PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1880, 14 October 1913, Page 8

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr. S. J. Nathan has been appointed f to act as tho representative of the Auck-* land Chambor of Commerce at tho Per- . manent Congress of Chambers of Com- ' liiorce, which will bo held in Paris next June. Mr. Nathan stated that lie' would probably bo visiting England at that time, and would, therefore, bo prepared to act for tho chamber. At the annual meeting of tho Wellington Woolbrokers' Association, held yesterday, Mr. W. -S. Bennett, manager for Messrs. Dalgoty and Co., Ltd., wub ■unanimously re-elected for another year of office as chairman. 'l'lie Jion. G. J. Smith and Mr. T. H. , Davey, M.P. for Christchuroli East, ■ left Lyttolton for Wellington last evening. Dr. H. W. Gleary, Roman Catholio Bishop of Auckland, is suffering from an attack of influenza and throat trouble. Mr. Bernard F. Pago, city orgrtuist, has been appointed choirmaster of St. Joseph's Catholio Church choir. Ensign James Hughson, of tho Greyinouth corps of the Salvation Army, has been selected to represent tho West Coast at the International Salvation Army Congress, to bo held in London in. June next. Mr. A. J. Geary, town clerk of ifdlding, is in Wellington for a few days on business. The death occurred at Dannovirka Hospital on Sunday of Mrs. A. Watson, wife of the stationmaster at Dannevirko, who recently received notice of his appointment to the position of Tramo Inspector at Wellington. Mr. Watson ■ and wife, states a Press Association message, went to Wellington a fow days ago to look out for a liouse, and '.voro returning, when Mrs. Watson was soized with a fit in tha train, and never recovered. i Tlie death is announced from Invert cnrgill. of a very old colonist in Mr. Robert Grieve, farmer, of Oporo, aged 80 years. Mr. Grieve arrived in Port Chalmers in 1861, and was ono of tho ■. first settlors in the Oamaru district. Ho ' ' Was-the first man to take sheep over •' tho Kakanui River, and lie placed 1600 : lambs on the I'otara country for Mr. 1 ' Suisted. Ho camo to Southland in 1867, and settled at Oporo, naming his pro-; perty "Branxholm," after his native place in Scotland. He was a very successful breeder of Border Leicester sheep arid Shorthorn cattle, and wae ' for many years in great request as a judgo at A. and P. shows, acting frequently at Chrißtchurch, Dunedin, Oamaru, Palmprston North, and other places. Ho was a direotor and life • member of the Southland A. and P. Association.—Press Association, Mr. E. P. Grove, electrical expert, who will supervise the conversion of tho, Victorian suburban railwavs to eleotrio traction, arrived at Melbourne from London last week. Mr. Grove will remain in Melbourne till the electrification. scliomo is oomploted. Charles Milcy, champion axeman of: Australia., states an Invercargill paper,, is on a visit to Invercargill. and intends'' to compete at the Orepuki sportsoo r Labour Day. Miley recently won the £15 "chop at the Melbourne Agrioul-, tural Show against thirty competitors, to whom he was conceding up to 38s\?o. • in an 18in. standing log cut. Mrs. Scott, mother of the late Captain R. F. Scott, of Antarctio.fame, has oome put to Australia to join her relatives in Tasmania. Tho Rev. Vallance Cook and Mrs. Cook, of London, who havo been oon-' ducting an evangelistic mission.' througnout the Dominion, under tho • auspicoa of the Methodist Church, will ; conclude tlioir tour at Auckland with a ■ mission opening thi? week, and extending over a. fortnight. Mr. _ Cyril 1 Hopkinsj the Otago repre- ■ sentative cricketer, is under marching' orders for transference to Sydney, ana will leave early next month. He willnot, therefore, bo available fo ■ tho New i Zealand team to tour Australia. Hie departure, istates a southern exoliango, will be a distinct loss to Otago cricket.; Mr. and Mrs. L. J.