PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 59, 26 October 1914, Page 4

PERSONAL.

The news of the ;ientn of Judge Gibson, as the result of a mt tor accident, is cabled from Sydney.

Pini, the well-known Waimate footballer, was anxious to get away with the Maori contingent who are booked for service in Egypt. His application was, however, turned down on the ground that lie was over-weight, the avoirdupois of the invincible All Black being 17 stone.

The death of Mr Terence O’Brien, ex-inspector of Police, on Sunday morning, at the ago of 04 years, is announced from Dunedin. He arrived in New Zealand in 1869, and joined the police in 1874. He was promoted to sergeant three years later, and after two years in that capacity to detective, he served as Sub-Inspector in Christchurch, then as Inspector at Napier, and finally as Inspector in Dunedin. He retired at the end of January, 1911. Mr O’Brien, who leaves a widow, two sons and four daughters, has been In failing health for a long time.