PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 28, 23 June 1914, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr C. 11. Saphir, of the Mew Plymouth branch of tih» Bank of Kow South Wales, loft yesterday on transfer to VV'angHmii. Mr W. 11. tfunroe, advertising manager for Gordon and G»tch, died suddenly at .Christchureh- on (Saturday morning. 'File deceased was formerly manager of Me "Dominion" newspaper, also of the "Timaru Po>t."

A very pleasant gathering took place last uigflit, when the numbers of the Tiuiihuti Golf Club assembled to make a presentation to Mr ,W. Douglas, on the eve of bin marriage. Mr Geo. Grey, president of the club, presented Mr Douglas with ;i handsome silver entree dish, and expressed the best of good wishes from J.is fellow-me,mbe«>. Mr Douglae suitably responded, and the gathering dispersed to the sliuins of "I'Bt Hos a Jollv Oaiod Fallow"

Tie death occurred -suddenly the other morning at Masterton of Mr John Bair, a familiar figure throughout the Vvairarapa. The deceased, who was very highly respected, was horn in Engtond on August 24th, 1553, and came to New Zealand in tile sailing ship Wairoa thirty-four year,; ago. lie arrived in the'Wairarapa shortly after, residing at I 1 eatherston for twentj-seven years, and tor the last seven years at Masterton. He left a widow, two sons (Messrs Geo. and John IRarr) and two daughters (Mrs Hastings, of IVtone, ami Miss Eva Barr).

; . A London cubic states that Mr Brondnead (Wow Zealand) obtained a firstclass nnd Miss Knajrs (Wellington) a aocon<i-<lass in the Modem and .Mediaeval language* Tripos-at Cambridge University. Mv Henry I). Broadhcad. who is oily twenty-four ears of age, is the eldest Hin of Mr Henry Broadhcad, ef Chri.iteliurcli. l!e received his primary education at »vvml Ohristchurch public schools. including the East Christchurcli school. At the age of thirteen, be went to the Hoys' High School, where be won a free place cverv year and secured many form (jri7.es for 'languages. Tn iws, Mr Broudhead won a J™ ol ' University scholarship, being '® J" lu Hat of places. This was a notaWe success as be. took nothing but languages (English, Frer.cn, Cerman, Latin, flreek) as his five subjects in tha examination. At tlic same time lie sat for lus iU. degree, Air Broadhcad won ft senior New Zealand Uni\ernity scholarship in Latin ami Greek. After a short but brilliant career at Canterbury Collogo, Mr Hroadhead "went to England in January 101 J, and within a few day* i ftftej landing, he won an open exhibi- i tion for a free place at Trinity College, Cambndge. His studies at Cambridge earned for him a senior foundation scholarship in March, IMS, and three months later lie secured first-class honors ia the second division of the Classical Tripos, at the same time taking his li.A. decree. During the summer [ vacation last .year, lie spent some time in the North of France to improve his knowledge of the .French language. Last October he went bark to Trinity College, taking up the study of mediaeval and modern. French,