PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 281, 20 April 1911, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Quilliam returned' from Audcland by the lUrawa yesterday morning. A picture by Mrs. Rolls Fisher, a New Zealander, has been hung in the Old Salon, Paris. A London cablegram reports the death of Colonel Walker. ex-Conservator of Forests in New Zealand. Greymouth reports the death of Mr. Evan Evans, aged 1)1, and Mrs. G. Blackmore, two of the oldest residents. Councillor Thomson has been appointed to represent the Stratfocd County Council at the opening of the' Eltham Municipal Town Hall and gas works on Friday, 28th inst. Mr. E. T. Curtis, of H.M. Customs, Brisbane, arrived at Auckland on Sunday by the Victoria. After spending a few days in the northern city he will come on to Taranaki to visit his brothers here. An old resident of Opotiki, Mr, Samuel Capper, died a few days ago, at the age of 78 years. He served with the 70th Regiment in the Indian Mutiny, and afterwards came to New. Zealand. He served in the Taranaki war, and later in the Bay of Plenty, re« ceiving the New Zealand war medal. A Napier telegram reports that Mr. J. V. Brown, M.P., chairman of the Harbor Board, announced at yesterday's meeting of the Board that he didjjot - intend to seek re-election. Mr. Brown has been a member since 1890 and cbair.mafi since 1904. The" Board voted him £SO with which to purchase a, memento. At the conclusion of the Taranaki Land Board meeting yesterday afternoon, it was resolved, "That this Board desires to place on record its appreciation of the services of Mr. F. Simpson while Commissioner of Crown Lands, and regrets that his time has expired, and would beg him to accept the hearty good wishes of its members for his future prosperity and happiness, and their, desire that his health may soon be restored. Archdeacon Crossley, the Bishop-elect of Auckland, is announced to leave Melbourne for his prospective diocese next week. He preached his farewell sermons at All Saint's, St. Kilda, on Easter Sunday, and was entertained at a farewell garden party, given by Dean Stephen, on Monday afternoon in the grounds of St. John's College, East St. Kilda. The consecration of Archdeacon Crossley to the see of Auckland has been fixed for St. Mark's Day (April 25th). Mr. Fred Calgher, for some little time past "mine host" of the Terminus Hotel, leaves this morning to take over the ■Whaugr.-:-'"/Mia Hotel, which he was instruti "'V in establishing seven or eight years ago. Mr. Calgher is the right man in the right place, and Whangamomona is fortunate in securing a man of his stamp to look after its licensed trade. Mrs. Calgher's presence, and that of the family, ensures that the creature comforts of the travelling public will be well looked after, and hosts of people throughout the province will wish them well in their venture. There digd at Williamstown, Victoria, on April 7thVa very old colonist in the person of Mr. Richard Rendle Holter, at the age of eighty years. He was in Australia in 1850, being a' member of the Jenny Lind's ship company, when that ill-fated vessel was wrecked on Kent's Reef (a portion of the Great Barrier Reef), on the Queensland coast. The Jenny Lind was at the time on her way to Singapore, via Melbourne and Sydney. Mr. Holter rendered valuable assistance in saving the lives of some of his shipmates. The wrecked people were cast away on the reef for six weeks. During this time they improvised a boat, and in this way reached the Queensland const in safety. In 1851 lie was in Australian waters, attached to the vessels James Gibson and Favorite. In May of that year he determined upon settling at Williamstown. Since 1802, until a few months ago, he held the Government sanction for the lightering of ships' explosives at the Outer Anchorage and later at Altona Bay, a duty which the Public Works Department took over in 1890. During these forty-eight years Mr. Holter's powder crafts never' met mishap. He leaves a grown-up family and numerous grandchildren.