PERSONAL ITEMS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 28 July 1926, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr W. M. Egglestone, who was District Public Trustee io this district for some five years, is at present visiting Nelson. Mr Egglestone has just received advice of his appointment as Inspector for the South Island offices, excluding Nelson and Blenheim. His headquarters will in future lie Christchurch.

We regret to record the death of Mrs Newman, wife of Mr James Newman. who was bookbinder at the Evening Mail Office for over 50 years. The late Mrs Newman was an active worker for many years in connection with the Salvation Army and other social endeavours.

Mr J. (). ,J. Malfroy leaves Wellington for England by the Matatua on August lOtii to take up a post-graduate scholarship at the University of Cambridge. Mr Malfroy is one of Wellington’s Rugby representatives.

For the thirty-third year in succession, Canon Dart has been appointed clerical secretary to the Nelson Diocesan Svnod.

Delegates attending the annual confeienee of the Plunket Society in Wellington include the following:— Motueka: Mrs R. P. Hudson, Mrs H. S. Morrison. Nelson: Mrs Buchanan, Mrs Wastney, Miss Neale. Richmond: Miss Stewart.

Mr I). It. L. Stevenson, of the Otago University, the full-back of the All Biiack Australian team, whose health was not of the best when he left New Zealand, and who met with a slight accident and further illness, returned yesterday by tlie Ulimaroa from Sydney, lie played in the second and third tests hut was unable to accompany the team as a playing member to Melbourne.

Mr F. H, Toogood, consulting engqineer, recently received injuries to his head and face in a motor accident on the Rimutakas, and had to be removed to a private hospital on Thursday last. His many friends will be glad, however, to know that he expects to be able to leave the hospital in a week’s time, savs tlie New Zealand Times.

Arrivals at the Commercial Hotel include Mr Lynch (Wellington), Mrs Heard (Ivaikoura), Messrs Northcote (Wairau), Sheppard (Wellington), Taylor (Blenheim), Cade (Christchurch), Barnett (Blenheim), ' Hobbs (Christchurch), Mr and Mrs Spiers (Wellington), Mr Drummond (Tapawera), and Mr McGinnis (Wellington).

Following visitors were among those who arrived at the Masonic Hotel today: Mi' and Mrs Boynes and child (Wellington), Air Robertson (Wellington), Mr J. Meyer (Blenheim) and Messrs W. D. Smith, Brown, Mark and Bennett (Westport).

The Mail’s Auckland correspondent reports-the death of Mr A. D. Lubecki. formerly a resident of Nelson, settling there with Iris mother when he retired from the Public Service in 1896. He was a member of the Nelson Diocesan Synod and the Standing Committee and a vestryman at All Saints. He was also a member of the General Synod. rOn the. death of his mother in 1901 he settled in Auckland, where he lias since resided, lie was never married. His mother was a descendant of an old Scottish family.

Private advice lias been received of the arrival in London of-Mr-Frank Goldberg, governing director of the Goldberg Advertising Agency. He travelled from France. Mr Goldberg expected to he. about six or eight weeks in the metropolis, with brief visits to industrial areas, where he proposed lecturing to various Chambers of Commerce and industrial organisations on the possibility of marketing Their particular lines in the Dominion. He has also arranged for wireless lectures on New Zealand from a trade point of view. Prior to leaving for Canada and the United States about the end of August, Air Goldberg will make a Continental tour.

Air George Pine, one of the founders and the oldest member of the Wellington Travellers’ and Warehousemen's Association died at iris residence, Percival street, Wellington, in his eighty-fifth year. He was horn near Keith, Banffshire, Scotland, and after learning the drapery business in Keith, Glasgow, and Birmingham, he landed in Dunedin in 1863, and was engaged for a time in his trade there. Then the “gold fever” took him to the West Coast, but lie had no success,'and he eventually started a retail drapery business in Westport, and afterwards at Wanganui and Wellington, where he built, over fifty years ago, the first, business premises on the Wesleyan Church property at the corner of Cuba and .Manners streets. After carrying on successfully for some years he sold out and started as a manufacturers’ agent. He represented the Kaiapoi Woollen Company, the Mosgiel Woollen Company, and important British manufacturers for many years. He retired from active business about 12 years ago. He founded the Union Clothing Co., Ltd., and was the senicidirector of the company. He always look a keen interest in the Commercial Travellers’ Association, and was a life governor, and an ex-president, and was a trustee at the time of his death. He leaves a widow and one daughter, Mrs J. J. Reich.

The death has occurred at the Victoria Hospital, Wellington, at the age of 76 years, of Ah' James Baring Gould, formerly slationmaster at the Welling(onlon station of the. Wellinglon-Alamt-watu Railway Company. He remained stationmaster of Wellington until 1898, when lie left to enter business. The late Air Gould was keenly interested in Red Cross work of late years. Born at Bayswater, near London, the late Mr Gould was educated in Germany, and lie spoke several languages. He came out to New Zealand in the ship’ Otaki in 1876. Ho had gained a good deal of railway experience in the. German transport service during the Franeo-Prussian War, and soon after his arrival in New Zealand joined the Canterbury provincial railway service. lie was rapidly promoted until lie was assistant stationmaster at Christchurch. From this lie was promoted to be chief clerk to the Railway Telegraph Department, on the abolition of which lie became stationmaster at Halcombe, near Fcilding. and resinned after three years on account of ill-health. After 18 months on a Canterbury farm, his health being restored, he was given the position of Wellington stationmaster under the old company. He was married to Miss Collins, of Christchurch, and had two daughters and one son.