PERSONAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10222, 25 April 1911, Page 5

PERSONAL

The death occurred 'at Orari on Tuesday of Mr S. Forsyth, 8.A., formerly headmaster of the East Gore School. Mr P. Hally, Conciliation Commissioner, will arrive in Masterton by the midday train on Friday to preside over the sitting of the Conciliation Council. The friends of Mr G. C. Jones, headmaster of the Te Ore Ore school, will be sorry to hear that a sudden attack of sickness has made it impossible for him to attend to his school duties during the last day or two. Old colonists will be interested in learning that a letter has been received by Major General Godley from his cousin, Lord Kilbracken, son-of Mr John Robert Godley, the founder of Canterbury. Lord Kilbracken has been lately created a peer, and he states in his letter that on the supporters of his coat-of-arms he has a representative of the Southern Cross, which he has placed there to show his connection with New Zealand. His title is the name of his estate in Ireland. Mr 0. C. Cooper, manager of the Masterton branch of Messrs Abraham and Williams, is at present on a visit to Palmerston North. The Hon. J. Carroll returned to Wellington from the North on Saturday, and the Hons. T. Mckenzie and D. Buddo from the South on Sunday. A tangi is being held at Onepuni, near Halcombe, oyer the remains of Karatea, and old and distinguished Maori, who died at the advanced age of 95 years. Mr E. Parry, who has been appointed Chief Electrical Engineer in connection with the New Zealand hydro-elec-trical scheme, will leave England lor the Dominion by the Corinthic on the 21st of May. Mr.C. L. Birks, Assist-ant-Engineer, has arrived in Wellington and commenced his duties. Mr True Dal ton, an old resident of Napier, dropped dead whilst walking on the Marine Parade yesterday morning. He was somewhat frail, but otherwise enjoyed good health. Richard Kiliani has been gazetted German Consul-General for the Commonwealth, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. A London cable states that Lord Onslow, one-time Governor of New Zealand, who has been indisposed for j somo time, is now making favourable progress. The Marquis of Lansdowne (Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords) is improving. His recovery has been retarded by a severe cold. Lord Northcote, ex-Governor-General of Australia, is seriously indisposed. The Rev. James McKenzie is to be ordained and inducted at the Shannon Presbyterian Church next Wed-1 day. ) The death is reported of a well-, known citizen of Nelson fpr the last 48 years in the person of Mr William Haddow. Deceased was born in Scotland in 1831, and arrived in Nelson from Australia in 1863. Lieutenant-Colonel R. W. Tate, of Grey town, has been gazetted colonel m command of the Wellington Infantry Brigade. | Mr F. Zillwood, who has resided in, Pahin-tua for some years, is leaving that di-trict shortly to go farming in tho Dalefield district. A London cable announces the death of Mr John Passamore Edwards, ex-M.P. for Salisbury, formerly proprietor of the newspaper "Echo." Deceased had twice most respectfully declined the honour of knighthood. Mr John Mathers, a well-known resident of Taikorea, passed away at the Palmerston North Hospital on Saturday. Mr Mathers, who hails from Belfast, first arrived in New | Zealand 31 years ago. ■ | Mr Charles C. Robertson, connected [ with the Post and Telegraph Depart- I ment since 1807, died at Wellington on Sunday, says a Press Association message. He was 62 years of age. For two years before his death he was in charge of the telegraph engineers' district of Wellington, was previously Inspector of Telegraphs in Nelson, and before i that was officer in charge of the Welington Telegraph Office. Particulars of the sad death of the Rev. T. Warham, Methodist minister at Sandgate, near Brisbane, are now to hand. It appears the deceased clergyman had lately been suffering from dengue fever, and had become somewhat delirious. During Mrs Warham's absence preparing some hot milk for her husband, who was in a high state of fever, he got out of bed unnoticed by anyone, and wandered into the roadway, the parsonage being close to the beach. When the police were informed of his disappearance, his body was found floating near a bathing-house. The deceased was President of the Methodist Conference in 1909, and was a distinguished member of that ministry. He is said to havo had no equal in Queensland as .in authority on rr.odr>'-n litovatv.ro.