PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 260, 1 April 1914, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. K. (irilliths kuu-., ~;,, morning for Blenheim. "

Dr. Soinervillc, huu u' i , .■p-o'-Uay Kimbolton, died in WtMim.i,,,,, Hospital last week. In his -jutitii" i„ Gotland deceased was with Dr. 5i,,;,-,,,,,,, famous as the discoverer of cl.'jroturm. In later life ho practised m India, whence he returned in 50ni0u,,,,. .battered health, and finally lived i„ comparative retirement in this Dominion a Peep-o'-Day. Dr. Somerville iv,i» m his 81st year.

An Auckland message -,t;,tc 8 : that there was a representative gathering of the Bar yesterday morning at the Supremo Court, to welcum,. !,; rl i| onor Mr Justice Hosking, who was recently elevated to the Supreme Court IV-nch' The event was all the more interesting from the fact that his Honor --ened his ar tides with the legal fivm ,rf Jackson and Russell, of Auckland. I[U Honor was welcomed by the u, ln . j, fole K. 0., Crown Prosecutor. „ m i replied in felicitous terms.

Seated almost together at the afternoon tea function on the beach yeatcr~ • day were live pioneers w1:,,,,, combined ages amounted to 437 year.;. an average of over 87 years. They v. ere all hale and hearty, a splendid" A\ itiscment for the healthiness of tin l'.i, inaki climate, and looking able ui ..cUer many a ,\ear jet. They com] i.seri Mr». Wm, Woods, who came out as i 5., l on the first vessel, the Willi.i>,> ,'h •., and i» aged 81; Alls. Kliznheih i<, , .rell, 92j Mr. Henry I'uit, 8!); Mr •> ,m Sole 921 Mr. William ttumllc, 81.

The Key, David Mca.j.nuroft, it'ye*"" tired Congregational mimti. died yeg. terday at iiis residence w. \\ Ellington, aged 75 (says a Press As-.i-Mtion message); Tho deceased spoilt sumc time nil"**

a missionary in India, was t/hen sta-' tioned at Perth, and later for 32 yeaT» as minister of the East Melbourne Congregational Ohurch. He retired four or five years ago, and came t'> Wellington to reside. Ho leaves a widow, four son* and four daughters. One son is Mr Frank Meadowcroft, the \>«. Zeala'i.tC manager for Cadbury's. The deceased was an expert Egyptologist, 1 arned in religions of India, and was a prominent Mason.

By the death of }fr. IMw.n Hodrcn, of Wanganni, which oiciirn 'ifter a very brief illness on Mowiai- i.iorning. • last, this voatl loses i.m m ihe early settlers. The deceased was ■ born in Birmingham, Kngland. m IS:):!. Forty years afterwards he brought big vvifo and family to the colony, arriving !■ Xovemher, 1573, in the ship Helen Denny, and settling in WangiMini. There li» has resided practical!-, ever nince, and was well known along this 'Mast, lor many years lie snecesifully i.irriod on business there as an aerated water maker, lie w.ii at one time ap enthusiastic bowler, and lias played a few games on Hie local given. He was also a member of tho Masonic Order. Hig wife predeceased him nineteen yearn ago. There are six of his family livingthree daughters and three sons.—Wangauui Chronicle.