PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 189, 19 January 1915, Page 4

PERSONAL.

The death i- announced by cable from Pet nigra .1 of General Stoessel, defender of t'oit Area;;:', ironi paralysis. Air C. K. Wilson. ex-ALP. for Tattmaruliui T arrived m New Plymouth by the ii'ail '.rain hut night. Air t haiies 11, Jones, house manage.' of Ale.->rs Sargood, Sou and Ewen, Ltd., at Auckland, is on a visit to ;Ncw Plynaaii li. accompanied liy Airs .I ones. lb-,'. 10. 1.. Ilarvie, who for nearlv two years Inn N-n a-ociated wi..|i Hie rhuroii oi Holy Trinity,'. Stratford, has la-u appointed .Visitant (.'urate to the Vic:-' of llamiiloii, with charge of ills il.tiii-.i at Fianklon. Aii-.s La-.cry. assistant mistiv:, at t'i.' ' kalia District High .School for some x .airs a:;..'. i;a- Ir.-cn appointed a--i-taui. tii:..s:j'.-s.s at the llawera Jb-Cia High Si-1.001. Mrs _\. .10. lie.irdmorc has been appointed to succeed Alia- Uvery at 1 Mr ■ ', I'.aiiiie. director of liaiilje'Art i,: ..■!•;. London, who ha- li-.:; ,!.- laiii'-i ia .-. -w Zealand since idle close, of ; ;.- ..a . and Kxhibition flirough ii!,:a-.;..: '.'■■■ . ■ -'lore Christina-, lie i- ! r- | - .•-. ■! \:. naking a satisfactory ! .'.i t'i ■ ii-r , b Council meeting hist a'gni. . ■• . lendered a welcome to Cr <■.;■■. . ; sail of the Council on his ink . ;i . -ar after his absence on a tour Si .::. id. lie exjir.":-, iel iliilea plea-ear ;'., again .scing Cr Clarke seated .-■ ' . table, and ini-b.nated that at the e.'- .• if the meeting lie"' propa-cd to a-k Ir. i iavkc . o give Councii'o: the benefit of ':';-" experiences. Cr. Para -. wini was recent';-.' elected to fill theva.-aiiey on the Borough Couacil caused b,- Cr- death of Cr. ('i. Tabor, var, formally •-' --koine,! by the Mayor at last night', ia-.-eling of the Council. Ilia Worship u:d he was p'.caccd that substantial business men of the town were (hiding Caie to devote thonn.-lves to its busiiii ■- all'aii's. Cr. p.-.irgess briefly acknowledged the welcome, adding that, he wotwl do what ho could to as.-d-it the Council.

Hefore proceeding with the ordinary business at hi-t night's meeting of the Uorough' Council, the Mayor referred to the h>ss -iu-:.aiiied bv the dea.th of Cr <!. Tabor, lie referred to the late Councillor a- being an excellent citizen, who wa- alwavs on the look .cat for

anything am! everything for 'he advantage of tl:i< town, ami lie had been a hard worker cr the town. II" wa - a, nan who 'had no enemies, for hi; kindly rature made Vein -friends with evervo.i" with whom '■ ' was brought in con'act. They must ail feel that they had suiter -i a great !o-s through Cr. Tabor's death and he moved: "That the Council re cords \vi Hi sincere sorrow the death >tf Cr. George Tabor, and further record its appreciation of the services render.".! by him during the period of his uiemb -r----si-ip of t'n ■ Council." The mot'oii. was' cfirioii. t'i" member- rising for tha' pin' ]iose, and th-' Council adjoioaied for a few minnies out of l'rspcct to the n (-mory of the deceased Councillor.

.Mr LVt ■;• Lav.-, who duel at li'.nimevi'uni liiijt week, was one of. the bust known and wealthiest fanners in Centra! 0,-ago (sa.>s U-.u Alexandra Herald). lit; arrived oh tli,' goldileUls in tin; very earliest film s ami set up a blacksmith"; business at Xas.'liy. He had a turn at many tiling:., ami for years hail bullock teams plying: from Waikouaiti t.o the interior. lie became a partner in the old Envlmni Company's pastoral run, and later on invested in a portion of the eld Snowburn swamp, now known as the Palearoa Settlement. Lately he held pastoral land at "Wcdderburn. lie was known as one of Otago Central's millionaires. For some time past his health had been failing. Mr Law. who did not marry, was a brother of the well-known farmer of Giromwbui'n. Mr •Tohn Law, and must have been one of the last, if not, indeed, the very last, of the pioneers of Hogburn. ' Mr Owcu Humphreys, a well-known figure on the. Auckland Stock Exchange, and i\'.. >r of several mining companie-,. ; n[ away at 'Ersom on Weddeceased was in the British Nav, .. ais youth, and afterwards in the mure ..at .service. In the early days he took a claim on the Thames, and aubse |iKiitiy he bought the lloy.'l Hotel at iiinlie.mstov.n. which he carried on for many years, and retained the 'freehold. Mr Humphreys later had the. British Hotel, Auckland, and, being a man of great energy, was a member of the lire brigade. He icceived grcaD liaise I" 1 ' 'hi- pluck on the occasion of the liivr lire at the Avondale Mental Hospital. Mr Humphrey.; went out with the brigade, and when the building was wrapped in Haines, it was noticed that a female patient was standing quietly at n baried window. A ladder uas soon procured, and Mr Humphreys wen'., up at some, persona] risk, and lasted in the smoke long enough to chop out the iron bars. Then bo had to retire, and it was a male inmate who iln-n rushed up t.he ladder and succeeded in bringing the woman safely to the ground. The escape was a very narrow one for her, as tlio flames were filling the room. Deceased suffered from a ' stroke some time ago, and since then it was seen his health was gradually failing. He had, however, lived to the age of seventy-eight. Mr Humphreys is survived by a wi.row and several children.