Personal Notes.
The death is also recorded of William Longer, a survivor of the Wairau (Marlborough) massacre, aged
Mr Blyth, of New Plymouth, who has been on a business trip to Australia lor a couple of months, returned to Auckland by the Westralia, and will arrive in New Plymouth this week.
Mr John Gilj|bs, known as ' Soldier Gibbs, ' having been in the 12th Foot, died at Wakefield, Nelson, on Saturday,* in his 100 th year. He arrived in New Zealand in 1844-, and was with Captain England, who was killed in the Wairau massacre.
The Governor is expected to arrive early this morning at Christchurch in the Hinomoa, and to reach the city about 10. At 10.30 the Mayor and citizens will pre-suiL him with an address. He will be the guest of the Jockey Club in the afternoon, and will be present at tlie Hunt Club ball in the evening.
On Saturday last, at the Termi•uis Hotel, Mr and Mrs J. E. Wrrgie.v were the recipients of a very handsome silver coffeepot, suitably inscribed-, presented t 0 t|liean by the miployees of the Mangorei Co-oper-ative Dairy Company, as a mark of their appreciation of the cordial •elations which had always existed between them and Mr Wrigley during his nine years' service, tlie first six years as head butter-maker, and the remainder it s general manager.
The Rev. John A. Crump, of the Australian Methodist Church, who during late years has/ been enigp.gv.nl in missionary work in Now Britain, lias retired from service. Commenting on the retirement of Mr ('rump, the Sydney Daily Telegraph of August Oth says Mr Crump is without doubt the ablest and most successful Met'hodist missioner in New* Britain, and it was he who inaugurated tho establishment of a coeoanut plantation to make his mission self-supporting. It is the intention of Mr Crump to make a nmv start, farming and sheep-breed-ing in New Zealand, and to t'hda sphero of life ho goes in September, with tho best wishes of all who have known him in New Britain.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 190, 16 August 1904, Page 2
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341Personal Notes. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 190, 16 August 1904, Page 2
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