PERSONAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9599, 20 September 1909, Page 4

PERSONAL.

! Mr J. B. Harcourt has been -re* 1 elected president of the . Wellington J Racing Club. j The Rev. Dr Cleary, editor of the "Tablet," Dunedin,, will in. November celebrate the silver jubilee of his s ordination to the priesthood, and i about the same time will leave on E a holiday trip to the Home Country.! A. M'Donald, captain of the Otagu , football team, and an ex-All Black, . played his last game against Can* f terbury on Saturday last. In consequence of his decision not' to again j don the jersey, owing to His joining . the ranks of the Benedicts, his admirers intend to present him with a substantial testimonial. A handsome monument has been • erected in the Karori Cemetery .by - the West Coast, South Island travel* i lers to the memory of Mr C. E. j Bird, »ho lost his life in the wreck ; of the Penguin, Mr Bird was a re» presentative on that coast for Messrs i T. and W. Young for a number of ' years. i So far three New Zealand candii dates—the Revs. P. B. Fraser, , Alex. White (Havelock). and Dr .. Prank Dunlop (Invercargill)-—have been nominated for the vancant i chair of apologetics and systematic theology in Divinity Hall, in "con.- ! nection with the Presbyteriam ! Church. The many friends of Mrs P. Armstrong, of High Street, Carterton*, who has been in indifferent for the past few weeks, writes our correspondent, will be pleased to hear that she is now well on the to id to> convalescence, and able to take outdoor exercise. , The sympathy nf the cummmitp will be extended to Mr George Allen,, of Taratahi, who on Saturday morning suffered a bereavement by the: death of his wife, writes our Carterton correspondent. The late Mrs Allen had been in ill health for some time, heart disease being the ultimate cause of death. At the annual social the supDiiersrto the Rongokokako Cheese Factory; on Thursday evening last, Mr.J. A. Daysb, who had resigned' from theDirectorate, was presented with a large easy chair as a mark of esteem. Mr W. Elliott, in making the presentation, on behalf of the' suppliers, said that Mr Daysh had* been one of tne promoters of the; Company, and its biggest supplier; Mr Daysh acknowledged the presentation in suitable terms. The Management Committee of the Wairarapa Rugby Union held its final meeting for the year oii Saturday evening last, when votes of thanks were passed to the Chairman (Mr A. B. Charters) and Secretary (Mr J. M. Nichnlls) for services rendered. Mr Charters is, deserving of a special word of" praise for the able manner in which, as . Chairman, he conducted • thebusiness of the Union; his tact, judgment and keen business abilitybeing of the utmost value to the Union during the trying period! through which it has passed thisyear.