PERSONAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3156, 6 April 1909, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Messrs Day, rTiestly, Marston and Wild, who were members of the Antarctic expedition, will leave by the Paparoa for London on Monday. Mr Alfred Butement, son of Mr John Butement, of Masterton, has returned from the Old Country, where he had been studying electrical engineering.

A Press Association telegram from Hastings, received yesterday afternoon, stated that Mrs G. P. Donnelly, who has been seriously ill for some time, is in a most critical state. She, however, spent a very quiet night.

Mr J. H. Sheath retains the position of chief postmaster at Napier till the end of June. His retirement under the age limit should have taken place earlier, but he was requested to continue in office till the return of the department's secretary from England. The Governor and his staff are deerstalking an Mr Riddiford's Te Awaite station. On 15th April his Excellency and party will leave for the Bay of Islands in the Tutanekai. On sth May Lord Plunket will attend the annual communication of the Masonic Grand Lodge at Ntw Plymouth. Mrs Nesbit, a very old and highly resp°cted rssident of Masterton, d ; ed at the Palmerston North Hospital on Sunday last. The deceased' was on her way from Wanganui to Masterton, dnd suddenly took ill* She was taken to the. Palmerston North Hospital, where she died after ten days' illness. Mrs Nesbit was highly respected, and had a large circle of friends. She assisted in organising the first Sunday School in connection with the Catholic Church.

Yesterday afternoon, Mr Percy Rose, of the firm of Rose and Mason, met with a serious accident while working on a building at Martinporough. A sudden gust of wind whirled a sheet of iron into the air, Mr Kose being struck by one end on the face, and having three ' teeth knocked out and a severe wound made i,n his lip.- Mr Rose came to 'Masterton for medical attendance, and it was found necessary to put three stitches in the wound. The death occurred in a private hospital in Masterton on Sunday evening laet of Mrs Manning, wife of Mr D. Manning, of Rangitumau The deceased, wh3 was a daughter of Mr Jorgensen, of Mauriceville, was only 25 years of age, and had been married six years. A husband and two children are left to mourn their loss, and they will have the sympathy of a large circle of friends in their bereavement. The funeral will leave Masterton on Wednesday, at noon, for Mauriceville. ' Mr A. Bewley, ot Masterton, who recently passed his solicitors' examination, and intends pr&ctising his profession* in New Plymouth, will leave for that town this morning. Mr Bewley took a keen interest in golf, tenn's, and cricket, and was a prominent player in each of these'pastimes. He was also secretary of the Wairaiapa Cricket Association. On Saturday evening last Mr Bewley was entertained at a farewell social by the law clerks of Masterton, at which Mr O. Pragnell presided, and presented with a handsome set of L. and Co. pipes. During his residence in Masterton, Mr Bewley made himself very popular, and he will carry with him the best wishes of a large circle of friends for his future welfare.