PERSONAL. MATTERS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 26, 31 July 1911, Page 7

PERSONAL. MATTERS.

Mr. C. S. Reeves, of Dunedin, is on, a visit to Wellington, A requisition is being signed ift Oamaru asking Mft E, P, Lee U) allow himself to be nominated, for that seat for the coming ©lection. The^ death is reported, 'by a Press Association telegram from Dunedin, of Mr. R. A. M'Cullough, mathematical master of the Otago Boys' High School, Tlie condition of Mr. Tisch, Mayor of New Plymouth, who underwent a' severe operation on Friday , ( is satisfactory, states a Press Association telegram. Mr. Eldon M. " itchfield, eon of Mr. B, M, Vitchfleld, auditor of the Bank of New Zealand, left thi« morning by the Tottgsriro for L&fldefl, where he will continue his medical rtudlea. f Mr. Charles Edward Harden, a solicitor who was" struck dff the rolls twoyears and four months ago, wag readmitted by th* Cotlrt of Appeal to-day 6« the application of Mr. A, Fair. Mr. A. Gray, who appeared for the Wellington District Law Society, did not oppose the request.' At the Lambion Police Station on Saturday evening Sergeant W, M'Neeiy, chief cjerte in the inspector's Offics, was the recipient of a case, ef silVer-mounted pipes, a geld'mounted tdbacco pouch, and a 6ilVeT«mOti«ted umbrella from, both brafleHeg of the police Service, Sef. geant M'Neely has been transferred to Stratford, of which district lie will havecharge. Mr*. Henry Gordon, who has been on tHe staff of the Magistrate^ Court iti Wdlingtort for the past thirty years, occupying the position of chief bailiff 411 that time, retired from the public Service on superannuation to-day. The Law Society -has arranged to present Him with a ptitsd of sovereigns, attd the magistrate* and their officers will show their regard by giving Idm & Petone ffig, a eaee of pipes atid tobacco pouch, and ftn address flhttiittatfid by Mr. W. R. Bock, Far some time past Mr. T, U. Wilford, M.P,, has taken a keen Interest in thd affairs of the iron- working machinistsof tlie Petone railway. Workshops'. Yes« terday representatives of the various grades waited upon, fhe Mayor at his residence/ and presented 'him with * I silver inkstand, bearing the inscription : I 'Presented to- f, M. Wilford, Bj^., M.P., j Mayor of Wellington, by the ironworkmg machinists of the Petotie railway workshops for gra-teM derviees"," Complimentary references were made to the work the Mayor had done for the workshop employees. The Rev. A. M. Johhson (who has been appointed vicar of St, Paul's, Tndffttwti, announced yesterday that his successor at SJt. Mark's, SUsseX-spare, would be the ReV, (j. F, Askew, oflti« grow, Keighly, Yorkshire. 'Mr. Askew graduated at Cambridge, and took his B.A. in 1900. He was ordained deaCofl itt the same year and priest in 1901. He was curate at Laister-Dyke from 1900 to 1906, when he Was appointed Wear of Ingrow by the 1 Bishop of Ripon. He is 41 years ef ag-#, andf will cents to New Zealand with the commendations of the former Bishop ef Wellington (Df. Wallis) sad Canon Tapper Carey (one of the ftrigsionera recently in New Zealand). , Tlie funeral of the lats Mr, Er»ncia M'Parland took place to-day. Requiem Macs was celebrated at the Basilica, Hill-street, at 9 o'clock this morning, and the cortege left the church at 2,30 p.m. for Safari Cemetery. Father Itickson conducted both services. Members of the Oddfellows, the Wellington Operative Bakers' Union, the West Coasters' Association, artdf the Licensed Victuallers' Association, were among those who attended the funeral. The late Mr. M'Parland was for over fifty years an ' Oddfellow, and he enjoyed the distinction of being one of the oldest appointed J.SVs in New Zealand,^ In hi* younger days he took a keen and active interest in athletics, and waa stakeholder in several historical con* tests, Mr, M'Pariand was »ko captain in one" of the first volunteer corps formed on, the West Coast.