PERSONAL MATTERS

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 80, 1 October 1924, Page 6

PERSONAL MATTERS

Mr. W. J. Lankshear, governing director of Lankshear's, Ltd., left by the Tahiti on a visit to England and the Continent. Mr. Laukshear, who is travelling via the East, expects to arrive in London next March.

A Press Association message from Hawera reports the deaths of Mr. John Macklam, aged 91, and of Mr. William Charles Adamson, aged 75, both old residents of Hawera. Mr. Adamson was one of the founders of the Egmout Racing Club, and had been a life member for some years. He recently retired after holding office continuously for 34 years.

Mr. Stronach Paterson, president of the Canterbury Chamber of Commerce tendered his resignation to the council on Monday night, owing to his intending departure from Christchurcb. He states that he was leaving shortly for Wellington, and some months later would go to England; and he would probably bo absent from New Zealand for two years.

,v *!•,,?■- Ca"ghley, general manager of the Alliance Assurance Company at Wellington, arrived in New Zealand yesterday by the Manuka from Sydney. Mr Caughley, with Mrs. Caughley, reached Australia by the liner Osterley, after a trip u> the Old Country, undertaken at the invitation of the London directors to participate in the centenary celebrations of the company, which was established in 1824.

At a meeting of the Council of the Otago Acclimatisation Society, the president referred to the forthcoming departure from Dunedin of Mr. J. T. Hungerford, a member of the council, who had been appointed engineer to the Wellington Gas Company. Mr. Hungerford, he said, had been an excellent member of the council, and they were all sorry to lose him. He presented Mr. Hungerford, on behalf of the council, with a fishing reel.

The death occurred on Sunday of Mr. Alexander Buick, of "Sunnyside," Mount Bruce, Wairarapa. Deceased had been in indifferent health for some time. He was a resident of the Mount Bruce district for upwards of 48 years his father, the late Mr. William B. Buiek, having resided in that part of the district for mauy years. Deceased was of a quiet disposition, and took no part in public affairs. He was acknowledged, states the "Daily Times," to be one of the best farmers in Wairarapa He was a member of the Masterton A and P. Association, and of the Master ton Racing Club. Surviving him are ™™ T> two sons (Messrs. Kenneth and William Buick), and twodaughtere Mrs Daly (Masterton) and Miss Iris Buick Messrs. W. H. Buick ("Daisy-' burn flipper Opaki), and R. Buick (Opaki) are brothers of deceased and Mesdamea W. D. Watson (Te Ore Ore road) and W. Hawke are sisters. The funeral took place yesterday afternoon