- Bagnall, of Auck-' land, on Friday last celebrated their' golden wedding. Mr. Bagnall, besides , having been chairman of many local bodies, was also Mayor of Auckland for a period. Mr. J. Nicol, formerly of the Wairarapa, has with others lately acquired an interest in the To Arolia "News." Mr. Mark Cohen, of Dunedin, it at ' present on a visit to Wellington. Mr. Wesley Spragg, of Auckland, arrived in Wellington uy yesterday afternoon's express. On Saturday evening last Mr. T. R. Harris was the recipient of a, silvermounted pocketbook and letter-caso from tho Railway Department at Southbridge (Canterbury), prior to his departure for Greymouth. The death took place at Pariroa Pa on Thursday of one of tho oldest Natives in tho Patea province, if not in tho Dominion. Tho deceased, who was said to be 104 years of ago, was known at Tekaetta, and was famous as being the mother of Tuntangi Waionui, well known as tho chiof scout of the fighting chief T'itokowaru in tho early sixties. Siio was born in tho Patea district, and lived for the greater portion of her life at the Otoia Pa on tho Patea llivor. Mr. J. H. Ashley, formerly traffio manager on tho Westland railway section, is seriously ill at his homo in Christchuich. Arrivals' at tho Grand Hotel yesterday included:—Messrs. G. L. Stead (Brackenfield), J. Hindmarsli (Napier), J. H. E. Sandtou (Napier), J. J. Bagnall (Palmerston North), and Hope Gibbons (Wanganui). Yesterday's bookings at tho Empire Hotel included: —Messrs. Neil M'Laron (Wairarapa), W. Sharp (Shannon), Charles Ross (Foxton), A. H. Grant • (Palmerston North). A. _W. Gallichan (Palmerston North), W. S. Smith (Palmerston North), J. S. Fletcher (Palmerston North), A. de Luen. (Palmerston North), H. J. Canton (Palmerston North), W. Richardson (Palmerston North). N. W. Stubbs (Palmerston North) ,'W. Turner (Kaikoura), J. R. Anderson (Cliristchurcli), E. Hosking (Denniston), G. Skinner (Auckland), J. Stono (Palmerston North), A. B. Balfour (Greytown ' North), H. J. Peacock (Gisborne), and W. G. Leruo (Napier). Staying at the Hotel Windsor are:— Messrs. G. Sellar (Mastorton), C. O. Ross (Masterton), Lamb (Mastorton), Edward M'Laren (Auckland), W. W. Bayly (Stratford), H. M. Ries (Danne. virko), D. L.' Smith (Hamilton), G.. ,Weir (Kakahi), and Joseph Brown (Arrowtown), Sir. Lionel Nelson, of Messrs. Niven and Co., motored through from Napier oil Sunday in company with Messrs. Milne" and Henderson. Passengors who arrived from tho north by the Main Trunk express yesterday afternoon included: Mr. and Mrs. J. Moody) Mrs. Wright, Messrs. J. D. Davies R. Reeno, A. T. Houlston, C. Allen, R. E. Tonkin, and I'. A. Vickennan, from Auckland, Messrs. D. M'Lean and G. Skinner, from Te Awamutu, -R. M. M'Cielland, irom lauraliga, Mrs. J. M, Johnston and Messrs. 11. .T. Canton, W. C. Turner W. S. l Smith, A. W. Gallichan, J. S. l'letcher, J Bagnall, J. Bnrr, and Messrs. M. Brilliant, and M. Daw, from Palmerston North, Mr. E. Hosking, from Ormondville,- and Mr. M. Hall, from Wanganui. Mr, John Dean Allen, .storekeeper, of Hampden Street, Hokitika, and'an old identity of that place, died at tho ripe old ago of 83 years on Friday morning. The late Mr. Allen was born in Morton-in-the-March, Gloucester, England, and arrived in Hokitika in 1865, having pre-viously'-.resided in' Victoria and Gabriel's Gully. Only a few weeks ago Mr. and Mrs.' Allen celebrated their golden wedding.