PERSONAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10093, 15 September 1910, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Councillor John Morris has almost quite recovered from his recent illness, and was able to take his seat at the mating of the >;Masterton borough Council on Tuesday. ■ . Mr William Cable, the well-known ironfourijjer, sustained a fracture of the jaw "and other serious injuries on Tuesday, through a motor car, in h'e/;ffv.as : drivmj|tf colliding with a wire rope. Owing to his continued illness, Councillor Joseph Prentice has been given three months' leave of absence 'by the Masterton Borough'! Council. ,",.".. ' I Private advice was . received, in Wellington on Tuesday night;jof the 'of Mf ■ W. m. t British .National Secretary of the Y.M.C.A.; fv Mr iohri Fuiler,/or firm: of i Fuller, aitd Sons, the ; well-known \ Blomaart, and mother of Mrs D. Threadwell,' of:'Masterton, died in i the Hospital on Tuesday. The fun-eral-will take place to-day. ■ | Mr Richard Riddlford, of Tablelafldsj Martiiiboroqgh, who has been oh'.a visijt td" Australia-,, returnedptp Wellirigtbn by the Moana yesterday.- "■ •'„. ■■'■■

Mr F. : Holloway, rr and J£!ss way, of Masterton; who aire at present on a trip to the Old Country/ will leave for New Zealand by the Arawa this week, arriving here early in' November. ■-.•• . The Prime Minister stated in the House of Representatives on Tuesday that Major-General Godley,. the new Goriufiandant of the New Zcar land Forces';'will leave Liverpool for New Zealand On October 7th. .: The many friends of Mjr William P. Palmer, senior railway guard; on the Wanganui:. section, will be .very sorry to hear of his deatih, which occurred through a Berious attack ef appendicitis afc' the Wanganui Hosl pitaL .:•; \.' : -. - ; •'.' ■ -.•■ ■ - : A. quiet wedding was celebrated,at the residence of Mrs J.: Joyce, Masterton, yesterday,, the contracting parties being Mr . /Edgar Theodorq / Joyce, yourigest son of the late Mri T. Joyce, and Miss Edith Burkin, eldest daughter of Mr G- Burkin, of Waipawa. The ceremony was: performed by the Rev. C. H. .Olds. Mr Richard Barber, a very old, resident' of. Wellirigton, died yester-, day. Deceased was a brother of the late Jameß, Henry, and Edward Barber, who carried on an extensive butchery business in Wellington for. many years. He leaves a widow" and/ grown-up'fainily. ' .. ;