PERSONAL

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 10713, 23 December 1912, Page 5

PERSONAL

Mr G. W. Sollar and' Mrs H. T. j *Wood, of Masterton, have been elected to the council o? the N. Z. Sweet Pea Society. Mr Alex. MeLeod, cf Masterton, has returned from a protracted visit to bo!'Ae. . Miss Helen Mackenzie, daughter of tho Hon. T. Mackenzie, le»v«s ioi "England 1 in February by the iurakina. Mr G. Fairfaxi of tho Sydney Morning' Herald, with Mrs Fairfax, is nt present on a visit to New Zealand. The Daunovirke Evening News states that Mr A. R. Evans, station : master at OTmondvillo, has been transferred to Masterton. Mr J. F. Arnold, fo r some years a "Labour member for Dunedin, has been appointed' an- Inspector of Factories for the Ota go district. Mr James McGregor, son.,, of "Wnagaehu, Masterton. had sufficiently -.recovered from his fcecent accident to fan able to come to town on Saturday. Messrs J. B. McKonzio and W. Gillespie, of Masterton, will represent the Wairarapa centre of the IS. L. Athletic and Cycling Union, at the annual conference to ho held in BlenSieim, on January Bth. . Miss Maggio Hughes, who has reMiunod the position of assistant mistruss at .Newman, to take up a similar position at Shannon, was tho recipient of a handsome present from the pupils ol' the Newman school on Friday last. Mr and Mrs A. H. Drake-Brock-man, Corunna Downs, North West Australia, arrived in Masterton on JSaturday, on a visit to Mrs Dialceliroekman's parents, Mr and Mis J. €. Boddington, Newcombe, Masterton Mrs A. C. Scrimgeour, who for the jjast few years .has beeni the proprietress of tho Prince of Wales Hotel, Masterton, has sold out her interest, ain.il intends leaving next week for Wairoa, whore in futme .she will reside. .Messrs J*. Georgeson, B. R. iLtayiiier, / aim J. ±l. Nayior have been elected " -delegates to tne \V airarapa centre of tho jN.Z, Athletic and Cycling Union, representing i J ongaroa, Gladstone, «nd Hamua respectively. The new delegates took their seats for the first timo on Saturday. At Saturday's meeting of the Wai- . xuiapa Oaleuoiniau itiuMiety the pre:a<tent, Mr J. 15. Mckenzie, referred in ieoiing terms to the loss the society andi district sultered by tho death. of Jdr Duncan 'McGregor, sten, and a motion of condolence with tho family and relatives of the deceased was carried in silence. Tho death occurred) in Masterton jestoraay, after a. long and painful illness, of Mr Donald McKanzie, a ueii-Kiiown and highly-respected drover of the district. The deceased, who was fifty-two years of age, was a son of Mr John McKenzie, and was barn oil the East' Coast. In his young•er days he was a prominent athlete. Ho was a good judge of stock, and was for nine years .manager of Blairlogie Station. He was a cousin of Messrs, William, Alex, and T. McKenzie, the well known stock buyers. He leaves a sister at Waipawa, and a brother at Gisborne. His remains will be interred in the Masterton Cemetery tomorrow. -