PERSONAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9692, 17 January 1910, Page 5

PERSONAL.

At a late hour last ev.ning there was no improvement in the condition of Mr J. Armstrong, the victim of the motor accident at Ppaki last Thursday. Mr Edward Seager, well-known for many years in foundry and engirering nrcles, died cn Saturday night, aged 66. He came to Wellington 40 years aero, and was father of the engineering industry in Wellington, The death ocurred at Bokitika on Tuesday, reports the "Greymouth Star," of Mr Warren, senr., who has been a resident of the Coast since 1865. He was present at the opening of the Kumara Rush. When the schools resume after the holiday vacation, Mr R. Darroch, headmaster at Mitchelltown, will take charge at Roseneath, and Mr J. Malcolm, headm aster at Scarborough, will transfer to Mitchelltown. The many JMastertou friends of A. C. MacDonell, late starter for the Masterton Racing CluD, and lately a j well-known stock agent, resident in this town, will regret to learn of the | his wife. The deceased lady very much esteemed in Masterton. She has been ailing for a considerable time past, and since the family removed to Mangamahu (in the Wanganui district) she has been under constant medical attention. The funeral of the late Mr Leonard Moore took place at the Masterton Cemetery on Saturday afternoon last. The cortege w«»s a large and representative one, friends and relatives being present from various parts of the province. A large number of beautiful floral emblems, testi-' fying to the respect Jin which the decased was held, were laid upon the grave. The burial service was conducted by Rev. W. Raine. The pallbearers were Messrs 0. C. Cooper, C. J. Bennett, Hugh McKay and C. Drummona McMaster. ' A pleasing ceremony was per- I formed on Saturday when the staff of i the local branch ot the New Zealand j Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., j Ltd., assembled m the manager's < room to bid farewell to Mr E. J. Mirams, who has been transferred to the Hamilton branch of the Company. Mr F. W Carey, on behalf of the staff, in asking Mr Mirams to accept a handsome travelling bag, said that they felt they zould not let him depart from their midst without showing in some degree their regard and esteem for his many excellent qualites. The recipient suitably responded. Mr Mirams will leave Masterton to-day. The death is afiiidUiiCed of Mrs J. Y. Stevenson, who passed away at her residence, Remuera, Auckland, on Thursday. The deceased lady was a daughter of the late Mr Archibald Clark, and came to New Zealand from Scotland in 1849. she had resided in Auckland ever since. In 1862 she married Mr J.Y. St.venson, a partner in the fi tn of Archibald Clark and Son?, LtShe survived her husband many years. She leaves three sons, two of whom are farming at Waingnroa. The eldest son is Mr A. Stevenson, of the firm of .Archibald Clark ard Sons, Ltd. Word has been received of the ! ieath at Blenheim of Mr G.' K. j Wakelin, a native of Wellington, j and formerly well known in journal- j istic circles in New Zealand, at the j age of 58. Deceased was the youngest 1 I ion of Mr Richard Wakeiin. He ! ;raduated in the composing room of j i printing office, and afterwards for I nany years editor of the "Pelorus j Guardian," Havelock. More recently i le was in business for himself as a general printer in Blenheim. He eaves a widow and family of six sons and daughters, the eldest of whom is Mr William Wakelin, an accountant in the General Post Office, Wellington. The death took place at Wellington on Thursday, of Mr Stephen Denison Cronin, architect, aged 40 years. The deceased came to Wellington from Mr F. Q. Petre's office, Dunedin and represented that gentleman at the construction of the Basi'lca, Hill street, for which Mr Petre's plans were accepted. At the conclusion of that contract Mr Cronin commenced practice in this city on his own account. The deceased, who was for a time engaged in the engineer's department of the Harbour Board, leaves a widow and two children. Mr William Jennings Bryan, of Lincoln, Nebraska, who twice unsuccessfully contested the Presidency of the United States, has written to a friend in Australia seating that he intends visiting the colonies at an eaily cJate. Mr Bryan has twice received over six million votes for the Presidency, and is a lawyer by profession. He is a very eloquent speaker, and is a man of remarkable personality. For some years he has "conducted a paper in Lincoln called "The Commoner," which is devoted to political and social questions.