PERSONAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10429, 21 September 1911, Page 5

PERSONAL.

The death occurred at Wellington .yesterday of Mr Nicholas Helliwell, ■aged 85 years.

Mr C. A. Tabuteau is representing the Wairarapa Employers' Association at the annual conference of the "Employers' Federation in Wellington. From a list of six applicants Mr M. Ayre has been appointed clerk to the 'Otaki Road Board.

The death is announced from Christchurch of Mrs Smith, mother of Mr A. Smith, of Otaki.

Mr Levitt, who has been a resident of Otaki for a number of years, died at the hospital on Sunday after a short illness.

Mr J. J. Mead intends relinquishing business at Eketahuna at the end of this month, to take up business in Hastings.

The death has occurred at Palmerston North of Mrs Ellen Pittam, wife of Mr William Pittam, of that township.

Mr D. Kelley, manager of the Konini factory, had the misfortune to severely injure his hand whilst engaged at his work one day this week.

Mr H. Wagstaff, of Pahiatua, who has been seriously ill for some time past, shows little signs of improvement.

Mrs Massey, wife of the Leader of the Opposition, who underwent a serious operation on Saturday, is still in a, precarious condition.

Mr J. 0. Dromgoll, master of Pukekoho High School, is resigning to ■contest the Raglan seat as a Government supporter. On Tuesday morning there passed «way at Bunnythorpe a much respected settler in the person of Mr A. L. Little, aetat 36. Deceased was a member of the Apiti Lodge of Oddfellows, Manchester Unity.

The wedding was celebrated n+. the Catholic Church,. Pahiatua, yesterday, of Mr Leslie E. Hill, eldest son x>f Mr E. J. Hill, Wellington/and Miss Kathleen A..Cleghorn, second daughter of Mr A. CQeghorn, Scarborough. Mr W. Revell Reynolds, late Chief -of Police at Rarotonga, ia at present on a visit to Wellington. He has letters of introduction from Mr Rupert V-. Hosking, formerly of Masfer"ton." \.

Mr Gideon Jamieson, a pioneer of T the Manawatu district, died on Tuesday, aged 87. He arrived in the district in 1877 from Southland and had resided at Awapuni, near Palmerston, the time of his death.

Mr N. Mcßobde, formerly of Pahiatua .Herald, later of the New Zealand "Times, and now of Waibi, has been requested by the Reform Party to sstand for Ohinemuri. He has not yet replied.

Mr William Fife, eldest son of the 'late Mr Fife, of Featherston, was ■married at St. Paul's Church, Napon Saturday, to Miss Elizabeth Jones, third daughter of Mr John Jones, of Waikouaiti.

Another old resident of the BunnyJ thorpe district, Mr William Rodgers, r died on Tuesday. The deceased gentle»man was 67 years of age and had been -suffering from bronchitis. He was a ■' member of the Orient Lodge, T 1.0.0.F., AX);

' The "following are spoken of as like Hj candidates for the Waihi riding on H>he Akitio County Council at tho triennial county, elecHions:—Messrs Herbert (the sitting member), A. Dickins, Ellingham, and M. Ferrick. The death of Mr James Climo, afc the age of ninety-one years, is recorded by the Pelorus Guardian. Deceased, who was a native of Cornwall, ar•rived with his wife in New Plymouth on April Ist, 1841, and their first child —which was also the first white Child "born in that town —was born on the sth November, 1841.

The Rev. E. Whitehouse, who has : been vicar of St. Stephen's" Anglican Churoh, Ashburton, for close on ten years, has forwarded his resignation to the Bishop of the diocese, and asked to be relieved of his cure on April "30th nest, on the grounds hat he feels ' the work of the parish has grown, be:yond his strength, and that it needs the energies of a younger man. An old identity of Wellington in the person of Captain William Dalton died at Wellington on Tuesday. .The deceased came to New Zealand .'in the ship.Evening Star in 1860. He married a'daughter of the late Mr •John Rayner, formerly of the Taita and Masterton. . k He 'was thus a brother-in-law of the late Mr John Rayner, of the Taratahi; of Mr Edwin Johnson, of Masterton; of the late Mr Job Vile, M.P.; and of Mr Nicholls, of Bideford. He leaves a family of three sons and four daugh"liers.