PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 February 1917, Page 4

PERSONAL.

A London cable states that Mr. Arthur Richardson, an ex-member of the Hon;y of Commons has been eleeteu unopposed for riotlierham, vice Mr. Pease.

News has been received by cablegram of the death in London of Mr. A. S. Otterson, a member of a well-known NTelson family.

Lance-Corporal F. E. Qunyle, of Palm- 1 crstou North, is visiting his sister, Mrs. (.< Antis, of Omata. He is a member of the sth Reinforcements, and recently returned from active service. He took part in the "Silvia Bay landing at Gallipoli, and spent three months in the firing line in France. Writing from the front, a soldier says: "James Albert Taylor, son of Mr--. E. Play, Egmont Village, who left New Zealand as a private, has been promoted to the rank of sergeant. Ilis stripes were won by good work on the battlefield, and were deservedly awarded." The death has occurred at Cambridge of Mr. Thomas Nixon, an esteemed resident of 3S years' standing, at the age of 70 years. The deceased was at the Thames in the days of the gold rush. Mrs. Nixon predeceased her husband two or three years ago. Tilers is a grown-up family of six daughters and two sons, most of whom reside in Cambridge.

Another of the Dominion's early settlers, in tho person of Mr. James Nicholson passed away yesterday, after .1 short illness, at Courtenay Street, New Plymouth, at the ripe age of 8!l years. Until comparatively recently Mr. Nicholson enjoyed wonderfully robust health. In the early days he settled in t'iie Canterbury district, where lie was In business, after which lie took to farming, and in those tays it was an easy mutter for anyone with energy, judgment, and determination to make money, Mr, Nicholson being no exception to tho rule. On retiring, many yeara ago, Mr. Nicholson settled in Taranaki, and eventually came.to reside in New Plymouth, where he spent the remainder of his days. He leaves a widow, a daughter, and a son, the latter practising as a dentist in Australia. All who knew Mr. Nicholson admired his many good qualities, and it may be said that he was 0110 of the band who helped to lay the foundation of New Zealand's prosperity.