PERSONAL MATTERS

Evening Post, Volume XCII, Issue 8, 10 July 1916, Page 2

PERSONAL MATTERS

Mr. justice Hosking left on. Saturday for Auckland.

Sergeant; Clifford Mather ■ (killed in action) was a son of the Rev. J. J. Mather, of Mt. Eden, Auckland, formerly of St. Paul's, Palmerston North.

Mr. J. G. L. Hewitt, S.M., is attending to the Magisterial duties at Palmerston North during the absence of Mr. Poynton on Aliens Commission business.

Mr. William Ramlay Reid, of Greymouth, an old West Coast resident, is dead. He arrived in Dunedin in 1863, and after taking part in the Maori War he went to Westland. . •

Lieutenant C. M. Le-win, second son of Captain and Mrs. Lewin, of Methven, who served during the Boer War, has received a commission in the Australian Forces. Lieutenant Lewin was in training at Duntroon' College.

Mr. A. H. Chambers, lately chief inspector, has been appointed general manager of the Union Bank of Australia, Ltd., for Australia and New Zealand. Mr. C. W1 Russell, who will shortly retire, has ■ gone on extended leave.

Lieutenant Pettigrew,. .son of Mr. T. A. Pettigrew, has been, granted a com: mission in, the Royal Flying Corps. ,He is twenty' years of age, and is an old buy of Wangfauai College, where he was a prominent tennis player and athlete.

One of the earliest of New Plymouthsettlers, Mr. Edward Bullot, died in that town last week, ,at ' the age of 77' years. He came out^ from Home with his parents in the Amelia Thompson, -which arrived at New Plymouth on 3rd September, 1841

After a lingering illness Mr. H. Kissell, chief postmaster at Timaru, died at his home on Saturday. Deceased, who was stationed in Wellington for some years, was chief postmaster at Palmerston North before he went to Timaru. ■ He lea-yes a widow aad four children.

Captain R. A. Dearsley, reported wounded, was a well-known Christchurch dentist, and secretary of the British and Foreign Sailors' Society. He joined the Main New Zealand Expeditionary Force in a dental capacity with the rank of lieutenant,. and_ was subsequently promoted to captain.

Mr J G. Findlay, of Invercargill, has been selected out of ten applicants for the position of dispenser at the Wanganui Hospital. Mr. Findlay, who is a qaulified chemist, went to Gallipoli as an artilleryman in the New Zealand Main Expeditionary Force, being subsequently invalided home.

The late Lance-Corporal Edwin Elder Udy (killed in action in France on 20th June) was the eldest son of Mrs. Udy, the Ridges, Wyndham. He was bom at Greytown North, and educated first at Greytown and then at the Gore High School. In May,' 1935, he enlisted, joining the Rifle Brigade (Lord Liverpool's Own).

Mr. John. Taylor, of Devonport, Auckland, died on Thursday' night. Deceased, who was a native of New South "Wales, arrived in New Zealand in 1863, while the Maori War.was in progress. For 35 years he was on the staff of the Auckland Harbour Board, and on 28th September laefe Mr. Taylor and his wife celebrated the fiftieth year of their marriage, which took .place at St. Matthew's Church, Auckland.

Sir. James Willis, well known in business' circles in Christchurch, and who had been' a resident of that city' for 64 years, died on Thursday. His father, Mr. James Willis, landed by the William Hyde in 1852, and became proprietor of the Canterbury Standard, the first newspaper published in Christchurch. After the death of his father Mr. Willis was employed. by the Lyttelton Times Company for 13 years, and -on leaving: that; firm he started ■ business •' on 'Ms' own5 account,- subsequently entering into partnership' with Mr. G. ,W. Russell, and later with Mr. ■W. C. Aiken; who recently predeceased him. He leaves a widow, four sons, and one daughter.

■ Mr. David Nairn died at his residence in Christ-church, on Friday. night, aged; 82. Deceased, who-was a well-known seedsman, came to the Dominion, in 1865 from Fifes-hire, and took up horticulture,: later establishing the business which is known throughout New Zealand. He 'took an activeipartfor a time in. the public affairs of his province, "though in later life he severed his connection-'with the active side, keeping iip a'lively interest in the welfare t of his'district: Mr Nairn was for 47 years a steward of the Canterbury A. and P. Association, and for ■many years a member, of the old Horticultural Society. He was well knownas an old director »f the Caledonian Society. ..• "" . . -

Mr. Joshua,'FarreTl, head'of the furnishing department in Messrs. Ba-llan-tyne and Co.'s warehouse in Christchurch, died in Christchurch on Saturday. Some time ago a horse stepped on his foot,, and1 the injury, then deemed slight, developed to such an extent that last week an operation had to be performed, by which his foot was amputated.. A serious illness supervened on the,shock,'with fatal results.. Mr. Farrell had been connected with ..Messrs. Ballantyne and Co. since 1884, and he had'taken a prominent part in several important movements in the' city. He was connected with the volunteer movement, and was a prominent • member of the Christchurch.- Defence .Corps.1 . He was a well-known exhibitor at poultry shows some years back, and took a, verylively Interest in coursing. He was well known in1 connection with Freemasonry, and was a Past. Master-, of Lodge Corinthian (Irish Constitution).