PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 308, 21 May 1913, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. M. Mills left for Wellington by the mail train yesterday.

mail train yesterday. An old Maori named Waiata died at Bell Block on Monday evening, aged 81. Bishop Crossley, of Auckland, was a, passenger for Wellington by yesterday's' mail train. Sir James Carroll is still steadily improving in health, though he is not yet permitted to see any visitors. Mr. E. Page, S.M., formerly of Eketahuna, who has been stationed in the Tuihape district for some time, has been transferred to Whangarei. A Sydney message Teports the death of James <*race, a resident of Kempsey, at the age of 102 years. He was the oldest Mason in New South Wales. Mr. Harry L. Moffat, formerly for 38 years harbour master and wharfinger at Motuekn, a very well-known, resident, died at Motueka yesterday, aged 74 years. It is stated on good authority in the Hutt Valley, declares a contemporary, that Mr. P. J. O'Regan will be asked to contest the Hutt seat at the next election, in the labor interest. Mr. W. Hampton-Thorp, an old and respected pioneer settler of the Wajkato, has passed away at the age of 84 years. Deceased and his family settled at Wairoa South about 1880. Archdeacon Neild, of Dunedin, has been appointed general secretary of the Melanesian Mission and Commissary to the Bishop of Melanesia. He will remove to Auckland at the end of next month. Dr. John Kirk, for six years medical missionary in the Canton "Villages on behalf of the New Zealand Presbyterian Church, will conduct the Presbyterian services in this town next Sunday. The deaths are announced by Press Association telegram from Hokitika of Messrs. Geo. Taylor, bricklayer, aged 71; Samuel Cummings, miner, Rimu, aged 81; William Alexander, carpenter, Okarito, aged 91; all very old pioneers on the West Coast. Mr. F. A. Bates, M.A., first special assistant at the Feilding District High School, and formerly of the Hawera District High School, has been appointed first assistant at the College Street School, Palmerston North. He is a eon of Mr. J. T. Bates, of Eltham. Messrs. R. and Lionel Cock' were pa* sengers to Auckland by the Rarawa last evening. Mr. Cock, senr., has purchased an interest for his son in the wholesale "soft goods" firrn of Messrs Simpson Bros,, of Auckland, which in future will be known as Simpson, Cock and Co. His many friends here will wish Mr. Cock success in his enterprise. •Mr. Jabez Chapman, senior, an old .Tohnsonville resident, died on Monday night. Deceased, who was 8(5 years of 'age, arrived in New Zealand from London forty years ago. He leaves a widow and a large number of descendants, including five sons, Mr. Samuel Chapman. Tariki, being one, and two daughters. There are forty grandchildren and thirteen, greatgrandchildren. Mr. T. J. Martin, who died last Saturday at New Plymouth, at the advanced age of eighty years, was only sixteen years old when he came to New Zealand. He joined the fiabricl's Gully and Nelson Creek gold rushes. He 'settled later in Ashburton. and afterwards went to Wellington, where lie remained for twenty years, gaining a large circle of friends. He leaves a widow, three sons and three daughters.

A painful accident (reports the .?tar) happened to Mrs. Paget Jones, formerly of Ma.nutahi, wife of the proprietor or the Ben Xevis Hotel at Turakiira on Friday afternoon. It appears that Mrs. Jones was gathering ferns in the orchard at the back of the hotel, when she slipped over a bank and fell into a creek, doubling her left leg and her body as sho fell, fracturing the leg at two places at the ankjf. An old Maori, Hori Hokaho, a notable chief of the Xgntiawa tribe, died at Waitara on Monday, aged 78. Hori was a good friend of the pakehas, and took an active part on their behalf in' the Maori wars, for some time acting as guide for the late Colonel Good and other He was afterwards associated with the late Major Parris in apportioning the confiscated lands amongst the friendly natives. Hori was one of the old school of Maoris, absolutely scrupulous and reliable, and was highly respected by all who knew him. Hori's wife and son predeceased him. A tangi on a small scale is being held at Waitara