PERSONALIA

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8482, 17 July 1913, Page 3

PERSONALIA

Mr TV. Johnstone has been elector! president of the Dannevirke Chamber of Commerce.

Colonel Chaytor, 0.C.D., and Colonel Pringle, of the 6lh Mounted Rifles, hare been visiting Levin. Mr A. Jameson, national secretary of the Y.M.C.A., left Wellington for the south on Monday evening. Sir Maurice O’Rorke, M.L.C., has arrived in Wellington in readiness for the resumption of the Legislative Council sittings next week. Mr and Mrs A. R. Meek, of Wellington, left Auckland on Monday night by the Tofua on a trip to the islands.

The Rev. Mr Mclntyre has been ap pointed to the charge of Norsewood, Ormondville, and Takapau Presbyterian Church. Mr C. J. McEachen, chief cle,rk on the Nelson section of the New Zealand railways, has been promoted to the position of stationmaster at Clinton. Mr C. N. Baeyertz, editor of “The Triad,” returned from a business, trip to Auckland by the Main Trunk tram yesterday. Mr W. E. Fuller, shipping manager for Levin and Company, who has been recruiting his health at Rotorua, will resume his duties next Monday. Mr P. H. Upton, inspector for the South British Insurance Company, has returned to Auckland from a visit to the East.

Mr Pierce C. Preeth, formerly managing editor of the “New Zealand Times,” has been appointed editor of the Christchurch “Star,” and will take up his duties there at the beginning of September. Mr Ryan, of tho Wellington Y.M.C.A.. has returned to town from Palmerston North, where he has been superintending the arrangements of the Y.M.C.A. recreation rooms in connection with tho “refresher” camp. Mr Stanley Unwin, of tho London publishing house of Unwin Brothers, and Mr Severn Storr, who visited Wellington recently, left Auckland on Monday night for Sydney, via the islands.

Dr. Te Rangihiroa, M.P. for the Northern Maori district, was granted seven days’ leave of absence by the House of Representatives yesterday. He left for the north on public business by yesterday’s Main Trunk express.

Commissioner D. Lamb, Salvation Army Foreign and Immigration Secretary at headquarters in London, will arrive in Wellington from Christchurch this morning. He will take his parture from New Zealand by the Sydney steamer to-morrow.

R. Inglis, of the Khandallah Presbyterian Church, will leave Wellington for his new charge at Parnell, Auckland, on Tuesday next. On Thursday ho will be inducted, and on the following Sunday he will begin his ministry.

Captain Colbeck, who is attending the Farmers’ yUnion Dominion Conference as a member of the Auckland provincial executive, will at the end of the week proceed to Blenheim to form a trading association similar to that which is run in Auckland by the Farmers’ Union.

The remains of the late Mr Edwin H. Montgomery, formerly agent for New Zealand in Sydney, were conveyed to Auckland by the Maheno on Sun day, and interred at the Purewa cemetery on Monday. Wreaths were sent by the Huddart-Parker Company, the New Zealand Associations in Melbourne and Sydney, the staff of the Melbourne Tourist Office, and other offices.

Mr L. J. Trollope, one of the oldest school teachers in New South Wales, and formerly of New Zealand, has just retired after twenty-four years' continuous service at ■ Parramatta. Mr Trollope commenced teaching at Hobart sixty years ago. Five years later ho was on the staff of the King s School, Parramatta, for a time as headmaster. In 1874 he opened a school at Onebunga, and in 1889 returned to Parramatta, where ho has remained ever since. Mr Trollope is a brother of the famous novelist of that name.

Mr Jacob Nannestad, one of the pioneers of Palmerston North, died at Auckland yesterday morning. He was one of the principal business men of the town in the early days. Born in Norway, ho arrived in New Zealand *in 1867 and went to live in Palmerston. Five years later he formed a partnership with Messrs C. Richter and F. Jonssen, and they established a flourmill, the machinery for which was specially brought from Manchester. In addition to the flourmill, the partners had four sawmills, one at Dan.nevirko, two at Makotuku, , and one at Tahoraite. At that time they had 36,000 acres of bush land, and were millers of timber on a very large scale.

