PERSONAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10064, 11 August 1910, Page 5

PERSONAL.

V t , Mr J. R. Simpson, of the Farm- ' ers' Union Advocate, is at ptesent a visitor to- Masterton. Master Thos Hancock, emerging from the Mastei'ton District ''High \ School, has been appointed a cadet - in the Land Office N.w Ply,-, i mouth. Messrs H. Willis and A. Klenner, | Taranaki, Wilt be candidates for the - quarterly examination of territorial ' officers for certificates of the rank of lieu'enanf. t ""i r The appointment of Captain, Felix TemfiJeman;Bellri»"ger to be major of ' . the Fourth Wellington (Taranak*)' ' Rifls Battalion appearß in last week'a I Gazette, ( - Mr H. Hammond, of Bletihefm* who was one of the Main Trunk de» putation to the Prime Minister ss the Wairau feoad Board's' represent ative. had not visited v Wellington for ovfr twenty year* t Mis? Ivy lorns, of the ttaff of tfee Lanadowtie - schooi, who bas been ,-- appointed to a positioa in ,cba r Training College in Wellington, will ' probably leave Masterton for the, Empire City in the course of a few days. " 4 t - Mr W. C. Ring, of ,Hinuera, Waikatn, who werit tu» America three - years ago to study veterinary, science <> r at the Philadelphia University, has ' been appointed assistant house surgeon and selected from the who!a i of the students to -fill a vacancy on the ' staff of the Live Stock, Sanitary Board's Laboratory. 4 .MtJohif McDonald, Well-known ia tjie Wairarapa', - where lie worked on, vt . several stations, died inMhet WeFInigton Hospital^,ifter aV lingering' illness. He was well-!iked aad highly respected b£ all who had the"" pleasure 1 of bis Cacqoaintanr-p, - and ** 1 * had beep itr>New Zealand fifteen ' years, the place, of tiis birth bein£ atßoas-shire,Loch Berron, ScoV- . land. At'the burial Messrs * C.!. Buchanan, Colin Campbell, Ciareviile, and James Mcintosh were < pall bearers. The Rev. J as. son conducted the service at the grave. - *f- ■