PERSONAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10599, 3 April 1912, Page 5

PERSONAL

I The.^ of, scrabrciitting. on. W^iel^lTsrXßideford)/estate' last week was accompanied with a pleasant surprise for one-of the contractors ..(Mr James D. Carswell), who was the recipient of, it serviceable pipe front the employees on,the work. Mr and Mrs .panning \Vere also presented with a memento by tlie men in tile form of. a ■iSs^s? m f. teapot, ;s'uitaVly" iusciibed, \volumes of FittJiet's works^ Mr Harold Bennefc, opthalmic optician, who has been'm Masterton for some months "past, is commencing th<! practice of his professibn in Napier. Mrs Cecilia Stylesy- aii old -and v'cspectcd resident of Hastings, died, on Saturday last; Deceased, who..•■ was .sixty-six yeare of ago, arrived in Auckland forty-one .yeara ago.. Mr E. Holmes, of Matahiwi, Masterton, leaves next month-on a visit to .the Old Country. Mr W. F. Massey, M.P.,■ leader; of the' Reform Party, celebrated his fiftysixth birthday last 'Friday. • i A complimentary is to b-e given to Mr G. J. Anderson, M.P., at Wyndharii (Otago) on" the 17th inst. There will l>e a, big rally of Oppositionlists for tlie occasion. , j The Chief Justice (Sir.Robert" Stout) |is confined to his bed in Wellington I through indisposition. i Mr C. W. Cave, solicitor, who was [at one time in partnership in Welling-" {'ton. with the late Mr W. T. L. Travers, i died at Auckland on .Friday last. The :]yte Mr Caw was 'born in Surrey. 'England, in 1842, and received his ed- • ucation at Totteridge, Herts.

L- . West- Goasfc: iJapei-s ajuiouneev the ;death of Mr Timothy Joseph Gtvider, •second son of Mrs B. Guider, of Leonard Street, Greymouth, a prominent footballer in Westland for some years. :He went to Sydney about fifteen months ago and died there last week ifrom an attack of fever. ' Mr Richmond Beetham, of'"Masterton, has been approached by the Master ton ..Competitions Society with a view to his acting a's judge of the Bisections iu. the competitions to be held in July. . .

.The death is announced of Mr Stephen Franklin, a well-knoAvn resident oi Hawke's Bay, in his 55tli year. Deceased resided at 'J'i Troo Point for several years, where he was engaged sheepfanning. Mr Jesse Worrall, a prominent resident of Auckland, died, on Wednesday evening at the age of-55 years. Having a. very fine bass voice and a great love for music,-ho was popular in musical circles.. He belonged to the Masonic fraternity, and was one ot t»<\ original members of "the Orphans and Savao-o Clubs in Auckland, besides being associated with the tiedertafel and Choral Society. A proposal is on foot to form an influential committee, in Cambridge for j the purpose of organising a concert to lie given at an early date by Miss Thelma Petersen, the young New Zealand contralto, who has created so much'.interest in other parts of the Dominion. Miss Petersen is making a tour of the Dominion prior to her departure for Europe complete her musical training. The death'-'i'sciflnnpunced from Lou,don of Mr Henry'' Yarley, the wellknown evangelist, who ■•'.visited' New Zealand some years ago.