PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 January 1922, Page 4

PERSONAL.

A cable from Rome states that the Right Rev. P. O’Donnell, Bishop of Raphoe, has been promoted Archbishop of Atalia and Coadjutor to Cardinal Logue. It is stated by a Palmerston paper that Mr. G. V. Pearce, late member fo* Patea, will again contest the seat at the next general election against ‘Mr. Dixon, the sitting member. ' A London cable reports the death of Dr. John Brown, 8.A., D.D., a retired Congregationalist minister. Dr. Brown was the author of many well-known publications, including “John Bunyan'* and “The Pilgrim Fathers of New England.”

A Dunedin telegram reports the death of Mr. E. C. Patterson, of the firm of N. and E. S. Patterson, land and estate agents. Deceased was week-ending at Warrington, where he was seized with acute appendicitis. The Rev. E. L. Harvie, who was for some time vicar of Inglewood, and now of Epsom, Auckland, is at present on holiday-leave in this district, being the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Dean, of Norfolk Road. On Sunday evening he conducted the service at St. Andrew’s Church, when there <as a very large congregation.

Mr. S. C. Owen, M.A., Inspector of Schools, died yesterday morning of heart failure, following on a brief illness, reports a Press telegram from Christchurch. He leaies a widow, a son and a daughter. Deceased, who was about 56 years of age, was born in London and came to the Dominion in his boyhood. He was an assistant and a master in several schools before being appointed Inspector in 1911. He was a skilled musician and for upwards of a quarter of a century was honorary organist at the Trinity Congregational Church.

A social was held at the Salvation Army Hall, New Plymouth on Mondajevening to farewell Captain and Mrs Flintoff, who have recently been accepted for officership in the Army. For nearly eight years Mr. and Mrs. Flintoff have been soldiers in the local corps and during this time they nave gained the confidence and esteem of every member. Commandant Middlemiss presented the captain, on behalf of the band, with a nicely bound Bible, while Mrs. Flintoft was presented with a handbag. Both the captain and his wife feelingly responded and thanked all for their good wishes. Captain and Mrs. Flintoff and family leave for Carterton this morning. News was received by cable on Monday of the death in London of Mr. Charles Edward Horton, third son of the late Mr. A. G. Horton, one of the former proprietors of the New Zealand Herald. The late Mr. Charles Horton suffered the unfortunate disability of being deaf from early infancy, and was the first pupil entered on the books of the Sumner School for the Deaf, neajf Christchurch, where he was educated in the oral system. Mr. Horton was a keen sportsman all his life, and his greatest interest centred in yachting, Some years ago he commissioned Mr. Logan to build the Ariki for him, and during his ownership of this well-known yacht, carried his flag to victory on several occasions. In addition to his love of sport, Mr. Horton was extremely fond of travel, and prior to the war he visited the East, Central Europe, and North America. In spite of the handicap of his deafness he frequently went for ‘long tours in foreign countries without any companion. Mr. Horton contracted influenza during the epidemic of 1918, and this left him with an extremely weak heart, which was the cause of his death at the early age of 48.

By the death of Mr. Walter Bewley the ranks of those intimately connected with the early development of the Inglewood district have been furher reduced (writes our Inglewood correspondent). Settling first near Tariki, he soon made his presence felt, as one who meant to prove what could be done by practical treatment of Taranaki land. From the start Mr. Bewley took keen interest in any movement for the advancement of the community, was one of the promoters of the old Moa Farmers’ Club, whose monthly meeting for discussion of matters of general interest to the men on the land bore good fruit, and whose annual shows of farm and garden produce were quite a feature in the events of those days. To his example, too, the Tariki district owes some, at any rate, of its present prominence as a centre of the Jersey breeders of Taranaki, for he was one of the first in the Moa Block, if not actually the first, to introduce stud cattle of that breed amongst the settlers. In that . and other ways he showed that he believed in securing the best to be had of whatever line he decided to develop, and so set an example which has been followed, to their advantage by some of his former fellow settlers, many of whom will have learned with regret that he has passed on, and will sympathise sincerely with his bereaved family.