PERSONAL MATTERS

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 13, 16 January 1925, Page 8

PERSONAL MATTERS

The Minister of Agriculture (the Hon. W.'Nosworthy) left tUb morning for New Plymouth' upon Departmental business. He will return to Wellington" about the middle of next week. ' ' ■ '.: ":

The Minister .of Internal Affairs (Hon. R. F. Bollard) returned to Wellington last evening by the Marafoa; from Picton. Mr. Bollard visited the Canterbury' West Coast, and Marlborough districts at the instance of racing and trotting clubs which desired Ministerial inspection of their racecourses and equipment, and at the same .time an opportunity"of discussing Hheir claims.' in connection with the allocation of the additional totalisator permits provided for in H'le new legislation passed by Parliament last session. The Minister has how completed his visit to the whole of the racing centres of the South Island. It is expected that he will leave for the Taranaki district next week. Mr. Bollard then 1 hopes to be in a position to make his recommendation to Cabinet';fpr the allocation '< of the-permits. '. „:':' ■■■ "-■

Dr.- C r J. Reakes, Director-General of Agriculture, left for Taranaki this morning. The main object of this visit is to inquire into the" question of the discovery of cattle tick in Taranaki, and _to supervise the steps taken to eradicate the pest. ' .-

, Mr-, T. D Lennie (Invercargill) has been-re-electe.d president of the New Zea»f S t£ I ° I ci^ ticS 6i: Nurserymen, and Messrs. W T Benefield (Wanganui) and 9 »?rP^ ,(Dunedin), North and South Island vice-presidents respectively. Dr. A. Perry, well known as a New Zealand- representative- footballer, : left l>unedin yestei-day morning, on his Wav to continue his studies at Edinburgh University. He will be absent for about a year.. _ Dr.':Perry has for. some time been acting as medical superintendent at the Dunedin Hospital. ...-. ..' .The funeral of the late Mrl Samuel uumer took place this afternoon. There was a very large attendance—representative of the mercantile : community, and of the numerous friends Mr. Gilmer had made during his residence of over fifty years in the city. There were also present many former residents of the West' Coast now living in Wellington, Rev. H. Watson vicar of St. Peter's Church, omciated at the graveside.-

: Another sufferer from war disabilities, % Ta T- ,yr ■O'Callaghan; of Wellington nif •. ? ,the • Cashl"ere Sanatorium, Chnstchurch, at the age of! 30 years and was buried at the-i Soldiers' Cemetery^ Karon, this morning. • Deceased left Tsw Zealand in February, .1916 -and served; with the Fourth Rifleßrigade, ■returmng m May, 1918. The funeral Boycott street, . after the .( service! Amongst those present were Mr. Jno palmer, representing the Mayor; .Captain representing; the.. General Officer Commanding the New Zealand Defence iorces; Major Watson,! local secretary otthe R.S.A.; and a representative of the Pensions Department: The service at the graveside was conducted .by the Hey. ( Father Connelly. Many floraTtributes were^sent, including one from the tensions Department, where deceased was.previously,employed, and one from the patients at the ;: Caehmere Sanatorium. . - ; ■

' /The., death-occurred yesterday of' Mr. Matthew Murdoch, an old and respected citizen of Wellington, and formerly one of the most prominent building contractors in this district. For. some years he j was a member of the City Council; and rendered valuable service in that capacity. Up till quite recently, Mr. Murdoch was a.very familiar figure in the city. Mr.. Murdoch, who was in his 87th year at the time of his death, came to New Zealand as a young man J",1860. He settled in Wellington in 1862, and has lived here ever since. He was one of the early "members ofl the Thorndon Bowling Club. Mr. Murdoch was of a quiet and unassuming nature, and during his long . residence of over sixty years in Wellington earned the respect and esteem of all who knew him. Mr., Murdoch, whose wife died about eleven years ago,\ is survived by a family of seven—Messrs. Herbert and Howard 'Murdoch, of Wellington; Messrs. John and Phillip, Murdoch, of Auckland; and Mrs. T. M. Grant, Mrs. W. H. Lambert, and Mrs. S. F. Lambert. .-■' - ■ ■ ■ r ,: ,