PERSONALIA

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7140, 30 May 1910, Page 7

PERSONALIA

I,ord Plunked will to-day, in continuation of ids farewell tour, motor through to Ellesmere district. To-morrow ins Excellency holds a levee at Christchurch, and ho will leave the same evening lor Welliiigton. On Thursday t,srJ Pmnkefc will hold a levee in the Legislative Council Chamber, Wellington, at 5 p.m. Tim citizens’ fan-well to Ids Excellency will take place in the Town Hall on Wednesday at S p.m:

The Prime Minister, Sir Joseph Ward, returned to Wellington yesterday from his visit to the West Coast. lie lelt Grrvruoul it at 7.10 a.m. on .Saturday, and reached l.vttelton iu time to catch tho steamer foi- Wellington the same evening, thus completing the through journey iu twenty-four hour.-. kir Joseph Ward goes south again to-night. He will receive deputations and transact public bin-iness on Tuesday morning at Christchurch. and b, the afternoon attoudsthe Governor's levee. He returns to V. elUriglon with his Excellency on Wcdncsday morning.

News c imes Bom Melbourne of tho death of Mr H. Oakley Archer, Into City Surveyor at Christchurch. Tho Hon. Dr Findlay. AttorncyGoncral, was cntcrt.iined at- dinner at Kamo Springs on Friday night by Urn V/hangarei Chamber ol Commerce, Mr William Fater.-on, J.I 1 ., of Ayrburn Station, Arrow, died on Saturday, aged seventy-eight years. He was one of tho oldest residents ia the Lakes.district. At GrcymontU ou Friday, the Prime Minister, in unveiling a memorial tablet, paid a lug’ll enlogumi to tho late Mr Joseph Petrie lor his long and valuable services to Groymouth. A cable message received this morning Horn Sydney states that -Madame (Julvo is sunering from a &ore throat. Her concert had to be cancelled last Saturday night. Ministers of the Crown absent from Wellington to-day arc; lion. Dr Findlay, Kawakawa; Hon. G. Fowhls, Rotorua; Hon. T. Mackenzie, Dimediu; Hon. A, T. Ngata, Ruatoko; Hon. J. Carroll, Pipiriki. Mr T. E. Taylor, M.P., arrived from Christehurcli on Saturday morning. He loft subsequently by tho Alain Trunk express for Auckland. With Mr D. McLaren, M.P., who is also at present in tho northern city, ho will assist in tho Labour campaign for tho City Fast seat. Tho staff of the Tourist Department at Hanmcr Springs presented an aneroid barometer to Dr Ciicssou, who has resigned tho post of resident medical officer in order to take the position of , medical and health officer to tho Cook Islands. • Mrs Woodman, the mother of tho young man Allan’ Woodman, who Hie cablegrams stated, a few days ago had been badly injured iu a motor cydo accident, which had resulted in his leg being amputated, resides in Papanui. Airs Woodman leaves almost immediately for England, At Cheltenham, near Feilcling, on Friday night, Air W. Mills and family received a send-off on their removal to Hawke's Bay. Every member of tho family, including six grown-up sons and daughters, received valuable presents from the settlers, football club, cricket club, etc. Air Mills was the first settler at Cheltenham thirty-four years ago, and is now pioneering again in tho Hawke's Bay district.

AXr Harry Smith, marine engineer, who was in tho employ of tho Union Steam Ship Company for about, twenty .years, both afloat and ashore, died a*fc Lj Itelton on Thursday, aged sixty-one years. Later ho was engmoor-in-charee ot tho Belfast Fi oozing Works, and after that was foreman for Messrs Andersons, Ltd., of Christchurch and Lyttelton. Mr Smith, who was widely known and very popular among the engineering fraternity, was a prominent Freemason, being a member of Lodge Unanimity, and of tho Royal Arch Chapter. On Saturday morning last tho Hon. E. Richardson, C.AI.G., who is retiring from -th°. position of manager of the patent slip after twenty-one years’ service, was presented hy the employees of the company with a handsome tobacco cabinet. In making the presentation Mr Paterson remarked upon tho high state of efficiency in which Mr Richardson is (caving tho slip, and upon his kindly tact and good judgment in all matters concerning the slip and the company’s employees. Airs Richardson was also presented with a. travelling rug. Mr Richardson', foelingly replied. Ohoers were given for Mr And Mrs Richardson.

. ® lr Georgo Reid, tho High Commissioner for tho Commonwealth of Australia in London (says the “planet”), who is celebrated for His great energy, lately gave the following quaint account of his procedure: “When I come to an obstacle I try to knock it down. If I don’t succeed I try to climb over it, and if I can’t manage that I try to creep under it; failing in that I try to go round it, and finaljf I lie down and sleep in its shade. When I wake tho obstacle has generally disappeared, and if not, tho sloop has done mo so much good that I generally clear it somehow." 1

Mr George Burton, late secretary of the Wellington Hospital Trustees, died on Saturday, aged 47 years. The deceased had been in ill-health for some time. Ho was formerly in the employ of Messrs Levin anil Co., and then started business at the Hutt as land and estate agent. This ho gave up to become secretary of the Hospital Board, a position he filled until failing health necessitated -his retirement. Mr Barton was for many years a prominent cricketer, being a member of the Phoenix Club, winning his place into representative elevens. He also took a great interest in chess, and Was secretary of the WeUington Chess Club during 19UG-7. In the latter year he was a member of the South Wellington Cless Club, and in the tournament of that year he tied for chief honours with Mr Featonby. The deceased leaves a widow and one daughter and a son, Mr George Burton, leading batsman for Wellington South last year and a representative cricketer.

Large numbers of citizens attended the funeral of tho lato Mr A. I. Littlejohn at Karori cemetery on Saturday morning, the Rev. J. It. Glossou conducting the burial service. Tho Metropolitan. Permanent Building and Investment Society, of which deceased was chairman from its establishment till tho time of his death, was represented i>y the dilectors, Messrs W. M. Haunay, J. G. W. Aitken, H. Hume and W. Mackay, and tho secretary, Mr C. A. Ewcn. Messrs W. P. Barraud and G. Wright (foiuichv tion members, 18TGJ, Mr E. W. Petherick (president) and Mr F. K. Helling _ (vicepresident) represented the Wellington Chess Club, of which Mr Littlejohn had been a valued member. The deceased was also a member of the council of the Now Zealand Chess Association, being delegate for Rangitikei, and was ono of the three, Wellington representatives on the adjudication board of the New Zealand Association. Mr B. B. Alien represented the Wellington South Chess Club, and mauv members of the Ivelburne Bowling "Club and other clubs attended.