PERSONAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10622, 30 April 1912, Page 5

PERSONAL

Mr J. 1. Fox was yesterday e.cetcd unopposed to a vacant se.iV on tllC Pahiatua Borough Council. Inspector Wilson, officer in charge of the Wangam.i Police District, declined an offer of promotion to the rhargo of the Auckland district. which was offered to him m consequence of Inspector Cullen's appoint ment to the position of Commissioner. As Inspector Wilson's term ot . erviee is neariiiK eonipletion, and as ne has made his homo in Wnngamn. lie did not think it advisable to accept the goffered promotion. Mr J. L. Matthews, who lias just started in business in Masterton, was given, a hearty send-off from Wairoa, where ho liad been a. Borough Council lor, and had taken a leading part ir. progressive iiioveinents of the town. On Wednesday evening last :i large gathering assembled in the v'onvent schoolroom, wliere Mr and Matthews were entertained. The Rev. 'Father LePretro, in speaking for those present, said that Mr and Mr.; Matthews had been willing helpers in every way, and the shining value or their good example would be missed most of nil. On behalf of the parishioners, it gave him much pleasure to ask Mrs Matthews to accept of a s> liver afternoon tea service, and Mr Matthews, of u suit case and. rug as a slight token of esteem and honour. The presont.ition was suitably acknowledged. , Mr and Mrs T. W. Spar ■...;. formerly of Ekotahuna and Carc-ium, and more recently of Wairoa, were Ihe recipients of a number of va'-iabie p-c----sentations from the people of \\ aiioa 'before leaving that township. # Mr Sparks was conductor of the \'.'airoa Hand, and was prominent in musical and Friendly Society-circles. He v. as compelled to leave Wairoa. on account of the state of his wife's health. Mr and Mrs Short, of Ldmcrston 'North, celebrated their golden wedding at Wellington on Frid iy e\i-ning. MrShort is 81 years, a,nd tiis .yife F3 years, both enjoying good health. Four generations were represented at the gathering. Mrs Short, arrived in [Wellington in 18-11 in the L.-.dy Nugent, and Mr Short in the Big London a year later. Airs Short m.tiried her .second husband in 1862, th".<- being two daughters, one of whom is Mrs J. Tremain. Mrs Short was presented by lier grand-children with a puise of sovereigns. Mr Herbert. L. Clanghton. L.T.C.L., has.resigned the organ-ship of St. Matthew's Church, Masterton, in favour of" a position as organist and choir master of St. Andrew's Church, Wellington Terrace. Mr Claughton, who :;has served at St. Matthew's for nearly .five years, will take up his new duties in June, but will retain his teaching connection in Masterton indefinitely. A Melbourne cable stales that Sir Joseph and Lady Ward have arrived at that City. Mr G. H. Scott, of the Scott Motor •Agency, who is well-known; in Masterton, has left the Dominie I'for a business tour to the United States r.nd •Kurope. He will investig-i t»t he la test developments in the motor world, and expects to return about o<-iobr.r next. Mr Richard Pilling has been appointed manager in Wellington for Messrs S. Kirkpatrick ami Cj., Ltd., of Nelson, and the firm's representative'for Wairarapa and Ha .vice's Bay districts, vice Mr J. McC ilium, who has resigned. In coinmem oration of his long and valuable services as Mayor, the Timaru 'Borough Council on Saturday presented Mr James Craigie, M.i\. and Mrs -"Craigie with hardsomc pieces of silver plate, as farewell gifts. A farewell social is to be tendered to Mr Owen Hefferan by the. stock auctioneers and settlers, at the Taratahi Hotel this evening at 8 o'clock, ana all friends are cordially m/llccl.t-o bo present. Mr Hefferan, who has been long and favourably known as a settlor -.incf stock dealer in the district, is shortly leaving for Englai.J.