PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 September 1921, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. Newton King was a paeeenger by mail train to Wellington yesterday. He will be away for some days.

The death occurred in Greymouth on Monday evening of Mr. Samuel Ainsworth, a resident of the West Coast for 54 years. A vote of condolence with the relatives of the late Mr. A. Vowless, of the Frankley Road district, was carried at the annual meeting of the Frankley Road Dairy Factory Company last night.

Mrs. Arthur Richmond, of “Brooklands,” Midhirst, who has been on a fourteen months’ tour round the world, arrived in Wellington this week. Mrs. Richmond was a passenger on the P. and 0. s.s. Valdera, which had a violent collision after leaving Bombay. The death took place at is residence, Meeanee, on Saturday, of a very old and highly respected Hawke’s Bay resident, in the person of Mr. Patrick Kilkenny. The late Mr. Kilkenny, who had reached the ripe age of 80 years, was born in Manor Hamilton, County Leitrim, Ireland, in 1841. He arrived in New Zealand in 1862, and after a few years spent on the West Coast goldfields, lie went to Hawke’s Bay about 1865. For about 50 years he had resided at Puketapu. The death is recorded by Canterbury papers of Mr. Samuel Sparkfl. a wellknown southern settler. Mr. Sparks was born on March 8, 1845, at Wedmore, Somersetshire, and came of a wellknown farming family in that county, where at the time of his death he still owned land. The late Mr. Sparks arrived at Lyttelton on September 24, 1879, accompanied by his wife and children. He at once settled on the Cashmere estate, and resided there to the time of his death. He devoted himself almost entirely to dealing and dairying, and was recognised as being one of the very best judges of cattle in the Dominion.

Tasmanian files to hand contain the information that Mr. F. M. Nicholl, deputy manager of the Tasmanian State Hydro-electric Department, has been appointed city manager of Launceston, Tasmania. There were 47 applications, and the runner-up was Mr. F. T. Bellringer, borough manager of New Plymouth. The salary offered was £lOOO per annum, but Mr. Bellringer made it a condition of Ins application • that the salary after the first year should be £l5OO per annum. Despite this handicap, and also the further handicap that the successful applicant was a former resident of Launceston. Mr. name was retained in the ballot until the final choice lay between him and Mr. Nicholl.

Following upon his audden collapse at his office on Wednesday evening, Mr. Frederick James Hammond, of the Legal firm of Mesflrs. Hammond and Cracknell. Auckland, died in the early hours of Thursday morning. Owing to the suddenness of his death an inquest was deemed necesflary. Only formal evidence was taken and the inquiry was adjourned. The late Mr. Hammond was born at Auckland in 1867. He was educated at the Auckland Grammar School, and served his articles with Mr. W. J. Nqpier. Admitted as a solicitor in 1889, he commenced practice on his own account almost immediately afterwards. Tn 1898 he joined Mr. E. W. Burton in partnership, and upon Mr. Burton being appointed to the magistracy, was joined by Mr. A. Cracknell, under the firm name of Hammond and Cracknell. Mr. Hammond was for some years a member of the Devonport Borough Council.