PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1589, 5 November 1912, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

The Hon. F. M. B. Fisher leaves for Ekotuliuija this morning to turn tho first soil of water-supply works whicli aro being undertaken l>y the borough, lie will bo entertained "t luncheon on artu Vttl. H,o will ix'coive'.deputatfoiis during ; the •afternoon, will attend a 'social in the evening tendered tp Mr. Ji. l'age, Mayor of the town, who li<V3 lutcij*' hctin appointed a stipendiary : Hiid lie will return to Jfosterion late llip'sapie evening to hear other deputations there. He intends to roach Wellington by tho : first train to-morrow, The Into Sir Win. Steward wan accorded ft military funeral ut Wftimato yesterday. There was a large attendance, notwitnBtniidiiig tho heavy rain. All the local bodies wera represented, and tho Territorials and cadets formed :i military escort. The Ifev. Mr. Mackenzie Gibson officiated in the church and At the grave- . side. Business people closed their premises duriiig the tiiiie of tho funeral.--' Press Association. • Sir, Olaf B. Stout, 8.R., LL.iß,' (Cambridge), son of tho Chief Justice of Ken Zealand, who has been studying ; low at Lincoln's Inn, London,.has 'passed his final examination as a.barrister. 1 At tho Ivaiapoi Woollen Company's Auckland warehouse on Vritlay afternoon, Mr. Kirkbride, who has boon northern 're-y' prescntativo of tho company for tho past seven years, received a presentation from his fellow-employees on tho occasion of his leaving tlic firm's servicfe. The presentation took the foi'm of a handsome, suitcase, with a travelling-rug for. Mrs. Kirkbrido, Some. very complimentary ■ speeches were inadc, and Mr. , Kirkbride suitably' returned thanks. A private cablegram received in Wellington announces the death in Scotland on Gctdber '30 of Mr; Williairt. of. Clyde Quay, a resident of Wellington, for abifut 35 years. ■ Mr, Eindlay was born in Paisley, Scotland, and came out to Nei?. Zealand, a? a joung man. He was attracted to. West Coast at the tiiiio of the gold rush, arid there practised as a chemist. He settled in Wellington a,boiit thirty-fivo years, iigo,. and was well known to many of the older residents, Bis made several trips to the Old Country, and during'., oner-in .1905—. bo married a lady of considerable, means, .wh.6 accompanied hita back to New Zealand. The deceased was fortunate m . his ' investments', particularly. in ■ those, connected with land in Wellington and: elsewhere, and if as at one jtinVe. part 1 owner'" of 1 the Waipaoa ' Estate,. ■ Poverty Bay, jn association with Messrs. .M. Muir and James Lockie, of this city. Beo>ase.d: was an 1 ; old' member qf the u cl- ■ lington Bowling Club, but has not play* s '■ ed much for: several years. ; Messrs. Gjllespie and White have been appointed solicitors to the borough of Eeildjng. Mr. 0. G. Whito has joined 'the fitrn. since the death of of Mr. J. ■ Pryor, wlio was Mr. Gillespie's partner. A Press Association message from Timar.il states that the borough. engineer (Mr. Leeder) has forwarded his resignation, and, at A special meeting _ of' the council last evening;, the resignation was ■ accepted.