PERSONAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 1036, 17 August 1911, Page 5

PERSONAL.

The funeral of the late Mr J. H. La lloche, of Masterton, takes place at '2.30 o'clock this afternoon. The late Mr Henry Quinn, who died •at Waimate on Friday last, had reached the advanced age of 103 years. The Patea Press chronicles the death of Mr R. Horner, at the ripe age of 90 years. The deceased is survived by four sons and one daughter.' The resignation of Nurse Brown, who has received a position on the Wellington Hospital staff, has Ueen accepted by the Masterton Hospital Trustees. Tho Masterton A. and P. Association is being represented at the A. and P. Conference in Wellington by Messrs W. Perry and D. McGi'egor, junr. A Dunedin telegram states that Mr London- will contest Dunedin North seat in the Government interest. • Mr John' Jackson, Secretary of the Greymouth Wharf Labourers' Union, has been appointed Government labour agent at Greymouth, vice Mr J. C. E. Moston, transferred to Wanganui. Miss Maud Wilson, M.A., at present first assistant at the Riverton District High School, has been appointed mistress of the jiinior school at the Napier Girls' High School. Mr W. Baker, Clerk, of the Magistrate's Court at Taihape, has received notice of his transfer to Waipawa, where, hitherto, the office of clerk of the court lias been filled by the police ■ constable in charge of the district. Mr Baker will enter upon his new duties in Waipawa on September Ist. Mrs Fish, widow of the late H. S. Fiah, a former M.P. for Dunedin, and several times Mayor of the city, died at her • residence, Stafford Street, on 'Tuesday evening. The deceased lady was 64 years of age. It is fifteen years since her husband passed away. The engagement is announced at Wellington of Miss V. Howell, daughter of Mr R. E. Howell, son of the late 'Captain Howell, of Riverton, to Mr R. G. Blow. second ;Son of Mr H. J. H. -Blow, Under-Secretary of Public Works. The Dunedin and Suburban General Labourers' Union recently invited Mr M. J. Reardon, secretary of the Wellington Labourers' Union, who at one Vtime resided at Hamua, in the FortyMile Bush, to contest a Dunedin seat in the interest of Labour at the approaching election. On Friday the union received the following reply "The proposition is too, big. Besides, New Zealand does not take kindly to outsiders. Thanks for the compliment." Now that Taieri electorate is cut out.iit is pretty certain that the Hon. 'T. McKenzie will accede to the request of ,ao influential and numerous section of the Patea. to offer •his services for that seat. In this case, Mr P. O'Dea, the Liberal candidate, it is understood, will retire in his favour. .A "peculiarity of the position is that prominent Oppositionists are supporting thp candidature of the Minister. — 'Taranaki News. The funeral of the late Mrs Thomas* McKenzie , took place at Pongaroa on ; Tuesday, ' and. was J>y V « large number ~of relations 'and . friends. An impressive) service; 'wasconducted by he Rev. Rattray. Floral "tributes were sent from all parts of the district. The late Mrs McKenzie was a daughter of Mr A. Meech, one ■ of the oldest^etttCrH'n'^origaioaT"^'"'" The funeral of the late Mrs Agnes C. Broadbent took place yesterday " morning, and was followed by a large cortege to St. Mark's Church, where an impressive ceremony was conducted "by the Rev. R. Young, vicar, who also ; afterwards officiated at the graveside ceremony. The pall-bearers were Messrs W. C. Buchanan, M.P., H. S. Moss, H. R; Bunny, ( and C, H. Corroack, W. Howard Booth, and Dr. Johnston. , Mr H. E. Muir, who has had a;'long journalistic career in this country, died at his residence, Russel Street, Dun- • edin, on Fridlay evening. last. Mr Muir'was born.in Victoria in came to New Zealand with his paflß when he was a boy. Having leaSR the printing trade, be in 1873, ng • three othej"S,estal)lished the Cluaß Xeader. Some years after he lealßl the Timaru Evening Mail and became its editor. For some time he edited the Ashburton -Mail and tho Guardian, when the papers belonged to Sir William Steward. Mr Muir was also for a-time editor of the Dunedin Globe, and after the demise of that journal was for some time on the reporting staff of the Dunedin Star. At the time of his death ho was on thp literary staff of the Otiago Daily Times. , His • death was somewhat sudden, being the result of pneumonia. He.is survived by a widow and family, one of his sons . h«bg a reporter on the Auckland Herald staff.