PERSONAL ITEMS
Vice-Regal His Excellency tho Governor-General and Lady Jcllicoe have accorded ' their patronage, to the Wellington Harmonic Society: The City Engineer (Mr. W. H. Morton) was absent from his duties jesterday througli slight indisposition. Mr. J. M. Deck, shipping manager for Messrs. Wright, Stephenson, and Company, "Wellington, left on Monday night for Motuoka, where he will spend a few weoks' holiday. Councillor C. B. Norwood has arrived back from a visit to Auckland. A private letter from Melbourne records the death in that city of .Mr. W. P. Tumor, for many years a popular comedian in the English Pierrots. Mr. Turner was with the Pierrots in Wellington a few weeks ago, and during that season was out of tho bill for a week owing to an attack of influenza. The cause of death was lreart failure. Mr. E. W. Kane, clerk of tho House of .Representatives, and Miss Knne, returned from Sydney iby the Moana yesteiday.
Mr. J. D. Avery, who at one time occupied the position of town clerk at Eastbourne, has been appointed clerk to the Hutt lUver Board.
Mr. James V. Brysou, world's manager for tho Universal l£ilm Company of tho United States, arrived in from Sydney by the Monnn Yesterday. He is accompanied by Mr. Burucy, tho New York auditor of the firm, and his wife.
An old colonist,, Mr. Douglas Cowper Tcnnont, died from heart failure at his residence, Mathieson Street, Wanganui, on October 21. The lato Mr. Tennent was born in London in 1351, was educated at Elizabeth College, Guernsey, and later on at the North London Collegiate School, Camden Town. Ho arrived with other members of tho family by the sailing ship British Empire at Lyttelton in September, 1864, and tho family shortly afterwards removed to Nelson, where ho attended Nelson College for a time. He commenced his working life by going to sea os an apprentice, but one voyage cured him of this fancy. He afterwards spent some time on tho Collingwood goldfields, in partnership with tho late Sir William Forbes, and then enteredl tho office of tho late llobert Levin, of Nelßon, merchant, with whom he remained some eighti yeare. Ho went to Mnrton in 1882, and was in business there for over thirty years. He took a great interest in municipal affairs, and held office at Mayor for a time. He wns one of the founders of the Marton Bowling Club, and was Government land valuer for Kangitikei for many years. He retired" from • business in 1907. aud was interested in farming from then until tho time of his death. He had seen Now Zealand grow from a comparatively email colony with some twentv miles of railway and no telegraph lines to a Dominion, with almost every modern convenience He leaves a widow, three sons, and five daughters.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 33, 3 November 1920, Page 6
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