PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 February 1921, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. M.-J. McGahey (Wellington) has been appointed Collector of Customs at Patea.

A cable from Sydney reports the ’ death of Mr. John Garland, Legislative Councillor. He was Solicitor-General in the Holman Ministry. The condition of Mr. W. D. Powdrell, M.P., who is at present seriously ill in Wellington, was reported to be not so satisfactory on Tuesday (says the Patea Press).

Mr. H. W. Bundle, who has been appointed to the magistracy, was admitted in 1994, practised in Lawrence, Dunedin, served with the Imperial forces from 1916 to 1919, and is now practising at Palmerston North.—Press Association.

A Carterton message states that the death occurred at 1.30 p.m. yesterday of Mr. John Thomas Marriott Hornsby, ex-M.P. for Wairarapa. Mr. Hornsby had been suffering severely for a long time and had been unconscious since Monday. Mr. E. Dixon, Mayor of Hawera. left yesterday for Wellington, where he attends the Methodist Conference. While in Wellington he intends to interview Mr. W. F. Massey, Prime Minister, and Mr. Campbell in reference to borough loans, and will also interview the Police Department with regard to having a constable on night duty in Hawera, and the Railway Department with a view to having provision made for the carriage of passengers by the early morning train from the south to Hawera.

The death occurred at Opunake on Tuesday of Mr. John Guy, a very old resident of the coastal town, at the age of 82 years. Mr. Guy, who came to New Zealand from Wales in the early seventies, was well-known throughout the district, having taken an active part in public matters up to a few years ago, besides being a prominent member of the Methodist Church. He is survived by a widow and grown up family, among whom are Messrs. A. H. and J. Guy, prominent rifle shots, and A. Guy, the ex-Taranaki representative footballer.

The death of Mr. George Mark, which occurred at Wellington Hospital on February 21st, removes another of New Zealand’s early pioneers. The late Mr. Mark was born in Edinburgh in 1842, and early in life emigrated to Australia, where he engaged in pastoral pursuits. In 1868 he followed the gold rush to Hokitika, and for a number of years was engaged in mining in the district. Later, he assumed the ground management of the Golden Point mine, Queen Charlotte Sound, and on this venture proving a failure, he settled in Blenheim, where he was widely known and respected. . The late Mr. R. J. Gwynne, oditor of the Waikato Times,' who died suddenly at Hamilton on Monday morning, was 53 years of age. After winning a scholarship at the Hamilton West School Mr. Gwynne completed his education at the Auckland Grammar School. He joined the Waikato Times, and remained there until joining the Waikato Argus in 1892, subsequently rejoining the Waikato Times as editor when the two papers were amalgamated in 1914, He took a keen interest in form of sport. He was an enthusiastic footballer, and was captain of tjie Hamilton rugby team when it was famous throughout New Zealand. He was a keen shot, and of late years an ardent fisherman. Up to resigning last year he was secretary of the Hamilton Racing Club, and lately had been reappointed secretary of the Country Racing Clubs’ Association. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, but of late years had not been closely associated with the craft. He was also a member of the Hamilton Club. “It is with very deep regret,” says the annual report of the New Zealand branch of the Empire Press Union, “that the committee records the death in December last of the Hon. George Jones, M.L.C., who was a member of the committee. The late Mr. Jones was one of the best known of New Zealand journalists, and had spent a long, active, and honored life in the newspaper world of the Dominion. His fellow-members of our union will miss his cheery voice and presence in their midst, and the committee lament the loss of a valued friend and co-adjutor. Another member of the committee who passed away during the year was Mr. Henry Weston, of New Plymouth, and in him also we have lost a greatly respected and valued friend. The committee has also to record the death of Mr. W. A. Parkinson, of the Hawera Star, likewise a familiar figure at our annual gatherings, and a member of the New Zealand branch of the union from its inception, whose loss will leave a blank among his many friends in the newspaper world.”