PERSONAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9691, 15 January 1910, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Captain Mowlem, a very old and respected resident of the Manawatu. is seriously ill. Mr J. H. Gruar having resigned his post as conductor of the Hutt and Petone Citizens' Brass Band, Lieutenant Herd has been appointed in his stead.

Mr Beaumont Read, the well- I known alto singer, died at Adelaide I suddenly on Wednesday, the sth inst., aged 77 years. He sang at the Sydney Exhibition on Christmas Eve, 1874, and afterwards toured Australia with Madame Anna Bishop, Charles Lascelles and others. Mr J. Armstrong, the victim of the motor-car accident, at Opaki, on Thursday evening, is in a very serious condition; his chest is badly crushed, a number of ribs are broken, and his spine is also injured. There was a slight improvement in his conditon late last evening. An old and respected resident of Hastings, Mr Lawrence Cottle, died on Tuesday, nt the age of 52 years. He was a sun of the Rev. Mr Cottle, of Auckland. Some years ago he figured as one of the most accomplished and fearless horsemen in crosscountry riding seen in Hawke's bay. For several seasons he acted as Deputy-Master to the Hawke's Bay Hunt Club, /it one time Mr Cottle carried on business in Hastings as a stock and commission agent, and by upright business method and his genial disposition made a large circle of friends. The death of Mrs R. R. Hutcheson, which occurred at Bulls on Tuesday, removes one of the oldest residents on the West Coast. It will be remembered by the earliest settlers of the district, and particularly those living at Bulls, that Mrs Hutcheson carried on business with her husband about twenty years ago both in the Rangitikei and the late Criterion hotels in that township. They afterwards went to the Taraiiaki district, and occupied several well-known hotels in New Plymouth, Stratford, Ingle- ! wood, and Hawera. About two years ago Mr and Mrs Hutcheson returned to Bulls and took over the Clifton Hotel. The late Mrs Hutcheson was born in Scotland, and was married in Wellington in 1880. A family of six, all grown up, two sons and four daughters, are left. still another gap has been made in the fast-thinning ranks of Wangauui's old settlers, through the death of Mrs Elizabeth Morrison, who passed away on Sunday, at the age of 72 years. The deceased lady, who was a native ol Montrose, Scotland, came to New Zealand with her husband, Mr Robb, in the ship Wild Duck 44 years ago last Christmas Day. She "made her home in ° Wanganui, and, with the exception of twelve months, during which time she visited her native country, she resided here till the time of her death. Mr Robb died 28 years ago, and Mr? Robb married Mr Thos. Morrison, who passed away some six years ago.