PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 2, 21 May 1914, Page 5

PERSONAL.

A London cablegram reports that "kj& Lord Cramer ia seriously ill. A Wellingten .telegram reports th 6 j-^ death of Mr. J. H. N. A. Burni, local- ;-'v manager of the New Ze:iland Shipping I,' Company, He was at the Wellington 'V(j Club on Tuesday evening .and shortly ■ before 7 p.m. was taken ill. Aid woe rendered but he died half on hour after- . 4? wards. His death was not unexpected, : '| as he had been ailing for 'come time im past. He leave® a son and daughter :W who arc uwnarriedi v; ' A wonderful story of pluck and dotermination is revealed by the announcemxsnt that Mir Annaud Mackenzie is one' of the new masters of arts of Cambridge. '•(« Mr Mackenzie is deaf and dumb, and. .v?| the fltist individual so afflicted to take'Vpl -the decree of M.A, at an English DnS-* vcreity. Bib /record -»■ still l more' r«- aS markaMa owing to the fact that he paid V ;?K the fees out of ihis own earnings. ■Mr >■ M Mackenzie, who is 42, has a deaf wife, a descendent of the "Rebel KAtt," ojfjus Edward Vl's time, but their little son* ' 'Jf| is perfectly normal. <' Mr D. B. Bowie, who was for many ■»* rears a prominent business man in „\i*ra Christchurch, died in that city last week,' '-: 1 ' M aged seventy-seven. The deceased, who- taj® was a native of Larbert, Scotland, arrived at Lyttelton by ship Mystery in 1862, and with the ex* ception of three years spent at Timani, "/ 'Jy| ho 'Jiad lived in Christclinreh over since.' |E For a considerable time he wag a partner "'t'fSf in the large 'drapery firm of J. BaJlan- V-Wi tyne k Co., Ghristclvurch. The Tate Mr ' !|jjl Bowie was a prominent officer of the vjgH Presbyterian Church. On several ocohb- .Hj| ions ho was representative to the Pres-' byterian General Assembly, and he wag : .S| a member of the comhidttce which helped to slinpe the policy which ultimately led to the union of the northern and southcm sections of the Presbyterian of New Zealand. He was widely .S-'vff? spectetl for his consistent character afcd '$)!« faithful service, and he was well in chureh'courts for his shrewd common t4*|j sense and his power of candid criticism, ftp |j