PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 16 September 1907, Page 2

PERSONAL.

Mr H. Okey, M.H.R., came home from . Wellington on Sutunky, and retui(as- ■ to-morrow to his Parliamentary duties. ) Mr R. L. Stanford arrived by the ex- | press train from Wanganui on Saturday . evening on a short visit to New Ply- : (mouth. i Mr H. Okey, M.H.R., accompanied bv s Mr. A. S. Malcolm, M.H.K, for Clutha, ,■ paid a visit to the Hospital and Old r People's Home yesterday. 1 -Messrs. J. B. Connett, Newton Kin", I \V. G. Malone, and J. W. Foreman, who i were in Wellington last week in eoimec- .- tion with the Waitara Harbor Bill, rcp turned home on Saturday night, e Amongst others, Lieutenant Clark, of o the, Eltham Riilcs, and Lieutenants, f Wright and Hintz have applied for free g passes to Wellington, where they will d undertake the ten days' course laid II down for their military instruction, r Apropos the death of an old veteran e of 93 years in tie Old People's Home i- on Saturday, it is interesting to note it that there are still in the institution at if the present time two old ladies aged re,l spectively 90 years and 94 years 8 i- months. ;s - Mr. D. Phillips, of the- local Magis- ). train's Court staff, who has been apn pointed Clerk of the Court at Riverton :s and Orepuki, leaves for the South by' ,c this morning's mail train. Mr. Phillips ■a during his comparatively short stay in ■r isew Plymouth has proved himself a i- most obliging and tactful officer, and is to be congratulated on his promotion. .0 At St. Joseph's Schoolroom last evening 13 the Very Rev. Dean Mclvenna, on behalf 7 of the Catholic Young Men's Club, of which Mr. Phillips has been a leading j and popular member, made him a very ~, handsome presentation, which Mr. Phils' !i l« feelingly acknowledged. From his . L , fellow-officers in the Court buildings he it . was the recipient of a keepsake in the j shape of a silver-mounted pocket-book. f; There passed awny in the Old People's , t Home on Saturday night an old colonial )t pioneer, Richard Chambers, who had jj reached the advanced age of 93 years. ,„ Deceased, an old soldier, arrived with , r portion of the 28th Regiment as guard lt on the convict-sliip Nautilus, which , reached Sydney in 1840—07 years ago. ,-j He was stationed at Parramatta for [d some years, acting as despatch-rider bo,a tween the various stations. After get,t ting his discharge, he found his way to f 0 the early rtishes'of the Otago goldfields, sr where he worked for many years before " 3 . coming to Taranaki. He then resided in 1(1 Hawera for over 2? years, for eleven c-f , r which he was the local sexton. He was i in many respects a remarkable man, of magnificent physique, weighing over ;q 1/ stone, and in his younger days had )0 been a pugilist of some fame. Up till _ within two or three days of his death j(J it was his custom to diligently read the ,1 daily papers, and without the aid of II glasses. The funeral takes place to-day ," at 1.30. ' | A I