PERSONAL MATTERS

Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 29, 2 February 1917, Page 8

PERSONAL MATTERS

- Mr. Alfred T. Danvers, a well-known! resident, of Hastings, is dead, aged 77. j. Mr. 6. H. T.. Crook, is gazetted Gaoler of His Majesty's Prisons at Wellington. ••'-.. •

The appointment of Mr. Alexander Cook as an Inspector under the StockAct is gazetted. .

Mr. T. M. Wilford left yesterday for Napier, where he will attend the sitting of the Supreme Court. . . . Mr. W. Newton has been appointed Deputy Chief Inspector of Factories and Deputy .'Superintendent . of Workers'Dwellings. . ■ -,'-. • ■■ Mr. H. A. Wheeler, one of the-na-tional secretaries of- the Y.M.C.A.j is at .present in Melbourne, and at the end of this monith will lgaye for New Zealand'on an asspciation*imssion. Mr. F. Curtice, who. was'recently*appointed to the Second Wellington' Mih\ tary Service Appeal Board, has tendered his resignation from the office of president of the Wellington Waterside Work-ers-Union. ' -, ';. ■-'" ' .. *> The death occurred at Levin on Wednesday of Mr. Henry Powell, late of Liuton, at the age.of 82 years. The deceased went to. Linton about 30 years ago from the West. Coast, and. was an old colonist, having been .in New Zealand some 50 years. . . • ; Mr. Alexander Anderson," the Nosth. Island representative of Anderson's Ltd.,. Christchurch, died in a private hospital. in Wellington at an early hour this morning from pneumonia. He only took ill last Tuesday The" deceased, who was 61 years of age, was a son of the late Mr. John Anderson, the well-known engineer and iron founder, of Christchurch, and was Lorn in that city; ' He was brought up to the ( banking business, and later joined the firm of Andersons on its being formed into a limited liability company. Since that time he has represented it in the North Island. Ho made many friends by his ; genial disposition and- courteous manner For some time before his death he had madeAuckland his headquarters., Mr Frederick Anderson ■ arrived from church this morning by the Maorij; too late to see his brother alive. Thei body is to be removed to Christchurch tonight, and the. funeral will take place there tomorrow The deceased gentleman was unmarried.

Mr. W. F. Grace, general manager for the Waihi Grand Junction Gold Mining Company, died in England this week, aged fifty-thrtie. The late Sir. Grace came to New Zealand in 1909 from London, where he had for some time acted as a consulting' engineer, under engagement to the Waihi Grand Junction Company, to examine and report on the company's mine and plant. In January, 1910, he was appointed general manager in succession to Mi F. C. Brown, and held that position up to the time of his death. His wide experience on various mining fields, including Mexico, Australia, and other parts of the world, to" gether with his ability 'as. ..a mining chemist, eminently .. fitted him for the position, and during his' term of office he was responsible for the introduction of several improvements and to the treatment plant, which > materially reduced the cost of gold production,, and als& for ' t-b* more speedy; and thorough! \openmg up. qf._Jhe_muie at depth." "