PERSONAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3028, 27 October 1908, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Mr Samuel Coleman, a well-known | Canterbury settler, died on Saturday at Riverside, near Amberley, at, the -age of eighty-three. Mr H. C. Kerr, the Taranaki walker, who competed in the Olympic sports at the Franco-British Exhibition, returned to New Zealand by the Paparoa on Saturday. Mr H. J. Hansen, a resident of Hokitika since 1865, and formerly proprietor of the Post Office Hotel and Princess Theatre, is dead. '.'■■ The death occurred at Morrison's Bush, on Friday last, of Miss Hilda McNamara, only daughter ot Mr and Mrs McNamara, of Morison's Bush. i - Mr J. Young, atation and' postmaster at Featherston, has receiveel notice of his promotion to Grey•moutfa, and will leave by Friday'/ boat for the South. The daath is .announced of Mr Shrimpton, secretary of the, Forbury Land Company (Dunedin), and at one time a prominent volunteer. Under the heading "ALnost a Centenarian," the "Kirkintilloch Her- ■•■ aid," of August 26th, announced the death of Mr James Thomson in;his» * 99th year, and paid a glowing tribute, to his worth. Kirkintilloch is a town in Dumbartonshire, Scotland, and Mr Thomson was one of its old- - est and most respected residents. He •occupied a prominent position in Methodist, Church and temperance work for many years, and his spiritual ministrations were .very highly, appreciated. The family consists of seven sons and three daughters, the eldest being now about 70 years of age and the youngest | about 50. Mr W. B. Thomson,, of*< the Napier Railway Workshops, is •one of the deceased gentleman's sons. Captain J. Taylor, J.P.,, has been superintendent of the Tawa Flat Sunday School since he himself founded it more than fifty-fright. years ago. record having been reported to the London Sunday School Union, it sent out a Diploma of Honour, which on Saturday afternoon was presented to Captain Taylor by Mr J. G. W. Aitken, J.P., as president of the Wellington Sunday School Union. An impressive service was held, the speakers laying emphasis r.ot only on Captain Taylor's length of service, but also on the valuable nature of the work done. Feeling reference was also made to the life and work of Mrs Taylor, who has rendered her husband valuable assistance throughout. Captain Taylor is *iow 85 years of age. ■ " News has been received in Christ■church of the death at Chepston, Monmouthshire, Wales, of Mr Sydney Buckland Harris, for many years a resident of Little River, and a prominent figure on a number of local bodies. Mr Harris arrived, in Canterbury in 1874. At several meetings of the New Zealand Rifle Association he took a leading place, toeing an excellent shot. In his pri•vate capacity be accompanied the Bisley team to Great Britain on the occasion of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, and at the meeting shot remarkably well, securing a number of prizes. Previous to his departure for Great Britain, on a holiday tour ..some months ago, Mr Harris announced his' intention of being a candidate for the Ellesmere , doming general election, after his arrival at JHome he had a stroke of paralysis.