PERSONAL MATTERS

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 86, 8 October 1914, Page 6

PERSONAL MATTERS

Sir Douglas and Lady Mawson are at present in Dunedin. Major C. T. Tatum is leaving for Rotorua to-night, and expects to be absent for a fortnight. Professors H. B. Dixon, W. E. Brown, and W. H. Hudson have left New Zealand for Canada and England. Ml*. Henry MacMahon, of Richmond, Nelson, who was formerly a much re* spectea settler at Riwaka for a great many years, is dead. Mr. T. H. Macky, a director of Messrs. Macky, Logan, Caldwell, Ltd., is now in charge of the Wellington branch of the firm's business. Mr. J. B. Paton was last night presented with a Wedding gift by his fellow-members on the management committee of the Wellington Football Association. Messrs. Arthur Duncan, Kenneth Duncan, R. L. D. Kidston, A. E. Whyte, and Dr. L. C. Hales will leave Wellington at midday to-morrow to take part in the golf tourney in the northern city. Mr. Charles Archibald Lawrance Treadwell, Associate to his Honour Mr. Justice Sim, was to-day, on the motion of Mr. C. H. Treadwell, admitted by his Honour the Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout) as a solicitor of the Supreme Court. The death occurred in Auckland on Tuesday of Captain Stormont Small, formerly truant officer there, and also secretary of the Auckland City Schools Committee. He arrived from Australia in 1865 and went through the Maori war. For* a number of years lie resided at the Thames and was capt&itt of one of the local rifle companies. The Hon. Gilbert Carson, M.L.C., of Wanganui, and Mr. W. Lock, of Nelson, have been re-elected members of the Committee of Advice of the Wellington Training College. The former represents the Taranaki, Wanganui, and Hawkes Bay Education Boards, and the latter the Nelsou, Westl&nd, Grey, and Marlborough liducation Boards. Mr. H. R. Giles, an old resident of Woodville, is dead. Deceased in the early days was a well-known contractor, and for a number of years was responsible for the maintenance of the Woodville streets. He was a prominent member of the Foresters' Lodge, and assisted in establishing Court Woodville. Deceased, who is survived by his widow and a family of four eons and ono daughter, was seventy-one years of age. Amongst retirements on superannuation from^the Public Service announced in a supplement to the New Zealand Gazette this week are the following : — Mr. Daniel Spiehnan, veterinary inspector, Petone; Mi". Ales. P. Burns, Government Insurance Department; Mr. John Pollock, draughtsman, Land and Survey Department, Nelson; Mr. Joshua J. Carr, lithographic printer, Wellington ; Mr. George Watsoh, Public Works storekeeper's assistant, Auckland. Mr. A. L. Parsonsj for seventeen and a-half years manager in Christchurch for the New Zealand Insurance Company, has been promoted to the management of the West Australian branch, and was entertained at luncheon by the Underwriters' Associations at Christchurch yesterday j and presented with a gold watch, chain, and sovereign case, and with a. necklet for Mrs. Parsons. Mr. Parsons was subsequently presented by the chief clerks of all the insurance offices with an artistic greenstone desk-knife. Consequent upon the retirement of Superintendent Mitchell, in charge of the Otago police district, Superintendent Dwyor, of Chrietchurch, has temporarily betn appointed to the charge of both Canterbury and Otago police districts. During Superintendent Dwyer's absence "in the south Sub-Inspector M'Kinnon will assume charge of the Canterbury district. Inspector O'Donovan, of Napier, is senior police inspector in New Zealand, and he is mentioned «s likely to be Appointed superintendent in charge of Otago. The- Wairarapa Daily News , states that Mr. A. J. Boddinglon, now resident in Johannesburg, and eldest eon of Mr. J. C. Boddington, of Masterton, has enlisted in Royston's Horse for service with the South African forces against the Germans in South-West Africa. Royeton's Horse is composed principally of New Zealanders and Australians who fought in the Boer War. An old Wellingtonian in the person of Mr. Cashmore Freeth, who was ser-geant-major in the Second New Zealand South African Contingent, has also gone on aotivo service against the Germans in South Africa. Mr. Freeth, who is major of the Pretoria Infantry Corps, is the eldest son of Mrs. Gharlesireeth, of Wellington.