PERSONAL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 5734, 1 November 1905, Page 5

PERSONAL.

The Hospital Trustees yesterday accepted the resignations of Sister Mabel (Nurse Thurston) and Junior Nurse Gilmour.

A Brisbane cable message announces the death of tho Hon D. B. More.hcad, M.L.0., and cx-Prcir.ier. Deceased was in his sixty-third year. Tlie Premier left for Christchurch last night. Ho opens the Cheviot railway to-day, and returns to Wellington to-morrow. Mr Seddon speaks at the Opera House on Friday night. Air W. H. Price, chief clerk in the Post Office at Invercargill for the past seventeen years, is retiring on pension, after forty-two years’ service, and was yesterday (says a Press Association telegram) presented by members of tho staff with a silver tea and coffee service. Mr Price intends to reside in Dunedin, in which city he first entered the sendee of the department.

Mrs Calvert, one of Now Zealand’s earliest colonists, died at Teddington (Canterbury) a few days ago. Mrs Calvert, who was widow of the lato Mr C. Aldcrsou Calvert, onc-timo Registrar of tho Christchurch 1 Supremo Court (says a Press Association telegram from Christchurch!, was eldest daughter of Mr Rowland R. T. Davis, C.E., and was seven years of age when her father arrived in Wellington province by the Aurora as far back as January 22nd, 18-10. Tho Aurora was tho first boat with passengers to reach Wellington. Mr Davis went south, and took up land at Pigeon Bay not long after tho arri- ; val of the Canterbury Pilgrims. Miss Davis was married to Mr Calvert in St. Michael’s Church, tho marriage being one of tho fiiufc celebrated there. The lato Mrs Calvert had a very intimate 1 knowledge of the early history of Canterbury, and right up to tho time of her death had a very retentive memory'. A Press Association cable message from Melbourne received last night records tho death of Sir Bryan o‘Loghlen, cx-Prom ior of Victoria. Tho deceased was a barrister by profession, having been called to the Irish Bar in 185 G. Ho spent five years on tho Munster circuit before emigrating to Victoria. There ho entered into active practice, and soon drifted into Parliament. Always on tho Liberal side, ho was during the seventies and eighties one of tho loading figures in many stormy political struggled. Sir Bryan was tho third son of the Right Hon Sir Michael O’Loghlen, a distinguished Irish Judge, who was created a baronet in 1833, and was tho first Roman Catholic raised to judicial offioo cither in England or Ireland after the revolution of 168 S. Sir Bryan’s elder brother, Sir Colman O’Loghlen, represented County Clare in tho British Parliament from 1863 to 1877, and was Judge Advocate-General in the Gladstone Government of 186370. Sir Bryan was born in 1828, and succeeded to the baronetcy in 1877. Before Parliament prorogued, tho House of Representatives, on tho motion of tho Premier, passed the following resolution: —“ That this House places on record its appreciation of tho long and faithful services rendered to tho colony by Mr J. W. Thomson, momher for Clutha.” In speaking to tho motion, Mr Scddon said Mr Thomson was retiring from public life. It was not generally known that ho (tho Premier) was first returned to Parliament as a supporter of tho Government of which Mr Thomson was a member, and from that time to this, although they differed politically, ho had always considered it a pleasure to have Mr Thomson’s personal friendship. Mr Thomson had devoted tho greater part, of his life to tho public service. On tho Provincial Council of Otago, and more particularly in regard to education, land, and agriculture, Mr Thomson had brought to bear ripo' experience and far-seeing knowledge which had proved of benefit to the province of Otago and to tho colony. Ho remembered on ono occasion Mr Thomson had tho confidence of ,tho House to such an extent that when ;a motion ho had proposed resulted in a change of Administration, ho was entrusted with tho task of forming a (Ministry. So ono might say that Mr 'Thomson had almost been Prime Minister of tho colony. Tho leader of tho Opposition thoroughly endorsed what had fallen from tho Premier., and said the Opposition appreciated his kindly remarks. They had, on that side of the House, looked "upon Mr Thomson as the "father” of Parliament. Mr Thomson had been in nine Parliaments (thirty sessions), and left- behind him an absolutely Stainless record. “ I am quite certain,” added Mr Massey, “that in | the next Parliament Mr Thomson will j bo very much missed.”