PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 304, 22 December 1914, Page 4

PERSONAL.

The Emperor and Empress of Japan have given £3OOO to the Salvation Army states a 'cablegram from Tokio.

Captain Willcox, who died at Roto. rua, was a prominent pastoralist, irrigationist and sheep-breeder, states a Sydney cablegram.

Mr J. T. Quin, late chairman of the Eltham County Council, was presented on Saturday by the vmployoes of the Council with a case of pipes as a token of esteem.

The death of A. 0. Jones, the wellknown English cricketer is announced from London. Mr Jones never fully recovered from an attack of pneumonia during his Australian visit.

Captain D. J. Williams, who has been in the employ of the Union Company for 37 years, is to retire from the managership of the Newcastle branch at the end of the month. His successor will be Mr 6. H. Morgan, late manager at New Plymouth and Suva.

Miss M. Keppell, assistant mistress at Ngaere school, who is giving up teaching, was presented on Friday evening with a handsome dressing case. The Chairman (Mr X. Jones) referred to Miss Keppel's. good work and influence in the school, and the esteem in which she is held by children and parents. The Headmaster (Mr Sims) also eulogised Miss Keopel's works as a teacher. Her musical ability, he said, had enabled fj«*r to give valuable help at concerts and social gatherings, and she would be greatly missed. In leaving Ngaere, Miss Keppel carried with her the esteem and best wishes of all. Cheers were given for Miss Keppel.

The Hon. William Montgomery who ■died at his residence, Little River." yesterday afternoon at the age 94 years, wa>s a very old and respected settler of Canterbury, and had lived at Little River for a great number of years. He was born in London in 1821, and arrived in New Zealand in 1860, settling in Canterbury. From 1874 to 1877, he represented Akaroa in the House of Representatives, and was leader of the Opposition in 1877. He held the portfolio of Colonial Secretary, and Minister of Education in the StoutVogel Ministry in 1884. Three years later he retired from politics, but' was called to the Legislative Council in 1892, and reappointed in 1906, being gazetted Honorable in 1907. His son; Mr W. H. Montgomery, subsequently represented his old constituency in the House.