PERSONAL

Taranaki Daily News, 11 January 1919, Page 4

PERSONAL

The Rev. Papakakura, who has b™u critically ill with influeni" at Opunake, is now on the mend. Mr. Justice Ch&pman is spending a' holiday at Dawson's Falls Mountain House. Mr. C. E. Jones, manager of the Auckland house of Messrs. Sargood, Son and . Ewen, is visiting New Plymouth. Mr. J. W. Deem, director of the fields division of the Agricultural Department, has be?n visiting New Plymouth. Wanganui's pioneer cab-driver, Mr. Thomas I/afi'erty, died on Wednesday, at the-age of 77 years. Mr. Geo. Young, Mayor of Inglewood, who has just recovered from a serious double attack of influenza, was a passenger for Wellington yesterday. News has been received of the death of Miss Vogel, at East Kolesoy She was a sister of Sir Julius Vogel, who was Premier of New Zealand in the 'seventies.

Private William Leonard Stanford, a discharged soldier, died at Patea from influenza ana pneumonia. Deceased was 36 years of ago and single, his next-of-kin being Mrs P. Stanford, Whenuakura, Patea (mother)

Mr. W. J. Boyce, who was some years ago headmaster of ths Okato ISchool, and is now first assistant in New Brighton, one of the largest Christchurch. schools, is at present in Taraaaki on holiday. Captain A. C. Sexton, of Auckland, accompanied by Mrs. Sexton, arrived by last night's express oa a short visit to relathm Captain Sexton, who left New Zealand with the Kifle Brigade, has teen over three years' service abroad, and after being wounded twice in Engagements at the Somnie and Messines 'W*A invalided home last Juno,

In consequence oJ tho early retirement of Mr. E. H. Hiley, General Manager of Railways, and the position ho holds as Colonel-in-Charge of Railways and Works under the Defence Deportment, the control of works at the camps has been transferred to Major T. MeCristell, Director of Equipment and Ordnance Stores. Colonel Hiley will continue to direct the construction of the military hospitals which are in course of erection.

An old colonist, Mr Williain Priestly, died At Auckland the other day a.l the age of 74. Mr Priestly, who arrived in New Zealand by the ship Ironsides in ISG4, »fas for nmny yeara in thc'cmploy of tM Auckland Timber Company, both in Auckland and New South Waloc. Deceased had been ailing for some tine, and w:v; seized with a paralytic stroke. iih Philip Qibbs ia believed to have the longest record of uninterrupted *.'?• i vice ia t nevupaper correspondent at the irotit. Sonw littlo time ago, howeviV, illueic .aade it neeeajacy for him to take a »<eat ia Kngland- His health had Ibeen affected by iho stmiu of unuaaittiiig toil aadev conditio™ vbieh worn not iuvoyable to one of hi; slender phyoiqao, bn old ideaticy o** «S:o W?,bar?p.i, Mr. J&iiues B. 'i'aplhi, died at hia i.jigj at Ataia, km Maatcrtoa, on 'i'neado./ jvenin»-, tt tho agi> ©V 74 years. I'he d-.:vued, who was. bora in Oxfordshire, E.-itUiidj arrived it LyfaJton in the sailing ohj* Quwn of uuo Merecy in ISC2. lia wfil •navried to * diughttt of the lati Mr /HsxiuaJt*.' o:w of the «vlii-3t setUin, awl hsxin a grown-in frjnily

The det.th ir, Kircancesfl ox j.4r. ooi.n Best, of Appleby, Nelson, aged ctrentytwo. Mr. B&ri viai a sou i>i t(<« i-y. Mr. Chari» Beat., o«vn ol tho pioneer si'tikw who lsadwJ in iSTcW< i» th* wh.' l)b > Ohu.lea Vo\\>w, hi IM2, asiC wUM »; where Iho lfttt. lir. Join fieri .vaui'oofii, togeti!Hs_ -with n>« n;t« bvt»i..'v iloU-rt, they b«jj!£ Oat t*JM vi/v» bw.'ii Ui liTclsw. 'l'huy livet' a.itil tie dcatj oi Mt. liolnsKi Reejinoßu. i\uo ye.-*3 ago.

Jfe. P. A. Thompson, CD*r)gi;-<;;or.er of Crojva Iwidu, died laM w-.-vi-: ».l ><c;-.on at iJie ago ,>f go year*, of •.<■li.uk puriod 41 yopra had baeu »i>ea*, Li i.;>, i'ubliv Bwv«* Ha W<u a wio.jv, f,;.- u - tons, •wd tiyo clajightwi Tho m<».\'>c>-r, oi »ie family »<o Mi-. Hag», M. Tliwwmw, <w wyor, of Ha/jt«gs, (.Vptasi JftiO.iiisl; A. Thompuoa, vlo hou jari; retained :o 15 erf Zealand from activ) \*fvkn v,:..'i i;!>3 i'i.«peditiosniy Forco, Mewir. Avthv-- B. and Emmst, jT VJiwupsmi, l*rw. I', 3. iioyej and Mica W. Thompsoa. Mr 'Edward Mhcmso, r .n old resident of Auckland, dwd at hi-, residence, Mount Eden, on Tuesday morning. Mr Bellhouse, who wad in hh-, -atii year, waa a native of Yorkshire, England, And came to New Zealand ia ISSI. Foi' two years ho lived on the Grant and Foster Settlement, now known as the Shaftesbury sottlsmeat, tmat To Amha. He subsequently went 'to Auckland, where he lived up to the time of his dcnlh. Ht was a prmniiieut member of the Methodist CliUi-chJ