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Taranaki Daily News, 19 September 1916, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Commander Ilancoek, R.N., formerly of H.M.S. Penguin, well-known in New Zealand waters, has been awarded thd D.S.O. News was received in Wellington bf cablegram on Wednesday of the death it action, in France, of Mr. Alfred Wrigilcsworth, PO n of the late •'Mb Wrigglesworth, photograpgher, of We) lington. Mr. Fred Black, consulting engineer M.f.8.E., arrived in New Plymouth last evening, and during his stay will go personally into the matter o'f endeavouring to combat the transmission of noise from the New Plymouth sub-station. An old identity of Masterton, in the person of Mr. Edward Jones, familiarly known as ''Captain" .Tones, died on Thursday night at the age of 85 years. The deceased who was a native o'f Essex, bad resided in the Wairarapa for over fifty years, and was one of the first hotel-keepers in Masterton. A Wellington telegram announces ttiU death of Mrs. Fisher, widow of the late Sir. George Fisher, who was several times Mayor of Wellington and a leading figure in polities. The deceased lady had resided in Wellington for over forty years. Her family includes Mrs. J. B. Mathieson (Auckland), Mrs, .T. B. MeEwan (Wellington), Mr. Bert Fisher (Wellington l. and Mr. F. M. B. Fish»* e:;-Minister, who is now in London. Driver Hugh K. McDermott, recent!* repo:ted wounded, is a son of Mr. M. McDc-rmoti, of Cambridge. He was horn and received his primary education ii. that town, where he won a scholarship After finishing his education at tha Auckland Grammar School, ho returned to Cambridge and took up service on tlio staff of the Bank of Nov.* Zealand. Lr.tef on be wasv transferred to Kapousa, and was located there at tli2 tima of his er.listment. The Isle, of Man Times of June 24 an. nciinces the death at Fcxdale. a decayed mining village of thp.t island, of tlio Rev. ,1. B. Morton Barnes, who will lie remembered as a resident in Wellington and Pctone .eight or nine years ago, when he conducted a church which was a religious denomination all by its?lf, ai:d wrote frequent letters to the Press on all kinds of subjects. Mr. Barnes bad been resident in the Lsle of Man for a fi'iv years, and carried on a littl® school at I"o:;dale. The late Mr. William Jordan, who died at the residence of his daughter, ,\lrs. Tyers, Empire Road. Epsom, at the age of 7ft, after an illness of some months, was wei.-known throughout New Zealand. Mr. Jordan came to New Zealand with his late wife—who predeceased him by several years—in the ship Ivanhoe, landing in 1804 at Lyttelton, and tliev lived in Christchurch until 1800. Having taken up land in the Taranaki district they ne.vt made their home there, bent on hewing out a home in the roadless bush. Later Mr. Jordan removed to Inglcwood, and about lour years ago be went to Auckland, where he lived ever since. He ; s survived by one son and five daughters —Mr. Basil Jordan, of Palmerston North; Mesdames T. Martin, Rotorangi; D. Thompson, Newcastle; F. Tycr, Epsom; J. Mynott, Inglewood; and R. Swanson, Wiiangarei. The internment took place at Palmerston North.