PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2191, 2 July 1914, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS

<•——— Mischa Ivwan. the lvor.l.d-fijrned Rus■fiijlii. violijivsii, anivr'l Jipiro fro lit %d----my yi<.vi;:'r;hi,v by t.iK>'.M<Ku:Vk.i .H-fr wan acrompasiWl by his father, Mr. .loromo (inanagoi), aii'J Mademoiselle lsva- Ga;itirif'f and .Mr. I'or<>.v Knlni, members..of Uii' coir.panj. The ikst <;l the violinist's recitals «ill •!)!> .-jvt-n in liie 'J'a\vu Hall ,■

Writing .from San .Francisco umW siai<( J-iiiie Mr. Jolni Fuller, jnn,,. ■says thi,-! (jo is feeling mneli better than • when ho left wdlliiigfjbn./ but- as' "neryev' iak-j their tin;? to get. iack to. i.-ormal, ho had -decided' to remain another month in California. 11c ox- , pets tp leave iSnn Francisco lor Syd-. nay !>y the Se/roniii on .Inly 7, and be'ia.. \Vciiii.i,;t'.i!s oaily in August. ■v. ! H:e death occurred at \Vaiigan.ui yesterday Running, after a short. illness, - fif Jlrs. A 0. -Si formerly. li T c.'enso.c of the Oiiili llokd; Mastcrton. Deceased was we'll knowii'. in th'o liawke's. Bay. ]ler husband . predeceased her about: two years, ago in. .Ma-sUntflii, Deceased, vlio was a".t>istsr of Mr, P. Gmv,. of. Vfaipukurau, leaves four daughters rind tyvc sons! ' Mr A. X. Bairaud, of Palmcrston ; North. Mr, F. A,..Hellaby, of Auckland,.! Ret. E. Robeitshawc, of D-tii"ievii\e, Miss H A. Rhodes ami Mis A. H. Rhodes (Christ-church), Mrs. J. Gunson M»! Mi<* E, Gunsou (Auckland), ,Mrs. C, J' Sjivaii (Wa'.iganni)', and.Mr! C. J. ' Swan, of Wn'.iganui,.. are passcngors for : 1-onddit by tiro Rotorua to-day. ~' Included amongst the. passengers who : art- Ica.v'in;;. Wt'lliiiEton hy. tho Rotorua . to-day af'e 51 r. and 'Mis.. A. L.. Milea,.' who aro returning to -tho -ArEent-iiic,. -' . !: Rjrgl'ord, pi' Gladstone, has liccn ' fipijointcd-head teacher of- tlie'Xov.-inan School. ; ■; 'i-- ■ , % the death', at the age of 74, .of > Mr. James Rajtray, blacksmith; of Bnl:.c]uti:aV.another of tho veteran olil identitles and piohw'r colonists, has been', rcmovocl. . 51r. Rattray arrived at Port : Cliiiljiiefs. from. '.Scotl'niid in the sailing ship.Gala in the' early.'sixties, fiettling' at Clutha Fern Ralclutha was 'tlicn ; as ii blacksmith and farrier. His: first' ■' pair .of smithy, belkv.vs wcre madn.. iby iiinisc!?, two bullock iiid% boing utilised j for tiie p' ir P.P s ?\.. c^rco- r '.l. made '. from 1' ni'aniikartaiii'iji: t'ic place oi" smithy coal, (uibr'.el's !'in!!y nisti setting in • onth<> ;;discoVe ; ns ;<jf gold,'.-slr. Ratt'-ray. cauglrt ; the. gold, fnver, .and to.ok an aetive part . iiV.i'ho.oxHtibff'evoius :incidc.nt.f.l to t-ho. discoy.cry, Infer to ti'.o smithy. / In the -foundiii!:'' of . the Presbyterian ■ Church at Biilclutha in' the ilifant daysof the settlement, Mr. Rattray took an ncti\o pait, and lendere'l niatwial as- ■<; sistancc.lo'.tho Ghmcli aiid .to the Rev \V. Gill.ts- then, niinistci of tbo i congregation. Two sons iire left—Mr,.; A.: \RctirAy,:'blacksmitji, cf -Ralclutjia, and 'Mr; Jahies .Rattray,; •proniiiicntly j Connected with thp Rilvatipn Army for twenty-five-years ill New: Zealand, and . : liected with the- Fresbyterian Church iit i Nc\y'2esi!iin!l.. ■;■ i'R...:Ji.