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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1599, 16 November 1912, Page 10

Y.W.CA letters nre frequently received by the' Young \\ omen s Christian Association from frirls in distant lands who moko fiTOiit omployinent, wages, and general conditions ill the Dominion. There was a suggestion made at tho "last coilferenoo of tho National Council of Women hold in Stockholm by the Committee on Emigration and Immigration to tho effect that informal ion .bo collected for publishing in .leaflet: form, giving particular as to -tho resjectivt countries, in tho inattcrs vf 4 diet prices .Of fond, clothing,, : lodgings/.and laws: of contract.- Such a leaflet iflould bo of uy to Y.W.O.A <.•<;- retaries- and workers-in other societies inforested in immigration, and traveller:.' . iiid work, in tiieso dnys when so many girls aro cpnsidcrinj; the matter of a. r i'i chango of country. Ono of tho most useful societies .for; P' ■ £ women existing to-day-is the travellers' Aid Society, which ait? under tho auspices of thft-Yoiin.g Women's' Chris -' tian Association, and has for its object tod protection of- inexperienced yannf • women {ravelling from place to plart either in search of Work or for other reasons. The dangers are greatest in the largest towrt9 and seajiort'i. The methods employed afo to meet young women by appointment at railway stations, and seaports, to see them safely oa their Way, and to provide for them, when neqteary, suitable lodginp;. The society ,'ilso inquires as to tn.e respcc'tibility of situi-" Hons they are thinking; of taking, warns girls by placards on .railway stations and on board "Steamers against trusting . iiii-; authorised people, and gives general directions . Sfatty girls who miss their friends,;, or Who have none, aril .grided by tho Travellers' Aid Society, or bV the y.\v.c.A. _ . . . Tho meeting: to-night in connection with . tho world's, week of .prayer will be conducted at 'the Yonhg Women's Christian Association, by Mrs. M'Clay. Tk:ouzhr out the entire west the attendance has ■ ■bee.ii well sustained, and the.booklet ex.-- , ' .plaining the- extent fit- Y.Vv'.C.A. sctivi-. ties throughout the world has been a , revelation to rt'any peojtfe. The seryics to-morrow afternoon: i!t. "W taken - by the Iter. Gibson Smith. The. subject ta&en will be "Our Re.spoiusibillty to Foreign Missions." Death of a Pioneer. The death has taken place, at the azs of 73 years-; of Mrs. M. ;A. Hobbs; wifa of jtf. Hobbs, of Stntford; Mrs. Hoblij was very widely known and respected throughout Taranaki. In 'tie. early days of ITawera Mr. and Mr?. Hobbs lived on. the South Ro.ad.. - Later they settled, at Mere Mere, then they weilt; to Eap'o'nga, and some years ago retired from farming pursuits and.. settled..'down near 'Stratford. Mrs. Hobbs was born in London on Xovember ,1, 1830.. Her father and family afterwards, emigrated to Ta> ■ mania, where lie was principal of tho first Boys' .Public '.School. 'Shov-was. married in . 1863 i and 'c'a'mo to.- Nev> Zealand . in. • 1877. Her husband aiid.a family of sjr daughters and three . sons are 'left to mourn her death. The daughters are; Mrs. G. "Wilsoii (Auckland), Mrs. W. Wilson (Eltlja'm)i iMrs. Caverhili (Canterbury), Miss Hobbs, Mrs. A. Babbape fKawhiii), Mrs. All'misen (Kapauga); the sons ape:'Jlessr.?. Hi Hobbs - tK& pti'nga). J. C. JJobbs (F.ltham), and. G. ;.S, liohb's (Stratford). Mr," and; Slra. 'Hobbs Were eame.it Church workers in this district, from tho time they cjimfe .to Taranaki. Mrs. Hobbs. i;s a diix&t-descendant of Data® Matv Bahlis,: of Cortc Castle, Dor-', setshire, who i's'jhown in 'the history of the Middle Ages for thO j great defence, she made of' tho. castle in the- absence of her husband.

The engagement is announced of Mr. Arthur Hugh Acland Empson, of .the Sth Cavalry, Indian Ar&y, only soft of „ Mr. and Mr?. Kinpson, of Mount l'ee!, >. :Canterb'i.uCy, . elder ' daiighref/of the Rev. ' l-toftr'alP Gore Browne, , of Fai'vley Koclory, Sottthaupton." The . fete organised by members of the .Girls' lterilji) Guild takes .place this afternoon at fhfe residence of Miss CatroH» 01 Broughqm Street, Various attractions have beep arranged for the eEtc-rtainUieiit . of tlifi visitors, including music, fortunetelling, -.and stalls of many Jii'pds of attractive articles. Mrs. Wilford will open, the proceedings. News Was received in jvapier on Thursday of the death of Mr. John M'Kinnon at Stornoway The deceased was one n.f tho earliest settlers in Hawke's. Bay. Bora. in the island of' Lewis ■ (Outur • Hebrides) in 1825, he took to the sea, and for twelve years he pursued that calling 1 in the African., trnije— >ilitie he siitfeml sjupivrecK'-iu thd'East 'India Company's service and on tile Jfississipi. T 'In 18S4 lie. caine to Melbourne as mate of ; the ship Kossuth, and then; made '.his way to this country as mate of the brig Rocjiwriod. severing his connection;.with t'lla't 'Vcs.s'eL at the Wairoa to take command, of tins schooner Vfiivi.*, owned .by Ham* lin Bros. He was shortly afterwards appointed : pilot for the harbour of papier, and brought the first steamer, the. Vionga-'Vi-onga, into the harbour,us well OS flia first English ship io her anchorage in the bay. Later, Mr. M'Kinnon took tlio ferry at Olive, and in I.S(S3 settled at Ata- • pawanill. Jinfo hu liiuspeml, and was Weil .knotfn and highly respited alt over the district. ■ He was an early member of - the Napier Hatbout Board, and a membar of the' first Wairoa County Council. In 1898. he celebrated Ins golden' wedding. Shortly .afterwards his wife, a Miss il'tver, of Stornoway, died, and. six .years, ago Mr.' M'Kinnon, leaving his .property in the hands of his sons,, went honio tp. iiia native country, married agaiii,' and settled in Stornoway, where he died at ilia > V"'e of 87. lie. .had four sons em! four dSngbfatiS; by hisfirst miwrwpe, and ff those Messrs., A., X)., J.. M., W, itiul E'Kiniion are. well known ui Hawkoa Bay, while of -, his daughters, Orr, , , Mrs. I'. Diuwiddie, Mrs.- \V., I. .Bolani , tDiu'icdin), and Mrs. J. M Lean (Storuo* way) survive him. The sympathy. Of a , large circle of friends will be toud'Ted to .the family in tlteir bereavement.