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Taranaki Daily News, 4 December 1919, Page 4

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Messrs T. C. Stanners find 0. W. Bennett, of Eltham, who have been on a tour m Victoria and New South Wales during the last two months, returned to lutnain by the mail t>-ain last night. Mr. P. D. Hoskins stated at a function in Wellington that His Excellency the Most Rev. Monsiguor Cattanco, the Apostolic Delegate in Australia, hoped to visit New Zealand as soon', as his Australian engagements would permit of There died at Mateo the other day, a well-known chief in the person of Aporo Te Huiki. His father originally came from the Ngapuh'i tribe, and his mother from Nukutai.rna. Aporo Te Huiki came from a fighting stock, and was himself a veteran of the Maori wars He was known and highly respected far and wide. " Mr. J. T. Paul, whose resignation a* a member of the Legislative Council has been accepted, has. established two records m respect to his association with that branch of the Legislature. He entered the Council as the youngest member ever called to it, and he'has retired as its youngest member. Mr Paul was appointed to the Council on January 22nd. 1907. * Mr. George Reid, a vety old and highly-esteemed resident of Napier, has died Deceased was born in the north of Ireland nearly 74 years ago He arrived in New Zealand in the City of Auckland and landed on the Otaki beach He proceeded to Napier soon afterwards and remained in the city ever since Mrs. Re,d and five grown-up daughters are loft to mourn their loss. Referring to Major-General Sir E C W. Chaytor, K.C.M.G., A.D.C., the London correspondent of the Sydney Son wrote on March 16, 1919: "For the crashing leader of our First Division, MajorGeneral Chaytor, a New Zealander, there can only be praise and admiration. Perhaps he has been the finest divisional commander of the war. A clean, honest soldier. A great leader of men. The Light Horse was proud to serve under Chaytor." J!?" Y 'tt A - Honsol !' a w e"-known resident of Hawera, died yesterday afterfiTir xt S ' States the Stal > understood that Mr. Henson, who was a resident of Pihama, but who for some years had resided in Hawera, contracted a severe cold, which developed into pleurisy and pneumonia, to which he succumbed. Decensed was connected with several local institutions, and was a member of the BowhngClub. Play was suspended for a few minutes on t.le green when th« news of Mr. Benson's *death £. *£ wived c Colonel James V. Foster, of Preston England, head of the great prmtWm": chmery manufacturing firm 7 , Foster and Sons, vi Ued New Plvm™? vesterday, and leaves f7w«S! this morning. Colonel Foster whof* an ex-mavor of Preston ,•<,„«' T° la U» Dnminlons, and ° f rf with what he aw of S New p^ Pre6 l" »nd Taranaki eenerallv <5 Pl ?mouth the province reminded'him Z! T* °\ England than any placed £. rU! ?' his travels It mnV>f ftd scen in tte News is that rears ago 't doing as good work tnfl ' Md ever did K to ' da y ™ it