PERSONAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3052, 24 November 1908, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Mr J. B. Brown, of the staff of the Masterton branch of the Bank of New Zealand, who has been promoted to the banic s Waipawa branch, will leave for that place to-day. A Press Association telegram from Timaru states that Mrs Barklie, wife - of Rev. Barklie, died at Geraldir.e yesterday, as the result of injuries received through being thrown out of a gig on Saturday last. Mrs Gibb, wife of the Rev. Dr. Gibb, of Wellington, has been operated on in Melbourne for appendicitis. Private advice was received in Wellington on Saturday night, stating that the operation was successful, that the patient was still weak, and that the doctors had hopes for a com- • plete recovery. The death is reported of Mrs Sisson, wife of Mr W. Sisson, orchardist, of Frimley, sister of Messrs H. Hepworth (chemist) and E. Hepworth, and Mesdames A. F. Anderson and J. G. Mayo, of Palmerston North. Mrs Sisson leaves four children. Miss Rosina Buckmann, who is well-known in Masterton, appears to ; have captivated the Australian critics, particularly with her performance in "Maritana." The Syd-! ney "Referee" says:—As Maritana, Miss Rosina Buckmann was the success of the evening. The New Zealand lady made a captivating heroine, and her voice, which is of an agreeable quality, told out well in the ensembles. Her most noteworthy successes were "The Harp in the Air" and "Scenes That are Brightest." Of course, she has a great deal to do, but she does it so consistently well that there is nothing but praise to be written concerning the representation. The death occurred on Sunday, after a short illness, of Alexander Mcßeth, J.P., a farmer, near Marton. The deceased was born in Wellington in 1844. His father carried on an extensive wholesale and retail business in Wellington unti 1854, then he sold out, taking up land in Rangitikei, known as Dunsinane. He was the first to introduce ' sheep to the Rangitikei district. The deceased ioined the volunteers, serving in the late Captain Willcock's company during the Maori disturbances. He took an active part in politics, being a member, till recently, of the Rangitikei and Manawatu Licensing Benches, and President of the Liberal Association. He leaves a wife and three daughters. He was a brother of the ex-Chief Postmaster at Wanganui.