PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 September 1919, Page 4

PERSONAL.

King George lias invited President and Madame Poincare to visit London in October.—Renter.

Mr G. vS. Papps, of Eltham, is leaving Eltham shortly for New Plymouth, making the change for health reasons, Mr Lee, the engineer associated with Mr Blair Mason at New Plymouth, left foi* Wellington yesterday in connection with harbor matters.

Mr H. Buckleton, general manager of the Bank of New Zealand, arrived in town on .Saturday and will remain in the district till the end of the week, visiting the branches and looking rouid generally. Captain Downie Stewart, M.P., on the Hon. Major Coates at the New Zealand Club luncheon: ''When a man goes to the war," lie said, "takes the rank of major, takes a Military Cross, takes a bar to it, and then comes back to assume Cabinet rank, what can one call that but profiteering?" (Laughter.) An old resident of Hawera passed away on Saturday night in the person of Mrs. Robinson, wife of Mr. R. Robinson, of South Road, Hawera. Deceased had been in indifferent health for some time. She leaves a widower and two daughters (Miss V. Robinson and Mrs. McCarty, of Kaponga) to mourn their loss- Star.

The Rev. J. K. Archer, formerly of ttapier, who recently made charges against the prison administration of the Dominion, and particularly Napior gaol, is likely to be a candidate for the Invereargill seat against Mr. J. A. Hanan, until recently Minister of Education and at one time Minister of Justice and Minister in Charge of Prisons.

Advice has been received thlat Captain Sam Dawson, D.F.S., son of Mr. and Mrs R. Dawson, Masterton, has been killed, presumably in Russia. Captain Dawson, who was 24 years of age, was rejected for service in New Zealand, but went to Australia, where he joined the Navy as a wireless operator. Later he was transferred to the Royal Naval Flying Corps, and it Was while serving in this branch of the Service that he won distinction during a bombing expedition ov-jr Germany. Another one of New Zealand's old colonists, Mrs. S. Burrows, passed away at her late residence, Frankley Road on Friday last. She had a seizure while visiting a friend, and quietly passed away after being brought home to her residence. The late Mrs Burrows was 81 years of age- She arrived in Auckland in January, 1565. She is survived bv her husband, Mr P. F. M. Burrows, three sons, namely, Arthur M. Burrows, of Eltham, William C. Burrows and Pierce I", Burrows, of New Plymouth; also four daughters, namely, Mrs G. Heald and Mts F. Corney, of Auckland, and two unmarried daughters to mourn her loss.

Mr and Mrs T. R. Hughes, of the Grand Central, New Plymouth, have received cable advice that their son, Corporal W. G. Hughes, N.Z.M.C., is returning to New Zealand by the Remuera, due on October 20tliJ Corporal Hughes, who left with the 14th Reinforcements and twice wounded and also gassed during the performance of his ambulance duties in France, has in llie last eighteen months been attached to the medical headquarters kaff ih London.

The death is reported at Dunedin of Mr. Munga Watson, M.A., one of the pioneers of education in ,Otago. Mr. Watson had been for many years associated with the Otago Boys' High School. He was born in 1857 in Ayrshire, Scotland, and commenced his career as a teacher at the Ayr Academy, and subsequently at Glasgow Academy, in which he remained for some eighteen months. Owing to ill-health he came to Ne\y Zealand as assistant rector to the Boys' High School. He arrived in Dunedin in 1883, since which time he has occupied a prominent place on the staff.

The Hawera Star reports Die death of Mr. T. J. Free, which occurred at Hawera on Monday morning, after a short illness. Mr. Free had been a resident of the district for about 27 years, mostly spent at Normanby. He was for some years with the firm of 0. Syme and Co., Ltd., and latterly for several years country representative of Messrs Bennett and Sutton. Mr. Free was one of the bestknown residents of Normanby, and had done good service on the Town Board, of which he was chairman for some yeurs He had taken a leading part in all movements initiated for the public good .in Normanby. Mr. Free is survived by a widow, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Goodland, and two daughters. Mr William Frederick Allen, a Crimean naval veteran, died at Ashburton other day in his SOth year. He (Ame to New Zealand 55 years ago, and lived for more than half that period in Ashburton and district. Deceased was a son of the Bev. Canon Allen, of Crcsell Castle, Pembrokeshire, and a nephew of Archdeacon Allen, of North Shropshire. When about 12 years of age he joined the Navy and served as a midshipman on board one of the Baltic fleet battleships during the Crimean War. Whilst with the fleet he was awarded two medals for bravery- As a young man lie was one of the hardest and best riders to hounds in Pembrokeshire, and later in the Ashburton hunting days: he was a well-known follower of the hounds. Shortly after arriving in New Zealand he managed a sheep run in North Canterbury for the late Mr W. Delamain, and subsequently he managed other sheep runs. He spent the great part of his residence in the Ashburton district in fanning and aa a dealer in fat sheep and lambs.