PERSONAL.

North Otago Times, Volume CVI, Issue 13975, 12 September 1917, Page 7

PERSONAL.

Sir Ernest Atkin, editor of the Grey River Argus, formerly, on "the literary staff of the Wellington Evening Post, ' has been appointed to succeed the late Mr_ John Christie, as editor of the Ha- /"'.. wera:Star.' ' ' ■< '■.♦(" A New ■.Plymouth telegram states that Mr K W. G. MeLeod,.thc bandmaster' of" Ihe Citizens' Band, has received a cable inviting him.'to' coach the City' Band -of - Ipswich, Queensland,' for the championship contest at the" New . Year.i ,\,. . ■' ). ' ' ■ - Captain .Dunn, of ihe local..corps of ' the Salvation Army, is not leaving Oamaru, owing to the. shortage of pfliccrs.. An assistant is being'sent to help in the work ,'at- '.Oliiiiaru' and so r lighten the strain which has b\'nrta::ed the. health of Captain Dunn.'."

A Press Association message from Duuediii states that 1);. Truby King lias been invited by cable to go io London, the Marlborough School of Motherhood being placed at' his disposal. : He is asked (Q name-a salary,, and take with liim a nurse from New Zealand.

"Another respected' old- settler lias passed to'rest in the person of Mrs 'James Johnston, .'Avifc of. Mr-J. JohnEton, Kaihoura. Mrs Johnston was born at Glenelg, Invcrnesshirc, -Scot- - land, in (lie forties, and came to New in tho.ship Timarn, i,u<l.'iig\at Chalmers in IS7O. She was married in Duncdin in ISSO, ami removed to Blenheim two'years later, her Ims- " .band being engaged at tl'.e gasworks there. After he had assistel -Ihe contractors in ihe erection of the Vvairaii

■ bridge, Mr ami Mrs Johnston cam ■ to 'the'"'Clarence in ISB4, Mr Johnston being 1 contract blacksmith for Messrs Blaikic and Malcolm, who erode i the Clarence Bridge, opened in ISSJ _For about twenty years Mr and Mrs Johnston had the Clarence Bridge accommodation house, Mrs Johnston proving an exceedingly kind and hospitable hostess. She and her husband ;'ol< up the Glen Kowhai Farm sonu- ten year?

ago, but her health failing, it was dis- ' -..prised of, ami subsequently Mr and Mrs Johnston became residents of the Peninsula. Mrs Johnston's health did not improve, and she'was removed to Lcwisham Hospital, Christclnirch, where flic died lifst week. The funeral took place ."in the Kaikoura Cemetery, some cf those who paid their last tribute of respect to her memory coming a distance of thirty miles. One of her two sons is a member of the Royal Flying Corps, having enlisted in Australia.

V'ord has been received of the death i'm:'! wounds on July 23rd of Lieutena'u! A. M. Finlny c ou, son of !lm Rev. A. Fin:ayso:i, of V'aifati. Lieutenant Finlayson received his primary education at the Waitati School, and later attended the Port Chalmers District High School, where he was dux and also secured a senior .Board scholarship.. From 1900 to 1902 he was a boarder at AVaitaki Boys' High' School. In 1902 hewon a University entrance scholarship, with phenomenal success. He was awarded the Clark prize and Professor Black's prize for chemistry ami the TJlrich prize for geology. He also won the Sir George Grey scholarship, and secured the B.Sc. degree in 1903. In 1900 he passed M.Sc' with double first class honours in geology, electricity, and magnetism. During a brilliant four years' course at the Otago University he gained twenty first certificates in nine distinct classes. He-won an Exhibition science scholarship of £l5O, tenable for three years, and proceeded to England to carry on his scientific work. His thesis on the Rio' Tinto copper mines of Spain earned high praise from the Home examiners, who considered itcould not be improved upon and for which he was awarded the D.Sc. degree by the London University. He accepted a lucrative appointment with the Burmah Oil Company, n\s geological expert, and in the year 1911 was awarded by the Council of Mineralogy aud Metalurgy the Consolidated Goldfields of South Africa premium. Being in England when war broke out, he at once enlisted in the Tenth South Lancashire Regiment, in wliich he received -his commission. Lieutenant Finlayson was twice wounded while at the- front, thy wounds received on file/second occasion proving fatal. Lieutenant Finlayson was one of the most brilliant students the Dominion has produced. He was nominated by the Otago University as their candidate for the Rhodes Scholarship. His death will be regretted by a large circle of friends. .