in New Zealand over 50 Jean ago. He came to the Wanganui istrict soon after bis arrival, and took

up ,land;-at.. Fpsdell Mid Wahgaehs, engaging ip sheep-farming, an occupation be carried on very successfully for several years After a very active country life, Mr Sarjeant retired to town, where he took a great interest ia public institutions, particularly in educational matters. Be was a prominent member of the Museum committee and Astronomical aqd Philosophical Societies, being a trustee of .the two formed? bodies, and his liberal donations towards (he Museum when it was first opened will be recollected. Mr Sarjeant was also a director of tV Castlecliff Railway Company. Tb* deceased leaves a widow, the ridfiss daarbter of Mr J. T. Stewart, of Plymouth Street.