PERSONAL MATTERS

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 1, 1 July 1922, Page 8

PERSONAL MATTERS

Mr. Will Lawson, organiser of the New Zea-land" Forestry. League, who,has been in the Wairarapa district, will give a .lecture to the "Savages'* of .Carterton! afc their Korero to-night. .. ' ■

. Mr.' Frank.H.Burbuah, who for th«i last tiiree' and a'-half years has been district repatriation .officer at. Auckland, has resigned that, position -for health ;reasons.' ' ' , ■. ■ : , ....-•

The appointment of Mr. R. B. Witty as general manager was confirmod at the Jast- meeting .of the: Eastbourne Borough Council. .;His position had. only, been acting\prior_ to the meeting, . and .'the council's decision was unanimous., '■'.

: A Christchuxch . Press Association message reports that advice!'.was received ! 'yesterday of the death" in England of Mr. G. H. N;, Helmore (of the legal: firm of Helmore ( and Van Asch), ■who left on a visit to1 the Old Country on 30th March.

The death is reported: from- Palmerston iNorth; of Mr.; W.:, J; Phillips, a retired, farmer,. who was well' known 'in racing circles. He was the owner of Nobleman, winner of the Wellington Cup'and'the Manawatu" Cup (twice).'1 Mr. ~ Phillips was!a prominent member; of, the Raaigitikei and F eliding Racing Clubs,'and'held office in the Grand Lodge,of freemasons.

Mi-. Scott Cblville,' who has been acting as bueiness manager of {foe J. 0. Williamson Gilbert aind.' StiUivao ; Opera, Company, leaves for' Auckland on Monday. Mr. Colyille will then take Charge of tihe tour of Jascha Spivakovslcy. the; Ruseian pianisK. SpivakOTslty will first' appear in Auckland, opening on the; Bth'instant. ' .:, '; ' ;;' ; ■-'■ ' ■ ' ■ -

Cable advic* 'has been received in Wellington of the: death at. Sydney of ■Mr.- David- Miller,' late Chief. Inspector of Post Offices:"-.. Mr. Miller, wes on a visit to Sydney, in the hopes of restoring his-health. He joined; the Postal service as a boy in Napier, was later chief postmaster in Wahgfinuj and Wellington, and still later chief inspector^ from which position, he /retired on superannuation. During .the; war -he did war service ih: England. : Mr: Miller was popular in the. service,:, ,an<i his ; dieath will he felt by his many friends throughout "the Dominion. He leaves a widow (who was with him in Sydney) and two sons, Mr. H. G. Milter, of Palmerston North, and Mr. D. D. Miller^ of Dannevirke. ;'. ■'....■.:. . ■ ■':.'.''

The death has taken place of Mr.: Alfred Henry Waters at the age of 75 years. -The late Mr. Waters, who was .a son of Mr. Thomas:. Waters, 3/Pi,, one of the earliest settlers ,in Wellington,' was bom in Wellington ■■ in the , year--1847.' He was educated at St. Paul's Day School; Wellington,,and was: one. of the few surviving first pupilp of the 'Wiinganui Collegiate School, of which . the' Rev. 0. H. S. Nioholls—a noted scholar. of his day—was master. After', leaving school, Mr., A. H. Waters entered! the business house of his father, who -was a Wanganni merchant of some stan-ding. For the. past thirty years-Mr. A. H. Waters, who. was of a. retiring disposition, had '. residted in Boukott-teiT«e, Wellington. He was regarded 'by those, who had -business relations with, him: as a man of :great integrity and force of character, his. sound opinion, in business, matters being: highly valued. Among the early .settlers the.deeeasedwas w-eIL known. The late Mr; Waters is.survived, by his',widow—a well-known war worker—and by .one sister, as well as several nieces and nephews.

Captain Robert Johnston, of Lower Hutt, died on Thursday after a short illness. ■ He : was born at Brookhill, County Leitrim,' Ireland, and on; the death of his parents, he spent his boyhood at Oak Park, Donegal., He was educated at Foyle College, Londonderry, going, from there to, Dublin, and thence to Sandhurst to complete his military training.;. ' Entering the 89th Regiment in :, 1854,.', he. went to ; the: ' Crimea, where .he saw some stirring warfare. , From there he was invalided home,' and on re-joining, his regiment proceeded to the' Cape, where trouble, had' broken ;out in Zululand.' .: During this time, the mutiny ..broke, out ,in, India,' and the 89th' Regiment was immediately ordered to. proceed- there." He saw stirring times,, • especially at Delhiand Agra. He married 'the eldest daughter of Judge Taylor,. qf '. Ainbala, and'remained in India till the regiments were ordered to return to England. Determined to see more of life abroad, he sold out, and, accompanied by his wife, set sail from. Calcutta -in. the Blackburn for .Australia, and thence to Dunedin. He later proceeded to Auckland, where he joined the" New Zealand Militia about 1863. Hero ho served for some years in. the Waikato,' and later, when the Maori troubles came to. an end, Captain Johnston turned 'his,,attention to teaching, and started .'a Grammar School until he decided to take, service under the Wellington Education Board, with whom ■. he remained until his retirement in 1905. "He leaves:a son and three daughters. . ; j*