PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 July 1919, Page 4

PERSONAL.

A Sydney message reports the death of Mr. E. W. Fosbery, ex-Inspeotor General of Police. • ~

On the eve of their departure lor Hawera, Mr. end Mrs. Owett McPWlltos were entertained by Manaia friends and presented with a handsome marble'dock.

Mr. 0. E. Bellringer has received advice that his Bon, Private L. J. Bellringer, ia returning by the Ruapehu, due about July 21. Mr. J. A. Lander, Westown, hat received word that his son, Sapper Charles lander, 4th Reinforcement, is returning by the hospital ship Marama, due to arrive in Auckland about July 17. Mr Hamilton, of Fltnoy, has received word that his son, Rifleman H. Hamilton, will return by the Marama, due at Auckland about July 17.

Mr J. R. Lander, Westown, New Plymouth, has received advice that his eon, Sapper Charles Lander, 4ti Reinforcements, is returning by the Marama, dne to arrive in Auckland about 17th inst.

A Gazette announces the promotion of Mr J. W. Deem from the post of Field* Supervisor to the post of Fielde Inetructor and Supervisor of Subsidised Demonstration Farms, from the beginning of this year.

Mrs F. C. Jury, Hine Stret, has received advice that her son, S»pper S. D. Jury, is returning on the RuapentL due to arrive in Wellington About July 21st.

Mr and Mrs S. R. Farquhar, of Awatuna, were passengers by the Shaw; Savill liner Arawa, which left Wellington on Sunday for London (direct), via Panama. It is their intention to remain away about twelve months, during which period ,they will visit various places of interest in the Old Country.

Mrs. J. A. Stanford, Huiroa, has received cable advice that her ion, Rifleman J. A. L. (Les.) Stanford, is returning to New Zealand by the Euapehu, which is due to arrive on or about-Jnlv ei.

The death is announced of the diettaguished physicist Lord Hayleigh, Who formerly held the Cavendish Professorship at Cambridge, to which &* Ernest Rutherford was recently appointed. fi«i married a sister of Mr. ArthW BaHOur. He made many important researches; in physics and was awarded the. &ofcel Prize among other honors.

The death is announced of Mr. John Edward Patterson, sailor, jourXwUst, poet, and novelist. Running away to sea when a Jwy of 13, he spent 17 years in deep-sea fishing and in the merchant sen-ice. Later he joined the staff of the Westminster Gazette, subsequently editing other periodicals. His writings included several volumes of sea ballads,* a series of novels—among them 'Tishera of the Sea," "Watchers by .the Shore," "Love Like the Sea," "Hillary Mawtyn," and "Bond Slaves"—and autobiographical works entitled "Vagabondage" and "Epistles of the Sea."

Captain William McLeod, of Auckland, has been appointed to the position of pilot on probation ,t» the Wellington Harbor Board, and will take tip his duties shortly. Captain McLeod, who is 30 years of age and holds an extra master's certificate, served his time on sailing vessels until he got his first mate's certificate, when he transferred to the steam service, serving with the British-India, the China Steam Navigation, A.U.8.5., and the' &mjs, fplp Company. He obtained hit waste's certificate in 1914, • ■••;

Another of Taranaki's pioneer Settlers' has passed away in the pe'rs«i df-ftfr. W. Q. Revell, whose death Occurred" at Westown yesterday. -Beceaisd,"'wiio Would have been 84 years ofage-lfi a fortnight's.time, arrived fttvsfew Ply. moiith by the William Bryan on April 1, 1841, bemg therefore one of the earliest settlers here. With his parents he enffacrod in farming in the Waiwakaiho : district, and went all through the Maori war. He mnrried a' daughter of. the late Joseph Hawke, of New Plymouth, and some time after the conclusion:'of the Maori trouble be went tir Nelson, returning to Taranakl after the death of his wife a few year's ago. He is survived bv fciur sons—Messrs W. Reyelt (Warea), K. Revell (Auckland), C. Revell (Hastings). asjiJ. .Revell (Hawera); and four daughters—Mesdanies Wakefield and Push, (Nelson), Reid , (Oamam), and Pearoe (Rotorua).' "'' " ' '\