NEWSY PASS.

Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10351, 26 April 1911, Page 2

NEWSY PASS.

Oto Te Arolia cm-respondent writes as under 1: "Mr J. L>. Allen, another old and mulch-respectedi passed away a* the ag|e of 77 year*, after a long and trying illness. He \Va,s born in Somerset, England, and came to Now Zealandi about 60 yea-rs ae©>. He raddled in N!ew Plymouth for a number of years and took pait in the Maori war. He camo to Te Aroha aibtout 30 years ago, and for tho la sit ten years has lived a quiet and retired life. TTloaves a widow, five daughters, and two sons to mourn their loss." Bishop Wallis, of Wellington, who las resigned, delivered an- outspoken id'dress to the people the 1 other 1 day. la said that in looking back over a period of 16 years he thought of nany things that he had hoped to do —of the mutters in which he had suc«?,eded and of thel many in which ho md failed. Besides the building of norci churcthes he hadl hoped to see juilt a large pi aide of assemblage for the pooi*, ibut so fa.r 1 it remained! unbuilt. The arrangements in connection with the Gabriel's Gully jubilee celebrations are practically completed. The business people and prominent residents, of Lawrence have entered into the maitter in a whole-hearted mannor, and no stone has been.left nnturned to ensiure the pioineer visitors a mosti hearty Welcome to the socne of theii J early activities and hosr.itablo treatament while there. It is fully expected tha* there will Lie from 200 to 300 of the miners of 1861 present, in addition to many who wcr'e at Gabriel's and adjoining fields from 1862 onwards; The railway aw ith'oritiea hafte met tine committee ir rdCavcl to excursion fares for the ole miners from all parts of the Dominioi: and also for the general public.