PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 December 1917, Page 4

PERSONAL.

The Tiev. T. G. Hammond, who has been visiting Tnranaki, and is at present in X T ew Plymouth, loaves for the north by to-night's boat.

The death occurred at Kaiapoi on Saturday of Mr. Robt. M. Wright, who until eighteen months ago was clerk of the Eyre County Council. The deceased wan 77 years of age, and was operated on on Friday in a nursing home for appendicitis. He leaves a wife and largo family. Mr. Robert Tapper, a well-known Southland runholdor, died at the end of last week after a short illness, at his residence. The deceased gentleman arrived in Southland in 1862. He was in his 89th year, and was born at Reading Berkshire, on October 2, 1829.

Another centenarian has passed away in the person of Mrs Anne Smith, o't ■Pretoria street, Lower Hutt. On November 20 the deceased celebrated her 101st birthday, when she received felicitous messages from her host of friends. She was an old resident in the Hutt district, where she was particularly well known. One of the Dominion's early colonists, Mrs Martha Short, died this week in Aukland. Mrs. Short was born in London in 1843. About 20 years later she sailed for Australia, and later came to New Zealand, having been here about 60 years. She first lived in Dunedin, but later moved to Wanganui, where' in 18GC, she married the late Captain Short, shipowner and master mariner, of Auckland. She then went to Auckland, where she lived ever since. She leaves three daughters and one son. Second-Lieutenant Frank E. Mcßenzic, M.C., was'admitted as a barrister of the Supreme Court yesterday, on the motion of Mr. 11. H. Ostler. Mr. MeKenzie, who was in Feilding before joining the staff of Messrs. Jackson and Russell, Auckland, luid a distinguished career at Victoria College, where he graduated LL.B. He was the nominee of the college tor the Rhodes Scholarship of 1911). As a member of the Main Body he fought at Oallipoli from the landing to (he evacuation, save for a short period, when ln> was wounded. After the removal to Frame lie was again wounded at the Somrno and fought through the Messines campaign, in which he won the Military Cross, and also'won bis promotion on the field. He has been sent back to New Zealand to join another reinforcement draft when fit.