PERSONAL MATTERS

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 78, 29 September 1924, Page 8

PERSONAL MATTERS

.Sir Robert Stout, Chief Justice, celebrated his 80th birthday yesterday. A party of relatives and friends assembled at his residence, The Terrace,.and tendered Sir Robert and Lady Stout their personal greetings, and many letters and telegrams from other parts of the Dominion were received wishing him many happy returns of the day. ■ Mr. T. U. Wells, a member of the Auckland .Education Board and College Council, was a passenger by the Tahiti, which arrived from San Francisco today. Mr. P. J. O'Eegan returned yesterday from a visit to Nelson and the West Coast. Mr. Fred Waldron, Norwegian Consul at Honolulu, accompanied by Mrs. Waldron, arrived at Wellington to-day by the Tahiti from San Francisco. Mr. A. Young, borough engineer of Gisborne, is visiting Wellington, and is inquiring into the methods and success of bituminous paving in the city. Dr. J. Macmillan Brown, Chancellor of the New Zealand University, was a passenger for Wellington by the Tahiti, which arrived from San Francisco to-day He leaves for the South by the Maori to-mght. Mr. S. S. Jenkins, who is to take up the position of factory representative in Australasia for the Dodge Motor Company, of Detroit, Michigan, was a passenger by the Tahiti which arrived at Wellington this morning from San Francisco. Mr. E. W. Burd, for 20 years manager for Messrs. Jenness and Partridge and their predecessors, was farewelled on Saturday last. Presentations were I made from his employers and fellowemployees,, who heartily wished Mr. Burd good luck in his new sphere. Mr. Burd is joining in partnership withMiss Jeanne Titeveneaux, in her jewellery establishment in Cuba street.

A Press Association telegram from Oamaru states that news has been received from Kokoama that Mr. J. B. Taylor, a former chairman of the North Otago Farmers' Co-operative Association, and very old and highly respected resident of North Otago, dropped dead at breakfast this morning. Ho was 75 years of age, and had been an active member of the A. and P., Association and president of its jubilee year. A glowing tribute to the work of Mr. C. G. Wilson, chairman of the Management Committee for many years, was paid at the annual meeting of the Wellington Cricket Association by Mr. H. J. Buck, who on behalf of the committee presented Mr. Wilson with a case of pipes and a handsome tobacco pouch. Mr. D. M'Kenzie also spoko highly of tho work that had been carried out by Mr. Wilson during his long association with the game. Apart from his activities on the committee, Mr. Wilson had done" much to assist boys' cricket. The remarkable enthusiasm of Mr. Wilson for cricket was also made the subject of an eulogistic roference by Mr. M- F. Luckie, who said that it was due to M*. Wilson that they were now in a sound financial position. In reply, Mr. Wilson expressed his keen sense of appreciation of the gifts that had been presented to him, and in so doing expressed- his thanks to those gentlemen who had been associated with him. Private advice has been received of the death in London, from a motor-car accident, of Captain Matthew A. West, of East Africa, eldest son of Mrs. West and the late Matthew West, of Wellington. Captain West was born in Wellington, and was educated at the Wanganui Collegiate School. He left New Zealand with tho Sixth Contingent for South Africa, serving with tho forces there till the end of the war. He practiced law in South Africa, and fought w h the S°Uill African alld the Great War. He was subsequently appointed chief political officer at Dar-es-Salem, <n the newly-acquired British territory. Lnptam West leaves a widow and two children. 'Ihe death occurred on Saturday morning at his home at Dalefield, Wairarnpa, of Mi1. AVilliam Abbott, who was born in Wellington in 1348. He came to the Uairarapa with- his parents in 1859 the family settling at Feathers ton, and assisting in tho development of that town. Later tlie deceased resided at Belvedere, Carterton, and some 28 years a<»o took up a. farm at Dalefield. 'The late Mr. Abbott was thus one of the rapidly dwindling band of New Zealand pioneers, and experienced all tlie ups and downs of the early days. At the time of the Maori troubles, in 1861. when about 14 years of ace, he and Mr R. E. Blade (of South Carterton), who was IS, were set as guard over an ammunition depot at Featherston—their sole a™s "emg big sticks! The late Mr. Abbott leaves tho following family • Messrs. W. Abbott, Feilding; A O Abbott, Dalefield; A. C, Carterton- H U, Dalefield; and Cliff Wanjtanui. Tho daughters are: Mesdames Miller Kopaki, Main Trunk ; J. Standen. Dalefield ; Percy Hodder, Dalefield; J Martin, South Carterton; M. Martin, Ohakune.