PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14375, 21 May 1910, Page 8

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr. E. A. Cbaig was. elected chairman - ■ of the •' One-tree Hill Road Board on Thursday evening. The death is announced by Press Asso- .. ciation cable from London of Madam Viar- • i'\dot Garcia, the well-known opera singer. Mr, Justice Chapman, accompanied by his ; private secretary, srrived by the Main Trunk express yesterday, and is staying at! Glenalvon. . Mr. and Mrs. T. Empson, late of Devonport, left Wellington by the Shaw, Savill, ': and Albion 'Company's steamer Athenic on Thursday for London. They will make an extended tour of the Old Country. The Rev. Dr. Gibb, of St. John's Pres- . bvterian Church, Wellington, arrives by the 5: Main Trunk this morning, to conduct anniversary- services on Sunday in connection with Knox Church, Parnell. Mr. Leo. Chetwyn Parker has been f appointed lieutenant in No. 3 Company '.'■ Garrison Artillery Volunteers. He has had '10 years' service ."including full service with the" Seventh Contingent in South Africa. Bishop Williams, late Bishop of Waiapu, arrived in, Auckland from Napier by the steamer Tarawera yesterday afternoon. He will take part in "the ordination service at St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell. tomorrow morning. Mr. T. Bristol, of the New Plymouth postal staff, has been transferred to Auckland. Prior to his departure Mr. Bristol was presented with a set of silver-backed hair brushes by his fellow-workmen. Mr. Bristol was well known in New Plymouth swimming circles. Mr. T. Harle Giles. Conciliation Commissioner, who has been suffering from an attack of bronchitis, is progressing favourably towards recovery. His medical adviser considers it inadvisable for him to undertake any work next week, however, and the hotel employees v. licensed victuallers' dispute, set down for hearing on Monday next, has been, consequently postponed until the .- 30th inst. Constable James Maitland, a highlyTespected member of the police force stationed at Devonport, died at the Auckland Hospital on Thursday, after being operated • on last Wednesday for cancer. His remains were buried yesterday in the O'Neil's Point cemetery. Constable" Maitland came to the :■ country* two years ago, while his wife and family of three children, the youngest of whom is 14 years of age, only joined him about eight months ago. An interesting personage at St. Matl.' thew's Church yesterday amongst the uniformed resident veterans of the Veterans* Home was Mr. John F. Purvis, formerly of the Royal Navy, who was born in 1821, , and is now on the eve of his 90th birthday. He took part in the siege of Acre An board H.M. battleship Revenge in 1840, and later on was with the Naval Brigade in the second Maori war of 1864. in the campaigns of Taranaki, Waitara, Waikato, and Tan- ; ranga. At the Gate Pa he was severely \'ii : wounded by -a -bullet wound through the body. Mr. Purvis has three war medals. He relates that he is perfectly happy and comfortable at the Veterans' Home, that he hopes to reach the standard age of his ancestors of 100 years and over. He is to bo :: seen daily on the Epsom-Mount Albert ''"' ' Road, taking his constitutional walk of four miles and a cheerful gossip with neigh- - boars. 7. '. ;: :" : ".::":-v : -'-= ' " === ,