PERSONAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9667, 4 December 1909, Page 5

PERSONAL.

~*J Constable L. E. O'flal jran has 5 been appointed clerk to the Pahiatua Licensing Committee. The death is been announced of Mr A. G. Divens, a well-known settler in Marlborough. The deceased has left a widow and two daughters—Mrs F. Oxley, of Picton, and Mrs J. Barr f of Spring Creek. At Greytown on Thursday last, Mr Arthur Haigh, son of Mr and Mrs Sam Haigh, of Greytown, was marlied to Miss Nellie Kob ; nson, daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Harry Robinson, of Greytown. The office bearers of Knox Church , have succeeded in securing the services of Rev. J. B. McDonald, M.A., U.D., recently fr.im Scotland, to supply the puJpit as from March next, during Rev. A. T. Thompson's absence in the Old Country. The death ia reported from Thames of Heta Krwiti (David) Stewart, aged 40, who was a member of the Maori football team which toured Great Britain. Deceased was the owner of a considerable area of native land, and was well-known in sporting circles as the owner of several prominent racehorses. .Mr John Stevanson, J.P., well_K?j)wn manager of the Henley estate, tiaieri, died on Tuesday. Born in Ulasgow, Scotland, in 1840, he came cut to New Zealand with his uncles, Messrs Jas. B. and Charles Stevencon, arriving at Port Chalmers in 1849 by the ship Larkins, says the •'Otago Daily Times " He received his first practical lessons in agriculture at his uncle's farm on the Taieri Plains. He was appointed manager of Rocklands station, Deep Stream, but left that position to become manager of two stations at I Lakes Wanaki and Hawea, owned by the Scottish Trust Company. In ] 1871 he was appointed manager of .';.- the Henley estate, where he has since 'resided, except for some three years spent on a property near Waimate. Mr Stevenson Was a pioneer in the dairying industry, and was for some time chairman of the Nfcw Zealand Dairy Association. He took an interest in Masonic affairs, and was a member of Hiram Lodge, N.Z.C. Mr and Mrs A. Scrimgeour, formerly of Masterton, have severed their connection with the Empire Hotel, Waipawa. Mrs Scrimgeour was the recipient on Wednesday of several valuable presents as mementos of her residence in Waipawa. The Sisters of St. Joseph gave' Mrs a Scrimgeour an autograph album. ■'." bound in Morocco leather. The lady members of St. John's Church gave ber a pair of handsome salt cellars, also a bread board, set in a solid silver Btand. Several townspeople also presented her with a solid gold chain gjjj,pendant, the latter taking the form of a latin cross bearing the inscription 1.5., 1-12-09. During their residence in Waipawa Mr and Mrs Scrimgeour have, by their kindheartedness and liberality, and also by their willingness to assist in any local charity, gained the esteem of the townspeople and their departure will be regretted ■•***