PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 170, 4 January 1915, Page 4

PERSONAL.

A -Melbourne cablegram reports the death of Mr Jolley," Federal member for tlie Grampians, a prominent Labour representative. . Mr J. P. MeGowan has been appointed , a director of the (inn of Messrs Sargood, I Son, ami Ewen, with which he. has been connected for upwards of 30 years (says , the Otago Daily Times.) ! A Feildhig telegram states t'hat Mr (!. 1). Braik, director of education and chief inspector of schools in the Wanganui Education District, died this niorn--1 ing, one week after an internal operation. it is now definitely announced that Dr "villiam John Anderson, Assistant-In-I 'spector-C!enera] of Schools, succeeds Mr 3 Hogben, C.M.G., as Inspector-General , and Director of Education as from FebJ ruary Ist next.—Press Association. c The death is announced at Ghristv church of Mr George Harris, solicitor, s He was a son of t\e late Ven. Arehs deacon Chambers-Harris, of Akaroa, and a was horn in LSu'7. He was admitted to s the Bar about the year 1800 and had , been practising as a solicitor in Christ(j clmrch ever since. " News from Fiji states that Rata Jon Madriawiwi, who is Roko Tui, or high ,° chief of the Tailcvu. district in the Fiji *~ Island, has two sons fighting for the s 'Empire. The elder son, Siikuua, proceeded to the front from. Oxford University. The other son, Charley, who '" was ut Wesley College. Melbourne, lias Ls joined an Australian contingent, in 'k A Press Association cablegram received le from Sydney yesterday stated that Prole fessor Laurie, Australian representative x- 'of the New Zealand Department of ie. Agriculture, is a passenger for Auckland ie by the Kivcrina. It was also announced ; c that Professor Iddings, of the United c . States Geological Department, has arlg rived in Sydney en route for New c Zealand. Captain J. W. Boon, late officer commanding B Company of the 11th Regi- , inent, recently volunteered for active ' service, and lias now received notice ' that his services are accepted for a t- lieutenancy in the Samoa Relief Force. °" Captain Boon leaves on Tuesday morning for the concentration caanp at Trenthara, and will take witlt 'him the good s- wishes of a large circle of friends. lis a The death of Mrs Kaysa Fredsberg ht took place at Dannevirke on Thursday. ■n The deceased, who was ninety years of II age, was born in Sweden. She came {. to the colony in 1873, together with her ss '.husband, Andrew Fredsberg, who was 'iv v c gaged in farming pursuits at Norscwood ; c . up till the time of his death in 1801. She [t j. left two daughters and one son, fifteen ... grandchildren, and eleven great-grand--111 children. ' )n ■ lc The death occurred at New Plymouth s " yesterday of Mrs A. M. Jiirv',' relict re of the late Mr W Jury, of Tikont rangi. The deceased lady, who resided o- in New Plymouth for a number of years, to was a daughter of the late Mr MeKoy, t- and was born in the district 50 years it ago. She leaves a grown-up family, tli among the members of which are Mr , W. Jury, of Waitara, Mrs J. Seanlon and Mrs J no. Clark, of New Plymouth. Dr A painful shock was caused in Waner garnii by the news that Mr A. C. Len,c nard, one. of the town's best-known ' business men, had died suddenly (says '" the Herald). He had been in his usual o health lately, but early on Monday 511 morning .he was seized with an attaok of n * heart-failure, and passed away about a - 9 o'clock. The late Mr Lenn'ard had v > been resident in Wanganui for about r, thirty-five years, for the most part of •d which he conducted a grocery business, is He was a man of retiring disposition, s. and took no active interest in public iy .affairs, but was a great enthusiast in a . musical circles, and a member of all ill Uie local musical societies. He was [t also a well-known member of the n Masonic fraternity, and had held the post n of organist in St. Andrew's lvilwwinning lc 'Lodge for about twenty years. Mr T Leiinard left a widow and two sons. Mr John Bruse, the, "father of Cheltenham," died in Wellington on Tuesday. The deceased was born in the •Hutt Valley, and went with the Hutt ■s settlers to the Sandon Settlement in the 11 'seventies, joining his brother Alexander i in farming. In the early 'eighties he '• sold out to his brother, 'and settled in '" Cheltenham, where he had resided ever 0 since. His family comprised three daughters and one son, all of whom are n at home with their mother. Mr Bruce v had extensive experience on local bod--1 ies. He was for many years on the ■ Kiwitea County Council, 'retiring from J that body three years ago. He had ° been chairman of the Cheltenham Dairy 3 Company for some years, and helped that 1 corporation to attain a sound position. • Ho was one of the representatives of the Kiwitea County on the Palmerston Hospital Board, and held that office | at the time of his death. He always : filled a leading position on the cricket, football, and sports clubs of his dis- ' trict. 1 Captain Charles Harold Reynell Watts, whose death in action at the front was reported recently, was a member of a well-known New Zealand family, one of many who pursued their niilitarv studies at Nelson College. He gained a commission in the Imperial Army from the Nelson College Cadets in 1905. Deceased held the rank of Captain in the 2nd battalion of the Northamptonshire Regiment (the old 58th.) Captain Watts was formerly on the staff of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company at Cable Bay, Nelson. He left the Company's i services in 1001 to pursue his military studies. Three Christchurch lads were on the Cable Bay staff at the same time as Captain Watts—Mr Spencer Bourne , (a son of the then headmaster of i Christ's College), who joined one of the 1 New Zealand contingents for South Af- i rica and met his death in the Maehavie < railway disaster. Mr. Eustace Cocks and Mr Harley Thomas (who are still in the f Cable Company's service). Captain Watts was well known to many mem- '' Iters of the New Zealand Telegraph De- '' partment. He was about thirty-two * vears of age. * G