PERSONAL MATTERS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 21 May 1912, Page 4

PERSONAL MATTERS

Mr G. R. Selby, who recently resigned the post of secretary to tho Town Schools Committee, was accorded a vote of thanks and appreciation of services at last night's meeting of that body. The motion was moved by. the chairman (Mr ii. E. Boyes), and it was resolved that it be recorded on the minutes of the Committee. A Sydney cable stales that tho". Women's Patriotic Club held ;i reception in honour of Sir Jose ph and Lndv -Ward. The Prince of Wales (says a Paris cable) if cruising with the French fleet on a voyage of instruction. A Sydney cable states that Mr Thomas, bandmaster at Cooma, was entertained at a farewell gathering. He has accepted a similar position at Waihi. . Admiral Sir L. A. Beaumont- lias retired (says a London cable), naving reached the age limit. Vice-Admiral H. G. King-Hall has been promoted to the rank of admiral. Dr C. E. W. Lyth has been appointed by the -Ota-go Hospital and Charitable A*id Board as medical director of the Pleasant Valley Sanatorium at a .salary of £4OO per annum. Dr Lyth was very Uiighlv recommended from Australia-. Mr D. St. George, postmaster at Ho-kit-ika for nine years, was la.-t evening presented with a'purse of sovereigns by the citizens of Hokitika prior to his departure for Groymoutli, to which office lie has been promoted. The Mayor of Hokitika presided, and, on behalf of the citizens, expressed regret at Mr St. George's departure from the town. Tho other speakers referred in very eulogistic terms to the manner in which the guest had carried out his duties during his term of office. Mr St. George's position will be filled bv Mr J. Empson, formerly postmaster at Rotorua.

Corporal P. Herbert, late of tho Bengal Horse Artillery, who served under Brigndier-General Sir Harry Lawrence 'at Lucknow in 1857, is a resident of Tauranga. He is the only veteran in the Auckland district who served in the entrenched camp at Cawnpoie, under Geuoral Sir M. H. Wheeler, beforo the Indian mutiny. Mr Herbert, would like (says the "Herald") to correspond ' with any veteran of the trarrison of Lucknow resident in the Dominion.

News coir.is from Auckland ot tho death of Mr Thomas Coldham Wil\ialns, after a long illness, aged.B6 years. Ho was 0110 of tho oldest Zealand born settlers in the Dominion, Paihia.. Bay of Islands, being his birthplace. Tho ' deceased was a son of the l-at-e .Rev. Henry Williams. Archdeacon of Waimate, Bay of Islands, where he received his education and spent his earlv youth subsequently removing to Auckland. He came to YVcllinrrten .about 47 years ago and ud sheonfarmimr, acquiring t.lio Brancepeth Estate, Wairarttpa, of 49.000 ■acres. the Annodn'o estate,-of 15.000 acrps. and also the Lansdowiv rotation, near Maftrrfon, of about "000 pcrss. Fr>r manv vr::r:-: lie ros'-dv-rl illl 1\ f;imi!v in TToh<-nn-sif root, Wellington. Mr WH. 't'ttis d'Y-l not ln.lrr» an* nart in nublio. life. Ho ni.ivn or] in n daiitM*" 1 <if William Bc'hnm. jird h'" : l 13 children, six sons and seven daughters.