PERSONAL

Evening Star, Issue 19522, 1 April 1927, Page 7

PERSONAL

Mr E. W. Cave, the registrar of the Supreme Court, sheriff, and Official Assignee, who retired yesterday on superannuation, was met this morning by the staffs of the Supreme Court, Magistrate’s Court, and Official Assignee’s offices, and made the presentation of a leather travelling bag, a tiki, and a striking greenstone ornament as tokens of their esteem and goodwill. In making the presentation, Mr MTndoe congratulated Mr' Cave upon his honorable record of forty-two years in the service of the department, voiced the regret of all on his severance from them, expressed the high and warm regard which they felt towards him, and wished him a long and happy life in his retirement. Others also spoke of the esteem in which Mr Cave wms held, not only as the head ©f a department, but also as a fellow-officer, and referred to the goodwill which always existed between their guest and the other members of the staffs. In reply, Mr Cave expressed thanks for the gifts, and mentioned that he appreciated very highly the fact that his services had been so highly regarded. In giving some advice to the officers present, Mr Cave reminded them of the privilege of being able to servo the public. Only yesterday a solicitor had told him that the general treatment and service in the court offices in Dunedin was better than that accorded in some other Government departments. He, was very glad he had been able to please not only his fellow-officers, but also the members of the iegal profession and the general public. It was well worth while, he reminded those present, to go out of one’s way to give a little extra attention to oblige those with whom one did business. He thanked them cordially for their good wishes for his future. _ Opportunity was taken of tho occasion to welcome Mr W. D. Wallace, the new registrar and sheriff. Mr Cave is shortly leaving for a trip to Great Britain, and the good wishes of those present were extended for a pleasant time. . The largest group on the Dunedin railway platform at a little after 11 o’clock this morning was of persons more or less connected with Forbury School, to bid farewell to Miss Elizabeth Budd, who has retired from the teaching staff and left to-day for Opofciki, where her brother has a professional practice. Yesterday afternoon the teachers of the school said goodbye to Miss Budd, and presented her with a handbag containing a cheque, and the elder pupils brought ns their offering a photograph album. In tho evening, at a meeting of parents and others belonging to the district,-Mr J. I). M'Curdy presided, in the unavoidable absence of the chairman of committee (Mr J. Roberts) and further presentations were made, the people handing Miss Rudd a Kodak and the girls of the Basket Ball Club giving her another album. At these gatherings tho services of Misn Budd during her connection with the school were gladly acknowledged in terms of high appreciation. Miss Jane Runciman, a candidate for the Hospital Board, has a fine_ record of public work, commencing with her endeavors on behalf of tho tailoresses in their struggle for better working conditions. During the war she was a member of the Women’s Patriotic Society. She has been a member of the committees of Exhibition Housing. Women’s Rest Room, and other societies interested in the welfare of women and girls. Miss Runciman is a mstic" of the peace, a member of the Roam of Directors of the King Edward Technical College, chairwoman of tho Women’s Advisory_ Commitec of too Hospital Board, vice-president of the National Council of Women, and treasurer of tho Society for the Protection of Women and Children. During the proceedings at the Police Court this morning Mr F. G. Gumming, who yesterday relinquished tho position of probation officer, took the opportunity of expressing his sincere thanks to the magistrates and court officials for tho kindness, courtesy, and help extended to him during the many years ho had been connected with probation work. Mr Gumming added that he loft the work with extreme regret, but at the same time felt that in Mr Garhutt the department had found a good man, who would, he felt sure, give as great satisfaction as he himself had been able to give. The police had been extremely kind, and the same remark applied to members practising at tbe Bar. He therefore added bis thanks to the legal profession, and bespoke for his successor tho same kindness and courtesy as had been extended to him by all -concerned. The presiding magistrate (Mill. W Bundle) said he was sure the court officials and members of tho legal profession would appreciate tbe remarks of Mr Gumming, who bad done exceltout work. Intimation reached Dunedin by the Inst mail of the death in London at tho age of seventy-two years of Mr Henry Benjamin, who at one-time was a wellknown figure in Dunedin. Arriving in Dunedin in the late sixties ho, in conjunction with his biother Mark, who nredeceasod him, started business in Princes street as a furrier, but later engaged in commercial pursuits in Manse street in premises (now absorbed by Wain’s Hotel) that had been occupied by tho defunct Commercial Bank. He was a fine musician, and it will bo recollected that ho reorganised and conducted the Engineers’ Band, which was

later transformed into the Kaikorai hand, lie was the composer of the ‘Royalties March,’ which had a considerable vogue in the nineties, just orior to his departure for the Old Country, where lie was connected with a large mercantile business, and had his •' headquarters at Coventry. His wife predeceased him many years since, and of his large family the best known by Dunedinitos is Mrs De Costa, who as Ethel Beniamin enjoyed the distinction of being the first woman to be enrolled as a barrister of our Supreme Court. A Sydney ‘ Sun 1 cable from London states that Miss Ellen Terry, the actress fell down stairs and broke her forearm. The accident was caused by shortsightedness owing to Miss Terry breaking her glasses. New guests at the Grand Hotel are Messrs E. A. Campbell (Glasgow), J. B. Reid (London), R. W. Pankhurst, J. Tanner, and Mr and Mrs Bevan (Sydney), Messrs L. M'Cartncy (Auckland), "0. J. Wilson, G. L. Morrison, E. E. Lane, A. M. Tarta Kover, A. V. Shorter, J. B. Grange, S. Turner, A, Heserne, and C. Hughes (Wellington). F. B. Clark, J. B. Clark, W. H. Booth, A. Smith, H. Margolish, and Mr and Mrs A. Milncs (Oamaru), and Mr M. Lawler (Kuiow), The latest arrivals at the Hotel Carlton include Miss S. D’Arcy (Sydney), Messrs Heard (Auckland), Plat and Sneedon (Christchurch), and Heron (Ranfurly). Those staying at the Excelsior Hotel include MrW.>S. Williams (Sydney), Mr and Mrs J. T. Jenkins (Melbourne), Messrs C. Blimey (Wellington), F. H. Wear and C. W. Wilkin (Christchurch), W. M'Connochio and Mr and Mrs W. Johnson (St. Bathans).

Among those billeted at the City Hotel are Messrs Bantbann (Auckland), A. D. Wilkie (Christo)hurch), J. Anderson (Moeraki), and P. Borne (Oamarn).