PERSONAL MATTERS

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 100, 27 April 1917, Page 2

PERSONAL MATTERS

Mr. J. R. Palmer, Town Clerk of Wellington,' who is on his annual leave, has returned from a visit to Wanganui.

Mr. J. G. HaTkness has been appointed by the Government a member of the Wellington Harbour Board.

Mr. R. G. A. Sawell has been appointed a master on the staff of the Wellington Boys' College.

A Press Association message from Palmerston North states that Dr. Barnett, the late Dr. Martin's successor, has volunteered, and will join the 26th Reinforcements. '

, Mr. J. R., Samson t of the Discharged Soldiers' Department, left by to-day's express on an official visit to the committees representing the Department in the Auckland-Thames district.

Miss Kennedy and Miss Ross have been' appointed to the staff of the Wellington Girls' College. Miss Macßiarmid has resigned her position on the staff of tihe college..

Word has been received that Mr. L. ■W. Blundell, son of the late iMr. Henry Blundell. has joined thts Royal Field Artillery (London). His brother, Private W. H. Blundell, is z, member of the 25th Reinforcements.

Mr. A- L- Beattie, who was this week etected a member of the Napier Hospital Board, was formerly Chief Mechanical Engineer of the New Zealand Railways. Mr. T. B. Crump, who has been reelected Mayor of Eltham, was formerly in practice as a solicitor in Masterton. Mr. George Collier, who died in Wellington on Tuesday last, was a former well-known resident ofi Canterbiu'y. During the time he lived in the Southern city he was proprietor of the Royal George Hotel, Christchurch, and the Mitre Hotel, Lyttelton. He was buried at Karori,to-day. ; \

The Vicar of St. Mark's, the Rev. C. F. Askew; announced at the' annual meeting of parishioners last night that should the war end this year, he intended to take a trip' to England next April with Mis. Askew. He -would return, to St. Mark's, however, as he felt that the real -work there was only beginning.

Mr. A. Hardhani,, who leaves next week for Paraparaumu to take up farming pursuits, was last evening presented by Mr. Owen, on behalf of. the Lower Hutt Church of Christ, with a combined barometer and thermometer, and Mrs. Hai'dham was a recepient of a case of scissors from the members of the Ladies' Guild. k

Before leaving Christchurch for Wellington to take up a position with the Goldberg Advertising Agency, Ltd., Mr. Stanley East, sub-editor of the Christchurch Star, was the recipient of a. portmanteau and despatch-case from the members of the literary staffs of the Lyttelton Times and Star. Mt. M. L. Reading, editor-in-chief, and 'Mr. D. M'Lennan, editor of the* Star, referred to Mr. East's capabilities as a writer, and wished him a successful future.

" Death has removed many old members of St. Mark's Church during recent months," said the Rev. C. F. Askew in his report at <he annual parishioners' meeting last night. "The late Mrs. H. A. M'Gregor, Mrs. A. Maguire, Mrs. W. J. Gaudin, Mrs. Avery, and Messrs. Hollowav and Palliser and Captain Ferdinand t[olm had been connected with St. Mark's for many years, and were deeply interested in the work of the parish.' We sinooTely mourn their loss."

The Bey. C. H. Harvey, vicar of St. Luke'E, Wadestown, who has been appointed chaplain of the 25th Reinforcements, was on leaving to take up his duties presented with a substantial cheque, and a travelling-ca^e containing requisites for camp use. Mr. Alderson made the presentation, on behalf of the donors, at the meeting of parishioners this week. Hearty applause from the audience testified to appreciation of the services of the vicar, v-"ho acknowledged the gift in appropriate Jerms.

The Rev. Mr. H. W. Thompson, M.A., assistant curate of St. Mark's Church, is about*, to take temporary charge of another parish on account of the great scarcity of clergy in the diocese. His place at St. MarkVwill be taken by Ihe Rev. W. .A. Keay, now in charge of Methven parish, who hopes to take up his new duties early in July. Mr. Keay is a Man of wide asperience, whose gifts in the pulpit and in other directions are of a high order. He is not unknown in St. Mark's, having preached there on two occasions.

Musical New Zealanders;-will probably remember a. tour, in the 'eighties, made By Mr. John. Bad cliff c, the eminent flautist, with his wife, Mme. Pauline Rita, an: accomplished vocalist; uninterrupted success attended this visit. Such will regret to hear of Mr. Raddiff's death,, at the age of 75. For some years he was a member .of Trinity College of. Music, London, and a teacher at this institution. For fifteen years, prior to his visit to the colonies, Mr. Radcliffe, who was principal flautist at the Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden, never missed a single performance. At the age of.twelve he.phyed his first flute eolo in public at BiTkenhead, and a year later ha made his appearance at the Crystal Palaoe concerts, after which hs came up to }>>ndon for a course of study at the Royal Academy, of ;which Jhe was very soon elected- an Associate, and eventually became one of its attached professors, Madame Pauline Rita survives her husband, but unfortunately for the past few years she lias been quite blind.

Mr. John Angus, manager of the New Zealand and Australian Land Company, died at Dunedin on-Tuesday last, at the ago of 68 years. Mr. Angus was bom in Scotland. He came to New Zealand in 1874, and from a date shortly after his arrival—for a, period of over forty years—ho wao connected with the New Zealand and Australian Land Company. For a number of years Mr. Angus was employed in connection with the Clydevale Estate, but.the greatest part of his business life was' spent in the office of the company in Dunedin, and on the death of Mr. Thomas Brydone, the superintendent of the company, he took charge of the business. Mr. Angus was prominently associated with, the Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Association, in -which ho filled, with great success, the offico of honorary treasurer for very many years. He was a, member of the Vestry of All Saints' Church for a number of years, and his membership of the committee of the Dunedin Athenaeum extended over many years. Mr. Angus will be remembered as a man of the loftiest character and highest integrity. '