PERSONAL NOTES.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3998, 31 July 1913, Page 4

PERSONAL NOTES.

Mr George Lysnar, of Gisborne, is as present in the Empire City. Rev. W. Grant left for New Plymouth last night to conduct the jubilee services in connection with the Taranaki Presbyterian Church. The Mayor (Mr J. R. Kirk)) and Messrs M. McLeod and W. Morgan, left yesterday for Napier to attend a meeting of the Education Board. Miss M. Cockburn and Mr. J. Cockburn Mr. S. English are the only Gisborne passengers on board the s.s. Waimana, which left Plymouth for New Zealand on June 21. A meeting of the Ormond Presbyterian charge was held in the Te Karaka Church on Tuesday night, when it was decided to give a unanimous call to the Rev. J. B. Hall, of Hunterville. The Hops l <!' Representatives yesterday. rn t'\? motion of Mr. Massey, carried i:i r.T.mve. res .iut’ons affirming the faithful services or the late Messrs Barclay and Swan, former members for Dunedin North and Napier, and the House adjourned till 5.10 p.m. as a mark of sympathy with the relatives.—P.A. An impromptu meeting of the Gisborne Savage Club was held at the Masonic Hotel at 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon to say good-bye to Mr A. J. Paterson, one of the members of the committee. On behalf of the Club, Chief Savage W. F. Cederwal! presented Mr Paterson with a case of pipes. Olr Paterson, in responding, said that one of his chief regrets in leaving Gisborne was that he had to sever his connection with the Savage Club.

Private advice receviod in Gisborne states that Mr and Mrs J. IV. Nolan and family were thorougldy enjoying their stay in England. They had made London their headquarters, and from the Metropolis had made several interesting trips to various portions of the United Kingdom. Mr Nolan s health had improved so muoli that he had quite regained his former robust condition, and it was considered that that there was no necessity for him to obtain special medical advice.

An Auckland P.A. mosage states that Mr C. J. .A. Haselden, for many years Under-Secretary of Justice and Registrar of Patients, died suddenly yesterday from heart failure. Deceased. who was 7S years of age, arrived in New Zealand in 1860 and lived in the south—principally at Wellington—until about 1875. Subsequentllv he went up to Auckland, ad latterly lived at Takapuna. Mr Haselden leaves two sons—Messrs F. N. Haselden and L. T. Hascldasp anti two daughters—Mrs StilJ and Miss Haselden. Deceased came of a very well-known family, and his brothers are Canon Haselden, of Oneliunga, W. R. Haselden, S.M., of Taihape. and S. H. Haselden, now in South Africa.

Mr R. Cuthbert, manager for the Union S.S. Company in Timaru, and a well-known citizen of the southern town, left last- evening after a holiday here. He is a brother of Mr A. Cuthbert, of Gisborne, and is very favorably impressed with the progressiveness of Gisborne and district. The delightful climate of the sunny north had an especial charm for Mr Cuthbert after journeying from the other island. Like most other visitors, Mr Cuthbert was disgusted) with the deplorable condition of the roads, and sympathised with the district in its dilemma.

Mr and Mrs J. Townley left for Napier last night to attend the golden wedding of Mr and Mrs Large, of Napier. The gathering in Napier w.ll be unique in many ways. Mr Townley and Mr Large were apprentices together in Manchester. England, as far back as the your 1855. Both emigrated to New Zealand within a lew years of each other, and were associated together as partners in business for many years in Napier and Gisborne. Mr and Mrs Large a few months ago ejamo up from Napier and attended the golden wedding of Mr and Mrs Townley. Mr Townley will bn the youngest of the quartette at the Napier gathering, and as lie is only a few months under 76 years of age the old friends will be able to review a long vista of the years that hare passed behind them.