PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 224, 21 March 1914, Page 4

PERSONAL.

(Sydney reports the death of Harry; Milliard, an old-timo Australian cricketer. ■' Mr. J. I>. Luke, Mayor of Wellington, has agceded to the request to seek re* election. The Rev. Frank Hales will resume hi* ministry at the Baptist Church 10- . morrow, and preach in the Tabernacle) < morning and evening. ' Mr. Cyril L. Wilson, accountant fel the New Zealand Farmers' Co-operati7o ■ Distributing Company, Ltd., Wellington, has accepted a similar position with M.V C. A.. Wilkinson, Eltham. '*• Another old sea captain died at Lff^*" 1 telton on Sunday night in the person "> of Captain- James Matthews, aged }9 / years. Deceased had been ailing for some time, asthma bcinsr the eomuUhit. For many years the late captairMhlS engaged in the Peninsula trade. two. I Lyttelton, at which port he arri?o4 over forty years ago. Captain Maithews leaves a grown-up family amongst whom is Mrs. Harris, wife of Captain Hani-, of the Harbour Board'* tug Lyttelton.

At the Omata Methodist Sundayschool anniversary social, held on Thursday night, the Rev. R. J. Liddell wa» presented with a set of ebony-backed brushes, mounted with silver, by the members of the congregation, as a token of esteem, ou the occasion of Mr Liddell's appointment to Timaru. The Bev. H. T. Peat, in a happy speech, made the presentation, referring to the departing minister's excellent qualities. Mr Liddell suitably responded, urging the members of the congregation to bs loyal t» the cburmeb and the incoming minister.' There died yesterday at his home, Sutton Farm, Timaru, a pioneer ot South Canterbury, Mr. Edward G. St«r- , icker, in his eighty-fourth year. H» was about as usual in "the morning, but had a stroke and died in the evening. Deceased was the son of a Yorkshire farmer, and landed in Lyttelton i» 18.3 a. In 1857, in partnership with Mr. , . George Hall, he took up a run in tho Mackenzie Country, but later they sold . • the run and lie bought 540 acres near Tilnaru, where lie bad since lived. Ha was a member of the Provincial Coun* * . cil, and captain in the first Timaru Volunteers. He leaves one son and three daughters. Mrs. Stericker dieiL, hi "J 887. —Press Association. , OJm The death occurred yesterday of MJZ ' James R. Sinclair, at the home o' ty* parents iu Vogeltown, at the age ot 23 years. The late Mr. Sinclair was on» " of the most popular boys of the New , Plymouth High School, possibly its finest athlete, and a brilliant scholar. Tho promise of his boyhood was in a great measure being fulfilled during his subsequent niedical studies at the Glasgow University, when his career sustained * most untimely and unfortunate interruption by an accident on. the fdotball ,field resulting in the loss of his leg. He returned a year or two ago to New Plymouth, and was appointed a relieving assistant master at his old school, besides which h° was an instructor at tho Technical College. Despite his infirmity, be was an enthusiastic colter, and wlM'iever he went Jiis bright and sunny • and unassuming disposition and his good-heartcdness made him hosts of friends. The funeral takes place tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon.