PERSONAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10145, 23 January 1911, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Tlje Rev. Albert Pearse, a. veteran .South Sea Islands missionary,- is dead. 1 .Madame Dolores left Sydney for •New Zealand by the Moeraki on Saturday. Mr E. Page has signified his in ten- j tion of offering himself for re-election for the Mayoralty of Eketahuna., j Prince Leopold of BaUenuurg is to be given a civic reeeption on his arrival in Wellington on Wednesday. Mr J. K. Hornblow, proprietor of the Manawatu Herald, is at present a visitor to Masterton. A London cable states that the Rov. Talbot, Bishop of Southwark, has been appointed Bistibp, of Winchester. Mr John G. Cavanagli, an old resident of Hamua, died last week, and was buried on Sunday. Mr Watson, of Timaru, has been aj> pointed to succeed Mr Paton as staironmaster at Dannevirke. The New Zealand teachers, >vho have been touring Australia, werev amongst the passengers on the Moe- ' raki, which sailed from Sydney or. Saturday. . . Mr Alex. McKenzie, an "old bo> !! of Masterton, who is at present first assistant in the, South Wellington school, is on a visit to relatives ins this, district.! ; Mr Thomas Smith, of Kaiwaewae, who is ninety years of age, yesterday celebrated the 71st anniversary of; his arrival in Wellington. ' Mr James Pauling, of Masterton, lias signified his intention of becoming a candidate for one of the vacant seats on the Trust Lands Trust at its next election. ~v . s Mr H D. Bedford, Professor of Economics at the Dunedin University, will iconduct a No-License campaign in the .Wairarapa electorate in March nex^7;'_ 7 s V' 7 ■■;; of Feildiiig - ; has Befen appointed to succeed' Captain Adams in charge of the Masterton corps; of the Salvation Army. >7' The engagement is announced of Miss Newall, youngest7daughter7< ■of Colonel Newall, C.8.. to Professor . Picken, of Victoria College, Wellingjiton.''' - . ,77.-/- .'. A London cable states that Miss Marie Lohr made a great success .in Pinero's light comedy, "Persevering Mr Paumure." , Mr and Mrs J. Torrey, erstwhile residents of Masterton, were " enter- : tained at a farewell social at Taihape on Friday evening last. Mr and Mrs Torrey have made themselves deservedly popular in the district. . Mr Hauriui Tawhiao, son. of the late 1 King Tawhiao, and brother, of the preI sent King Mahuta, contemplates standing for the Western Maori Electorate District at the next; . general as 4 of-the present G;Overnment. Mr Hannui Tawhiao is popular amongst the natives., . ; The death occurx-ed at Christchurch on Saturday of Mr Alexander Cra-croft-Wilson, at - the age of, seventy I years. The late Mr Wilson was the second son of the late Sir John Cra-croft-Wilson, C.8., and was for some years conected with the Bank of New Zealand in Christchurch. Subsequently he became a partner with Mr Henry Sawtell in a merchant's business, and for a good many years held the' position of Registrar of the Canterbury College. He had been an invalid for two or years past.