PERSONAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 92, 14 September 1914, Page 4

PERSONAL

Mr. Newton King will return to New Plymoulh by to-morrow's l mail train. Sergeant Bow Jen, of FciNling, i« to succeed Senior-Sergeant 'lladdi'ell at New Plymouth, when the latter retires from duty at the end of this month. Tae death is reported from Wellington of Air. Stuart Kichardsvn, the Oity Electrical. Engineer. He was taken ill .suddenly on Friday, and died al a late hour. At a meeting of the Tiniaru local 'brunch lof the Keform League, -Mr. D. Jones (organiser) being present, it was decided to select Mr. 11. 11. llayhmvsit, 'son of tlie late Colonel Hayhurst (previously selected) as tha reform candidate for the Temuka seat. Bugle-Major Henry Olliver has died «t Duncdin, aged eighty years. Prior to coming to Ncur Zealand he put in a lengthy service in the Old Country. He joined* the Duncdin Engineers in 1885, and was awarded niedais for long and eflieient service. ' Mr Donald Melhvrich, who 'has re'cently died at Winton, arrived at Port 'Chalmers in 185 S. He tried his luck 'when the goldliclds were opened, and in ' 1801 went to Southland, .being one of the pioneers of the Presbyterian Church in that district. Deceased was in his eightysfiftli year. ' Mr P. J. Nolan, for soon* years a prominent and popular Wellington journalist, who fi.r eight years pn-st Jut* been connected with the 'staff of the Sydney Daily Telegraph, has accepted an appointment *ua sub-editor of the .Sydney Sun. Mr C Brown, a Maori war veteran, 'died at Napier. He had attained the age of S3 years, and joined the lH>th Ui'giment when a young man. He received his discharge in Auckland and went to Wairca in IS'dl. He received the war medal for service in New Zealand. During the East Coast war deceased served in the Wairoa Volunteers Kitle.s, and was a veteran ■pensioner of the Imperial army.