PERSONAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9652, 17 November 1909, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Theideath has occurred,at Nelson df Mrs .Temple-Brown, who until a jfewweeko ago, resided ini Greytown Mr WjJI Crooks, Labour M. P. for •Woolwich,: England, and Mrs Crooks, -will.arrive in Wellington ifrom Rotoiima next Thursday, 25th fnst. The Bishop of Wellington, and Mrs Wallis, <who will visit Masterton .to-day, .wjlttoe the guests 01 Mr and Mrs W. H, Eeetham. Mr and M«" D. Donald, rttf.Lans«a&wne, who b&ve been visiting Australia, will return to New Zealand by the boat .'leaving Sydney next Satwday. The friends oi Mr H. 0. Toc&ood, of Kohiwai, wilt be pleased toivarn that he,is making an excellent,recovery from the recent serious oy.er ation he .underwent. The friends of,Mr J- C. Cooper will be pleased toilearn that his litjlle son, who is laid asi.de at Auckland with a cridacail illness, was yesterday reported to the jmend. An oper-< ation appears to have been attended with very successful ,results. At yesterday's meeting of the Wellington Presbytery, the Rev. W. J. Uomrie was appointed Moderator for the ensuing ; s-jx .econths. Mr Comrie will asaume office at the next general meeting of the Presbytery. Mr Wrn. Evans, deputy manager of Ralph's coal mine ,at Huntly, lias died through an affection of the heart, caused through an accident at tije mine some lime ago. He whs fifty years of age, and a married man with a family. A Press Association message, from Au:kland states that the Auckland University has awarded the following scholarships: Gillies Scholarship, H. C. Johnson, 'Jarterton; Sinclair Scholarship, HiHa Adlington, Auckland; Sir George Grey Scholarship, W. A. Gray, Auckland.

jA pliaun* ceremony took' place during an interval at the Masterton Orchestral Society's concert last night, when the Chairman of the Society, Mr H. Inns, took the opportunity, on nehalf of the members, to present Mr Purcall Wehb, the conductor, with a handsome silver mounted baton, in token of their esteem and appreciation of his services Mr Wenb, in expressing thanks for the thoughtful act, said,he had at all times been ably assisted in carrying out his duties by. the members.