PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 72, 18 December 1919, Page 8

PERSONAL ITEMS

Major-General Sir Alfred Robin, K.C.M.G.. iiccumpanici! by Captain Garland, A.D.I'., will leave Wellinglon on Saturday i'<H- Auckland, en route lo Sa mon, where the general is to as Commissioner for a lew months. 'Cantain J. ('• Hill, Ihe new head nf the Samoa it l«li«'. with Sub-Inspector (lal'> chief detective) Bnddaui. and a force of notice recruited in New Zealand, will ,il?<i leave Wellington on Saturday for Apia. Sir Walter Essex, who. unlil the lasl elections, represented Stafford in tlie House nf Commons, will visU''Ncw Zealand shortly. He is accompanied by Ins dau'.'hU-r.

The" Rev. Absalom Deans has been appointed secretary to the Congregational Union nf Australia end New Zealand.

A Press Association telegram from Cliristcluirch states that Mr. William H. Rhodes, an old resident of A'mberley, dicfl vestevdav morning. Deceased was returning officer for. the Hiirunui electorate.

Mr. ('. C. R. .Tones, who is retiring on superannuation from the position of typcrnpliers' overseer at tho Govern; meiif Printing Oflict\ after 41 years connection with the Department, was on Tuesday evening the recipient of a sol'd leather'suit-case, set of razors, and ease of pipes from the typographical stait. The Government Printer, M.r. M. 1. Mark" made ihe presentation in the new social, hall. The Father of the Chapel, Mr. A. Feldwick, and Air. L. H. Stiekney. vice-president of the Wellington Typogranhical Association, expressed the th'anks o'f their organisations to Mr. Jones for the valuable services rendered in the betterment of the conditions-or his fellow-worksrs in the past.

The remains of the late Air. Frank Robinson were interred in the Karon Cemetery on Saturday. Air. Robinson had been, on the staff of the Public Trust Office *for fifteen years, and previously for a number of years on the stall' of the' Wellington Harbour Board. He was also ;i prominent and energetic Freemason and Oddfellow, and among those who were present at the funeral were considerable numbers of those who had been associated with him in those various spheres of activity. A Masonic service was held at- the. 1 reemasoiH Hall. Daniel Street, and Ihe Revs.. J. IT Svkes and G. Knowles-Simth officiated at the graveside. Many beautiful wreaths were sent, including floral tributes from the Public 'IruSt- Office, tho Harbour Beard, .Messrs. Mncky, I,<wnn, and Caldwell, .and various Masonic lodges. The funeral of the late Dr. Iluthwnite, for many years a leading resident of Otaki, took place on, Sunday. It was one of Ihe longest ever seen in the district, being attended .by : all classes of people from various parts of tho coast. The ceremony at the graveside was conducted by' the Rev. Father Vivand, while members of the. Hospital staff and other nurses were present in uniform. Many, beautiful wreaths were placed on the coffin. The late Dr. llutlr-vnito Jias left a widow and daughter (the . latter,: in' England). The- Rev. A. C. B. Patterson, of Dunedin. has been ■ extended an unanimous call to St. John's Presbyterian Church, Rolorna.

The late Air. Charles Baker, who for over forty years was actively- comiecletf with the building trade in Ashburton, ha.s left .£IOOO to tho Ashburton -Technical School, with a request that tho money be "used for-the instruction: of students in woodwork, more especially in (lie branches connected -with the building bade.

Mr. L. C E. Hamann, who has teen chief clerk in tho District Traffic Office of the Railway Department in Auckland for the last live years, has been promoted to the post of assistant traffic manager in Christchurch, and will leave for his new station' early in - tho !sc« Year. Mr. A. Stubbs. who has been transport clerk in the Auckland office, has been promoted In chief clerk. ,

Mr. -R. -J. -Hobbs,, ...who "left Christchurch about, five, years to take up a nositian in the Sydney branch of the South British Insurance Company, has been transferred to Durban, ana will sail for South Africa in January.

Air. R. Alalcolm, who has been first assistant master at the St. Albans School for the past eight, years, has received notice of bis appointment as headmaster jof the Kaiapoi School. He will take ud his new duties early next year. -

The death is announced of Air. Robert ■Vherne. a well-known North Canterbury resident in the- early days of the province. The late Air. Aherno' came to New Zealand in the sixties,, and was first emuloved us- a stockman in the Oxford district, lie later secured a position at a uencral store m Rungiora, and was for some time a coach oriver on one of the main mail routes in the northern uart of the province" For several years he was clerk to the Mandeville and RanuMora Road Board, and rclimimslied this appointment to become Jlie. agent for the "Lvttelton Times" in North Can-, terburv. Sume years afterwards he was on tlie literary staff of the Lyttelton Times." and subsequently engaged in lournalism in Wellington and the West Coast. Mr. Aherne was a member of the Masonic Lodge, the RangWa Oddfellows' Lodge, and was a Provincial Grnnri Master.of the. Ashley District Oddfellows'. Lodge.