PERSONAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9232, 6 May 1912, Page 5

PERSONAL.

. Minister 'for: Railways; is about to iour. Canterbury and Otago,:- ;.; r t-' ; :i ;;/■■•;/;. ■■',,; : -'Mr D.. Montgomery, ' of' Folding, 'has been appointed manager oftho Bank Of Australasia,at.Ashburto.n.' ; ; : : ' ; ■

:Mr J. Harvey: .Inspector of ■ Stock ;fo\ Nelson, has retired 'from tho Government sor-yicO'-ori ; superannuation, .'; :'.■..■'■;

■Mr Maoris,: late manager of the Bank oi New South; Wales,,at'.Gore, has taken.ovei his duties as manager of the local branch.; Included :ih the passengers in -'the'express from Auckland to-day-wore "Hon. G. Fowdds and Messrs' E. Newman and F. -Marnier-, M.'sP. ,'■' '.,■■'..' ...' ■;:::■.;;-• "'■■

Mr and Mrs J. _ R.. Russell and { Miss. 'Russell,' of Danncvirko, aro ; about' to visit tho Old Country, They Joavo. .for England on May 17..;, Mr Russell recently disposed of his .interest in the Dannevirke AdvOcate to the \ Dannevirke ■ News Company/ .•-'-.- .' .' ■■'.

Mr 11.. L. Michel has been' re-elected chairman of tho Hokitika Harbour Board. Mr J. B. Murray has been elected chairman of the Wangahui Harbour Board for the eighth (ime,.and Mr J, B. Connett re-elected chairman of the: New' Plymouth Harbour Board,. :'■

The ma'rriage'of Mr N. A. Nash, eldest son, of Mr and' Mrs N: 11. Nash, of Palmerston North,-, to Miss Zoo Beryl Mackenzie; .eldest daughter ; of Mr and; Mrs B. . Mackenzie, of Ki.lbirnic, Wellington. , was celebrated at All Saints'.Church, Kilbirnio,'on Tuesday, April. 30th. •■ Tho-bride was attended by Misses Mohn' Mackenzie (sister of the bride'; and Margaret, Marjorio and Florrie Nash (sisters 'of tho bridegroom) as bridesmaids. Mr J. H.. Nash ; attended the bridegroom as best man,'and Mr Oswald Burt as groomsman. Tho ceremony was performed by tli o Roy. J. E.. Blackburn, and at its conclusion an adjournment was. made jo Ihe 'residence of the bride's parents, where the wedding-breakfast was served. The newly-married; couple left by the Marar'oa in tho evening for "Lytic lton en route' to their home at Greymouth, carrying -with them many. hearty wishes for _ prosperity and happiness in. their married' 'life. -,

A Press A'sqcialion message from Auckland, announces the death of' Mr Richard Monk, who for many years sat in tho House' of, Representatives as member for. Waitcmat.ii until his. retirement-in, 1902: The lale Mr Monk was 81 years of ago. He was born 'in Lancashire,; but' his parents brought'' hiiii to New Zealand at a very early ago.. In 1849, at the ago of, seventeen, Mr Monk ' accompanied his: father to the California diggings, He returned to New Zealand after a time and entered into business as proprietor of a sash and door factory, subsequently being connected with the Mercury Bay Timber' Company, In 1881" Mr' Monk first stood '.for Parliament as a candidate for ,tlio Parnell seat, but was defeated. Five years Jater he was elected as member for Waitcmata. He was defeated-in tho. great struggle of 1890, and was elected in 1893, but was'unseated. From 1895 to 1902 he represented the constituency continuously in tho Opposition interest. • , By (the'death of Mr C. Hood-Williams t last week Canterbury lost one of its best known public men. The deceased gentleman, who was secretary and treasurer of the Lyitelton Harbour Board, had been in failing health for some months past. He was born, in Edinburgh in 1844 and came to New Zealand in the ship Randolph with his father,; the late Mr D. T. Williams, 8.A., arriving in Port Cooper in 1850. Mr Williams i was educated at Christ's College. Ghristchurch. He entered the service of the Bank of Australasia in 1861, and after three! years he left the bank on account of illhealth. .In 1864 he .'entered the Provincial Government service as clerk. Under the secretaryship'of the la'e Hon. W. Rolleston, from 1873. to ,1877, Mr Williams occupied the position of assistant secretary, and on the abolition of the provinces he was appointed secretary,and treasurer of the Lyttelton. Harbour Board, which position he held up,to the'time of his death, a period of thirty-five years. Mr Williams took a life-long interest in sporting and athletics, He'was married in 1873 to-a daughter of Mr R. 11. Allarcl. of Christchurch, and leaves a widow, three daughters and one son.. ; > • • , .