PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 125, 14 October 1912, Page 4

PERSONAL.

A caj»l ft floin Ottawa announces the death of Sir Charles Moss, Chief Justice of Ontario.

A London cable states that the Times welcomes the suggestion that Mr. Winston Churchill should visit New Zealand, though ihis visit may prove impractible. In St. Andrew's Church 011 Friday afMr. Louis Billing, a son of Mr. W. Billing, a resident of this distnct, was married to Miss Lydia ™ 1 dftu - llter of Mr. John Coyle, ot New Plymouth.

Mr. A. Morton was on Saturday reelected chairman of the Ingle wood Bacon Company foy the fourteenth year in succession. Mr. Morton has been chairman ot the Company and also of the Man, lion' P an .V since their dncep-

The funeral of the Hon. James Marshall took place on Saturdav. The remains were interred at the Ahnura cemetery, eight miles from his residence, at lotara I'lat. Representatives were present from all parts of the coast, including those from various local bodies. Over 100 messages of sympathy were received by the widow from all pa its of the DOS' 0 "; A , T>res ' l) .Vterin» sendee was d , lse iUll ' llu> Ui'i ve by the Rev. Mr. Herd. The cortege was the ac s,,n °»""

Mr J. Horc. of the stall of the local Magistrate's Court, has received notice of his promotion to the oilice of the Under-Secretary for Justice, at Wellington- His place at Xew Plymouth will be filled by Mr B. L. Hammond, who is coining from Naseby, Mr. Hammond was at one time relieving at Now Plymouth. During 'his stay in New Plymouth Mr Hore has made himself very popular with the bar and the press and the public generally, and as a keen and capable foot-bailer he will also be missed by the Rovers Football Club. There has just passed away at Paeroa one of the oldest and most "noteworthy pioneers of the Dominion, in the person of Mr. James Mackay, aged SI years. During the yoars he lias spent in New Zealand he has taken part in many stirring events of Xew Zealand's history. Amongst the memorable deeds of Mr Mack ay'a career perhaps the most important was the manner he carried through the negotiations with Maoris in 1807, when lie.succeeded in making agreements with the Thames Maori chiefs to allow mining over their property at the Thames, and later on at Ohinemuri. Mr. Mackay was in cha-rge of both these fields when they were first opened. He was then civil commissioner in charge of native affairs, lie was afterwards appointed Warden of the Thames and Ohinemuri goldfieMs. the first headquarters of the latter field. Mackay Town, being named after him—Press Association.

One of the most respected mariners in the Auckland district, .Captain John Anton Subritsky. died last week. He was 82 years of age, and was horn at Warsaw, Russian Poland, of German parents. Til 1855 'he left his native home for Australia, and for two years experienced trying times on the goldfielils. He subsequently made several trips to the South Pacific Islands as master of a trading vessel. The deceased eventually came to New Zealand and settled at Houhora, and later at Awanui. He subsequently moved to Auckland, where he had lived in retirement for nine years. His wife predeceased him 12 years ago. He leaves a family of nine—six sons and three daughters. The deceased possessed various properties in the north, and carried on an extensive trade, bringing down kauri gum and timber by his auxiliary schooner, the Greyhound, and taking back stores and general cargo.— Herald.