PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1576, 21 October 1912, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr. E, J. Dennehy, of the staff of \V. Laery and Co., Allan Street, died rather suddenly at his residence, 57 Coromandol Street, on Friday evening. He was a native of Irolnnd, and came to New Zeannd thirty years ago. Mr. T. L. Mills, part-proprietor of the "Feilding Star," left for Sydney on Friday, to preside at tho annual conference of the Australasian Country Newspapers' Association, of which ho is president. A private cablegram received from London on Friday, announced the death of Mr. Robert Cnrmichael, of this city. Tho deceased gentleman left Australia by (he R.M.S. Osterly a few weeks ago for the purpose of undergoing an operation, Archdeacon Slocker, of St. John's Anglican Church, Invercargill, is about to retire. After doing good work for tho Church in tho Canterbury'district in- tho oiirly days, he wont to Inrcrcnrgjll in 1882, and has remained there ever since— a period-of 30 years, Mr. H. V. Allen, secretary of the New Zealand Master Bakers' Association, has left for Melbourne to represent that body at the Federal Master Bakers' Conference on October 28.

"It is with great regret (says tho annual report of the Wellington Amateur Swimining Club) that the committee has to place on record tho death of one of its oldest members, (lip lato Mr. Ronald Hood. Mr. Hood joined tho club p.t the commencement, or very shortly nftor tho club was formed, and continued on the list of active members right up lo 'lie limo of his death. He wns a man who took au interest in many pporls, and in several of them had proved a tremendous worker. Ho was an officer for several years in this club, and was well known to tho older members. He wns probably the hardest worker, and most popular person, connected with' snort severally, Wellington has over had.