PERSONAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 28 March 1913, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Chief Fir*j Hugo was on cm. official visit tu Masterton yesterday. The Rev. J. it, Shore, M.A., of Hawern, is at pro.iont on a visit to Mas tor ton. Colonol F. G. Uoiiiig, of Hastings, wlhto i 9 visiting I',upland, returns to Nidw Zealand in a row months. Sister N. Flanagan, of Masterton, liaa been elected G.V.T. of the Now Zealand Grand Lodge of Good Templars. Mr G. Falla leaves Masterton for Inveroargill, where he lias been appointed stationmaster, on Monday next, Mr. John Campbell, late of Master■ton,. died in the Wellington Hospital on -Saturday hvst. He wa s a native of Riothsbire, Scotland. iMir. 0. R. Robieson, head of the State Fire Insurance Department, wa« a visitor to Masterton yesterday. He leaves for Napier to-day. A Sydney cable announces the death of Mr J. Carlev, <>>r-Secretary of the Colliery Employe's' Federation, and a prominent Labourite. The Rev. Georgia Pea roe Gould, At. A., President of Regent's Park Col. lege, has been elected 1 President of the Baptist Union, A London cable state* that the (*>dy of the late Lwd Wolseley w ill be Inmcd m St. Paxil's Cathedra.! on Monday. iMr H. W. Bishop, S.M., of Christchurclh, resumed his duties yesterelay, after several months abisenee on account >of .dluess, .says a Christchurch telegram. It is under, stood that Con.sta.ble Oollerton, of Tenui, who retires from the .police force at, the end of next month, will be succeeded iby Constable Brown, of Masterton. The funeral of Mr G. S. Porter, who had reached -his 100 th year, took place at Christchnreh yesterday, a largo and representative gathering' attend! ng.—P w .ss Association. •Mr. R. S. iSmythe celebrated his 80th birthday on the 14th inst, and received many congratulations. ' His many friends, says the Melbourne Argus," will be pleased to know that he continues in robust health. Mr and (Mrs L. B. Bradstock have been appointed Mo>oor and Matron of the Stoke Boys' Industrial School. Mr Bvadistock has been for some years' head teacher , at the Rongokokako school, near Eketn-hufl.i, where he has done excellent service. The Venerable AVelideacon Willis, cxf Cambridge, having resigned the archdeaconry of the Waikato, the Bishop of Auckland (the Right R.ev. Dr. Crossley) has appointed-the Rev. Edmund Cm vie, iM.A., va'car of Hamilton, to be the new archdeacon of the Waikato, Nurse Gates, of the District Nursing staff, who nvas recently transferred from Pongaroa to Eketahuna, has, owing to private family reasons;, tendered heir resignation. The District Nursing Committee will appoint a successor to Nurso Gates at as early a date as possible. "Hie /following appointments of officerfj transferred to the Department of immigration are gazetted: Hector Douglas Thomson, to be chief clerk; Alfred Montague Adams, accountant' James William Coard, Frederick Arthur Ruck, and Robert William Lavery, clerks. Prior to his (leaving the employ of Messrs J. Jone s and Co., of Eketalmna, to take ia position in Foxton, Sir R. Hot© ,wa.s the recipient of a silver cigarette case from his fellowemployees. Mr Cameron made the presentation, and Mr Hore suitably replied. An old identity of Timani, Mr Francis McKenaie, died on Friday last, at the age of 75 yeatns. Mr McKenzie who sipent the greater part of his life at sea, active service in the Crimean War when attached to the frigate Dauntless; and lie had seme stirring' experiences. At Timaru, where he eventually settled, he entered the service of the Harbour Boa,itl. At the memorable 14th of May w,recki> in 1882 he took a prominent part in the rescue work, and received a medal for his services.

The remains of the late Mr. Hans Beck were conveyed to their last resting place at the Masterton Cemetery yesterday morning. The late Mr. Beck came to this Dominion in the Danish ship "Triton" in 1863, on which vessel he was ship's carpenter. He was employed by the Government in the erection of the first quay in Wellington, and on road contracts. Mir. Beck was never married, and he had no relations in the Dominion. The ship "Triton" and the German ship "Cfliristian" were in Wellington together in 1863, and they brought the firtst deer from England to New Zealand. They came from the farm of the late Plrince Consort.

At the ripe age of 77 years, Mr. Wm. Stuckey, an old and respected resident in Gisborne, passed away on Monday last. The dieceased gentleman had been ailing for-several yeans as the result of injuries received by a fall off Ka.iti bridge on to the embankment. The late Mr. Stuckey was born'at Cane, Dorset, and at 18 years of age he enlisted in the 60th Regiment. A year later, 1855, he came to 'Now Zealand. He passed through the Waikato and Taranaki wars, and after serving for 11 years* he received his discharee. Mr. Stuckey settled in the Waikato and then went to the Thames goldfields, and to Gi<slw>me in 1872. He was the first overseer for the Borough Council, and remained in the Council's employ for many years.