PERSONALIA

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7038, 28 January 1910, Page 5

PERSONALIA

The appointment of Mr P. A. Paterscn as Native hand Purchase Officer was gazetted last night. Letters of naturalisation have been issued to Arne Kartevoid, of Petone, and Saul Simons, of Wellington. Mr liobcit Parker was yesterday reappointed the Wellington Education Hoard's instructor in .singing. Mr U. E. Haves, of Wellington, has been licensed bv tho Government to act as a public auditor under the Friendly Societies Act, 1009. Mcssr* A. Hamilton and J. Young have been, appointed members of tho Board of Governors of tho Now Zealard Institute. The appointments aro by the Government. Mr J. T. Hopkins, one of the novvlyappointed assistant sanitary inspectors of tho City Council, declined to take up the office. Mr C. Hill has been appointed in his stead. Mr A. YV. Hogg, M.P., who has been suffering from an attack of influenza, is satisfactorily recovering, and intends shortly taking a trip north for the benefit of his health. Tho death occurred on November 29th in IJenfrewsdiire, Scotland, of Mrs Janet Muir, widow of the lato Mr Robert Muir, and mother of Messrs James and A W. Muir, of Wellingtom. Tho deceased was in her sixty-fifth year. The Hon. C. G. Wade, Premier of New South Wales, who has been paying a visit to Masterton, wjhere he was the guest of Mr Donald Donald, of Lansdowne, will be entertained by the Now Zealand Club at luncheon in Wellington to-day. The death is reported from New Plymouth of Mr Edward Okey, aged eightytwo years, a very old settler of the Taranaki district. Ho rcas the father of Mr H. J. 11. Okey, M.P. for Taranaki, Lieutenant-Colonel E. N. L." Okey, and Messrs F. W. and A. Okey. The Pross Association agent at Dnnedin yesterday reported that Mr A. W. Campbell, of Wellington, had passed sections of LL.B. and law professional examination in property 1., evidence and procedure. The name should have been Mr A. W. Chapman. At yesterday's meeting of the Wellington Education Board the resignations of tho following teachers were accepted : Miss F. Scott (Carterton), Miss A. Thornton (Clvde quay), Mrs B. Osborno (nee Riddick (To Aro), Mr K. Goldsmith (Levin), Mr E. Oliver (Island Bay). Mr Ultan F. McCa.be, manager and attorney in New Zealand for Messrs li. W. Cameron and Co., shipping and commission merchants of New York, is resigning his position to enter into partnership in the firm of Messrs Richardson and Blair, engineers and importers, of Grey street, Wellington. A presentation will be made this evening to Mr Edward Gallichan, for many years organiser of the Liberal and Labour Federation, by the Liberals of NewZealand, in the Concert Chamber of the Town Hall. The Prime Minister will make the presentation. Other members of the Ministry will be present. Mr 13. J. Hill is arranging the musical prcgrnmnio.-

A special meeting of the "Wellington Education Board was held yesterday to appoint representatives on the management boards of various technical schools, in the district. The following appointments wore made : —Wellington, Messrs J. G. W. Aitkea, W. Allan and W. H. Field, M.P.; Petone, Messrs E. Lee and J. W. McEwan; Pahiatua, the Rev. Mr Spear. Mr C. Watson, headmaster of the Te Ato school, has been granted by tho Education Board leave of absence to attend the Educational Congress next month. Miss J. Freeman. (Mangapakeha) was granted leave of absence for two months, and Miss Rowley (Newtown) till , the end of February. Mr T. E. Fleming will represent the. board's inspectors at the conference. Mr F. M. Nancarrow, who for some months past has been in charge ot the Lyttelton office of the Union Steam Ship Company, has resigned after thirteen years with the company, to take up a position in Greymouth as secretary of the North Brunner Coal Company. Mr S. Wilson, passenger clerk in the Union Company's Christchureh office, has been appointed sub-manager at Lyttelton. in succession to Mr Nancarrorw. I Mr T. M. Wilford, M.P., chairman of the Wellington Harbour Board, will not seek re-election as ohairman next month, but will still remain a member of the board. He took the opportunity yesterday of thanking the board's officers and members of the board for the assistance they had rendered him in the administration of his duties daring his two years' occupancy of the chair. Members generally congratulated Mr Wilford upon the capable manner in which ho had 1 carried out the chairman's duties. Mr John Murray, late Chief Inspector of the Bank of New Zealand, who has been residing in Australia during the last fourteen years, is reviaitimg the Dominion, ar.icl is at present in Wellington, on a health tour. It is interesting to recall that it wae Mr Murray, during the bank's critical period, who, although out of its service at the time, was called in by the board of directors to endeavour to rehabilitate the affaire of the bank. He had long conferences with th-3 late Mr Seddon, and his advice was of great value in the banking legislation which was subsequently passed by Parliament.

t.Ji S reported in the "Japan Times" that Dr Tsuboi, leotiudrrg before the Imperial Educational Society on "Curious Customs in the Pacific Islands" made toe following • interesting statement:— In Ivew Zealand the law of the State, forbids a married couple to bring up more than three children, so that, if a girl be born to them tho poor baby is killed in almost all cases. But if they wish to keep the girl baby it is baptised m a stream and is confined for several days in a hut, or nest as it is called, with her mother. The ' nest' is regarded as a very sacred place and consecrated as such, and tho infant who is taken out of this sacred nest is brought up and looked attar with great care as one given by the Almighty. x "R^.M 00 *" (Foxton) writes at length i? Ti^ ies " *o correct the impression that the flaxmill hand is the ''highest paid unskilled worker in existence." He claims that the sawmill hands are higher paid and work under healthier conditions. In the flax trade, he says, there is a lot of broken time, such as running out of flax, floods, holidays, etc. iou have to 'bullock' to make constant wages. More than that they are for ohe most port physical wrecks after two or three years, and can be seen about P-aimerston any holiday time, aged men, instead of being young ones." If the millers succeed in breaking down the award rate it will be a sweated industry says our correspondent. As to the magnincent wage, he does not think the average of all the men employed would be more than £2 a week, and "how that can be a living wage at the present cost of living is a mystery."