PERSONAL MATTERS

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 87, 11 April 1924, Page 8

PERSONAL MATTERS

The Prime Minister (Mi-. W. F. Massey) arrived from the South this morn-1 ing. The Hon. C. j. Parr, Minister of Education, left for Auckland by the Main Trunk express to-day. . ', Sir. Joseph Ward arrived in Wellington by the ferry/steamer Wahine' this morning.. , .',..-... Mr. Robert Duncan, who has held the position of first (ellcr at the Bank of New Zealand,. Invercargill, for some years, has been transferred to ' Christchurch. Professor J ; C: Johnson has been' elected unopposed to'the New Zealand University Senate as representative of the Auckland District Court of Convocation. The seat was rendered vacant by the death of Mr. J. WY Tibbs. - .Mr. D. ,H S. Riddiford will leave shortly for the Old Country, and will vbe absent about'a year. Mr. H: Willis has hew appointed chairman of the l< eatherston-Longwood Water Race Committee, in his place. • • Mr. J. Roberts, : secretary of the Alliance of labour and of the New Zealand Waterside Workers1 Federation, who- has been, in Australia for some weeks- inquiring into conditions of employment in the waterfront industry in the Commonwealth; # returned to-day. 'Mn'W. H.'Trevan, who has been associated with the .firm of Lever Bros Ltd., New-Zealand, for the past'three years; leaves for. Sydney "on Tuesday next by the- steamer Tahiti. He will join the Ormonde at that port and proceed on a tour of London and the Continent. . - .Lieut.-General Sir Harold B. Walker K.C.8.,K.C.M.G., D.5.0., has been appointed General Officer Commandihg-in-Chief, Southern Command, in India. During the war Sir Harold Walker's services lay with Indian, Australian, New Zealand, and South Midland Territorial troops in Erance, Gallipoli, and Italy. His chief commands' were the! Ist Anziic Division, the 48th Division, and the chief command in Italy. " ■Several promotions' are announced in th« Police Force, ■ Inspector S. Till, of Wellington,' is to replace Inspector ,Caseells, who is retiring at Christchurch; Sub-Inspector D. J.- Cummings has been promoted to T th'e: position of inspector, and is to remain at Wellington j ChiefDetective A. Cameron, of Christchurch, has been promoted to the position of subinspector at Wellington ; and Senior-De-tective T." Gibson, of 'Chriatchurch, becomes chief, detective in the same city. ' A ;• Press . Association.; message' from; New Plymouth states that the "death has taken place •of 'Mr., Thomas■ Furlong, aged 56 years, one of. the best known men in that .town: Deceased .was- connected with many business and public institutions. ; He was a Justice of the Peace, director of. the.Gas Company, and two.loan investment societies. His""work during the war as a member of the National Efficiency ■ Board and New Plymouth Repatriation Board will be particularly .well remembered.. Mr. Furlong'died suddenly from a-heart attack while motoring in the country.' .; .The death occurred ilast,week, at the age of 77, of an old Maori war veteran, in the person of Mr. Alfred Dawson, of Penrose avenue, Wellington. Deceased was.bornat Bellreve, Tasmania, and came .to. Dunedin in the .ship' Southern Cross. Later he joined. the armed constabulary, and fought right thrfaugh the North -Island, under . the command 'of Colonel Lyons, and xvas wounded during the : taking 'of Nukumaru. Pa. Bei leaves, a widow: and four sons'. . >".' The Rev. M.. K. Gilmour, formerly well "known :in Auckland, abut now .in charge of" the ' Methodist' Mission in' Papua, with headquarters at Salamo',1 arrived from Sydney by the Maherio on Tuesday. After a short stay in New Zealand, Mr. Gilmour''will go to Fiji to obtain native recruits for the work in Papua n and on his "return to Sydney will engage in deputation]work in thai city. Mr. Gilmour studied at the Prince Albert College in , Auckland, and /was sent to Papua 23 years ago by the New Zealand Conference of the Methodist Church, V...- :.,...■.;■. •..'•'

The City Council last evening passed a vote'of, sympathy and' condolence with the relatives of the. late-Dr. .A: K. Newman, councillors'standing in silence. The late Dr. Newman, said the" Mayor') Mr. Ri: A. Wright, was, many years!ago a city councillor, and in 1909 became Mayorof Wellington, taking office' at a time when the city was passing through a business slump,, arid' consequently shouldered a .heavy responsibility in city management. Mr. Wright also referred to Dr. Newman's Parliamentary work, his keen interest in sport and his universal popularity, with all. with whom he came into contact. Councillor W. ■H. Bennett... suggested,- and the council unanimously concurred, that the late Dr.'Newman's next-of-kin should; be inr vited to hand to the Town Clerk a p'hotor •graph that it might be hung in the Council Chamber in company with the portraits of other, honoured citizens and friends of. tile'city of the,past. Mr. A.: B. Charters,' M.A., C:M.G.> D.5.0., at present inspector of schools in "the Auckland ■ district, has been, appointed principal of the Whangarei High School, in' succession to , Mr. R. Luptoh, who'is retiring. Mr. Charters, after being" educated at Christ's. College, Christchiirch. entered the teaching profession.,. After ; being in WbU' lington .for-six years He became first ; assistant at the Masterton District High School, and 12 years ago hewas appointed an inspector. " In the South African War Mr. Charters gained' the" Queen's Medal, with three clasps,!and he served in the Great War from 1914 till 1919. He became Lieutenarit-Ooloriel, and commanded the first battalion, Otago Regi-' ment, was awarded the C.M.G. ■ and1 D.5.0., and was' mentioned j four times in the despatches of Sir lan Hamilton and Earl Haig. In Egypt lie organis-' ed the base, depot at Alexandria, and •was. in control of ;the New Zealand Administration. He went through some of the heaviest operations in France, and was wounded truce times, although not seriously. He also had a fine athletic record. .■■ ■<■.'■• ■ • ' ■ '. •.'•.•. At the monthly meeting of the I Early Settlers' Association, held on Wednesday the chairman, Mr." E. G.Pilcher, referred feelingly to the loss sustained bythe. city and by the association, in particular, by the "death of the late Hon Dr. Newman, M.L.C. At their njeetin-'-'only four weeks previously, Dr. Newman had been with them apparently in the best of health, and spirits, conversing . with many of ■ those present about old times and incidents in his usual interesting .munner. His membership was of special interest to the association,' because not, only was he'a pioneer in his own right, but was a connecting link with the family of Dr: Featherston," the first superintendent of Wellington, who, for 25 years, was a prominent figure in the public life of the- city in its infancy. Dr. Newman would be remembered not only for his meritorious service as a public man, but for his researches into the early history of the native race, ;n which he took a keen interest. His presence would be deeply missed at the annual (ratherir.ss of the pioneer settlers but 6heir descendants -would. be ablp to recall with pleasure their impressions of his geniality and helpfulness at all times A resolution expressing regret at his loss and sympathy with his relatives was earlied'by all-standing in silence.