PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 January 1922, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. R. Barlow, who has been seriously ill. is now well on the way to recovery.

The marriage took place recently of a woman explorer, Mrs. Rosita Forbes, whose journey to the centre of the unknown Sahara and city of the Senussi equals jn wonder Sir Richard Burton’s famous description of Mecca. She is an example of the modern woman who retains her feminine love of pretty things while doing work equal to a man. She was married in the Savoy Chapel to Colonel McGrath, of the War Office. Mrs. Forbes is almost 6ft high, and Colonel McGrath is about 6in taller, and they made a handsome pair. Mrs. Forbes carried a polished ebony stick, with a head of clouded amber. To this was attached a small bunch of slipper orchids. All the color came from flowers or jewels. There was a flaming orange orchid at the waist, and a pendant of clear amber suspended from a black chain. A widebrimmed picture hat, with uncurled feathers, completed the scheme. Mrs. Forbes was not in mourning. Her choice was due to her belief that the black wedding gown was an unexploited possibility. A very well-known and highly re-

spected old resident of New Plymouth died at the hospital on Friday in the person of Mr. Mi eh .'al McManus. He was 63 years of age came here about 1861 with his par ?nts, his father having been in the 57th Regiment. For many years Mr. McManus was employed by the Borough • Council as a paviour, and most of tlie old cobblestone water channels and crossings were constructed by him. and his assistants. When these 'pvent out of fashion he took to the plastering trade. He was a thoroughly ' conscientious hard-svorki n B man and a (good tradesman— a type which is nape too common in these days. The .remains of the late Michael McManus 1 , were laid at rest at Te Henui yesterday afternoon, the Rev. Dean MoKenija conducting the service. The funeral was largely attended, the deceased being a well-known and greatly respected resident of New Plymouth for upwards of

sixty years. A number of beautiful wreaths, including one from the Kawaroa Park Committee, of which, the late Mr. McManus, was an active member, covered the casket. The pall-bearers were Messrs. V. Beale, J. Urry, T. Coad, J. Hosking. H. Moverley, and T. Petty —all members of the Kawaroa Park Committee. The death occurred at his residence, Liardet Street. New Plymouth, on Friday of Mr. Edwin Thompson Perry, aged 81 years. The late Mr. Perry was born on board the Amelia. Thompson in the Bay of Biscay on March 27, 1841, when the ship was two clays out from Plymouth, and took his. second name from the barque. He was descended from old Plymouth stock and one\>f the best known and highly-respected df the pioneer families. He lived his x<(hole life in New Plymouth. By trade M<he late Mr. Perry was a cabinet-maker, and was acknowledged as being at thie head of his business —a really finished tradesman. He had not enjoyed good health for some years past, and during' the past few months had been confined to his room. The deceased was the youngest of the Perry family and the last of his generation, all the family having pre-deceased him, viz., Bennett, William, Francis and Walter, and Frances (Mfrs. G. Lethbridge), Elizabeth (Mrs. S. Ford), and Mary (Mrs. Thos. Harrison). His brothers, Bennett and Waiter, went to the Wairarapa and died there, but there are a number of their descendants resident and well known in that district. The--4—lSHgt » gigflg, ■—