PERSONAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9657, 23 November 1909, Page 5

PERSONAL.

fMr H. J. Banaclough, a wellknown Wellington herbalist, died on Sunday morning. >MrJ. Vigor Brown, M. P. for Napier, who has been absent from the House under medical advice for some days, has so far recovered that \Jm returned to Wellington last evening. The Hon. Dr. Findlay was well enough to attend a meeting of the Cabinet yesterday, but the Hon. J. A. Millar, who was also attacked by influenza last week, is still confined to his bed. Mr William John Douglas, a

resident of Tauranga, died at the Waihi Hospital yesterday morning, vara the result of an operation to rean iron staple accidentally swallowed last week while mending a fence. He leaves a widow and family of five -mostly grown up. MrR. C. Hungerford, of Sydney, the well known sportsman, is on a visit to the West Coast. Mr Hungerford is visiting New Zealan d <fc 3fly in connection with the negotiation of reciprocal arrangements between the Australian and New Zealand trotting associations. The Rev. W. T. "York, vicar of Methven, has been appointed vicar of Riccarton, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the Rev. Pp. S. Bowden. The Rev Mr York, who studied at the Bishopdale Theological College, Nelson, was ordained priest in 1899. Mr Frank Taylor, stationmaster at Mataroa, succumbed on Saturday morning to hemorrhage on the brain. "The deceased, who was only 28 years of age, was well known in Wanganui, where he resided for a number of years, being connected with the local railway staff. A widow and two children ~one four years and the otl er three or four months old—are left to mourn their loss. There are many old Wanganui Collegians in the Wairarapa who well •"remember Mr J. Katterns Manning, and they will regret to learn of his death, which took place at the Wan- • ganui Hospital on Friday last. Mr Manning joined the teaching staff of the Wanganui College in J 885, when the late Rev. B. W. Harvey, D.D., was headmaster. In addition to his

• scholarly attainments, Mr Manning has considerable musical gifte, and t was for several years organist and choirmaster at Christ Church, Wan- ■ ganui. Subsequent to severing his connection with the school, he follow-

■ *d the profession of a teacher of xnusic, and was for some time con.vctor of the Wanganui Liedertaftl. «*miring the last few years Mr Man- . ning had acted as tutor in the Mangamahu district.