PERSONAL

Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 40017, 31 October 1929, Page 2

PERSONAL

Ah'S. F. A. Mason is at present spending a holiday in the Hawke’s llav district.

The Hon. T. M. Wilford, on the recommendation of the Chief Justice (Hon. AI. Myers), has been appointed a King’s Counsel. Ah’. Fred. Garment, who recently underwent a serious operation in a private hospital in Wellington, has returned‘to Foxton, much benefited by treatment received. The funerals of the late Messrs 11. P. Lethbridge and J. M. Johnston took place at Turakina and Palmerston North respectively yesterday and were attended by large gatherings of mourners.

Their Excellencies, Sir Charles and Lady Alice Fergusson, will pay their farewell visit to Palmerston North on December 3, and they will arrive from the North on the Tuesday afternoon, and will leave for Wellington on the following afternoon.

Airs. Sarah Trezise, who lives at 113 Tanored Street, Ashburton, celebrated her hundredth birthday on Tuesday. She enjoys good health and takes a keen interest in life. AUs. Trezise, who was horn at Croydon, Surrey, England, on October 29, 1829, has lived in the reign of: four Sovereigns of England. She was eight years of age when Queen Victoria was crowned in 1854. She married Air. Alfred Blackburn, and nine years later they came to New Zealand in the ship Aletropolis, arriving at- Lyttelton on June 17. Three children accompanied them —Mrs. Harrison (now deceased),-All's. Ritchie, and Mrs. Barnard. Three sons —'Messrs A. 11. Blackburn, of Devonport, Auckland; B. Blackburn, of Khandallali, Wiellington; and C. Blackburn, of Gisborne —were born in New Zealand. Air. Blackburn died in 19'06, and three years later All’s. Blackburn married Air. John Trezise, who died in 1911. Airs. Trezise lias seventeen grandchildren and twenty-five great-grandchild-ren. *

The death took place at Palmerston North yesterday of Mr. William Henry Smith, aged 75 years. Deceased 'was a well-known journalist and newspaper proprietor. In October, 1874, the late 1 Smith established the first newspaper in Masterton, now the Wairarapa Daily Times and in 1880, was- appointed editor of the Marlborough Times. It was in 1884 that he purchased the Manawatu Times, which under his control, was increased to a tri-weeklv and eventually merged into a daily. Owing to ill-health he leased the Times to (lie late Mr. J. R. Russell and a few months later, he bought the Marton Advocate, which lie eventually sold to a company. (For nearly 30 years, Mr. (Smith controlled the business and editorial policy of the Advocate, retiring three years ago. Deceased. was born in Shropshire on April 4, 1854. He was educated privately and learned the printing, trade on the Wairarapa Mercury, now the Wairarapa Standard. He is survived by hife widow and four daughters. One son, Lieutenant K. Cl. S. Smith, was killed at Passchendale and the other, Mi*. Gr. S. Smith, died during the epidemic.