PERSONAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9605, 27 September 1909, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Mr Will Crooks, M.P. for Lambeth (a Labour leader in the British House oi Commons), has written to Mr E. Tregear, informing him that Mrs Crooks and he will visit New Zealand thi« spring, and will arrive at Auckland via Sydney early in November. Mr Crooks is a.member of the London Comtv Council,

Mrs Lynch, wife 01 Mr U. Lynch, head messenger in the House of Representatives, died on Thursday night, after a brief illness. Mrs Lynch, who was well-known on tha West Coast in the early days, leaven

t*o daughters, Sisters in the Dominican Convent at Dunedin, and turee sons—Rev. Father Lynch, of the Redemptorist Order, Sydney, and Mr James Lynch and Mr Thomas lynch, both ot Grey mouth. Mr David Craig, formerly general manager for New Zealand of the New Zealand Insurance Company, died at Auckland on Friday. The deceased, who was about seventy years of age, entered the service of the company in 1867, and for many years he was manager for the company at Christchurch. In 1896, he was appointed general manager for New Zealand, and he occupied that position till 1903, when he retired. Since than he has been living in retirement at Auckland.

News has just been received in Otaki of the death of Mr George

Messiter, father of Mr Thos. Mes • f «iter, of Otaki. which occurred at Sydney recently. Deceased, who was aged 84 years, was a very old New Zealand settl.r He resided in Lyttelton in the fearly days, and was very well known there, being the first mail contractor for the conveyance of mails between Lyttelton and Christchurch, before the hill was tunnelled through, and received £SOO oer annum for his services.

Mr Dick Arnst, the champion sculler, purposes going to Nelson early next month and staying there for about a month to train for the \ rowing handicap to be rowed on the Manawatu river at Foxton in December. While the champion is in Nelson the possibility of having the next championship race held there will be fully discussed, Matters have f. already advanced to the extent that rl the necessary backing in the way of stake money can be found locally. The latest advice from Dr. Nisbet, of Dunedin, who writes from the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, is to thu effect that he is making satisfactory progress towards recovery. He states tha he will be fit to return to his duties about the middle of October, but as the First Church Deacons' Court has granted him further leave, it will rest with his medical adviser as to whether he will resume his charge in October or November.