PERSONAL MATTERS

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 118, 22 May 1925, Page 8

PERSONAL MATTERS

General Melvill, General Officer Commanding the ■ New Zealand Defence Forces, arrived from the South by the Wahine this morning.

Sir Robert Stout, Chief Justice, returned to Wellington from the South this morning.

Messrs. H. C. Hulme and C. de R. Andrews have been elected members of the Public Service Appeal Board.

Major the Hon. J. G. Coates has been awarded the Colonial Auxiliary Forces officers' decoration.

Captain C. M'Arthur, of Wellington, accompanied by Mrs. M'Arthur, left by the Moeraki today oh a holiday trip to Australia..

Mr. Charles HolSsworth, managaing director of the Union Steam Ship Company, left for England yesterday by the lluahine.

Professors T. A. Hunter, Segar, J. Rankine Brown, and Mr. B. T. Norris, Registrar of the University of New Zealand, who have been attending the meetings of the University Senate at Christchurch, were passengers by the Wahine from Lyttelton this morning.

A Press Association message from Dunedin announces the death of Mr. Stephen Boreham, president of the New Zealand Workers' Union, and closely identified with various industrial unions. Deceased was struck by a motor-cycle last Friday, and died afc the hospital,

Mr. George Innes, who was Postmaster at Palmerston North for many years, died there last night, aged 85 years. He was a native of Aberdeen, Scotland, and came to New Zealand in 1854 in the sailing ship City of Dunedin. He joined the Postal service in ,1866, and was appointed Postmaster at Palmerston North in August, 1875.

Mr. T. Taylor, who has been general manager of the Farmers' Co-operative Organisation Society of New Zealand, Ltd., for the past seven years, has resigned from that position, and at the end of this month will take iip the duties of general manager of Combined Buyers, Ltd., with headquarters at Wellington. He was farewelled at a meeting at Hawera by over one hundred persons, mostly members of -the staff of the society. Presentations were made to Blr. and Mrs. Taylor.

The death occurred at Helensville last evening of Mr. Samuel Kirkpatrick, founder and managing director of the well-known firm" of Kirkpatrick and Co. Deceased took a prominent part in sport in the early days. At the time of his death (reports the Press Association) he was Deputy-Grand Master of the English Masonic Lodge, Westland and Nelson. Mr. Kirkpatrick was a -native of Newry, County Down, Ireland, and as a young man emigrated to America, where he first entered upon his long and successful business career, at Philado!?hia> and later at Pittsburg. ■ In 1876 he went to California, where he engaged in the fruit-preserving industry, and acquired the extensive practical knowledge which enabled him to found and carry through to success the wellknown Nelson company. He came to New Zealand in 1879, landing in Auckland. For a time he resided at Dunedin, before leaving for England to brin e to Aew Zealand a complete plant for canning purposes, and to commence operations at Nelson.