PERSONAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3139, 16 March 1909, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Mr Hone Piripi has withdrawn from the contest for the Northern Maori seat. Mr W. T. Wood has decided not to contest the Palmerston North mayoral election. Mr A. East, assistant master at the Clyde Quay School, has been appointed to a position on the staff of the Napier High School. Mr J. A. Kinsella, late Dairy Commissioner, and at present Chief Dairy Expert to the Government of West Australia, has been appointed to a position in New South Wales. The Prime Minister (Sir Joseph Ward) will ieave Wellington for Marton to-day, to attend a complimentary banquet to Mr John Stevens, for many years member of Parliament for the district. Mr G. L. Cook, of Stratford, District Engineer to the Public Works Department, left on Saturday on a trip to England. Mr C. J. M'Kenzie, of Ohakune, is in charge during his absence. The death is reported of Mr Daniel Sheedy, proprietor of ths Brian Boru Hotiil, Greymouth. Deceased was a native of Kilwarth, County Cork, Ireland, and settled in Greymouth in 1865. He leaves a widow, two sons and four daughters. Mr R. 0. Batchelar has severed his connection with the Bank of New Zealand, Woodville, where he has been junior clerk for over two years. He will join his father in the management of his farm at Fitzherbert. At Featherston on Saturday last, Mr C. J. Carlyon, of Featherston, was married to Miss Annie S. Cundy, eldest daughter of Mr John Cundy, of Featherston. Miss Nellie Cundy was bridesmaid, and Mr R. W. Roydhouse best man. Mr Hector Nicolson was on Saturday presented by the companionship ofthe"Otaki Mail" with a handsome case of cutlery. Mr Frank Penn, proprietor, in making the presentation, wished the recipient, who is to be married at Wellington on Welnesday, every possible happiness. An old New Zealand boy, Mr C. W. B. Littlejohn, has gained the Rhodes Scholarship for Victoria for 1909. ' He is a son of Mr W. Littlejohn, j M.A., who was for some years prin- ! cipal of the Nelson College, and is j now principal of the Scots .College, j Melbourne. Mr C. W. B. Littlejohn is only 19 years of age, yet he has had a brilliant career at the Nel- I son and Scots Colleges, and also at the Melbourne University.

The success in the literary world of an old Masterton boy, the Rev. J. W. Burton, who has previously done very distinctive work, ha 3 again been marked by the appearance of a scholarly article in a recent number of the world's leading theological publication— "Hibbert's Journal." The article is entitled "Christian Missions as Affected by Liberal Theology," and in it not only does the author display a profound capacity for thought, but he exhibits literary characteristics of a highly developed order, and which promises to make a name for the young theologian.