PERSONAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10714, 25 October 1912, Page 5

PERSONAL

,: j A, London cable received in' Christchurch announces tbo death. of Mr Joseph Gould, of the firm of Gould, Beaumont and Co. The deceased gentleman is well fcnoyra- in circles in Christchurch. ;

[f< The Duke of Cormaught (Governor- [ General of Canada), at the conclusion of his tour said that there was a 1 strong feeling ,of loyalty thpougM&t the Dominion everywhere. A desire for separation of the Empire was nonexistent. The welding of the different nationalities into Canadian citizens reflected the greatest credit on those concerned'.

A Christchurch telegram stated that His Excollency the Goveracr, accompanied by Captain McDougal, A.D.C., arrived in Christcliurch from Wellington yesterday morning and spent the day at Tokor'aha. Last evening he cpnnoil the creche and kindergarten f«;tiv.i] at the Theatre Royal. To-'Jny ho to Kanriora, vchere at ten o'clock he will be met by t.hc Mayor ::nd leading people, and at 11 a.m. he will open the Ashley traffic bridge, and at noon he will .ittend the Rangiora Show. Ho returns to Christ church in the afteruow.ii and leaves to-night for Wellington.

A ballot i.-t ,ib«ut to be taken among tho Federate Drivers ci New Zealand on the following issmis:—(1) Joining the United Labour Party; (2) joining the Federation of Labour (registered) ; (3) remaining independent of either, as at present. ' Ballot papers :ire returnable op November 30th. The ballot will be a Dominion, one, and any action taken will bo as a federation, it having been agreed at tho last conference of the Federated Drivers tint-'this was the mast desirabjo course-to take, and that no branch union be. allowed tti take isolated action, .

A Pahiatua telegram states that tho funeral of the late Mr W. W. McArdle, Mayor of Palnatuai, took place yesterday afternoon, and was very largely attended by both town ami country residents. Despite the showery weather the cortege, which was a very representative and lengthy one, was headed by the Paliiatua , brass band playing the Dead March in Sanl, the Borough Councillors, Borough staff, Fire Brigade, and members of the various institutions and local bodies, to which the late Mayor belonged, were well represented. Many business premises were draped, and all the shops were closed for two hours to enable the business people to attend.