PERSONAL.

North Otago Times, Volume CV, Issue 13860, 21 April 1917, Page 2

PERSONAL.

■, ! '■■'■■.. ■''' ■ Mr, A.' G. Creagh,- solicit or of Oamaru, returned, on Wednesday from a few weeks' holiday in Australia. Mr James Reid, one of the original' members of. the Auckland Stock 'Exchange, died on Tuesday, aged eighty years. Lieutenant A. 6. Belli, R.N.M.O. (son of Mr James • Reid, Milton, and brother of the Rev, J, S. Reid, Diinsandel) has had conferred upon, him the Military Cross for conspicuous bravery in the, recent fighting at the fronts The Rev. C. Mortimer Jones, vicar of St. Andrew's Church, Cambridge, has received advice. from Hie Anglican Bishop of Auckland that he is to be appointed chaplain to the Twenty-fifth Reinforcements. Mr George 11. Wliitcombe, managing director at' Wliitcombe ami Tombs, Ltd,,, leaves shortly on an extended trip to America. Mr Louis Wliitcombe will take up his duties during his absence. Mr T. A, .Wallace has severed his .connection with the,-Invereavgill Arm of Messrs Price .'and Bulleid,. to join , the staff of the Canterbury Savings Bank,' and Building Society as accountaant, ' . . , Drs W. Marshall Macdonalil, and Stuart Moore, who have accepted appointments on . active service, have been informed by the Defence Department that their departure has been postponed, for a fortnight.

..The death is announced of Mrs Peter Wood, of Merrivaie, Christchurch, after a long illness. MrfWood was the third daughter of Mr Brett, proprietor of the Auckland Star, and lira Brett, a .family distinguished in the promotion of music in the north,

The Rev. T. G. Hammond, who has been appointed general superintendent to.the Methodist Maori Missions, was / entertained at Hawera last week, The Mayor (Mr E,'Dixon) presented Mr Hammond with an illuminated address, and a purse containing a cheque for £100."' •

Information has! been • received that Mr C, T. Wang/ general secretary of the' Y.M.C.A, in /China lias assumed the office of vice-president' of the National Assembly of China, a position which he filled■ temporarily-under the late President Yuan Shih-Kai, after having occupied other Cabinet positions,

Mr Archibald Bruce, who died in Wairnatc On Tuesday, was one of- the earliest millers in South Canterbury, His homo was in the Waimate bush when the disastrous fire swept the bush away in the seventies. His brother, the late Mr James Bruce, was also prominent as a pioneer.

Major F. R. McMahon, R.E,, who was awarded the D.S.O, for good servoce iu Prance, is n native of Wellington, He was in Cromwell at the beginning of the dredging boom, and remained there everal years, He afterwards went to. West Africa, and then to Dutch Guinea, Burma, Alaska, and Algeria. He joined' King Edward's Horse as a trooper in August, 1914, and at the end of the year obtained a commission in the Shropshire Light Infantry, In May, 1915, hq was transferred to the Royal Engineers, with the rank of Captain.

llr L. W. D. Andrews, general manager of the United Insurance Company, who died at Auckland on Tuesday after a comparatively brief illness, was well known in insurance and business circles in the Dominion. For several years Mr Andrews was manager of the company at Wellington, and later at Auckland, and about eighteen months ago, when the head office was removed to Auckland, he was promoted to the general managership. Mr Andrews was the son of the late Mr Andrews, for many years Collector of Customs at Greymouth, anil married Miss P. M. Cross,- second daughter of the late Mr James S, Cross, of Nelson and Wellington,

, Judge Jones, of the Native Land Court, who has been transferal from Gisbcrne to the South Island, was tendered a public Jnrwell at the Gisbome Council Chambers prior to leaving, when many testimonies were made as to his sterling worth in his olficial capacity and as a citizen. Judge Jones, who has been resident in Gisborne, for many year?, was a prominent member of the local birr before accepting the judgeship some fourteen years ago, and was a member, of the Borough Council, for a number of years. He was one of the original members of the Gisbome Bowling Club, being at one time an enthusiastic bowler, aiulwaj for years a vicepresident of the Te Kau Club, which also tendered him a farewell, In the course of his duties on. the Bench Judge Jones,has,made a host of friends (says the "Hawke's Bay Herald"), and the Natives have already taken action in recognition of his valuable work on their behalf. }le still retains numerous, interests in the Poverty Bay district.