Personal.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 399, 19 February 1909, Page 2

Personal.

. •LfeA-WVSO.jljd th/b presented with a piu-piu by the promoters.

Mise Carrollt has b««n appointed stewardess of the e.s. Waitangi, Misa Blakey having bean trau'.ferred to tbe e.e. Daphne. Mr Heua,re Kaihau, M.P., for the Western Maori electoral a, is seriously ill and grave fears are entertained as te his racov-iry.

Captain Bark has been promoted to tbe command of the e.e. Ngatiawa. trading to Opotiki, aud Captain Greenberg has taken charge of the e.e. Waitangi.

Me Fulton, Government Dairy Expert, arrived by the s.s. Claymore this (Friday) morning, and proceeded to Marokopa, to attend a dairy meeting there, ia the afternoon. It is stated that Mr Pepe tie Eketone is likely tci withdraw the petition lodged by him against tbe return of Hen&re Kaihau as member for the Western Maori electorate.

We are pleased to hear that tbe operation which Mr H. Green underwent recently has bsen very eatiafectory, and the patient is now out of danger and progressing satisfactorily towards recovery. Mr E. Aubin rendered valuable as* sistanoe at Marok ip* at New Year rime with tbe mus’o fir the dances held then, and a- a mark of tbeappre* matron of his efforts <he committee has presented him with a very nice silver-mounted pipe. Amongst the Government officiate who have retired on accriant of the age limit te Me 0., W. Hurathouse, Chief Engineer of tbe Road* Department, who is well known here. In referring to tbe gentleman named the King Country Chronicle says Mr 0. W. Hurstboase has been Chief Engineer of tbe Roids Department aioce its inception in 1901. He came out with his parents from Norwich, England, and was only two years oiid when they landed at Wellington in 1813. He joined the Public Department us surveyor in 1871, and laid out many ro dr and railways in T*?anukL He was transferred in 1832 to c-wry out exploration work for tbe North bland Maia Trunk Line, and while so engaged was taken by hostile Ma iris and kept b mnd hand at foot at Te Kami for 48 hours. He kid out a portion of the Main Trunk railway, and,, as resident engineer, carried out 842 mites of the w-nk from Te Awamuta to Mokau. Mr Hurithouse was (or many years luoatod at Te Haiti, And besides laying off a considerable portion of the Trunk Line was te-pmeible for tbe reading of a great port: .m >f the district. In the parly da>>‘, before settlement w« cwmen cod, Mr Hurstbouee carried aut a great pioneering work, and few men have unrtergaoo more in the way of roughing it io all parte of the district. Frmn end to end of the Rohe Potae bis name and personali'iy are known and respseted by European and Maori alik*". and tbe esteem in which he is wll gome reoigui io iof the worth atit) ghfezaeteevl ihe swu, 1111 l