PERSONAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10529, 16 January 1912, Page 4

PERSONAL

The hfcaltfo of Mr W. 0; Williams, a very old resident of Greytown,' jg causing hia Meads some anxiety. At tihe first meeting of the newly elected South WairarapaJftiver Board Mr Alfred Matthews was re-electedi dhiairman, and Mr Q. Donald re-elected treasurer.

The Prime Minister and Lady Ward left Wellington .on.,their h»Hday trip,, to Taupo yesterday. The Rev. Ghiapple and the secretary (Mr G. Wells), of the Tlimaru Unitarian Conference, lave been appointed to attend the Unitarian Conference at Auckland next month. ' • Mr A. McKenzie, of the JoH Dairy Company. Okaiawa, Taranaka, has been appointed -manager of the Okitw butter, cheeseV'and bacon factories, ile. was selected' from a large number of applicants, and has had considerable experience.

Mil' F. J. Kinby has, on account of ilMiealfh, retired from the position of editor of tttie New Zealand Times, and! will be succeeded by Mr P. C. Freeth, who formerly occupied the position. After a holiday Mr Kanby will resume Ms old position as associate editor. Mr F. Munro, Assistant Stock Inspector at Wellington, who lias beerii transferred to Eltham, was presented witli a gold sovereign case by his colleagues prior to his departure. Mr B. MaoMurtrie, late of the Dublin Rotunda, has been appoints! manager of the Te Orangi Home, Qhnistchuroh.

Mr Edward J; Morley passed away at Nelson last Thursday. Belonging to an old Nelson family, .Mr Morley passed has early days in the city, and then left to follow commercial pursuits in other parts of New Zealand. As traveller for Hayman and Co., and later Kemptihorne, Pmsser ajtid Co., he ibecame well known throughout the Dominion.

The death of Mrs Jane Boyne Lawrence, at the age. of 93,. As reported from Kaitan&ata. Mrs Lawrence oame to Now Zealand in the Strathfie'idsaye aibout 54' years ago, arriving at Port Chalmers with her late husband and family. Slie went round to Coal point in a whale boat, and after two years removed to Wangaloa, at wlhicih place they permanently resided. Mre Lawrence had a ■ family, of. 10, of whom seven are still alive..