PERSONAL.
A London cable reports the death of Mr. Edmund Blair Leighton, the artist, aged 69; and the Rev. Haydn Green, formerly chaplain to Archbishop Donaldson. of Brisbane. Mr. Frederick William Exley, of Birkdale, died on Saturday, after a brief illness, at the age of 65. He was employed on the accountancy staff of John Burns and Company, of Auckland. The death occurred at Clareville on Thursday of . Mrs. Louisa Robinson, wife of Mr. W. Robinson, a well-known settler of the Wairarapa district. The deceased lady, who was 63 years of age, had not enjoyed the best of health for some time. She had been a resident of the district for 40 years, and leaves a grown-up family. One of the early settiers at Thames and a highly-respected resident has passed away in the person of Mr. Peter Weir. Bom at Kilmarnock in 1853, Mr. Weir arrived at Auckland in the ehip Mary Shepherd, when a boy of 16. For a time he worked at the Kuranui and other batteries in Thames, and in 1895 he was appointed battery manager at the May Queen mine, from which position he retired some 10 years ago. -By the death of Mrs. Eliazfoeth LinDell, who passed away on Saturday morning, at her residence, Upper Queen Street, Onehunga, one more link with the old colonial days is gone. Mrs. Linnell was born in Enfield, London, in 1837. Shortly after her marriage she and her husband left England for South Africa, where they settled in 1858. They subsequently decided to try New’Zealand, and arrived in Auckland in 1864 by the Stein Warder, settling in Waiuku.
A pleasing function took place at Auckland, when a deputation .from the office of the Auckland Labor Department waited on Mr. T. Harle Giles to hand tj him a case of pipes and tobacco pouch Mr. G. H. Lightfoot, officer in charge, in making the presentation, said that all officers of the department greatly regretted Mr. Giles’ retirement. He assured him that he carried with him their respect and esteem. Mr. Giles, in reply, thanked the deputation' for the kindly remarks. It was a source of great gratification to him tp realise how many friends he had gained during his long period of service as Conciliation Commissioner.
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Taranaki Daily News, 6 September 1922, Page 4
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377PERSONAL. Taranaki Daily News, 6 September 1922, Page 4
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