PERSONAL.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3671, 28 July 1927, Page 2

PERSONAL.

The dentil took phiee ;it New Plymouth yesterday of Mr. Newton King, one of the best known men in Taranaki, at the age of 72 years. Mr lioydhou.se, physical instrnctor under the Wanganui Education Board, visited the Foxton District High School to-day.

Dr. E. M. Wyllie, of Foxton, who recently underwent an operation for appendicitis in a Palmeston private hospital, is progressing satisfactorily towards recovery. Dr. Davies is attending to Dr. Wyllie’s practice during the latter’s indisposition. The death took place at Auckland on Tuesday of Mr. William Mills, only son of Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Mills, of Feilding. The late Mr. Mills saw considerable service on Gallipoli and in Egypt with the N.Z.E.F. and as the result of being twice wounded was invalided home prior to the close of the war. Deceased for the past 18 years had been in the employ of the Bank of Australiasia, commencing his duties at the Feilding branch, and at the time of his death was in a high position at the Auckland office of .the bank. The late Mr. Mills was 34 years of age and leaves a widow and! four young chidlren.

The deaths are announced of two Wellington residents who had been identified, with the city’s growth from early days, Mr. James Martin and his wife, both at the age of 84 .years. The death of Mrs. Martin (occurred on Saturday, and was followed some 54 hours later by that of her husband, in each case after a short illness. In spite of their advanced age, both were active physically and mentally to the last. During the building of the Rimutaka railway, Mr. Martin was in charge of some of the construction work there. He afterwards acted as secretary of the Wellington Bus Company until the buses were superseded by the electrical tramway installation, and was on the staff of the Corporation Tramways, until his retirement some six years ago.

The death occurred at Levin on Tuesday of Mr. Thomas Hughes,,at the age of 77 years, after a painful illness. The deceased, who came to New Zealand with his wife about 40 years ago from Market Drayton, Shropshire, was engaged in farming in the Woodville district until 10 years ago, when he retired from the more active work and took up his residence in Levin. Had Mr. Hughes lived until December 7th next, the old 1 couple would have celebrated their golden wedding. The late Mr. Hughes’s family consists of six sons and five daughters, 40 grandchildren, and several great-grand-children. The sons, all of whom are married except the youngest, are the following, in the order of their ages: William (eldest, Taumarunui), Edgar (Kumeroa), Horace (Te Awamutu), Norman (Foxton), Thomas (Nelson), and Leslie (Wellington). The daughters are Mesdames Collins .(W'aipawa), Rap'ley (Levin), Brock (Eltham), Lewis (Te Kuiti), and Allmand (Levin).