PERSONAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3022, 20 October 1908, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Mr William Forrest, of Greenmeadows, died on Sunday nt th* age .of 72 years. He was an old seuler of tHawke's Bay. There" has been considerable improvement during the last few days 'in the health of Mrs Jones, of Carterton, who has been seriously ill. Mr H. M. Stowell (Haere Hongi) haa taken over rthe leadership of the Maori class in connection with the Wellington tf.M.C.-A., which was startod.byMrA. T. Ngata, M.P. ; Word .has been received in Roxburgh that the .Rev. Father Gfary, -who was for six years in charge of the Roman Catholic Church there; liad been accidentally drowned at Waterford, Ireland. The death occurred -at Napier on Saturday, iin :her sixty-fourth year, of.Mis Annie Spencer, relict of the late Dr W. T. Spencer. Dr Spencer was surgeon to vthe 1-ath Royal Irish . in Napier. Miss MacEetvaie, of Heathfield, Palmerstqn South, daughter ot the late Sir John MacKenzie, who has been on a visit to friends in Masterton, left yesterday morning for Wanganui. Mr J. Bailie, of 'Carterton, has been elected one <of the representatives of the central district on the Pharmacy Board .of New .Zealand. This is the first time a country member has been elected ito the Board. Mr G. A- Troop, Office Engineer ■of the Maintenance Branch of the Railway Department, has returned to Wellington from a tour *oond the world, undertaken for of his health. He has been •medically assured that if he as careful for a year or so his health will be as (robust again as ever it has been in the .past. Miss Dolly Catt, a young daughter of Mr John Catt, of Mastertou, who injured herself somewhat seriously rthrough falling from a bicycle on Saturday week last, cutting herself on a bottle she was carrying which broke when she fell, is now progressting favourably towards recoveryShe is still an inmate of the Masterton Hospital. Or Coughtrey, a well-known medical practitioner, died at Duijedin last Saturday night, after an illness extending over nine days. The cause of death was heart trouble. The de- ' ceased graduated at Edinburgh University with honours, and came to Dunedin in 1875 to fill the position of Professor of Anatomy at Otago University. He was previously demonstrator at Liverpool University. After filling the position of Professor of Anatomy there for some years, he went into private practice. The deceased he£d the commission of surgeon-major in the defence forces, and held the position of local secretary of the Royal Humane Society for some year-u. It is understood that he served as a volunteer civil surgeon in the Franco-German war. He took a keen interest in local affairs, and was a member of the Drainage Board, and president of the Otago Rugby Unfcon from 1887 till 1890 inclusive. After the death of Dr Burns, deceased was appointed gaol surgeon. Mrs. S. H. Walker, 230 fcumiTrny-st., Ballarat, Vic, writes: " Have used Chamberlain's' Cough Bemedy for four years,and known it is excellent. Have found it most beneficial. Can recommend it to Anyone. In fact have done bo many times and it has accomplished good results in every case." For sale by all chemists and Storekeepers,