PERSONAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 6 December 1913, Page 5

PERSONAL.

!;'; ,^\.^bHhya:"|l 7 i'tiia^B..;resi^iis i his pc^ ; sftiaaifls •Judge; a&,£ro™rJ^n« r y 3lst. i He", florae r ' llig ißfltv;?A7.:.TJeri;vß:A.,"-missioner :'to a^'-t3nlnete :^dJ"N, «Jw < 'Zealana,j is,; at.presqnt. on &',yisitto Masterton. t 'representing the Mauriceville Lodge at the* Foresters' 7 ' conference in Wellington. #«rfobh"n'iW,' fintifW the bld'est 'settler* 6frgteffiridte,:'died Tat i W£h lington on Wednesday. He was 474* Me&scs, J... ,Wll and JG? =And A. ,E.. : Booth iGarterton)vwere judges at the '■• ■'']■,' TVirT. Eustege, one of the pioneer } sellers ~in~-thfe~--Pbngaroa district, has disposed of hi& farm, , and_.; intends settling in'-ihe Napier,'district. • rj;\?Al,AMllar intends "tisit|tog., Dunfedin- at the cibse of the session,.to meet' his constituents and a.nnpuuce. .hi|;, retirement ppm, active" politics 'i^v.-S--h-■•■.:':-a ■ '''-''*■ ■' ■ uMx rMaik" Levy., of the Nelson Post Office, retires .'td-fday*'on; shperahnua•tion; having been r 35 years --j in the 'service," the "whole of '.which time Was , flerved''ih:Nels6n. i: \'\' ' ■'' ' ■: . „'■ Mr. Harry thestaff, of Office, who jointed the Postal-Department in Mhs.terton yover .twenty : years, ago, is . at present on a visit to this town, i ! Hiss! ! , ; f ,whp. h'as been 'ppsimi'atress. at"„jylaurlceville West foe some J ''years' pttst,-^leaves early, in the new: year where she intendf/takhrß'jup her residence. : Mr:'T,. 'M jijnsell,. of Cartart6n. who lias "beerf oh* a trip to England and Ameficafhks returned to New and is now in Aupkland. He was* delayed in' Sydney for some l days by.the strike,: -.

■JFpther. who. arrived a 6*w4 days. ago> fr-oxn tlie Old Country, will preach- at St i; Patrick's Church, Masterton, to-morrow. 1 Father Gumana wijl be stationed in Masterton until the return of the Very Rh. Dean.McKeiftia, V.G,, in April-next; An old, and. respected settler .of Hawkers; Bay, in the! person of Mrs Jane Thompson, died'at the residence of Iwr daughter-at Takapau on Sunday - 'last.' The ' deceased lady, with her* husband, resided at Soxitli many years. Mrs Thompson was the daughter of the late Mr George Webb, White Hill, Sandhurst, Victoria, and a grandr daughtefjof. .Carjta}tt*:;Massey r who! fought under Admiral Lord "Nelson at the battle of the Nile. The' death is announced froth Mataura of Mrs Daniel McGowan,' Gowanbrae, aged seventy. Deceased was a native of Lanarkshire, and ar-" rived at Bluff in 1863. She settled on a farm at Mataura in 1877, where she had resided ever since. She leaves a husband and sis sons and six daughters, eleven of whom are married. There are forty grandchildren and one,,great grandchild. Three eons are resident at Pntaruru, in the Auckland district, pne in Cauter bury, and two at Mataura, Mr G. A. Burgess, who has been promoted to the-.managership of the Hawera branclirofVthe Rank of New Zealand after having served eight years as manager of the branch at Pahintua, left for Hawera yesterday' morning. During their stay at Pa-f hiatua. (states a ; Press Association, telegram) 'Mr and Mrs Burgees and family have taken a prominent part in trie social I;'fo of the. town and district, Mr. Burgess himself having been associated with musical, agriccultnral, hospital, and school committees, competitions, bowling, and other institutions. Mr' and Mrs Bur-

gesfi and family were entertained at a complimentary "social" on .Thursr day evening, when Mr Burgess was presented with a gold -watch and Mrs Burgess with a handsome silver opergne. Earlier in the week Mr Burgess was presented with a purse of sovereigns by town and country residents.