PERSONAL MATTERS

Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 5, 6 July 1917, Page 2

PERSONAL MATTERS

Mr. John Francis Downey has been appointed an inspector of mines for tfhe North Island., The death of Mr. Samuel White, contractor, Auckland,, where he had lived for fifty years, is announced. The Timaru Presbytery has sustained a call from the Fairlie Presbyterian Church' to Rev. A. C. W. Standage, M.A., of Kelburn. . ■ ■ • Mr. J. J. Boyd, Mayor of Onehunga,' ahd Mrs. Boyd, arrived from Auckland yesterday. "Mr. Boyd is heTe on' busimess in. connection with Onehunga. which is to' come before Parliament. Dr. J. C. Palmer, of Christchurch, who went to America recently to obtain the services of the famous surgeons, the Mayo brothers, is now progressing favourably, .after a successful operation. The appointments arc gazetted of Mr. | Alfred Henry de Tourettes as Registrar of Electors and Returning Office for "Wellington Suburbs, and. of Mr. 1- Thomas I Hans Gibson to a similar position for Wellington East. ■ ' , Mr. W. H. Sefton. Moorhouse has not sufficiently recovered .to be able to resume the chairmanship of the Third Wellington Military Service Board. His. place is still being taken by Mr. H. J. Beswick, of Christchurch. ' " I desire to give notice," said Archdeacon Innes Jones at yesterday's session of the Anglican Synod, "to move that this Synod respectively .tenders its. hearty "congratulations to -His Lordship the Bishop on the success of his son, Maurice Spwtt, in obtaining the Military Medal." This was greeted with loud applause. It is now learnt authoritatively . that the Papal Delegate in Australia (Archbishop Cerretti), who recently left for Rome, was recalled to; replace Monsignor Pacelli, who had been, for some time secretary of the Sacred Congregation for Extrordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs, at the Vatican, and has been appointed Papal Nuncio to Bavaria. The funeral of the late Mr. T. S. Lambert, J.P., took /place at Karbri Cemetery yesterday afternoon.' The Rev. Dr. Elliott, officiated at the graveside. There was an exceptionally large cortege, the principal mourners being deceased's seven sons—John, Charles, James, Thomas, Georga, William, and Ernest. Representatives from ■■the architectural profession and the Prison Board, with 'which the late gentleman was associated, were included in the mourners. The late Mr. Lambert leaves, in addition to his sons, a wife anfl two daughters (Mrs. Robert Simpson and Miss Lambert). Mr. Maurice O'Coimor, ex-Chief Detective, and a, well-known Auckland hotelkeeper, whose death occurred this week, was born, at Kilcustaali, County Kerry, and, arrived in New Zealand 1 about 43 years ago, and joined.the Armed Constabulary, being one of the party that took part in the arrest of Te Kooti. Hs was later drafted to Wellington, : alnd from there proceeded to Christchurch, where he. was appointed chief detective. From •'Christ-church he went to Dutaedin, where he resigned after about 17 years' service. On arrival in Auckland, he took . over the Wavertey Hotel, where he resided for about 14 yoaTs. He later bought the Thistle Hotel. It will be interesting to his. many Wellington friends to hear that SergeantMajor J. Carswell, who. left .New Zealand towards the' beginning of the waV, has' gained a commission on the, field.; Lieutenant Cam>vell, v who was a popular member'of Brougham Hill' Tennis Club, !'served through. thi Russo-Japanese war, being an engineer on'a-.vessel engaged in block&de running; . He says.: ".The first morning I. was in my officer's' "uniform the first superior officer. I saluted was King George V;,' who passed with Queen Mary on the way to St. Paul's, the occasion being the entry of the United States into.the war." The staff, of the Waterworks Department of the Wellington . City Council met yesterday, and made a presentation to Mr. R. Fair*, who has severed his connection with the Corporation. Mr. Fairc, .who'has been on the City Council staff for fourteen years,' including five " and a-haif years on the waterworks staff, has taken up a position with, au electrical firm in the city. Mr. S. Kenny, meter inspector, in making the presentation—a silver teapot—spoke highly of the work done by Mr. JTaire, and, on behalf of the staff, tendered him all good wishes. In responding, Mr. Fairo said he had left the council employ simply for the'reason, that there was no facility given for advancement in the service. A classification system was, in his opinion, urgently, required. Detective-Sergeant J. Siddells, of the Wanganui Police Force, will retire from duty oil 3th July, having .been granted three months' leave prior to resigning from tihe Force on pension. •Detective Siddells has- not attained the age limit, but has the service entitling him to a pension. He has offered his services to the Justice Department as a temporary clerk 1 till after; the war, a-s he considers • that he ought to do something to assist, in. this.time of stress.' Detective Siddells joined the Armed Constabulary in 1877, serving two years in that force. He then transferred to the police, and went to Hawkes Bay, serving in iliat district at various stations as constable and sergeant till January, 1905. In that year ho was transferred to the detective branch, and sent to Wanganui, where he has been stationedever since. ' * . .