PERSONAL MATTERS

Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 151, 23 December 1918, Page 8

PERSONAL MATTERS

( His Excellency the Governor-General of Australia and Lady Helen Munio Ferguson will probably say good-bye to Australia before Easter. His Excellency (reports Melbourne Argus) was appointed on 2nd March, 1914, and was sworn in at Melbourne on Bth May following.' The term of office for the Governor-General of the Commonwealth is five years, and it is understood that His Excellency is anxious to return to England before the term of his appointment expires.

Surgeon-General R. S. F. Henderson, C.8., left by the Main Trunk express today, on a visit to Rotorua.

Mr. A. M'Carthy, Deputy Registrar of the Supireme Court at Christchurch, has been transferred to a similar position at Auckland. \ \

Mr. James Anderson, of Cambridge, prominent in public affairs'in the Waikato, is dead. He was born in Edinburgh, and had been in New Zealand 55 years.

Amongst the passengers from- LytteL ton by the Maori yesterday were Sir George and Miss Clifford, Professor and> Miss Blunt, and Captains Kirkwood and Post, of the Defence Department.

Mr. 0. E. Bowling, Acting-Registrar of the Supreme Court at Auckland, has been appointed assistant-solicitor to the Public Trust Office, Wellington, and will take up his new/ duties after the New Year. : ' -. ' ' ■ ' ■

Mr. A. V. King, recently appointed postmaster at Lyttelton, i has been nearly forty years in the Postal Department. He served most of the time' at Blenheim, Dnnedin, and Oteutau. V

Mr. George H. Mason will retire in June next from the position of Registrar of Canterbury College, which he has held since 1908. Mr. Maaon has been president of the New Zealand Rugby Union and the Canterbury Rugby Union, and was manager of the '"All Black" team which visited California a few years ago. Mr. H..S. Dawe, manager of the Ash-bin-ton Electric Supply Company, died last week from influenza. He was the only son of Mr. James Dawe, of St. . Albans, Chrislchurch, and waa born at Lyttelton thirty-four years ago. He was * educated at Warwick House School, Christchurch, on leaving which he studied electrical engineering, and for a considerable period was in the employ of»Messrs. \Craddock and Co.; Christchurch. , He ■ went to Ashburton-as manager of the Ashburton Electric Supply Company at its inception.

Mr. Jonathan Burton,'wlio'had lived in New Zealand for 45 years, died at Napier on Saturday afternoon in his 77th year. Mr. Burton was born in Reading, Berks, in 1841, and left England in the ship Douglas in 1873. .. He carried pn business in "Wellington as' a master plasterer for over twenty years. Mr. Burton has left a widow, five sons (Messrs. Henry, Robert, "and John Burton, of Wellington, arid Messrs. Alfred and Fred Burton, of Kaimai, Tauranga), two daughters (Mrs.' J. Whittaker, Colyton, Feilding, ami Mrs. J. Etheridg'e, Taradalc, Napier), twenty-eight grandchildren, and, eight great-grandchildren.

■ Mr. Ernest A. Palmer, whose death from pneumonia occurred recently, wan one of the most devoted.helpers during the epidemic. Directly, the outbreak occurred he volunteered his services in tho Plimmerton District, and several sufferers acknowledge that they owe their I^ves. to his unremitting care and attention. After a fortnight's strenuous work lie developed the \ disease in a violent form, and was brought into town by special ambulance, but died at St. Patrick's College Hospital a day . after arrival. The deceased, who was a native of Nelson and about 55 years of age, was at one tim« in partnership with Mr Edwards, builder, in .Wellington, but for many years before his death had lived a retired life. Before going to Plimmerton he resided at Island, Bay, and was prominent in public affairs there. He was a lay reader in the Anglican Church at Plimmerton.

iJu c ,many> haTd worked members ot the medical profession, few had such a strenuous time during the recent epitome as Dr M'Pherson of the Mental Hospital, Porirua. Although his official duties increased enormously, his services were willingly given to the residents of porirua, including Maoris at the pa, and throughout the epidemic lie was the only .medical man in attendance. To mark their appreciation, the residents on Saturday presented Dr. M'Pherson with a handsome gold watch and chain suitably inscribed. In making the presentation, the Rev 0. H Earwaker spoke feelingly of the doctor's devotion to duty and his unfailing courtesy to all. In thanking the residents of Porirua, Dr. M'Pherson spoke of the terrible times the. country had passed through, and stressed the importance of being prepared in case of a future visitation of the dreaded germ.. He sajd he wished to thank the voluntary especially the women, whose conduct he considered Mas heroic.