PERSONAL ITEMS.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 6 October 1925, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Sir Ernest Rutherford, the distinguished scientist, is visiting his parents at New Plymouth. Mr H. B. Gibson, of Hawera, was, on the motion of Mr Billing, admitted at New Plymouth on Saturday as a barrister of the Supreme .Court- by His Honor Mr Justice Alpers. Mr J. W. Poynton, S.M., was to arl'ive in New Plymouth to-day, coming overland from Auckland, via Te Kuiti. He is to relieve Mr K. Hunt, S.M., who returns to Auckland by the Rarawa to-night. The Hon. Sir Francis Bell (the At-torney-General and Minister of External Affairs) has decided to.leave for England in March. It is Sir Francis BelVs intention to resign his Cabinet offices, but it is possible that he may remain a member of the Executive. Sir Francis Bell lias been a member of the Reform Government and. Leader or the Legislative Council since the Government- came into power in 1912. Following on the retirement of Mr. D. G. Clark from the position of permanent head of the combined departments, Land and Income Tax, Stamp Duties and Land and Deeds, it was decided to reverb to the amalganmtioji. As already announced, Mr A. E. Fowler was recently appointed to the position of Commissioner of Taxes. It' Is now notified that- Mr. Charles Edward Nader lias been appointed to the position of- Commissioner of Stamp Duties and Secretary for Land and Deeds. Air Nialder at present holds the office of Registrar of Land, District Land Registrar, and Registrar of Deeds, Wel r fington, and, in addition, is assistaiitSecretary -for Land and Deeds. • The death lias occurred in ton. at- the age of 79 years, of Air J".‘ A. Hutton, formerly chief postmaster at Wellington. Born at Edinburgh in 1846, lie went to Victoria in IS6O. and served in the Post and Telegraph Department for several years. Coming to New Zealand in 1804 under engagement to the Provincial Government of Southland, he opened telegraph communication between Invercargill and the Bluff, and later he served under the General Government. He went back to Victoria in 1868, but- came .to New Zealand again two years later, when he became postmaster at Patea. In 1876 he was transferred to Wellington as chief clerk and later he served as postmaster at Oaniaru arid Tiinaru before obtaining the postmastership at Wellington in 1903. He retried, in 1.910. The late Air Hutton had five sons, one of whom is Air G. H. Hutton, on the staff of the Bank of New Zealand at New Plymouth. His daughter married Air A. H. Cockayne, of the Department of Agriculture.