PERSONAL NOTES

Greymouth Evening Star, 11 August 1920, Page 5

PERSONAL NOTES

Mr. John Watson, mine manager of the 'Blackball Coal Co., has leit on an extended visit to Australia.

Mr. J. W. Beanland, deputy-Mayor of Christchurch, has left on a trip to Australia.

The appointment of Mr. R. J. Holloway as bailiff of the Magistrate’s Court at Wellington is gazetted.

Mr. G. B. Dali, Wellington, has resigned his appointment as a Justice of the Peace.

It is understood, states a Wellington correspondent, that Mr. H. Y. Widdowson, S.M., has decided not to accept the position of a judgeship at Samoa.

■ Mr. E. M. Smith, of the Greymouth branch of the Bank of New Zealand, is relieving at Westport during the absence of Mr. Hallxday, who is on holiday.

According to the “Manchester Daily Despatch,” it is quite likely that Sir Thomas Mackenzie will soon be back again in England, on behalf of some of the great mutton interests of New Zealand.

The friends of Mr. Gustave Erickson who has for many years been interested ,in the sawmiliing industry will regret to hear of his death at the age of 71 at Orwell Greek yesterday. He had been feeling unwell for some time past but yesterday morning went out into the bush with Mr. Daly. He entered the noted on his return and expired suddenly. He leaves two sons and two daughters, Messrs Gustav (Orwell Creek Sawmill), E. Erickson (Westport), Mrs. F. Burrows (Allaura), and Mrs. Exelson (Dunedin). Ilis brother Harry is at Ikamatua. The funeral will take place to-morrow leaving St. Andrew’s Church, Ahaura for the cemetery.

Mr. D. Alabaster, who died recently at the age of eighty-two years, was the father of Mr. D. Alabaster, now of the Wellington Supreme Court staff. He came to blew Zealand from Norfolk, England, in 1854, and entered on a seafaring life, which, among other things resulted in the discovery of the Stewart Island oyster beds. “Lake Alabaster’' is named after him, and it is claimed that he discovered gold on the West two years before the historic “rush occurred. About nineteen years ago he came to Wellington and started m business as a sailmaker and general merchant, a cosiness which he carried on until his death. Tie leaves a widow, two sons—Mr. D. Alabaster, of the Supreme Court staff, and Mr. H. Alabaster, Wanganui—and one daughter, Mrs. M. A. Covoney, of Taumarunui.

Votes of condolence were passed at last night’s meeting of the Harbour Board with the relatives of a number of prominent citizens of the district who have passed away. The Chairman (Mr. Jessie Steer) said that Mr. McLean and Mr. Tenneiit. two members of the Board had suffered bereavement and the members sincerely sympathised with them. The town bad also lost a valuable citizen in the person of Mr. E. A. Wickes to whom the present large export of timber was, in a large measure, due. He hat gone to a great deal of trouble, pains and expense and without much suit to himself had been responsible for building up a big timber trade. They bad also lost Dr. Mcßrearty, and' Mr. Ziman. The latter had been responsible for building up many of the resources of the Coast and it was to men of that description that tue Coast owed so much. He moved that a letter of condolence should be sent to the relatives of those mentioned and this was carried, the members signifying their assent to the motion by standing.