PERSONAL

Evening Star, Issue 19533, 14 April 1927, Page 6

PERSONAL

Mr' A. Kilgour, a member of the staff of tho local branch of tho Commercial Bank of Australia (Ltd.), has been promoted to the position of accountant in place of Mr F. D. Young, who has been transferred to Westport as manager of tho hank’s new branch in that town. Tho Methodist Central Mission officials and societies tendered to the Rev. W. Walker a complimentary social on his commencing his fifth year as mission superintendent. The Slade Hall was crowded with an audience which represented all branches of the mission’s activities. Several speakers, including the Rev. H. _E. Bellhouse (chairman of the district), eulogised the excellent work done by the mission under the Rev. W. Walker’s leadership, and wished him a very successful continuance of his labors. The social, which was an unqualified success, was arranged by the mission choir, and the hearty wishes' of- all concerned were extended to the Rev. W. and Mrs Walker. Archbishop Redwood celebrated his 88th birthday on Friday last. Born in Staffordshire, England, Archbishop Redwood came to New Zealand with his parents at the age of three. His father was one of the pioneers of the Nelson district, and the Redwood family is one of tho best known in Nelson and Marlborough to-day- At the age of twelve he went to France to study for the priesthood and ho holds the distinction of being the first boy to leave New Zealand for such a purpose. He celebrated his 60th anniversary of bis consecration as a bishop on March 17, 1924. This record of fifty-three years as a bishop is believed to be unequalled. For twelve years the law breakers of the Addington; district have been carefully watched by Sergeant David Stewart, and on his retirement cn superannuation he was presented with a wallet of notes, an armchair, and an illuminated address. The address mentioned the period of service of the recipient, who arrived in Now Zealand by the Crusader, and soon after joined in the expedition against Te Kooti. He later joined tho armed constabulary at Rahotu, Taranaki, in 1881, and' three years later he was transferred to tho police in Wellington. Seven years of his early experience in the force were spent at Dunedin, and then in the palmy days of the goldfields in the south ho spent eight years at Alexandra and Cromwell. After the goldfields he went to Manners street, Wellington, for two years, and then promotion came, which saw him wearing his badge of rankat Mount Cook, and he was there for six years before being transferred to Addington, where he served until his retirement. —Christchurch correspondent.

New arrivals at the Grand Hotel include D. A. Maling (Boston), Mr and Mrs H. J. Topliss (Federated Malay States), Colonel J. Schlater (Sydney), Messrs J. Morgan and J. G. Morgan, jun. (Melbourne), Messrs J. Tucker, E. A. Shrimpton, and A. H. Johns (Wellington), and Mr G. C. Bromley (Christchurch). Guests at, the Hotel Carlton include Messrs Norton and J- Williams (Christchurch), Mr W. Young (Middlemarch), Miss Cubbie, Mr and Mrs Clegg, and Mr J. L. Fogerty (Qucenstown). Those quartered at the Excelsior Hotel include Mr and Mrs Wilkio (Sydney), Mr T. H. Atkins (Melbourne), Miss D. Montieth and Mr W. H. Davis (Christchurch), Mr H. W. Felton (Bannockburn), Misses W. and E. Spence (Invercargill). Recent visitors to the City Hotel are Mr and Mrs G. Rutherford (Auckland), Mr and Mrs D. Darling (Oamaru), Mrs and Miss Seth-Smith (Christchurch), Miss Colquboun (Tapanui), Mr and Mrs J- Robertson (Crookston), Mrs and Muss P. Wallis (Gore), Mr and Miss Taylor and Mr and Mrs Fisher (Invercargill).’

Mr T. P. Laurenson. who was recently appointed district manager of the local branch of the Government Insurance Department, has arrived in Dunedin and taken up his new duties. He was previously in charge of the department’s Napier branch. Mrs Elizabeth Titchener, one of the John Wicklifle’s passengers to Otago in 1848, died on Monday of this week at the residence of one of her sons, Mr John James Titchener, Invercargill, aged seventy-nine. She had been bedridden for four years. Her father, Mr John Finch, was one of the farming poneers of the Tokornairiro Plains. Of her family the survivors are Mrs T. L. Kennard (Milton), Mr John James Titchener (Invercargill), Mr Hugh Francis Titchener (Dunedin), and Mr E. P. Titchener (Auckland).