PERSONAL

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 237, 4 September 1928, Page 7

PERSONAL

Mr W. Jones,, an Auckland business »nan, is at present visiting Palmerston North on holiday. Mr Thomas Burke, who passed away at 'Wellington yesterday, aged 66 years, was a familiar figure on the waterfront at Wellington in connection with the coal trade. Mr Frank W. Foster, 8.A., B.Sc., of the Stato Forestry Service, Auckland, has received notification of his appointment to the charge of the Nelson and Blenheim district. ' A Press Association telegram from Dunedin announces the death at the aged of 74 Years of Hev. W. Gray Dixon, D.D., formerly Moderator ot the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. Mr Arthur P. Cowie, an Auckland missioner among seamen, suffered a severe heart attack last Wednesday evening while returning to his homo. Mr Cowie is confined to his bed indefinitely. Mr Don Stewart, who was a prominent member of the Old Boys’ ■Football Club and is a son of Mr and Mrs D. Stewart, of 25 Pahiatua Street, spent the week-end with his parents. Mr Stewart, jnr., is an engineer on a tteamor trading between New' Zealand and America and received a warm welcome on his return to Palmerston North. Mr A. C. Lovelock, the well-known breeder and judge of pedigree Jersey stock, has disposed of his property at Woodville and purchased the lonks Estate at Hawera. where he intends to increase his pedigree herds. Mr Lovelock is a council member of the New Zealand Jersey Breeders’ Federation, and liis stud is well-known to breeders.

Mr George Dixon, a member of the mechanical staff of the “Standard,’ was yesterday met by his fellow employees and tendered a presentation in view of his recent marriage. In asking Mr Dixon’s acceptance of a diningroom clock, a quantity of table cutlery and silverware, members of various departments of the “Standard” expressed to him best wishes for his future happiness.

His many friends in Palmerston North will be pleased ‘to learn that Itev. H. G. Blackburne, formerly of All Saints’, Palmerston North, and now' of Eastry. Kent, England, continues to enjoy good health. Last year Mr Blackburne was elected to the headquarters council of the Church of England Men’s Society and this year he has a seat on the executive, these duties being apart from those of his parish. After serving for 21 years as a director of the Eltliam Dairy Company, for 14 years of w'lnch he was chairman, Mr H. D. Forsyth retired from the board at the annual meeting of the company recently. The chairman, Mr C. H. White, said that Mr Forsyth was one of the ablest directors the company ever had. He considered .that no one else in Taranaki had done BO mtich for the dairy industry as Mr Forsyth. Mr James Gamble, manager of the jobbing department of the Lyttelton Times, expired suddenly in his office yesterday afternoon (states a Press Association telegram from Christchurch). He w'as 68 years old. For some time Mr Gamble had suffered from heart trouble, and it is presumed that this W'as’the cause of death. Ho had been a resident of New Brighton for many years, and had taken an active part in municipal affairs in that suburb. Mr Gamble had been Mayor of New' Brighton for several years, and he was also n prominent member of the Methodist Church. The death occurred at . the , w’eekr. end of Mr Annesley Loßus De Renzy Shdkleton, a resident of the Pahiatua district. The late Mr Shekleton was horn in Ireland, and came to New Zealand on the ship Hereford in 1878, landing at Lyttelton. Forty-five years ago he went to tho Bush district as one of the very first settlers. In those pioneer days there was only a ,coach road to Masterton through the 'virgin standing bush. At first the deceased worked under Mr John Davy, on what is known as the Balfour Estate, between Konini and Pahiatua. In a year or so he assumed the managership of the estate which position he still retained at tho time of his death. A half-share of this property is owned by the Earl of Balfour, and the other half by the estate of the late Hon. E. C. J. Stevens, of Christchurch. He is survived by a widow, one son, and tw'o daughters. They are: Mr Joseph Annesley Shekleton, Pahiatua; Mrs S, C. Humphries of Pongaroa; and Miss lluth Jan© Sliek leton, Pahiatua. Advice that Lord Lovat Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, will be making a special visit to New Zealand, and that, on Monday, October 10, lie is due to visit Palmerston North, was received at last night’s meeting of the Borough Council from the Department of Internal Affairs. The Mayor (Mr A. J. Graham) was authorised to make arrangements for the council to meet Lord Lovat. The Government has been advised .that Lord Lovat ' tu, i arrive in New Zealand on October o and will leave Wellington on his departure from the Dominion on Uctober 23. .The primary object of Lord Lovat’s visit to New' Zealand and Australia (states a Wellington message) is to study the complexities of Empire migration from the end of the world, those parts of the Empire which may be considered to be only sparsely settled and which should be the natural repository for England’s surplus population. Lord Lovat is also an authority on forestry and re-afforestation, he having been chairman of the Hnglish Forestry Commission, and in that connection will visit the Government plantations at Rotorua and Hanmer, but as his itinerary only allows a fortnight’s stay in New Zealand, his will be rather a rushed visit. A cable from Sydney announces the death of Mr Robert Edwin Bannister, formerlv general manager of tho Now Zealand Times, Wellington. The late Mr Bannister was born in Wellington in 1855 and w r as for some time in the printing and publishing departments of the Times, later going to tho Post and again back to tho Times. 'Following his retirement from newspaper work, he took up sheep farming in the Manawatu, for some time owning a property at Fitzherbert Best. Leaving here about twenty years ago, Mr Bannister went to Sydney, umere he engaged successively in motor body building and cordial manufacturing businesses, later being interested in several residential buildings. his retirement some years ago, Mr Bannister had been living with a daughter, Mrs B. Hefferman, of Sydnev. Mrs Linton, of Melbourne and Mr E. Bannister, formerly of Wellington but now of Sydney, are the only other members of theramiiy. Mr Bannister was predeceased by his wife some years ago. Mrs J. Hepuorth, Mrs E. T. Rowlands (both of I a.meiston North) and Miss J. Bannister, o Eastbourne, Wellington, arc sisters of the deceased gentleman, while Alessrs H. Bannister, of Kairanga, and Chas Bannister, of Sydney, are brothers. A keen fancier of birds, the I*R . Bannister was founder and first P dent of the New Zedand Poultry. Pigeon and Canary Association and the first honorary secretary of the Wellington Poultry Society.