PERSONAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10146, 16 December 1910, Page 5

PERSONAL

Mr E. R. Heyes has been appointed superintendent of the National Provident Fund. The- death, has occurred at Paliiatua, at the age of 80, of Mrs E. Bacon, relict of the late Mr F. Bacon. The Rev.""" J. C. Fitzgerald, and other members of the Anglican Mission party, left for England by the Ruapehu yesterday. Madame Betty Brooke, a distinguished English singer, who has taken a leading part on the concert platform in London, and filled many important private engagements, arrived at Wellington by the Ulimaroa from Sydney on Wednesday. The position of Officer Commanding the Wellington district, vacated by' Colonel Baizchop, has been filled hy the appointment of LieutenantColonel E. W. C. Chaytor, late Act-ing-Dizector of Military Training and j Education. I

Dr Valintine, Inspector-General of Hospitals, who was present at the conference held at Greyto>vn yesterday in connection with the proposed Home for chronic cases, left for Wellington by the afternoon •train.

The death, is reported of Mr John Dobson, clerk and surveyor, to the Ashley Road Board, Canterbury. The deceased, who arrived in Lyttelton in 1865 by the ship Mermaid, first found--employment as a school-teach-er,,'being for'eleven years in charge of .the Cust School. •.

A presentation was made to Mr and Mrs Peterson, at Carterton yesterday afternoon, by their pupils. An afternoon tea had been organised, and at this very pleasant gathering Mr J. T. M. Honisby, on behalf of ISe pupils, presented to Mrs Peterson a lovely amethyst bangle, and to Mr Peterson a gold locket. Songs were sung by a number of the pupils and a most enjoyable time was spent..

Mr I. W. Kayinuiia, i«. invercar.gill, was a candidate for the Carlisle seat in the Unionist interest at- the .general election now proceeding. "Some months ago," states Mr Raymond, "I was offered a seat not iar'from London in the Conservative and Unionist interests, but, recognising it as a seat that any candidate on our side can annex next election, I preferred to take on one that had to be fought for. Carlisle was unanimously offered to me by the local .party, and I have accepted the nomination, so this will help to keep me in form, and from ennui." So far the cable has been silent as to Mr Raymond's Jfate.

The Greymouth Star records the death of Mr John Oxenham, of Koiterangi. The deceased, who had been ■following farming, pursuits in the Kokatahi and Koiterangi districts i'or the past 35 years, was born at JS T ew Plymouth, New Zealand, and was nearly 70. years of age, over 40 of which had been spent on the West Coast. He was unmarried. The deceased, -who had served with distinction in the Maori wars, and waa mentioned in despatches, was known very generally as "Taranaki Jack," and his ability as a stockman was rated very high by the pastoral community.