PERSONAL

Evening Star, Issue 18053, 22 August 1922, Page 5

PERSONAL

The Hon. John Granville Woolley, whose death at Granada (Spain) on Sunday last was reported) in last night’s issue)' was born at Collinsville, Ohio, United States, on February 15, 1850; graduated in tbs Ohio Wesleyan _ University and the University of Michigan; was* admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of Illinois in 1873: practised at New York up to 1886: entered the lecture field in 1888; was tho Prohibition candidate for the United States Presidency in 1900; toured the world, speaking on Prohibition, in 1901 and 1905; and was the author of a number of books, including ‘Civilisation by Faith,’ Tho Call of an Epoch,’ and ‘ A Lion Hunter.’ On each of his world tours he visited Dunedin, and) thus twice became the. guest of Mr A. S. Adams, now Mr Justice Adams. During ope of these visits he preached in First Church. Mr “Pussyfoot” Johnson, who sends the news of the death, was at one time in association with Mr Woolley, fop Mr Woolley edited the ‘ New York Voice,’ and _ Johnson, then a. young man, was at the time on the staff of the ‘ Voice.’ That the death, should have taken place at Granada is probably explainable in this way: that one of Mr Woolley’s last works seems to_ have been to trace the abolition of Prohibition in Iceland, which was brought about by the action of the Spanish Government. That may have been tho cause of his visit to the old Andalusian city.

It is stated that Lord JeTlicoc-has been elected Grand! Master, and the Hon. If. L. Michel, M.L.C., Pro. Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand Freemasons. They will be installed at the annual communication of the Grand Lodge, to be held at Christchurch at the end of November.

The staff of the Electric Power and Lighting Committee has presented a silver watch to Mr A. Alderson. of the converter station staff, who is leaving to take up aposition in Melbourne.

Mr C. L. Stevenson, of the city electric power and lighting department, has been appointed to a position on the engineering staff at the Lake Coleridge power station. The death has occurred of Mr Charles Joseph Cowan, ex-station master of Ashburton, at- the ago of sixty years. Mr D. Colquhoun, of the Department of Industries and Commerce, is in Dunedin. Mr D. Sharpe, manager of the shipoing department for Messrs J. W. Swift *a.nd Co., was a passenger by to-day’s express for the north. He is en route to Wellington on business; Mr A. S. Malcolm, M-.P., went north this morning. Mr R. Lee (chairman of the Coal Owners’ Association) left this morning to attend a conference at Wellington.. Mr A. W. Wheeler, assistant general manager of the Union Steam Ship Company, returned to Wellington this morning. - Mr W. H. Price, manager of the Union Steam Ship Company at Christchurch, left for there by to-day's express. Mr J. Peake returned to Christchurch this morning. Mr J. W. Munro, M.P., proceeded to Wellington this morning, Mr G. C. Thomson, of Messrs Thomson and Go., left this morning on a business trip to Wellington. Mr H. L. Smith, who has been with Messrs P. Hayman and Co. for the past thirty-five years, left to-day to take up the position of assistant general manager of the firm at Auckland. «*