PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1827, 13 August 1913, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Sir Clmrles Bowen, Speaker of the Legislative Council, went south by tho Jlararoa last evening. In accordance with <i promise made last week by 111 d Prime Jliuister, Jlr. li. A. Bolland has I>?e:h detailed for the work of inspecting llnxmill accommodation in the ll'anawutib district. Jlr. Holland has been employed recently as a factory inspector ami inspector of scaffolding in Wellington, and has been selected for his 'new posilion on account of his practical knowledge of building and .similar matters. Mr. W. E. Simpson, who has been somewhat before tho public of late concerning the Wcstport Harbour Do-:d ap I»iii'!nie:its, was summoned home to iCnrnmea yesterday. llis > moth'olll of tho earliest and most-respected' residents of Knramea, having been stricken with paralysis at noon. Jlr. Simpson left by the Kaitoa last night. Tine death occurred at Auckland on Sunday morning (says our special correspondent) of Mr. Joseph l'euiialligen, a veteran of the Crimea, lie was a member of the 12th Brigade of Koyal Artillery, and was at the siege of Sebaslopol. Arriving in Auckland in 1859, Jlr. Pcnnalligen saw further active service in the Maori war. He hold three medals, including that for t'li'3 Turkish war, and the New Zealand war lnifdal. For twenty-five years Jlr. Pemialligcu was employed in the Government Defence Stores, but during the la.st quarter of a centuiry ho has lived ill retirement. lis was 86 years of age, and leaves

a widow and one son. ' A Jfaori war vstcran, Jlr. Edward Donnelly, died at tho Auckland Hospital on Sunday, at the age of 76 years. Deceased' (says our local correspondent) was a native of Ireland, and when quite a young man 'he went to Australia. He came to . Nov.- Zealand in 1803, and served with distinction ill tli9 New Zealand forces, being present at the Battle of Orak.au. Subsequently lis was engaged ill farming pursuits at Kailiu.' For tho past y®hr 'Jlr.' Donnelly had been a resident of tho Veterans' Home. Jlr. M. Seollard, of Blenheim, is on a visit to Wellington. Jlr. L. Seifcrt, of Palmerston North, is at present on a visit to Wellington. Jlr. T. W. Kirk, of tho Orchards Division of tho Department of Agriculture, is duo back from trip to the Pacific Islands on Monday week. Lieutenant-Colonel G. N. Johnston, Director of Ordnance, left for Palmerston North yesterday to inspect tho artillery section of the "refresher" camp, which is now being held there. Jlr. I'. E. Purser, Town Clerk, Lower Hutt, who leaves shortly to_ take up a similar position iu Hastings, is to be fareiwiled next Jlonday evening by tho Mayor and councillors, and presented with a memento in recognition of past services. The funeral of tho late Jlr. John Perrin, a Crimean veteran, who died at Kaiap'oi on Saturday, took j>laee at the Kaiapoi Anglican cemetery on Sunday with military lionoivrs. After 10 years' sorvice, Mr. A. E. Falconer has been formal by the poor state of his health to resign his position as mis•rjonarv in chiirgo of tho Duuedin Sailors' Host. * Dr. Wallis Jlaclcenzie returned to Wellington by the jrain Trunk express yesterday. tin! Hon. D. Buddo arrives from south by the Wohinu this morning. Dr. Batchelor is a passenger from Lyttelton to Wellington by tho Wahine this morning. Dr. Gribben was a passenger for south by tho Jlararoa last evening. Messrs. Davey, Witty, and Glover, Jl.l'.'s, will arrive from south by tho Wahine this morning. Tho death occurred nt liis residence, Whitcoinbc Street, 'JVnmkn, early on Saturday morning, of Jlr. Daniel Hally, who came" to the Dominion over JO years n?o. Tho late Jlr. Holly was borli in County Tipperary, Ireland, in 183 G. Ho landed at Melbourne in 18G0 by tho ship Champion of the Seas, and crowing the Tasman Sea in the early days of tho Otago diggings, visited tho mining centres of tho South Island. After revisiting Victoria, Jlr. lla'lly returned to New Zealand, and in 18G7 purchased a farm at Waitohi, whore he remained up to two years ago, when lie erected a house and lived in retirement at Temnka. Jfe leaves a widow, two sons, and four daughters.