PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2266, 28 September 1914, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

. Upon; the occasion of his approaching marriage, a presentation was on Saturday made to Mr. J. 15. Paten, of the , lighting and tramways department. Mr. M. Cable, in making the presentation, referred to the popularity and business ability of Mr. Paten, and wished him every success. Mr. It. 0. Petersen corroborated Mr. Cable's statements, and suitable reply was given by Mr. L'aton. » Mr. W.. Foster, headmaster of the Petone Main School, has been taken suddenly ill, and has been removed to a private hospital, Captain J. M. Rose, of tho Defence Department, who is leaving with the Expeditionary Force,;was entertained at lunch by a number'of his friends on i'hursday and presented with a case of pipes. Mr. Reginald Vincent, well known in legal, musical; and cricket circles in Christchurch, died suddenly early on Friday morning. Mr. Vincent, who was , only 38 years of age at the time of his death, served Ms articles with Mr. T. W. Stringer, and was admitted to the Bar in 1900. Afterwards he went into partnership with Mr. Harvey, and upon that business being dissolved took over .the legal business of Mr. Henry Widdewson when that gentleman was made a Stipendiary Magistrate. Since then he had been in business on his own account. Mr. Vincent was universally esteemed and very popular, and his death will be a severe shock to his numerous friends.: The death has occurred at Napier of Mr. Horace Baker, a resident of tho district for nearly 40 years. For a part of the time he was connected with the firm of Baker and Tabuteau. He arrived in Napier in 1875, and was 64 years of age. He held the position of Chief Surveyor to thc-Govermitent, both at Gisborne and Napier,' and after that he'wa6 Commissioner of Crown Lands at Napier. He acted on several important land commissions, and was associated with the compilation of legislation in connection with the taking of lands for settlement. Once he contested the Waipawa seat, but he was unsuccessful. He entered into partnership with Air. W. J. Tabuteau in 1887, and tho arrangement continued until 1903. The latest mail brings news of the death' of M. P. Plancon, the famous French operatic basso. He died in Paris on August 12, after an illness which dated from Juno last. He was a noted exponent of such parts as Mephistepholes in "Faust," Escamilla in "Carmen," St. Bris in "Les Huguenots, the King in "Lohengrin," and "Hamlet," and the Friar in "Romeo and Juliet." A New Plymouth Press Association telegram records the death of Mrs. Hempton, widow of tho late Captain Hempton, aged 88. Sho was for sixty years a resident of New Plymouth. Mr. William Angus, representative for the North Island for Messrs. Smith and Smith, Ltd., Wellington, for tho pastsovon years, died at v Wellington yesterday. Ho was highly esteemed by his fellow employees, clients, and brother travellers: Ho is survived by a wife, one son, and three daughters. A well-known Native, in the person of Mr. W. Hutann, a resident of Martinborough, died at his rosidonce on Wednesday. Tho deceased was much respected, and up till about ten years ago was a very successful racehorse Dwnor and trainer, having won many important races in the Wellington district. .