PERSONAL.

Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 28 July 1919, Page 2

PERSONAL.

. Mr and Mrs J. P. Brandos, of Wed- • flington, are on a visit to Otaki. ■ ! Hr H. Larkin, stationmaaier at : 1 i, is at present off duty owing to tedßpbsmom ‘ .« Gisborne Mr and Mr* Barton, o. -* . (parents of Mr W. M. Barton, late Otaki) are on a visit to this town. Private Ralph A skew, who has been oti service for some time. Is due back, by the ilstatau, due at Auckland on * August Sth. J ; Private Will Taylor t» expected to arrive in New Zealand at no distant date, a cable having been received to this effect. The a*st sitting of the Otaki S.M. Court will probably presided over by Mr J. L. Stout, Mr Page. S.if., being on duty in WeJimgtofl. Sir* /Her.) Petrie, who i- in eat health, expects to leave for 80-.e----ceath »"Wellington) o a holiday this week. It is .hop'd the things will fee beseSsai.

Private “Mpnty” Bcrrill, brother of Ylrs bid Sievers, of Otaki, is due by the Giessen on the 16th August. Lieut. Berrill arrived home some time ago. Mr P. A. Gillies, who is still an inmate of the Palmerston North Hospitnl, is reported to be doing well, and ; that his injured leg—-broken in AV«i- ---; puwa through a fall over a bridge some ; months ago—will allow him to leave tl}C institution at an early date. . Mr P. B. Anderson, who has been a resident of various parts of the district : for many years, during which time ho ' 1,:,s made hosts of friends, leaves for Wanganui on Monday to take up a position with the N.Z. Farmers’ Distributiug Company. Mr Anderson re- V turned from active service a few % months ago, An impressive memorial service was ! 1 held at All Saints’ Church, Olaki, ves- f terday morning, when feeling reference ' was made to Miss Ruth Swabev, who passed away last week. The service, p conducted by the Rev. G. F. Petrie, |* M.A.. was a very impressive one. and f i)us largely attended. Among those ! present were a number of Sunday school children, companions of (ho deceased. i Sergeant Roy Satherley, who left j with the 22nd Reinforcements, and ‘ "ho ,l;| s seen a deal of active service, . is due at Auckland by the Mamari on iho J.'ltli August. Sergeant Satherley ' recently had a spell in hospital, but of I more recent date has had an interest. 11 mg tour or Ireland, where he visited f§ , ,Ilc chief places of interest. Private ' . j Percy Bevau is due by the same boat. | Merges tit T. L. Skerman. son of Mr ' Mr* Leslie Skerman, of Otaki, reI turned by the Briton last Wednesday, p | and is now staying with his parent,. 1 , Sergeant Skerman has been away on f% j active service for four years, and has, || : on the whole, been very lucky, having p j received only one*slight wound. 11,- f| 1 enjoyed good health on the whole, am! 1$ I is now in excellent fettle. j Private W. M. Barton, for some time lin business as land agent, etc., at Otaki, arrived home liy the Briton last % Wednesday, and is on a short visit: to Otaki. Private Barton was very ill in J the Old Country- for some considerable I time, but is now very well. Mrs Barton, who has been residing in Sydney, came over by the Prinzcssin to meet her husband, and is now in Otaki with Mr Barton. . Mr C. J. Spiers; who recently sold j his farm at Te Horo, leaves in the j course of a week or two for Te Ama- p mutu (Waikato), where he will engage h. t, in farming. Mr Spiers' will be much missed in this district, as ho has iden- §§ tilled himself with various organic., tions for the welfare of Te Horo. For M some considerable time he was chair- w man of directors of the Co-op. Dairy Co. He was also associated with the Jr school committee, a leading light i various sports, and a prominent man in practically every local effort. The sudden death took place at ; Feilding on Thursday of Mr John Pawson. a well-known resident. It ap- P pears that Mr Pawson, who was on a ® visit to his sister, Mrs Adsclt, had re- §S I turned from a walk, and after dinner l| | was reading, when li«- expired, the || - cause of death being heart trouble, Mr | Pawson was born at A karoo, and spent § ; many years in the Taonui and Datum- I| , virhe districts. Deceased was aged 61 §£ ) years, and was unmarried. His parents j were well-known residents of Feilding I prior to their decease. The Into Hr j Paw.-on was u brother of Mrs W. H. , Hart (Foxton), Mesdamcs Martin, Ad- ‘ j sett and McLeod (Feilding), Mr W. 5 . Pawson (Dannevirkc), and Mr Kdtvia j Pawson (Gisborne).