PERSONAL

North Otago Times, Volume CI, Issue 13327, 29 July 1915, Page 4

PERSONAL

Cniishhlo I'nif, nl Unl 111, In" ox plunged posh with (.'onstihli I'd waid«, of Kuinw, who leiu's In take up Ins new ilnties slioith

RcigPint Wlnte, nl Oa mi in, who ip tunipil fioni Eg\pl with i hioliPii knee cap, on Jlomliv iiiklpiwpii! an opcia tion, wluili his simp pinvpil highh siuresslul

•Mr.lnn A.•Mnckay.who..w'as.irecently /engaged... doing special ; newspaper: correspondent work, at '■■ Wellington, lias Accepted ( the; position:-of sub,-editpi" of 1 1 'The North' Qt'ngd Tinips.'•' -Mr Mackay has taken up his new duties, ■■'■ -

Li .the,Legi'slativ'c'Goiincil yesterday, the Hon.' W," elected Chairman of Committees." Sir Francis Bell congratuiat'ed the Hon. Air. Carncross on his election,' and also congratulated the Council on having oiie'so competent to fill the. position,' aiul one'who had been so' courteous in .carryings out'- his duties in the past, •

Mr IT. li Massie, the famous cricketer of the'eighties, has been appointed general manager of the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney. 1 For' many years he- played- for New South Wales, and in] 882 lie was,, a member of the- Muvrtoeh team which visited England; -His second son, Lieutenant R. J. -A.- Alassie, was recently wounded at■ the-.Dardanelles..

AFr John Patersnn,. secretary of the Wellington, Club,, who'died'on Sunday, was a'-native of. Scotland, Hud was for several years chief steward in the sor-viec-of the Union Steam' Ship Company. He left the company .'to take over the management, of the Arcadia Hotel, in Wellington, and some four or five years ago-lie.'was appointed secretary.of the Wellington Club, lie leaves a .widow and two young'children.' . Recently, states the-Aknrna-"Mail,-' Air Etevelineau,-of Wellington, paid a visit to Akaroa-to sec his parents, M, and Madame Eteveunean, who, with Air Libenti, of Duvanchelle, remain the sole survivors of the Comte de Paris, the-French .emigrant ship which arrived iii -Aharon in August., 1840. .M. Etevennenu, a day.or two after his arrival:met Messrs flenrge. and J.osepli Armstrong. The three had been to school together, and it was the first. meeting after, forty-five . years. . AI; Etevennenu ha 9 resided in Wellington for many years, carrying on his trade as a carpenter.

The death; is'reported from London of Sir James A. H; Murray,.,the famous lexicographer, Deceased was born in 1837, so'that he-was-75 years of age, He had a distinguished cq.Uegiate,.an,d university career, and was ajineinhpi'v of a-number of fgreign .literary. He was one.of the founders.of the Ilnwick Arehffiological Society, of which he was president at its jubilee, when hq was presented with the freedom of.lljiwiek. He was president, of the Philological Society .'of London, and undertook for that Society and, the Oxford University Press the editing of the English Dictionary on Historical Principles. He was also an extensive Writer on literary subjects.

The Tnranaki Land Board yesterday passed the following resolution;— That on the occasion of the retirement of from the IlnderSecretaryship of Lands, thereby severing his connection with the Public Ser■vice of the Dominion after a continuous service of over -18 years, the Land Board of this district, of which lieiwan formerly Commissioner, and Chief Surveyor, desires to congratulate him on completing so long and honourable a service, in the State and Ihe public interest; also to express its sincere wishes that he may continue to have many years of health and vigor 1,0 enjoy a well-earned respite from active'public service.-

Afr William Edawrd Keefe,- whose death at his residence-in Crani Road, Wellington, occurred on •Saturday, was a well-known officer of the Post and Telegraph Department, Air Keefe joined tiie service in Ihe Telegraph branch in J. 877, and, in IMS.'! lie became assistant -telephone exchange clerk. In I8!)8 lie was appointed ,-fo the control of the Telephone Exchange, Wellington, and retained that position until 11)10, when he was transferred to the accountant's branch of the ClCneial Post Office. In April last lie, found it necessary to undergo a severe, operation,-and since that lime he had been confined to his home, Air Keefe was fifty years of age. - - - ■ .

The ..Wellington :"Po'st" records -the death of Captain Clifford )?nl>erts, I?;N.K., of the Vmw Steam Ship Company, nt his laie residence', Telford Terrace, Oriental Ray, on Friday, after ,1 long illness. He was thirty-eight years -of 'age, and a son of the late -Captain Clifford lloberts, of Aberdeen, Scotland. For the past twelve years'he had :lieen in. the employ of .the Union Company, having 'first', come out from Home to Australia in the Loongana. He was very popular with all who came into contact:'with him, and his capabilities as an officer led him to be promoted to I he-position of master' sonic two years ago., Uis last ship-was the Waipori; , . : ' ,