PERSONAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10677, 25 July 1912, Page 4

PERSONAL

Mr Albort Tucker, baker, of .Hustings, has <iied in the Napier Hospital from a painful illness following an. attack of tjio mumps.

A London cable announces tho death of Mr Abel '1 hon;,; t s, M.P. for Carmatliensiiire since 1890.

Messrs T. W McKenzie and E. Elliott, oi Mastertoii, iiave signified their willingness to act as judges at the Palmerston North spring show.

Mi W. lay lor, who lias been a resident of Pahiatua for a number of years, has been appointed Health. Inspector to tile Bawera Borough C-oun-j cil.

Mi Leslie Reynolds, C.E., Jias resigned his position as Wairoa County uigineei, and the same has been accepted by the County Council with re-, gret.

Mi- J. M. Coradine, Mayor of Masterton, will represent t)hc local Borougli Council at tho Municipal Conference which opens in Wellington on Monday next.

Mr J. Orr, a very old settler of Manga raupi (Eketahuna), has purchased a property in the Waikato, for whicli place he will leave shortly. A London cable states that Mr T. Bigg, of Wellington, has been awarded the £l5O Scholarship in eonneo* tion with the .1851 Exhibition.

A Sydney cable states that the Hon. B. B. O'Connor has been elected Chairman of Committees in the New. South Wales Legislative Council.

A Sydney cable states that Mr John Barr, a well-known New Zealand pressman, who is now editing the "Lone Hatnl," is ivcoveriixg from ;v critical illness.

Mr A. H. Herbert, who was one of the candidates for the Masterton seat at the last general election, is to he entertained by his supporters at a so-« cial in Eketahuna.this evening.

Mrs C. Gumming, of Pahiatua, lel'fc. on Tuesday on a lengthened visit to New South Wales. MrCumming, who is agricultural instructor to the schools in the Wairarapa and Bust) districts, will teniave from Pahiatua, and take up his permanent residence in. Masterton.

Mr H. M. Bannister, chief clerk of the Taranaki Land 1 Board, lias been promoted to a similar position at Wellington, in succession to Mr G. Wright, who is retiring on superannuation. Mr Bannister, who is a native of Wellington, has been nearly 20 years in the New Plymouth office.,.

A very early settler, and an old" resident of Opawa, passed away oa Thursday in the person of Mrs Agnes Anna. Hariri an. relict of the late Mr Edward Harm ail. Mrs Harman', who" was a daughter of Dr. Willis, one or the early Cunterbury settlers, arrived liere in March, 1851.

Mr Henry J. Jones, youngest so it of Mr Edward Jones, was married at Kuripuni, Masterton, yesterday, to-. Miss Rachel ("Queenic") Ansell. Miss - Kato Ansell, sister of the bride, acted j as bridesmaid,' and Mr R. Sutton as-;' groomsman. The wedding ceremony was performed by the Rev. S. J. pell.

Ex-Trooper Albert M. Beath, oi: Dunedin, who w?s one of the brightest spirits of the ■ New Zealand Second Contingent at the Boer War, and whofought like a hero at Rihenoster Kop. on November 29th, 1900 —'that slopewhiclr a military chaplain described as "the broad, open path that led .to Hell"—died last Friday, after a long; illness.

The Hon. T. Fergus nas retired from the Dunedin firm of Donald Iteicl and Co., of which'he has been managing director since the enterprise was floated into a company. The lion, gentleman, while severing himself from the cares of business, will continue (says the Dunedin Star) to fulfil the duties that devolve upon him as chairman of the Education Board and as a member of many other important bodies.

Visitors at the Club Hotel. Masterton, include Messrs Reid, S.M., Van Staveren, Myers, Samson. Twohill, Rough, Farell, Mvmive, Finlaysoii,. Tal'bot, Staplesj Mack, Marriott, Cooksley, Young, Hindmarsh, Saunders (Wellington), Grant, Williams, Munro, Egan (Pahiatua), Perkins (Christchurch), Whitelev (Napier), N. McLaren (Hinnkura), A. Cameron (Castlepoint), Porter (2) (Hastings),. .Hayill (Palmerston North), J. Kennedy (Tikitapu.), Redpatli,(Wanjjpnui) and T. Smith (Taueru). The death is announced at Auckland of Mrs Edward Lewis, a very old colonist. Mi s Lewis, who was 83 years of age, came to New Zealand from England wit'li her husband, Chas. Davis, in 1813, and spent nearly all lier life in Auckland. Mr Davis was a well-known merchant and owner of the ship Mary Catherine, in which they travelled to New Zealand. Mr Davis'died in 1875, and a few years; later his widow married Mr Fdward Lewis, a brother of Mr Gabriel Lewis. Mr Lewis died in 1909. The late Mrs Lewis leaves one son. Mr Adolphus Davis, and throe daughters—Mrs h. D. Nathan, Mrs Arthur H. Nathan, and Mr W. Carminer, of Wellington—and a number of grandchildren and ■ great grandchildren. On Monclap evening a very enjoyable dance was given by Mcsdames Dagg and Archer, in the Exchange Hall, Masterton, to Mlts Eileen Dagg. The Hall war? tastefully decorated with yellow streamers, and the passages, ante and- supper rooms, with evergreens and yellow. There were about forty couples present. Mrs Dagg, attired in a dress of black silk, with over-drC'Sr, rf union green and silver pa si?a-m en tries, and Mrs Archer in a black eh a mouse French dress, with bugle trimmings, received their guests a.t the entrance to the ballroom. Miss Eileen Dagg wore a dainty dress of wiliite union, with overdress of chn.mense. Among those present were Mesd<«nes Turner (Dunedin), Anketell. C. Perry. Milne, A. Daniel!. Waddington, Boddington. Eton, Lamb, Rose, Gillies, MissesDagg (3). Falloon. Jenkinsnn (Wellington). Daniell (3). Elliott (3), (i an-, cliard (Wellington), Burgess (Napier), MeKenzie, Waddington. Milne. Messenger, Prior, Thomas (2) McKillop, Stewart. Hampton, Jaao, Murray. McLachlan, Brown. Wilson, Messvx Eton, Foss. D.age (2). Archer. Pony, Milne (2). Daniell. Elliott, McKillop. Falloon, James. Jago, Elcoatc. Hraton. Gillies, Boddington, Waddington,, Lamb. Pose. Messenger Dnunmoncl, Dr. Prior, Cameron, Wilson, Tressiderand others.