PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 138, 20 September 1910, Page 8

PERSONAL.

~ P Rev. Wilkinson was a passenger to Auckland last night by the Rarawa. Mr. E. D. Butts, formerly postmaster dJTW r dSS* died in Auckland on Saturday. Rev. E. Allanson purposes leaving on a holiday tour, probably extending ov« about twelve months. He lias leased hig property at Ornate to Air. N. MUten An Auckland v telegram reports the death of Lady O'Rorke after a year's Jlness. Lady O'Rorke was the wife of ferr George Maurice O'Rorke, ex-Speaker of the House of Representatives. A Wanganui telegram states that the Board of Governors of the Girls' Cplleae last mght appointed Mrs. Redwood, 6f j eliding, to the position of musical mistress at the college. There were nine' teen applicants. ~M r - W. iPeryman, a member of the Canterbury Education Board for thirty years, died yesterday. He bad been prominent in local government ever since he came to Canterbury in 1864. He was 82 years of age.—Press wire. During the absence of the Hon. Q. Jowlds in South Africa his Ministerial duties will be shared by the Hon. D. Buddo and the Hon. T. MacKenzie, the former taking Education, Public Health and State Fire Insurance, and the latter the Customs. Mr. Wm. Cable, who was seriously injured about the face while 'riding m a motor car on Thorndon Quay, Welling ton, is not yet out of danger, but his medical adviser expresses himself well pleased with the progress which his patient is making. Roy Cable, who was also injured at the same time, was able to get out of bed for an hour or two yesterday, and Harris—an employee of Cable and Co., who was also nt the motor car—is reported to be doing as well as can be expected. Mr. F. C. Bowler died at Sydenham, Christchurch, last Thursday, at the age of 74. He came to New Zealand fortyseven years ago, and after spendimr some time goldmining in the PelonS district, went into business at Christchurch. He was one of the oldest , Masons in Canterbury, and he was also a member of the Druids' Lodge in Sydenham. He leaves two sons and two daughters. Mr. S. W. Smith, in charge of the despatch-room at the Now Plymouth telegraph office, has b en transferred to Auckland, and left by the Rarawa last night. Prior to his departure he wah 1- ' his colleagues with a handsome- b.i. u'-inounted umbrella. Mr. Smith was a prime favourite amongst the seaside campers last year, and "the Governor" will be much missed there. Mr. Martin Murray, who has resigned the position of county clerk at Waipawa to accept the assistant town clerkship of Napier, was entertained on Saturday night. The Mayor presented him with an illuminated address, gold albert, sovereign case, and silver ware on behalf of the townspeople. Mr. Joll, county chairman, presented him with a silver tea set and rose bowl, the gift of the council's employees. Eulogistic speeches were made by prominent residents. Mr. Murray also received presents from the bowling and racing clubs and St. Patrick's choir.-—Press wire. Captain T. H. Rassam, of Dunedin, has received intimation by cable (says the Otago Daily Times) of the death at Brighton, England, on Thursday, of his father, Mr. Hormuzd Rassam, the wellknown Assyriologist. In the course of an adventurous career Mr. Hormuzd Rassam, who was born in Northern Mesopotamia in 1826, joined Mr. Layard in his Assyrian researches in the forties, was held by King Theodore of Abyssinia as a political prisoner and kept in chains for nearly two years in the sixties, con- •' ducted the Assyrian explorations beween 1876 and 1882, and during the TurkoRussian war was sent by the British Foreign Office on a special mission to Asia Minor, Armenia, and Kurdistan to inquire' into the condition of the differ* ent Christian communities. Mr. Archibald Anderson, whose death was announced last week, was born in Stirling, Scotland, in October, IS'S. and was tile second son of the late M" John Anderson, of that city. In 1839 Mr. Anderson left the Old Country in the ship Bengal Merchant, arrivifa? ri Port Nicholson in January, 1840. He built a store at Pipitea Point, where he carried on business until 1842, when lie took into partnership 'Mr. Andrew Bnvan. A second store was set up in Willis street, and business carrie;! on for some time until, the speculation not proving sufficiently profitable, the partners purchased '2O milk cows and 500 sheep, and leased 000 acres of grazing land at Terawhiti from Dr. Evans. The Maoris, however, proved so hostile that the run was abandoned in 1-845, and Mr. Anderson cnme to Otago, where he took up grazing land, and had his stock shipped from Wellington to Otago (says the Otago Daily Times). He successively held graiing land at Otago Heads, Blueskin and Lake Tuaikitoto. He also carried on for some time a wholesale store in Dunedin, and for a while was postmaster. Eventually he gave up runholding, and bought 2000 acres, which he rented out to small farmers, while he himself farmed 200 acres at Inchclutha, where he remained from 1858 to 1860. He then removed to Stirling, where he lived until his death. The late gentleman took an active part in public affairs. He represented Molyneiu; in the -Provincial Council, and used to walk to Dunedin to attend the meetings. In 1845 he was married to a daughter of Mr. Joseph Miller, of Wellington, and had a family of three sons and six daughters. The eldest son, W. Crawford Anderson, sat in Parliament for Bruce from 1887 to 1800. In his will Mr. Anderson has bequeathed £3500 to the Presbyterian Church of Otago.