PERSONAL MATTERS

Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 72, 27 March 1922, Page 8

PERSONAL MATTERS

'/If/> !l"'>n. E. P. 1-rfse arrived at Blenheim fast, y/cftk (xfates a Press Aspocifctiwi iri(it,?,;i%t:). Hft was given a civic 7fx;<rf>tf«r>, ami received deputations' on vthfifmti tnnlUirx r,S local interest; He Ifc/t d/i HaJ.fmlsy by the overland route for Ghristehurefi. - . A I'rer.x jUzociation telegram anliounce.* t.fifj death of Mr. .1. M. StevenM>rs, Mayor of Port Chalmers. Cor/irnarirler C. Dobson, R.N.V.C., is ;>, pAm-nger /rom San Francisco to Sydney by the Tahiti. Mr. Jiixtic-ft Hosking will make fixtures for t.-ivil cfuses set down for hearing at tbft Supreme Court at 9.30 to-morrow morning. Mr. .]. Patterson, cngineer-in-charge of the construction work at the Wellington Patent Slip, returned to Wellington to-day from a business visit to Tahiti. Mr.- J. F. Montague, of Auckland, has hf:«n appointed.judge of elocution at tha Wangunui Competitions, which take place early in October. _ Mr. J. F.. Munnings, architect;, Wellington, has been elected a member of the Art Advisory Committee of the Board of Science and Art. Mr. D. A. J. Rutherford, headmaster of Government schools, Apia, Samoa, having spent his three months' furlough in Dunedin, will return with Mrs. Rutherford and family this week. . iTir. G. Cox, of the firm of Mead, Morrison, and Co., U.S.A., arrived in Wellington to-day from San Francisco in connection with construction w.ork for the Union Company. The Postal authorities have received advice from Sydney that the Ulimaroa, which left at 1 p.m. on the 25th instant for Wellington, carries 407 bags of mails for the Dominion, including 17 from the East and 3 from Africa. Mr. J. L. Arcus, of Wellington, has been appointed for Government audit work at Samoa, and will leave about the middle of May, accompanied by Mr. C. E. Dempsey, of Palmerston, who will also be engaged upon audit work. They will be absent from the Dominion about two months. At the annual general meeting of the Wellington Poultry Society, a motion of sympathy was passed with the relatives of the late Messrs. D. Murphy and J. Casey. Feeling reference was made to the . valuable help and long association the late gentleman rendered-the society. | Mr. G. E. Godber has been appointed to act as Grand Secretary in New Zealand to the Independent Order of Oddfellows (Manchester Unity), in place of the late Mr. John Kershaw, pending the next Meeting of the Biennial Movable Committee, to be held early next month. Colonel Pow, organising secretary of the N.Z.R.S.A., 'has been appointed to the Executive Committee of the Wellington War Relief Association, vice Mr. R. J. F. Aldrich, who recently tcsigned, as he .is leaving Wellington. Colonel Pow was also appointed as a member of the Emergency and Applications Committees. By arrangement between the Advisory Board of the Employers' Federation and the executive of the Coal Mine Owners' Association, Mr. T. 0. Bishop has been appointed acting.Secretary of the Employers' Federation. 2Je will take the case for the employers in the Arbitration Court next month, .when the question regarding the cost-of-Hying bonus will be discussed. :.: Latest news of Bishop Cleary (Roman. Gatholic Bishop of Auckland) states that there is a marked and steadily-continued improvement in his health. His many friends in New Zealand will be pleased to know that the several eminent London surgeons and physicians who acted over him in consultation are unanimous in declaring that his complete recovery is now fully assured. The selection of Mr. G. G. Aitken as Rhodes Scholar for 1921 is referred to in "the annual report of the Wellington Rugby Union. "He will, it is expected, ■leave for England before the end of the coming season. The heartiest good wishes for his future success are extended to him. by players and the union alike, and there is no doubt that he will worthily uphold New Zealand's honour on the Rugby fields of the Homeland." Leave of absence was granted to the Mayor of Eastbourne (Mr. F. H. Mather) at the council meeting on Friday. Mr. Mather is at present in Sydney, and will probably not be returning to New Zealand until after Easter. Councillor C. L. Green applied for six months' leave of absence, as he proposed to pay a visit to' England with Mrs.' Green and' family. He expects to leave Wellington about 7th' April. The necessary leave was granted on the motion of the Act-ing-Mayor. • A memorial service for-the late Mr. W. M. Hannay was held at the Kent-terrace Presbyterian Church last night. Taking ac his text Acts viii., 2. "And devout men carried Stephen to his burial and made great lamentation over him," the Rev. Dr. J., Kennedy Elliott.said that the late Mr. Hannay resembled Stephen in that he was a man of faith, a man of prayer, mighty in the Scriptures; a man of wisdom, or sanctified common-sense. His death was a distressing loss to the congregation, a loss to the community, a loss to the family he loved, and a great personal loss to the preacher himself. Deceased had been associated with the management of the church courts practically since the inception of the congregation, and at the time of his death was the senior elder. Up till about twelve months ago, Mr. Hannay was superintendent •of the Sunday school, having held the position for many years, until compelled to give it up.on account of failing health. The Funeral March and the Dead March in "Sa-iil" were played on the organ at the close of the servicn by Mr.' H. 'W. Godier, and the choir sang "Crossing tho Bar." At the morning service, the Rev. J. Baird, minister of the church, made reference to the death of Mr. Hannay. The late Mr. Hannav was for many years a trustee of the Home v for the Aged Needy, and as a mark of respect all the trustees will be present at tho funeral this afternoon.