PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 December 1916, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. F. Black, consulting engineer, is Mating New Plymouth. Miss Bttrtr, Principal of tlie Key.' ip'iymoutb. (lirls' \Srhnol, leaves tcnir.rrow fiir he: 1 home at Dtinedin, where she will' spend tlie Christmas vacation. Mr. X. K. McDlarmid. manager of the Hank of Xew .South Wales, returned to New Plymouth last nigh';, aftei 'a three 'weeks' hc/.idav spent in the Hamilton nnd Taihape rlisti'.ets, Corporal Irwin Black, son of Mr. X. IT. Black, of Warea, was wounded in the i.'ght shoulder and left, forearm, and is now* in King Oorge'.s Hospital, London. A cable reee;vetl on Tuesday states he is progressing well. Mr. J. Piper, who Iras been foremai. of Messrs. Henry Hrown anil Company s joinery department at Morley (Street, for some time past, was o;i the eve of his departure for' Auckland, where he Ims accepted a position witsi the Kauri Timber Company, presented by Mr. Charles Ahicr, on bslialf of the firm, and its with a travelling bag, bearing a suitao'.e irscription. Mr. Mark Tlopaon, whrt-e death occurred at Jng'icwooil on Monday, came from Dorset.. England, in 1883. He ,settled in Inglewood, where ho has resided ever since; and' by his interest in matters that had' for their object t:io advancement of the district, he' soon became one of its most esteemed and most prominent settlers. For nine years he served on *he Taranaki County Council, and at the time of his death lie was a member of the Moa Road Board. He was connected with the Moa Farmers'. Union for some years, and was for nearly all the cooperative concerns in' the district. There are live soils and a daughter, Messrs. John, Herbert, Arthur, Sydney, and Edward ITopion, and -Mr?. McMillan,. of Mr. Sydney Hopson is at the front, and the four other sons are farming in tile Inglewood district. There are also a lnimber of grand-children. By tlie death of Mr. Hopson a wide gap has been made, and deep regret is felt by his large circle of friends.

The late John William Wilkinson, who died at SOltham on Tuesday last, jvas one of Taranaki's oldest residents, he having arrived with his parents in the barque Blenheim in tjie year 1842, being _at f that time -about nine months old. . The late Mr Wilkinson's father was engaged in farming in. the Oakura district for many years, and the young lad endured all the "rigors pf early colonisation in New Zealand, and at the same time nia£i himself proficient in the .work he was called upon to do. At an barly age he had an opportunity of travelling extensively upon ins uncle's ship, and during this period made many voyages, his experiences being most interesting. On his return to New Zealand ho at once joined the New Zealand Militia, and. served for many years as a soldier. He took an active pari in many of the fights in the Taranaki district, and his New Zealand war medal was one of his most prized possessions. The late Mr, Wilkinson was an excellent Maori linguist, and for a considerable, period acted as Native interpreter to His Majesty's Forces, being particularly attached to the 43rd Light Infantry Regiment, when that portion of the army was stationed at O.punake! During the latter portion of his active career he was farming outside Tailiape, where he was well and favorably known. For some little while past 'he resided at Eltham with his son, where lie died. He married in 3 BGO, his wife predeceasing him. He leaves one son, Mr. 0. A. Wilkinson, M.P., Eltham, and two daughters, Mrs. Allen and .Mrs. Wilkie, the latter being in Wellington. |