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A Melbourne cable report* We death,; of Mr. C. R. Howroyd, the NatioH»Hit who defeated Mr. King (VMalley, Captain R. J. Seddon has at lut reported at Trentham Camp for duty, and has been posted to the 32nd ments. j Sub-Inspector Mcllveney, who Km been absent from New Plymouth for some months on special duty, returned here by the Rarawa yesterday morning. A cable message from Sydney states that advices have been received that Lieut. J. T. Lang, son of Mr. J. T. Lam?, late of Palmerston North, has been! awarded the Military dross. ' A London cable reports the death of Lord Grimthorpe, the second holder of the barony, which was created in 1896. The deceased peer was formerly a partner in the banking Arm of Beckett and Co., Leeds.
An Invercargill message states that Mr W. A. Browne, manager of the Bank' of Slew Zealand at Winton, was found dead in be& yesterday morning. Ho was one of the obtest members of thtf staff, and was formerly in the Melbourne branch. He leaves a widow and grownup family. Bis death was due to heart disease.
Mr. Richmond Dayßh, a prominent settler at Taratahi, is dead, aged 80 years. The deceased was born at Sam* ham, Hampshire, and came to New Zealand in the ship Gertrude in 1849; Hfl resided for a number of years at the Lower Hutt, where he was married to 'Miss Janet Cooper, by whom he whs predeceased by eighteen months. Shortly after his marriage he went to the Walrarapa, and had resided at Taratahi ever since. He leaves a family of fire sou and three daughters.
The death occurred at Waitara tWa week of Mrs C. J, Harm, after a few hours' illness. For a few yean past the deceased lady resided at Onaerq, and **» the wife of Lieutenant C. J .Harris, ■who was attached to the Feaiherston Military Camp for the past 12 months, and sailed recently with a section of the ' j Mounted Rifles. The interment took place at Waitara on Thursday, the ssti vice at the graveside being conducted 1»jf! Father Preece. The following acted as pall-bearers: Lieutenants Brabant and Kempscll, Sergeant Butler, and Private Griffin. Two young daughters and a son only three days, old, and a sister—Mrs David Scott, of Waitara—are left to mourn their loss. Many floral tribute* were received, showing the esteem In which the deceased lady was held in the district.
A cable received in Wanganul announces the death from wounds, received in action at the Battle of Arras, of 'Colonel J. Whiteham, whose family is Veil-known in Wanganui. The deceased offioor was educated at the Wanganui Collegiate School. He served in the Boer War, accepting at the conclusion an Imperial commission in the Middlesex Regiment. He was a membor of the British Expeditionary Force which landed on the Continent at the beginning of the pre* sent war, and took part in the historic retreat at Mons, when he was one of two officers who survived in his battalion. Suffering from shell-shock he was invalided home to England, pH on recovering took part in tr» : -' ': at Aldershot. Recently '" .u» •ffbht, where he recei - tr.d. For many years Colone' ~ his brdth'els and father, Uvea u. .uanganiahu, and his father is at present residing at Castlecliff, The' Sixtieth, or diamond, anniversary of the' wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Goldwater, dfPonßonby, was celebrated by a family gathering at their residence in Auckland on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs Goldwsjter, -who were married id London 1 , <m Ma; 10, 1857, came to Auckland in the same year. They have resided'in' Auckland ever since, a period of nearly 60 years. Mr. Goldwater, who was born in Poland 81 years ago, came out to New Zealand under the old 40acre system, but he did not claim his land. For some time he was in business as a clothier in Queen street. During the stirring times of the sixties Mr. Goldwater saw service in the militia, and amongst his mementoes of those turbulent days is a beautiful staff that was presented to him by the Chief Henuka shortly after the fight at the Gate Pah, in the Bay of Plenty, in 1884. Mr. and Mrs. Goldwater's family consisted of six sons and four daughters, of whom all, with the exception of .one son, are living. Mr Abe Goldwater, of New Ply-
mouth, is a son. All the surviving members of the family, with the exception of one son, who resides in Australia, were present at the gathering,
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