PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 31, 31 October 1918, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

The death occurred in Masterlon at an early hour on Wednesday morning of Mr. Arthur E. Bunny, Crown Prosecutor for the Wairarapa. The deceased, who- was 73 years of age, was the second son of the late Mr. Henry Bunny, at one time a member of the House of Representatives. He was educated in Wellington, and was admitted to the Bar in 1878. He has over since been in practice in Masterton. Tho late Mr.' , Bunny was we'll known in musical circles, and was choirmaster of St. Patrick's Choir for many years. Ee was also a director of the Masterton Permanent Investment and Building Society. The cause of death was hemorrhage of the brain, following influenza. The deceased leaves r. widow and family of seven. Messrs. H. E. Bunny (Abiaruhe) and E. P. Bunny (Lower Hutt) are his brothers.

Mr. M. P. Cameron, <>i Khandallah, hns received cable advice that his second son, Trooper Duncan Cameron, of tho Mounted Rifles, has been udmitted to hospital in Cairo, from Damascus, suiterin* from malaria.. It is just about a year since Trooper Cameron was wounded at Jerusalem by a machine-gun bullet, necessitating his leavinp the lino for some time. Jack, the elder son of Mr. Cameron, is a member or tho i lying Corps, Mid is on active service.

The executive of the Association of New Zealand Chambers of Commerce m its annual report expressed its regrets at having to record the death, during the year, of one of. its members-the late Mr. 'H. S. Bourn, representing the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce. Mr. C. H. Hewlett was appointed by the Canterbury Chamber to fill the vacancy on the executive.

A Press Association message from Auckland states that Mrs. Elizabeth Sutherland died on Monday at Epsom, aged 101 years. She had resided'for 71 years in Jiow Zealand.

Mr Prank Dyer has been appointed a member of the' board of the Wellington Woollen Manufacturing Co., Ltd., to fill tlio vacancy caused by tlio death of the late Mr. A. E. Esley. Mr. Dyer, who is Vice-Consul for Greece for the Dominion, has had a long association with mercantile affairs in the city, and was on tho board of directors of Messrs. W. Jl. Baunatvno and Co.. Ltd.. for many v-iars.

Mr. William Keay Brown, of Moxham Avenue, Kilbirnie, whose death was Tβcorded recently, was 'born in Scotland in IS3I, ami landed in Dunedin over 60 years ago. After spending some fame there he visited tho various goldfields and came on to Wellington, in which district he had resided for J .he past 58 years. He was a bridge builder and contractor, and constructed quite a number of the earlier bridges in tbe Hutt district, some of which are still m existence. Retiring some. SO yeats ago, he had since led a secluded life, contenting himself with literature and nature studies. Tho late Mr. TCeay IJrown was twice married, but vras without family. His second wife was the widow of Mr. William Bennett, of the Public Works Department. In bis younger days he ws\s noted for his great strength, being a man of Oft. 2in. in height, villi breadth and muscularity in proportion. At his special wisli his remains were cremated, and his funeral obsequies were of a private nature.