PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 76, 22 November 1912, Page 5

PERSONAL.

The Prime Minister (Hon. W. F■ Massey) spent a very busy day yesterday at Auckland. In the morning and early in the afternoon lie received some important deputations, and officially opened the new chief Post Office later in the afternoon. Mr. Massey, with the Hon. 11. H. Rhodes and the Honl Hr, Pomaro, will visit Waiuku to-day, where a banquet will be tendered them. The Hon. James Allen left for Wellington by the Main Trunk Train last evening. The Hon. W. H. Herries leaves for Waihou to day ,to open the new post office there, and be will be tendered a banquet at Te Aroha to-night. The Hon. R. H. Rhodes was present at the opening ceremony of the Auckland post office yesterday. He will accompany Mr. Massey to Waiuku to-day.

Mr. Percy-Smith (New Plymouth) and daughter contemplate leaving for England on a pleasure tour in March, and expect to be away for a year. The Rev. C. Eaton of Richmond, and Rev. J. H. McArthur, of Motueka, who went over a precipice on Monday while motoring to a meeting of the Nelson Methodist District Synod, were removed to the Havelock hospital. The former had some ribs broken, and Was cut about the body, and the latter was also cut about.

Mr. S. Taplin, one of the survivors of the battle of Wereroa, which was fought near Waverley 44 years ago, has died at Palmerston North. During the Maori War he fought in the militia and armed constabulary, under Colonel AVhitmore. For bis services he received the New Zealand war medal. He leaves a widow and grown-up family.

* Mrs. Charles Redwood died at Toowoomba recently. Mrs. Redwood’s parents (Mr. and Mrs. Grimstone) were among the first settlers in New Zealand, and she was born in 1843 in the Bay of Islands. Later on the family resided in Wellington. Her early married life was spent in Blenheim. Mrs. Redwood had fifteen children, twelve of whom survive her, and thirty grand children. She was sister-in-law to Archbishop Redwood, and sister to Mrs. Thomas Redwood and Mrs. Waddy, of Blenheim, and Mr. Leonard Grimstone (manager of the New Zealand Bank in Waitara). Mr. I. W. Baxter, one of Paten’s (jjl, identities, passed over the Great Divide at the age of 72 on Saturday. He was born in East Farloigh, Kent. England, being the son of a yeoman farmer in that district. He was educated at the famous public school of Rugby, and came to New Zealand in 1875, settling in Patert, where he has remained ever since. Comparatively recently Mr. and Mrs. Baxter celebrated their golden wedding. Deceased is survived by a widow and grown-up family of three sons and four daughters— Messrs. I. W. Baxter, editor of the Temuka ‘Post,’ A. J. Baxter, chief linotype operator ‘Ashburton Mail,’ A. V. Baxter, and, Mesdames W. A. Harm (Nelson), i Laing (Paten), R. Julian (Inglewood), trA W. White (Patea).

Mr. C. IT. Weston has been appoint ed Crown Solicitor at Now Plymouth vico Mr. T. S. Weston, deceased.

The Rev. Mr Williamson, of St. Giles’ Church, Edinburgh, lias been appointed Moderator of the Cliuiv.li of Scotland, and Professor Iverach, Moderator of the United Tree Church. —Press Association.

Mr. Debbcus Hordern and -Miss Olga Mouie were the contracting parties in a fashionable wedding in Sydney at the beginning of the mouth. The biido wore a necklace of brilliant and lustrous pearls, worth £12,060, it is said, which was the gift of the bridegroom. -Mrs. Mackay, formerly of Taranaki, died at Tauranga last Saturday. The deceased lady had attained over 80 years of age. She leaves an adult family, .amongst whom are Mrs. C. Wallis, Mrs. Phillips (Stratford), Mrs. Green, and Mr. W. Mackay, a well-known settler in the Tauranga County.