PERSONAL MATTERS

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 154, 27 December 1912, Page 7

PERSONAL MATTERS

♦ Mr. Eustace King, Kelburne, leaves Ihis evening for Sydney, Mr. D. Bradley leaves by the Moevaki to-day on an extended tour of Australia. Mr. S. E. Greville Smith, a well» ledown journalist} died at Hamilton 'on Tuesday from heart disease. Mr. H. J. Samson, manager of the Chatham Island Fishing Company, has resigned in order to go into partnership with his brother at Gisborne. Professors Laby and Kirk, of Victoria College, will leave Wellington for ' Sydney on 3rd January to attend the meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science. Miss Mary Proctor, who is touring Australasia under the auspices of the Bfitiflh Astronomical Association, leaves thiV evening for Sydney to attend the meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science. A well-known resident of Wanganui, and an old and distinguished veteran, in Ihe person of Lieutenant Neville Thornton, passed away yest erday at the ripe old age of 77, The deceased, who had been in failing health for some years, held the French decoration the Legion of Honour fov distinguished service in the Crimean War at the storming of the Mamalon. The Mamalon was a. fortified post, the key of the Jiedan, from which the Allies had been repulsed by the Russians several times. On the occasion of the last repulse Lieutenant Thornton seized a tricolour from the standard-bearer and rushed into the breach made in the wall by the French artillery. The m«Sn followed, and victory crowned their effort, for _ this signal act of bravery King Louis Napoleon pinned the distinguished honour on the herod breast. Lieutenant Thornton was afterwards appointed to a regiment in Algiers. After retiring Ifom the service on a pension he cattle to Australia, where he lived for some years, subsequently coming to New Zealand. For come years ne, resided at Palinereton North, and latterly in Wanganui, where he waa well known and widely respected. Tne death occurred on Christmas ' Day of Mr- Arthur Appleby, an old and' much esteemed residerft of Christchurch. Mr. Appleby was born at Bttrtoh-on-Trent in 1849, and arrived in Christchurch forty-five years ago. Soon after reaching that city he secured a position in the office of Mr. Ferrady, solicitor, and afterwards he was for a time court reporter for the Press. Later he joihed the staff of the late Mr. Charles Clark, land and estate agent, on which he remained for twenty-one years. Afterwards he started in business on his own account, and retired from H a few years ago. For many years Mr. Appfeby was a director of Messrs. Whitcombe and Tombs', Ltd., and for some time was chairman of directors of that company, He was a member of the City Council for several years, and represented the then North-west Ward. Mr. Appleby was a member of the old <3hristchurch Musical Society, and was one of the founders of the Christchttrch Liedertafel, of which he was a member at the time of his death. He took a great interest in volunteering, and was at one time a member of the old Cranmer-square Lawn Tennis dub, and he was much interested in horticultural matters. He is survived by hia wife and five ions. A message front Auckland states that the appointment of the Veo. Archdeacon Btodie, V.G., as a Domestic Prelate of hut Holm««8 the Pope i« announced, with, the title of "Rev. Mon«gnor«." A dinner in honour of the occasion was given by Bishop Cleary last evening to the Roman Catholic clergy. Archdeacon Brodie was born at Thames, and was educated at Manly College and the Marist Bros.' School. At an early age he showed edmidorahle, talent, and when at Manly College was looked upon a» a marked man lor high honours. He was ordained about fifteen years ago by the late Bishop " Lem'hao, and 'appointed curate to St. Benedict's, Later he was appointed parish priest at Waihi. At tne time of the death of the late Bishop Lenihan, Archdeacon BrodJe was nominated "di^nidf," or the second choke of the ecclesiastical authorities of the diocese in which the high office- h*d become vacant. The names of three of the clergy were submitted to Rome, and the present Bisilop (Dr. Cleary) was selected. At the annual Synod in January last he was elected to the title of Venerable Archdeacon of the Auckland diocese. Whilst in Waihi, Archdeacon Brodie worked f hard for Catholic education in establishing free schools in the parish. < He took a firm stand against secularism, and was a champion of tho cause of Christianity. Monsignore, Brodi^ is at present recovering from a very serious illness, brought about largely by his indefatigable labours during the recent, trouble in Waihi.