PERSONAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 17 September 1913, Page 5

PERSONAL.

! Mr Joseph B. Hooper, of H^milr torts wa3 a visitor to Mastertoji yes- ' *■.-. ■<.-' ■■' v*■ ;■.'. Mr. W. A. Flavell,-. manager in Wellington for the Westport Coal, 'Company,.was on?a business visit to Masterton yesterday; • - ,Mr. A.' R. Hislop, of Wellington, was among the visitors to Masterton r;for the production of "The Geislia" in the Town Hall last night. "Mr 0. Ibbetson. of Masterton, has -ti&ured an appointment with a,Napier firm, and will leave for the north on' Monday next. He is to be entertained at a social by the members of Knox Church on Friday- evening. The death occurred on Friday at Whsfiapara of Eru Hehua. chief of the -Ngatihau, at the. advanced age; >of 80 years, was! 'well--known, and, respected with pa- ' kehas and Maoris, and was a power 'for good in the whole, North. t Tho death the Pahiatua Hospital on Mdtidap last of Mr P. Ryan, of Eketahuna, .and formerly of Huntervjlle anoVTimaru. Tbfe deceas- « ed, who was six% yeans of age, was unmarried. ... -Mr J. A HasttelV • J..P, who has i connection with the firm of- iSumes Jciihes and Co., Eketahuna, of which he has been manager for many years, was on Saturday the recipient of a valuable present from the • After a long illness, Mr Alexander Robert Caw died on Monday at bridge. Mr Caw, who was an Edinburgh man, was for a time on the staff.of the Bank of New Zealand, j from which service he passed $0 that of Dalgety's. He had many friends in this province. {: ; News has just come to hands (says the Christchurch Press) fromXonddn announcing the appointment of D|r H. L. Widdojvson to the important ■ poet of house surgeon at the Cancer f-Hospital, Fulham-road, a position; oyhich .confers a high distinction upon tptt brilliant young Dnnedinite, who J&.at present visiting' Europe for post gi-adtiate research in surgery.