PERSONAL MATTERS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 8, 10 January 1912, Page 7

PERSONAL MATTERS.

Councillor Qeorgo Frost returned from Chrifitchurch to-day. Mr. J. W. Macdonald, solicitor to the Public Trust Office, is on a holiday visit to Nelson. Mr. George Fenwick, of the Otago Daily Times, wafl in Wellington to-day, on his way North. Mr. Eugene J. O'Connor, at one timeProvincial Secretary of Nelson, and m«mber for Buller in the House of Representatives, is staying in Nelson 'at present. Among the passengers from the South by the Maori this morning were Mr. C. Ilouldsworth, general manager of the Union Sfceani Ship Company, and Mr." D. A. Aitken, assistant-general manager of the same company. Mr. Llewellyn Etherington, B.A. (London), solicitor, of Giaborne^ was yesterday admitted by Mr. Justice Chapman as a barrister of the Supreme Court on the motion of Mr. A. W. Blair. Mr. Etherington recently passed the necessary examination for admission to the Bar. Mr. Maclure, Commissioner of Crown Lands in Westland, has been transferred to Southland. It is understood that Mr. Hasard, chief draughtsman in the Christchtnvh office, will fill the vacancy in We6tland, and that Mr. Thompson, chiof draughtsman m Westland, will succeed Mr. JFiaeard in Christehurch. Mr. W. B. Wilson is severing his connection with the firm of H. C. Gibbons and Company, after being in its employ for the past fifteen years. He has secured a lucrative appointment with . I*. H. Browning Proprietary, Ltd., of Melbourne, the largest seed warehousemen in Australasia, and leaves here to take up hia duties early in February. Mr. Mutrell, manager of the Golden Bay Cement Company, and formerly manager of the Huddart Parkor Company, arrived in Wellington by thu P«te«nft, from Picton and Nelson, this morning. Other passengers by tfie same boat were: Mr. Rodgers, managing director of tho Anchor Shipping Company, and Mr. It. M'UaJlum, M.P. for Wsirftu. The Southland News record* the death of Mr. Thomas S. Nieol, a well-known resident of Southland. Mr. Nicol, who ¦wfis born in 184S, came to New Zaland by th« Strathmore, he being then 11 years of age. He was first a nurseryman/ at Invetcargill, and from there .went to KawArau Falls Station, where he remained for 25 years, and of late yaa's resided at Centre Bush. He was an enthusiastic Oddfellow, and was noted ifor hi* musical ability. Mr. George Cruickshank, who died recently at Shag Valley, Otago, at the age «f 74 years, came to New Zealand from Australia in" 1868, and after working at the Dunstan diggings, settled at Shag Valley. In 1881 he was appointed road engineer iot the Waiheino County^ and detained that position till April, 1910. His daughters, (the eldest being twins) are: Dr. Mafgaret Cruickshank, of Waimate, and Miss Christina Crttickehank, principal- of Wanganui College, whose education careers were remarkable; Mrs. Philips, wife of Dr. Philips, of Kumara ; Mrs. John Steel, Ngapara; and Sister Isabel Cruickshank, late, of Dunedin Hospital staff. The Hon. T. Y. Duncan was entertained at a social at WaikoUaiti. The Mayor of WaikoUaiti (Mr. Stewart) presided, and among those no. the platform were Mr. R. Riddle (Mayor of Palmerston), Mr. W. Nicolson (Mayor of Hampden), and Mr. T._Parata. The chairman '¦aid the gathering was intended to show Mr. Duncan the esteem in which he was held by his friends and supporters in. -Waikouaiti. Although he had never represented their particular part of the district, he had been a representative nt the "northern part of Otago for thirty Jears. _ Mr. Duncan had always been an onest, conscientious man, who had done his duty well. Mt. P. Toomey, on belialf of those present, handed Mr. Duncan a gold^mounted Walking stick, remarking that he had always been respected by his opponents as -well a& by his supporters. Messrs. Riddle, Nicolson, and Parata also referred to Mr. Duncan's sterling qualities. Mr. William Davidson, who died at his residence, May-street, on. the 6th inst., was born in the' North of Scotland in 1847 ? and twenty years later 'left the service of the Union Bank of Scotland to come out to New Zealand, where he was accountant for some years to Lange and Thonemaii, wholesale merchants, Dtmedia. In 1875 he was chosen as .accountant to the Union Insurance Comgany, when it first started business in hnstehurch. Then he went to Timaru to manage for the company, also for the A.M.P. Society^ and at the same time acted as Official Assignee. Afterwards he came to Wellington, where he was appointed representative of the New York Life Insurance Company. Up to the time of his last illness he was on tbe staff of the Registrar-General here. The deceased gentleman had strong literary tastes, being the author of the book, "Stories of New Zealand Life," and was a contributor to the leading journals of the Dominion. He leaves a° widow and a family of -three daughters and three sons. Mr. T. S. Shah, secretary-translator to the Imperial Cfhisase Consulate in New Zealand, will return to China on Friday next. He has been, three years in New Zealand, and has now been, granted leave of absence by his Government in. order to M&it his family in Shanghai. Mr. Shah came to New Zealand from London, where he was attached to the Chinese Legation. He was in the United States for two years, during which he was secretary to the Chinese Government representative to the Saint Louis ' Exposition in 1904. While in the States he was also Shantung provincial representative- at the Portland (Oregon) Exhibition. Mr. Shah has made many friends while in New Zealand, who will regret his sudden departure* It is probable that on the expiration of hk leave Mr. Shah (who was for a time Acting-Consul in New Zealand) will be offered some other Consular post, as he. is aritiou« to see more of the world arid to gain further experience- of Western people and manners.