It is not expected that the Auckland Diocesan Synod will proceed with the appointment of a new bishop to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Bishop Crossley till the regular session of synod in October. So far the Primate has not officially advised the local commissary of the consent of the bishops to the acceptance of the resignation, a formality that must be observed before any further steps are taken. Advice, however, is expected any day, but it is improbable that a special session of synod will be called earlier than the usual session owing to the difficulty and inconvenience of getting all the members of both orders assembled from all parts of the diocese.

Mr James Mackintosh Fraser died suddenly from an acute heart aitack early on Friday morning last at the residence of his son, Aka Aka, \\ aiuku, where he was on a holiday visit. Tho deceased gentleman arrived in Auckland from Scotland thirty years ago, and was one of the best-known hotelkeepers in the Dominion, having been licensee of numerous hotels in and around the Auckland district. For some time he was steward of the Northern Club, Auckland, and the Gentlemen’s Cluh, Wellington. Un to the time of his death the late Mr Fraser enjoyed excellent health, and his sudden demise came as a great shock to his family and friends. He was of a quiet and reserved disposition, and was highly esteemed. The deceased, who was in his sixty-ninth year. Irf' a widow and four sons —Mr Charles T. Fraser, of the State to SetCers Offi" o * Mr TL J. Fraser, of Band Co., We’Hugton; Mr A'es M. Fraser, farmer. Wainkn; and Mr Fred C. Fraser, of the Genera' Manager of Railway’s office. The funeral, o private one. took place at WaiuKu on Monday afternoon.

Commissioner AA . J. Richards, of tho Salvation Army, who has been on a visit to tho South Island, is expected to return to Wellington by this morning’s ferry steamer. Mr P, Scllg, who has been in Wellington attending the trottinc conference as the representative of the Isevi Zealand Trotting Association, loft on his return south by tho Maori last night. Mr Jair.-:s Bee. M.A., B.Sc., who has been appointed .principal of Scots College, Sydney, in succession to the Rev. A. Aspinall, M.A., was for soma years mathematical and science master at Wellington Boys’ College. Captain .Hutchison and Lieutenant Mcay arrived from Sydney yesterday by the TJlimaroa. Mr A Liuley returned from a business visit to Sydney by tho Ulimaroa yesterday. Sir George Clifford arrived in WeiHuston from tho ll south by tho Maori yesterday morning. The Ven. Archdeacon F. G* Evans on Sunday assisted in tho ro-opouing service of St. John’s Church, Northcotc, which was the first pariteh he had charge of in New Zealand. Mr Christian Uellfitnann, the conductor of the Royal Chorail Society, has boon appointed conductor of tho Professional Orchestra for the remainder of the present season iu place of Mr Herbert Bloy, who resigned on account of ill-health. Tho Rov. Dr Gibb, who has been visiting Auckland as convener of tho Presbyterian Church Home' Mission Committee, loft yesterday foir Rotorua, and from there will return to Welling-* ton. Dr Harry F. Holmden, ad old Auckland Grammar School boy, lias secured his degree of Doctor of Medicine and Fellowship of the Royal *College of Surgeons (Edin.). Mr Ernest J. Smith, of the Postal Department, Dunedin, has received notice of his transfer to the Chief Post Office, Wellington. Mr and Mrs Joseph Gasielherg and Mr and Mrs A. Caselbcrg, of Masterton, arrived in town last night. They are guests at the Royal Oat:. Visitors to AVollington staying at the Royal Oak include Mr and Mra L. Meredith, Waioronga, Mra J. H. Tatham, Homewood, and Sir George Clifford. Mr W. E. Collins, man ager of the Pahiatua branch of Messrs Abraham and Williams, intends leaving shortly on a trip, to England, He« expects to be absent from the Dominion for about six months.

The Rev. A Hodge, of -the Napier Congregational Church, is; on a visit to Wellington.