PERSONAL

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 251, 20 September 1933, Page 6

PERSONAL

The death is announced from Sydney of Mr J. R. Dryhurst, general manager of the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, aged 63. Mr Anderson Tyrer, a leading musician, and examiner for the Trinity College of Music in London, arrived in Palmerston North to-day, accompanied by Mrs Tyrer. Air John Farrell, representing J. C. AVilliamson, Ltd., is in town making arrangements for the production of. the musical comedy extravaganza “Bright Side Up,” to be staged on Wednesday night next. Air H. -E. Edmunds, of Palmerston North, is leaving on a visit to Australia this week, and at the annual meeting of the Alanawatu Automobile Association last evening he was extended the best wishes of the members for his journey. A visitor to Wellington at present is Dr. R. le Fort, an eminent French surgeon, who comes from LiUe, the big manufacturing centre in the north of France. Dr. le Fort, who is travelling with his wife, and son and M. Jacques le Fort, and a friend, AI. Henri Neu, came to New Zealand by way of Japan, Java, Sumatra, and Australia. Tho death at Invercargill on Alonday of Air Thomas Anson Buckingham, at the age of 73 years, removed one of the most prominent men in the public life of the western districts. He was a member of the Wallace County Council, the Bluff Harbour Board and Southland Power Board as well as being connected with other local bodies. Air Robert Heaton Rhodes, wellknown throughout Hawke’s Bay, a.nd an old and esteemed resident of the district, passed away yesterday at Woodville, ivhere he had been living in retirement. He is survived by his widow, two sons, Air Heaton Rhodes (Wellington) and Air Bryan Rhodes (Otaki), also two daughters, Aliss Kasi Rhodes (Auckland) and Airs F. P. Wright (Ivawhia). They will receive the deep sympathy of a wide circle of friends.

The death occurred on Alonday of Rev. Thomas George Butler, of Riccarton, a minister well known throughout Canterbury, at the age of 54 years. Air Butler was born in Australia and entered the Congregational ministry. He held several pastorates in the Congregational Church in Australia, and in 1916 entered the Presbyterian Church. His first w'ork in New Zealand was in Central Otago, and he later held ministries at Soutlibridge and at Dunsandel, where he worked for eight years. Here his health began to fail, and in 1926 he resigned to live at Riccarton. Air O. B. AlcAloon, aged 35, who was about to take up an appointment as accountant at the head office of the Telegraph Department, suffered a sudden illness after his arrival in AVellington from Dunedin yesterday morning and died within a few hours. Air AlcAloon was well-known throughout the department and prior to his transfer to Wellington was Dominion auditor. Before holding that office he was accountant in the Telegraph Department at Otago and was also in the department at Christchurch for some time. Mr AlcAloon saw service in France. He leaves a w’idow and three children. The death occurred yesterday morning at his home at Arthur’s Point, near Queenstown, of Air John Cockburn, one of the oldest residents of tho district and a man who took a wide interest in public affairs for many years. He was chairman of. the Frankton. Hospital Trust until the administration of the Frankton Hospital was taken over in 1910 by the Southland Hospital Board, of which body he first became a member in November, 1914. He was a member of the Lake County Council, the Queenstown Borough Council, the Farmers’ Union, the Lake County Agricultural and Pastoral Association and the Southland League. A delightful function took place last evening at the residence of Air E. Wood, Alilson’s Line, when members of his. family paid him a surprise visit for the occasion of his 82nd birthday. Those present were Airs R. A. AlcKenzie, Air and Airs N. E. AVood, Air and Airs C. G. Wood, Air and Airs AI. E. Wood, Air and Airs J. A. Dinley, Airs A. AI. Wighton, Aliss L. Alellor, Aliss AI. Kelleher, and eleven of his twenty grandchildren. The cake was tastefully decorated with 82 candles, and after the youngest grandchild had blown them out, Air Wood cut the cake and briefly thanked his visitors for the good wishes extended to him. Air AVood, who has resided in the district for many years, was the recipient of numerous congratulations and messages of goodwill. Dr. AA r . H. Parkes, C.AI.G., C.8.E., a prominent Auckland medical practitioner with a distinguished war record, has passed away. Dr. Parkes was perhaps best known for his services with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. He left with the Main Body, and lie was in charge of the New Zealand General Hospital in Eygpt in 1915. From 1916 to 1918 he was Director of the N.Z.E.F. Aledical Services in London. He was mentioned in dispatches, made colonel and decorated with the C.AI.G. Prior to the war lie was actively associated in Auckland with the volunteer movement. He was honorary surgeon and physician at the Auckland Hospital for some time, and was chief medical adviser for the Auckland Plunket Society since its inception. In over 30 years of practice in Auckland he became very widely known and respected. The deather lias occurred at Auckland of Alajor Digbv E. G. Cardale, well-known throughout Now Zealand for his services during the war in the training camps at Trentham and Featherston, and later in Egypt. The late Alajor Cardale started his miltary career as a member of the Christchurch Yeomanry Cavalry, and was selected with others to represent New Zealand at Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations. After spending a. short time in India, lie returned to New Zealand, and at the outbreak of the South African AVar was one of the first New Zealanders to volunteer for active service. On his return, Ala.jor Cardale joined the New Zealand Staff Corps, and was appointed to Dunedin as mounted instructor to, the Otago district. From Dunedin, he was transferred to various parts of New Zealand until, at the outbreak of the Great AA’ar, he was appointed chief mounted instructor for New Zealand. In this post, which he held until 1917, he had entire charge of the training of the mounted units both at Trentham and Featherston. In 1917, he was appointed captain and left for Egypt. He was attached to Lord Allenby’s staff at the capture of Jerusalem, and for three months acted as nrovost-marshal of Jaffa until his health broke down. After three months at the base, he was invalided home, and was retired as medically unfit.