PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 220, 17 March 1914, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Mr Jaa. Hume, formerly stationmastw at Tariki, and. now of Newmarket, i| spending his holiday"'in the neijjhboJ" s hood of New Plymouth. Mrs N. Fulton, of Stratford, who on* derweni a serious operation in a hot* pital at New Plymouth, is reported tobe making an excellent reoovery. .. , : John . Firmerty, who arrived Auckland with his parents in 1848; ud ' , who served in the Maori War, died lilt' week. He resided in Hamilton for miky ' years. / ' • ;5 Mr. Dan Brown, an old set Her of Maxwelltown, in the Wanganui district, died a few days ago, at the age of 61 ■ years. The deceased was born im Wet lington. '"'ls At a meeting of the Club on 1 Saturday, wedding,l presents we*e given to Mr A. R. and Mrs' SCandish'. Th« presentations were made bv Mr B. H., Chane.v, deputy-master. •/ Mr. F, A. Maedonald, of the Depart* ment of Agriculture, Waimate, ht* / iceived an appointment in the Tcranaki ' 1 [district, with ' headquarters ■ in New 1 [PlynVouth. He expects to lea*e Waimate this month. .i, i Sydney reports the death of Mr Johik , , Kneeshaw, late'tramwav traffic superik- ': tpndisit, aged 53 vears. , He was ..ed» eated at * ChristchUich, and rfepresented the Railway Denartment at Dunedin Exhibition in 1880. ■' A well-known Chriatchuroh meretant j. 1

A well-known Climtchurch uetttant j piondei!'passed away on Saturday after*, noon in the person of Mr Edward &riatopher Ashby, of Ashby Bergh and: Co., '' Ltd., in hifl 81st year. Mr. Aahby was unmarried. He Hd a long aid »u»- l , cessful career in-ihe city. . •' Dr. Cockayne, Government Biologist, is removing from Chnstchurch to WeiKington,.- permanent,!}:... Both he and Mr; Waite, curator pi"the musetim, who 1 has -been-appointed curator of tie Nt.tional Museum at Adelaide, yen tormally farewelled by members' w U» Christchurch Philoiophioal Inatitaie on Tuesday, evening, t: ,! •• The" death 'on Wedftesjdar oi Mr. F. T. Ward, at his residence, Parnott, after-a lingering illness. Jbe deceased had been a resident of, Auckland for some 26 years, and was well* Ichown in business circles as Auckland ' manager, oi the Colonial Mutual Insurance Company. He retired four or ! .five years ago, to take up fanning. Mr. '■ Ward was a member of thdOOrpkan Home Board for a number of'yean.

■The :death is reported of another of t'arly pioneers ill the person of Mr. Jas. Nißbct. The' ! who wan 81 years of age, way barn in , Ayrshire, > Scotland, in August;'. 1833, and at the age of 23 years was married to Misd Agnes Muir. . In-1882 deceased and his wife landed at/th'6 BIUfT, and until fourteen' years ago lacetown, and since then he/has bee*(living in retirement in;; tovercirgiil. ' ' k cablegram baa been received reporting the death! at Bournemouth, jEngbqi, t of Edwin Charles Balfcin, son of the late " C. T. Balkin, who vat for" mapy yean Secretary to ,thfe TrSashry Asstot- s. a fit-Controller-General. Mr Balkin WW born in Auckland, and was atjona tkue in the Grown -Law- Wice and later far <■' business is Wellington; Owing to bad health he removed to Queensland and later,'td 'Some yean ago ft 4e was t>ne of, jthe most proiyinent fig- • l'jj res in Wellington Towin^^n^vachtin" 1 circles. ' i We (Patea Tress)'regret ,to learn that the health' of Ferguson, the popu- jg manager, .of the. Bank ;ot New Zet- ' ' g land, hiia bten farjftom' satisfactory of lata; am Safel'compelled him to apply - "J" .fon leave of .absence for pbnte time. It is more than (possibly that Mr. Ferguson \ will find it necessary to leave the dto-tript(-for a itore favorable "climate ia order "to oVtain' 'complete restotatioV- of a health, Tfbe departure of Mr. Ferguson anw famjy Wilybe sinceTiily , » regTetted in the) district 1 , where they have ma<e ! . •> ' Mr. 'G,rjC.' Israel/ the, ijiost familiar , ' figure in. banking circles io' Dunedhi,, v will ternfinate his, long connection with the Bank of New Zealand on Marsh ; 31, when he will ratire' upon his pea- ', t Mrr Israel's connection With the Hank of New Zealaili,. covers nearly 42 years, and his service has been wholly to the city of Dunedin, and he hai uninterruptedly occupied the po*i- ' ; tiflj*'''of manager of a branch—that at '• North Duncdin—for a period exceeding S'l voire. Mr. Israel's total banking ■) o-rvice -has extended over. S3, years, lie having joined the Bank of Tasmania ■ . in March, 1881. .'Jl®