PERSONAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9584, 2 September 1909, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Mr A. Anthony, the well-known Canterbury representative cricketer, is leaving Christchurch to take up Jiis residence in Auckland. Mr T. K. Maunsell, of Carterton, •was, at Wellington on Tuesday, admitted as a barrister of the Supreme •Court by his Honor Mr Justice Sim. The Acting Prime Minister has received a cablegram stating that Sir -Joseph Ward and party' have arrived at New York. They are all in good ihealth. The death occurred on Tuesday ;last, of Mr Larsen a well-known and highly respected settler of MauriceviMe West. The deceased was the father of Mr Peter Larsen, of the local telegraph staff. Miss Rosina Buckman, whose . parents live at Apiti, and who is well known in Masterton, has been engaged to create the role of Skadi in the dramatic poem "Uller the Bowman" (words by Mr W. J. Curtis, and music by Mr W. Arun'dal Orchard, late of New Zealand), .to he performed at the 150 th concert of the Sydney Liedertafel. Mr W. C. Cargill, of Fatea, and •.formerly of Masterton, was presented with a pair of opera glasses and a ;gold mounted fountain pen by the Patea footballers on the occasion -of his leaving the district. As Mr Cargill is going into business in Stratford his seat on the Wanganui Education Board will become vacant. Mr John Hartley Smith, who had : been for some years a master at the Christchurch Boys' High School, - died on Tuesday after a long illness. The deceased was born in Christ'xhurch and was educated there, gaining distinction as the holder of junior and senior university scholarships •and taking first class honours in ■ Greek and Latin. He was for some years a master of the Timaru High School under Mr G. Hogben, and in " 1904 received an appointment at the Christchurch Boys' High School. 11l ■ health compelled him to obtain leave ■ of absence in May of last year, and he had since become worse. Mr Joseph Scarft, whose death i occurred at Victoria Hospital, Wellington, aged seventy-eight years, was a sergeant in the 18th Royal Iridh Regiment, .and rendered good service to Ins country during the Maori war. He was engaged in operations in the Waikato and West Coast. • On receiving his discharge, he was ..appointed a Parliamentary messenger, a position he occupied for ' very many years. For the last ten years he had been totally blind. He 'was the holder of the New Zealand war medal. Mrs Scarff died twentyeight years ago. The deceased was the father of Mrs Robert H. Davenport, of Wellington, and Mrs T. Kennedy, of Auckland. In conformity with the recent decision of the Government to send instructors round the country in connection with dairying, a tempting ' Offer was made by the Agricultural Department to Mr Clayton, manager • of the Wairoa Dairy Factory, to act as one of r the Instructors (states the Dargaville correspondent of the "'Auckland Star." Mr Clayton, therefore, sent in his resignation to the directors, and at a meeting on • Saturday the position was reviewed. Eventually an arrangement was • made whereby Mr Clayton's valuable services will be retained on the »Northern Wairoa, the directors having offered him higher remuneration. Mr Clayton is now the highest salaried dairy factory manager in the t? Dominion.