PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 76, 22 December 1924, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr. A. Walker, of Eastbourne, and Mr. D. K. Blair (Lloyd’s surveyor) left'on Saturday night for Lyttelton on their way to the Chatham Islands to report on the position of the steamer Rama. Mr. A. T. Markman, Secretary of the Post and Telegraph Department, who attended the International Postal Congress at Stockholm, will return to Wellington to-day by . the Marama. At a special gathering of the .departmental managers of Messrs. Kirkcaldie and Stains. Ltd., Mr. R*l*r s. on behalf of the buyers, congratulated Mr C. F. Smith on his attaining to the' position of managing director o. the company. Mr. Smith entered the firm’s employ in 1898. The funeral of the late Mr. David Redpath, president of the Canterbury Cricket Association, on Saturday was one of the largest over seen in Christchurch. All local cricket niaichos wore postponed on account of the funeral. Press Assn.

Mr. L. S. Thompson has been appointed te succeed Mr. J. G. Stott as manager of the Wellington branch of the National Bank of New Zealand, Limited- Mr. Thompson entered the service of the bank in Dunedin in 1899 and for the past thirteen years he has been on, the Wellington. staff. For some time he held the position of sub-accountant, and was appointed accountant in 1921. He was on active service with the New Zealand Rifle Brigade for three years, and rose to the rank of captain. Mr. Thompson will take over the management of the branch at the beginning of the New The funeral of the late Mr. C. E. Matthews. Under Secretary of Justice and Controller-General of Prisons, took place at Karori yesterday afternoon, and was very largely attended. Among those present were Sir Francis Bell (representing the Government), Sir Robert Stout (Chief Justice), many Departmental heads and senior officers in the Government service, prominent business men, and representatvies of the Salvation Army. The chief mourners were Messrs. F. G. Matthews, Walter Matthews, Llewyn Matthews, and Gilbert Matthews. The pall-bearers were Messrs. J Hislop (Under Secretary, Department of Internal Affairs), J. Murray (Commissioner of Stamps), B. M. Wilson (Tourist Department), M. Hawkins (Inspector of Prisons), G. Fache (Commiss'oner of Pensions). G. Crain- (Comptroller-General of Customs) and F. D. Thomson (private sreretarv + o the Prime Mmis+ert. Messrs. K. F- Leighton and H. Chapman nenhews of the deceased, were also present. Many and beautiful were the floral tributes sent hv sympathisers from many parts of the district. t-"-o cars bring required to carry those that could not he -.ilnred upon filo re«nn. The Rev. F. G. Chapman, a brother-in-law of the deceased, conducted the burial service.