PERSONAL MATTERS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 72, 25 March 1912, Page 7

PERSONAL MATTERS.

Mr. W. A. Kellow is announced as a candidate for the Mayoralty of Karori. Mr. S. J. Moran. LL.B., of Wellington (recently of the firm of Messrs. Casey and Moran) is joining Mr. Lavery as a partner in Mastertou. "Referring to the proposed Early Settlers' Association in Wellington, the .Masterion Times advocates the establishment of a. branch association for the iVairarapa. Dr. N. M'Donald, who will act as k.'juni tenens for Dr. Elliott during the littter's absence in England, was a passenger to Wellington by the Athenic 011 Saturday. The Rer. J. W. Burton, formerly of Masterton, who has already written a book on Fiji, has received advice that another of his works, ''The Call of the Pacific," has been accepted by a London iirm of publishers. Mr. H. B. Sevier, general manager for Lewis Berger and Sons, one of ,tho oldest paint manufacturing firms in the world, has just made a tour of the South Island, and leaves to-day for Auckland, accompanied by Mr. H. Price, tho New Zealand agent. Mr. Herbert Church, who recently retired from the Civil Service on superannuation after thirty-three years" employment in the Treasury Department, Vac presented on Saturday last with a pair of field glasses and other articles io mark the respect in which he is held by his fellow-officers. Mr. George Shirtcliffe, a member, of Ihe Wellington City Council, returned from Auckland on Saturday, and will go on to Ckristchurch to-night. He has ■ oeen asked to become a candidate for the Mayoralty, but will not announce his decision until he returns to Wellington about Wednesday or Thursday next. Mr. A. L. Dentice, of the maintenance staff of the Wellington Gas Company, who is. severing his connection with the firm, was on Saturday last presented with a travelling bag as a token of the esteem in which he is held by his fellow-workmen. The presentation was made by Mr. C. B. Norwood. Mr. A. R. Crump, youngest son of the Rev. J. Crump, died recently in Melbourne. The late Mr. Crump, who had been ill for the last three and a-half years, was an assistant-teacher under Mr. W. S. Littlejohn at Scots College, Melbourne. He was an Old Boy of Nelson College 1 and took his B.A. degree in 1902, ana his M.A. degree in 1903. Mr. J. F. Woodward, who died yesterday at his residence, Broadway-terrace, was well known in Wellington, where he arrived in the ship Douglas in 1871. He was a member of the Wellington Volunteer Fire Brigade for twenty-six years, under Superintendents Wilson, Moss, Whiteford, Page, Kemsley, and Hugo. Deceased, who was fifty-seven years of age, leaves a widow and two sons and. two daughters. Mr. Benjamin Burland, who was in business in Kaikoura for the past twenty years, died last week from heart failure. Mi*. Burland arrived in Wellington in 1888, and acted as dispenser for some time to Mr. George Mcc, Lambton-quay. The late ' Mr. Buiiand (familiarly known in Kaikoura as "Big Ben") was born in County Carlow, Ireland, in 1859. He was educated at a private school, and in 1875 passed his arts examinations at Apothecaries' Hall, Ireland, and the Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, gaining first and sixth places respectively. Mr. Charles Robinson, custodian of Parliament Buildings, received birthday congratulations from the staff and Ministers.' messengers after the laying of the foundation stone of the- new 'Parliament Buildings on Saturday. Mr. Robinson informed the gathering that he was born iii 185Q.near the 'site of the buildings of which he is now in charge. His first Lasociation w^th th© present building was in 1871, when he came down from Auckland, in attendance on Sir George Bowen, the then Governor. At a later period he was in charge for a while when Sir Arthur Gordon was Governor. Mr. Will Lawson, who is leaving the local staff of the A. M.P. Society to take up an important position in Hawkes Bay on the society's outside staff, was last evening tendered a farewell dinner by the past and present members of the Wellington office staff, who, after wishing Mr. Lawson "God-speed" and the best of good fortune in his new field, presented him with a suitable memento of the esteem in which he is held. Mr. Lawson, who is more widely known by reason of his contributions to the press and his work in verse, leaves for Dannevirke on Monday, where he will be stationed for a time. •Mr. George Brown, J.P., who died at his residence, Buller-street, yesterday, had been a resident of the district for the past seventy-two yearn. He came from Paisley, Scotland, in 1840, with his parents, who took up farming in the Hutt Valley. Later Mr. Brown, with his brother, went to the Victorian goldfielda, and, after an absence of five years, part in Australia and part in Otago, at the fields, returned to take up farming in the Upper Hutt district. About six years since he retired and camo to live in town. He always took an interest in public affairs, and represented the Mnngaroa Riding on the Hutt County Council for twelve years, finally retiring on account of ill-health. His father, the late Mr. James Brown, owned and built the' first hotel in the Upper Hutt, "The Shepherds' Inn" (later known as the "Criterion," but since demolished). Deceased "was also a member of the Hutt Licensing Committee. He was a member of the S.P.C.A. up to the time of his death, and' as a Justice of the Peace rendered good service to his district over a very long period. From 1860 to 1870 he served in the Hutt militia during the trouble on the West Coast with Titokowaru. t Deceased, whose widow survives him, leaves numerous relatives. Mr: E. P. Peacock, of Melbourne, chairman of the National Executive of the V.M.C.A. of Australia and New Zealand, is in Wellington. Mr. Peacock is to confer with the directors of the local association this evening with a view to establishing a national committee for New Zealand— a committee which will have the oversight of all the associations in the Dominion. A national sectional committee has been appointed for New Zealand, but has not yet be- 1 come effective. Previously the various j associations have been separate units working along, their own preconceived i lines. The earlier associations in this i country took on the replica of the activities of the English associations, which •u-€>re very largely evangelistic. Later, a-n attempt was made to fit American TjjPthods to the old English ideas. It amip found (said Mr. Peacock to a Post j jpresentative to-day) that ; while thi* adaptation is serving a limited purpose. if I~ becoming more definitely recognised That the problems of young' men life in Ne-v Zenlind require particular methods. The traditions of social and political development must be carefully considered before definite plans are evolved- In brief, what suits America and England does not suit New. Zealand, because of the latter's advanced development. His trip to New Zealand was made with a view io stimulating the leading minds in the various centres to study the local conditions and work accordingly with the association. Mis? Borlara notifies in our advertising (columns thai her dancing classes rill be reopened at the end of March. 1