PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1896, 3 November 1913, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Commissioner Richards and' the Chief Secretary (Colonel Powley), of tho Salvation Army, aro at present in Dmiedin. They aro due iu Christclmrch on Wednesday,' and will return to' Wellington at the end of tho week. Mr. J. Flower f of Awaivui Wireless Station, is staying ot the Empire Hotel. Madams Evelyn Solig,' of Brisbane, has been engaged to sing the soprano solos in the Royal Choral Society's performance of "Tho Messiah," at Wellington, on December 15. Tho Rev. J. Patterson, chairman of the lona Collego Committee, is at present 011 a visit to Hastings to attend an oxccutiv© meeting of that body. Tho death occurred at Auckland last wee-kj states tho "Star," at Stanley Point of Mr. William Andrew Cowan, ono of tho fine settlers who did so much for tho Dominion in its young days it needed tho very best typo of colonists it could seenro. Mr. Cowan arrived hero in the ship Devonshire in 1863. and settled for a number of years at Oraknu, in tho Waikato. Ho took part in tho Maori war, serving in til® To Awjvmutu Cavalry, tho first cavalry corps raised in the Dominion, and for iivo years ho was lioutonant undor the Into Major Jackson. After tho exciting times of tho war Mr. Cowan followed farming for a considerable time, and eventually moved to Auckland,' wliero ! 110 was weighniaster for tho Auckland Harbour Board for twenty years. Deceased leaves a widow, one daughter, and six sons, two of the last-mentioned being Mr. James Cowan, a leading authority on Maori loro and customs.