PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 75, 19 September 1911, Page 4

PERSONAL.

We regret to report the death at Wellington of Mrs. Gray, widow of the late Rev. Gray, formerly minister of the YVesleyan Church here.

The death is reported of Mr. Oliver Cook Spurdle, at Inglewood, in his eightieth year, lie came out with his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. W. Spurdle, in the Timandra, arriving oii February 24, 1842. He was a wheelwright ty trade, and was for many year* in business at Waitara. He leaves a numerous family.

The late Air. William Henry George arrived in the Oriental with his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. William George, on November 18. 1841. In hi* younger days he worked on his father's farm, and then went to Wanganui, where he went in for horse-training. Subsequently he returned here and for a time assisted Mr. Jervis George at the same occupation. Then he went to Mr. Arthur Standish and for many years trained his horses, until about a year ago, when failing health compelled him to relinquish the work. He was *i years of age. Another of the old colonists died on Saturday morning in Christchurch, viz., Mrs. Iluscli. The deceased was born at Bristol, England, in 1838, and came out to New Zealand with her parents in the ship I'rince of Wales, landing at Nelson in 1842. In 1807 she was married to Mr. K. llusch, and four years later they removed to Marlborough, where they resided for sixteen years. In 1877, with her husband and family, she removed to North Canterbury, and she had resided there ever since. She leaves a husband and a family of six daughters and three sons, all grown up.

Writing of tlie death nt Hamburg of Mr. Isaac Hallenstein, the Otago Daily Times says:—Mr. Hallenstein, who wasin liia eighty-second year, was the oldest and only surviving brother of the wellknown firm of Hallenstein Bros. He was a very old and much-respected settler in New Zealand and Australia, being especially well known in the early days in Cromwell and Invercargill. The deceased gentleman went to Melbourne over fifty years ago and joined his uncle, the late Mr. Micliaelis, in founding the tannery firm of Micliaelis, Hallenstein and Co., at Footscray. This firm had a, branch in Dunedin in the well-known house of Micliaelis. Hallenstein and Farguhar. The late Mr. Hallenstein and his brother, the late Mr. Bendix Hallenstein, also founded (he New Zealand Clothing Factory. The deceased gentleman was a very charitable man, with broad views, and although retiring from business a, number of years ago, he led an active' life, taking a keen interest in both sociar and political questions. His last visit to New Zealand was made thirteen yenra ago, when he was accompanied by his son. lie leaves two sons, who are carrying on their father's business in Footscray and in Melbourne, and four daughters, who reside in Hamburg, where the deceased gentleman had chiefly resided for the past twenty years. Mrs. Hallenstein predeceased her husband a good many years ago.

. The death of .Mr. James Climo, afc the age of 01 years, is recorded by the Pelorus Guardian. Deceased, who was a native of Cornwall, arrived with.' his wife in New Plymouth on March' 31, I*4l, and their first child—which was also the ■first white child born in this town—was .born on November ."», 1841. Next year lie left New Plymouth, and want to Kawhia. Ori returning to Taranaki, Mr. Climo was shipwrecked at the Heads and lost everything. He and his wife had to carry their two children on their back for ten days, living on native food and fording the'rivers. They settled in Tarariaki until the war broke out, when Mr. Climo was called out with the militia, armed, and drilled fur defence purposes. Tn an engagement (VVaireka) with the natives on March 28. 180(1, he was wounded, and suffered more or less over since from the effects of it. As soon as he was able to leave the hospital he was invalided to Nolson, and that was how he eventually came to the Pclonis. Tn August, 1802, he left Blenheim for Lyttelton, overland, stopping on his way at a plnoe known a* "(tiggerergo," between Flaxbournc and the Clarence. Mr. Climo and his sou s»iwed timber at this place for an accomodation house and school for a Mr. Tittley. They then went on to Lyttelton, went lmck to Wellington, and again returned to Picton. Mr. Climo alsowalked from New Plymouth to Auckland, his wife and family going in a schooner, which went ashore on the. Manukau bar. For three years he worked amongst the kauri mills, and he was there when the Californian diggings broke out. Shortly afterwards Mr. Climo returned to the' Haveloek district, and had resided there ever since.