PERSONALIA

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7850, 12 July 1911, Page 6

PERSONALIA

Mr Justice Chapman will arrive in Wellington from Napier by tho express' this evening. Dr Pccu-son, of Nelson, arrived at Wel-i lington last night by the Te Arrau,

Mr Human, who was fourth officer of the Corinthic on her last trip, was rocently transferred to the Royal Navy.

Miss Margaret Larabie Renwick, who has been appointed chief instructress of the domestic department of rile Auckland Technical College, arrived from London yesterday by the Corinthic. Air J. T. Horn, of Panama street, with several others, leaves for Nelson to-day in connection with the operations of thei recently formed syndicate of Wellington, and Nelson speculators in the matter of purchasing Moutero fruit lands. The death occurred at Gisborne on Monday of Mr W. T. Gilbert, of Gisborne. formerly of Masterton. The deceased who was 45 years of ago, was a brother-in-law of Messrs C. and P. Corbett of Masterton, A. Corbett of Wellington, and Miss H. Corbett of Wellington, Title Wellington Education Board has made the following appointments;—Miss E. B. Cooper, assistant, Island Bay School; Mias-M. Wilson, assistant, Hakiii nui School; Mrs Milne, charge of the Korokoro South School; Mr G- A. Thompson, charge of Makalro School. The Rev. Pathor Haire, S.M., died' suddenly at Kaponga on Monday night* Ho had been ministering in New' Zea-i land about twelve years, and prior i-a taking up the duties of parish priest at Kaponga was stationed at Masterton. and Westport. Mr E. T. Wray (chief superintendent in New Zealand of the Colonial Mutual Life| Assurance Society’, Limited) was recently* unfortunate enough to meet with a fall! when alighting from a itramcar. He* was confined to his house for the past ten clays, but has now recovered and resuming his duties. The lion. T. Mackenzie, Minister of Agriculture, spent yesterday in the Wairarapa. Ho went up to Carterton by the morning train, and after lunching with, the Mayor, Mr Feist, received a number] of deputations. In the evening he ate tended a Liberal ‘‘social” at Dalefield, being ployed up the hall by a piper wearing the Mackenzie tartan. Ho will, return to Wellington this morning toj attend an important meeting of Cabinet.. Mr Hvan Parry, the electrical engineer* appointed by the Government to tr * charge of tile hydro-electric power! schemes in New Zealand, reached- Welt lington from England yesterday on tlic| Corinthic, accompanied by Mrs Parry,* their son. and a niece. Sir Parry wasi met on board the Corinthic by Mr H.| J. H. Blow (Under-Secretary for Pnblicl Works), and by members of the Welsh Society, who formally welcomed him to the Dominion.

A Press Association ' telegram from Timaru states that Mr Michael Gaffaney, ,of Arowlionua, a pioneer South Canterbury farmer, died yesterday, aged ' 1 years. Ho was a native of Derbyshire,) and camo to New Zealand in 1858. He worked for Mr Rhodes at the hovels for some years, and was the first to drive a horse team to the Mackenzie Country, ‘and also the first to put a plough into thtf Levels plain. Ho brought up a very large family. Major IV. G. Braithwaite, D. 5.0., Ist Battalion Royal Welsh Fusileerg, Buhl lin, who joins the general staff. New Zealand Defence Forces, for three years! service, arrived in Wellington by the) Corinthio from London yesterday. Mai- ■' Braithwaite joined the Royal Welsh] Pusiloers nearly twenty years ago, and served in the South African War, 1893-1 1902. He was adjutant of the Ist Bat-i talion during the operations in Ladysmith, and was mentioned twice in despatches. Detective J. J. Cassells, who is being transferred to Napier, has been stationed at Wellington for the last ten years. Ho effected the arrest, single-handed, of the notorious armed burglars Herns, Sinclair, Hamilton and Gosgrove, who dynamited safes and broke into warehouses and a few years ago. Each of these ■ criminals was sentenced to ten years’ hard labour. After the arrest the detective recovered several hundred pounds’ worth of jewellery stolen by those men. Detective Cassells brought to book the throe garrotters W'ho terrified Wellington some years ago. These men were each sentenced to ten years’ hard labour. When Sir Joseph. W ard went to England in 19119 Detective Cassells accompanied him, tho Prime Minister having been threatened by a man who had at one t.mo lived in New Zealand. Detective Cassells • joined the police force at Wellington in 1593. He was transferred to Wanganui, then to (Jhr.stchurch, ns .as promoted to tho rank of acting-c .live in the latter place by Comm i ts. e nor Tunbridge in 1898. lie was transferred to "Wellington in 1900 and raised to full detective rank tho following year.