PERSONALIA

New Zealand Times, Volume XL, Issue 9091, 9 July 1915, Page 3

PERSONALIA

Mr J- C. C. McLachlan lias been gazetted a field inspector. Mr G. E. A. WMting is gazetted an inspector under the Factories Act. Mr J. Fuller, junr., returned from the north hy the second Main Trunk express yesterday. Mr and Mrs A. E. Kidner, of Northland. intend leaving by the Remuora for London on July loth. Captain Charles McArthur arrived back at Wellington yesterday morning from Dunedin. Lieutenant-Colonel Gillam arrived from the north hy the Main Trunk expiess yesterday morning. The ‘'Gazette” contains notice of the appointment of Mr Alfred A. Gideon as gaoler of the Invercargill prison, vice Mr M. Hawkins. Mr E. L. Chatwin, accountant of the Chatham Islands Fishing Company, will leave for Sydney by the Maunka on a brief visit to Australia. The appointment by His Excellency the Governor of Mr Charles J- Indor as a member of the Otago Land Board is gazetted. Notice is given in ’ the “Gazette” of the appointment of Mr Stanley McKenzie as an inspector for the purposes ot the Dairy Industry Act. Mr A. L. D. Fraser has been appointed a member of the Hawke’s Bay Licensing Committee,, vice Mr L. W. Fowler (resigned). The second Main Trunk express from Auckland yesterday had on board Mr and Mrs Williams, Messrs Knight, Thodey, and W. Higgins. Mr and Mrs Eric Riddiford, of Orongo Orongo, intend leaving Auckland by the Niagara on July ■ 13th ■ for Honolulu, en route to the Panama Exposition.

Departures by the Main Trunk expresses yesterday included Mr and Mrs Hawkins, Messrs A. R. Crane, Wright, Slack,. Biss, Williams, Ritchie, Angus, George, Mackay, and Loughnan. Appointments as registrars of births, deaths and marriages for the districts named have been gazetted as follow,— Horace Dixon, Foatherston; William Pickering Hope, Porangahau; Beatrice Ellen McClean, Matierc.

Included in the passengers from the north by the Main Trunk express yesterday morning were Mr and Mrs Buchanan, Mr and Mrs Korin, Messrs Shelley, Hilmore, Horn, Allport, and Gray. , Captain Jarvis, late of the Durham, who last visited Wellington three years ago as master of the Sussex, is in. command of the Somerset, duo at Auckland to-day from Liverpool. Captain Hunter, late of the Somerset, remained at Home. On the motion of the Rev. W. Fancourt, the Diocesan. Synod yesterday decided to place on record its deep appreciation of the long and faithful service of the late Rev. Joshua Jones, and to convey its sincere sympathy to Mrs Jones and family in their bereavement.

One of the original pioneers of the Taihape district, Mr Thomas Lanrenson, aged about sixty, was killed late on Wednesday night (reports the Press ■Association). When leaving Taihape for his home his horse slipped and fell, throwing him on the rails of a bridge. The following appointments to the staff of the House of Representatives have been gazetted:—Cecil Grevillo Horne, Commander "R.N-’,'. Sergeant-at-Arms (vice Colonel T. V. Shepherd, resigned); Edward William Kane, clerk assistant (vice A- F. Lowe); Wilfred Effingham Dasent, second clerk assistant (vice E. W. Kane). At a meeting of the hoard of control of the New Zealand Sports Protection League yesterday afternoon, leave of absence was granted to the Hon. Dr Collins for a period or_ nine months, and the board expressed their appreciation of his services to the league and their sincere wishes that all success may'attend the important and arduous work ho voluntarily undertaken in the service of the Empire. Dr Collins ds in command of the medical staff of the hospital ship Maheno. At the City Council meeting last night the Mayor referred to the death of the late Mr J. McPherson (city forester), and paid & tribute- to his work in the corporation’s service. He moved a ■ motion of condolence with deceased’s widow. Councillor' G. Frost, as chairman of the reserves committee, seconded the motion, and said that the next generation would see the value of his labours as forester. The Council adopted the resolution standing.

Complimentary referenced to tjhe work of Archdeacon C. C. Harper in various departments of Church activity were made at the Wellington Diocesan Synod yesterday, and the following resolution was passed, on the motion of the Rev. A. S. tunes Jones:—“That this Synod hears with regret of the projected departure 'from the diocese of the Ven. Archdeacon Harper and wishes to place on record its appreciation of his valuable services rendered to the diocese and to the Church of the Province of New Zealand.” Mr J. B. Clarkson, managing director of Messrs J. B. Clarkson and Co., Ltd., will be leaving Auckland by the Niagara on Tuesday next for America, England, and Europe. He will be accompanied for the first time by Mrs Clarkson, who intends, when she reaches England, to offer her services as a Red Cross nurse, either at Home or on the Continent. On arrival at Vancouver Mr Clarkson will travel, via Seattle, to San Francisco, where he will spend about a wtek on business and in sight-seeing at the Panama Pacific Exposition. From San Francisco he will visit Los Angeles, and from there travel through Salt Lake City and Denver to Chicago. After transacting necessary business he will proceed to Detroit and stay there for a few days. Toronto and Montreal, in Canada, will next be visited. Mr Clarkson will then return to the United States, and after spending a week in New York will, embark on one of the Atlantic liners for England. While in the Old Country he will, as a result of various requests, visit a number of hospitals where the New Zealand wounded are being cared for, and ascertain the accommodation and attention provided for wounded soldiers. This information he w;ill_ cable, in an unofficial capacity, to New Zealand. He proposes to spend two or three months in England on business, and also to cross to France and get as near the firing line as possible with a view to securing first-hand knowledge of the conditions on the western frontier. Mrs Clarkson intends to stay at Home for two or three years, but Mr Clarkson hopes to return to New Zealand early in 1916.

Constahlo G, A. Doggett, of Blenheim, has been transferred to Pongaroa.

Chnplain-Mairfr Dutton, who is joining the hospital ship, arrived from the south yesterday. Mr A. C. Gillies. manager for Messrs R. Martin and Co., leaves for Australia to-day on a combined business and holiday trip.

The reappointment of the. Hon. T. Mackenzie as High Commissioner in the United Kingdom for Now Zealand until August 22nd, 1910, is gazetted. ;

Mr H. S. Richards, of Rangiora, who last December was selected as New Zealand Rhodes scholar for 1915, arrived in Wellington yesterday. Dir Richards is proceeding to England, via San Francisco.

The Rev. H. E. Tuckey, of Wellington, lias received advice to the effect that his son, Major H. P. Tuckoy, of the Kalahari Light Horse, who has been at the German East African front, has returned to Kimberley. An old resident of Petono in the person of Mr William A. List, died yesterday. Ho leaves a widow and family of five sons and two daughters. Of the sons Mr James List is senior member of the Petono Borough Council, and Mr Thomas C. List is proprietor of the “Taranaki Daily News.”

Staying at the Empire Hotel while in Wellington are Mrs R. ChasS (Dun* edin), Mr and Mrs J. W. Fair (Westport), Mrs J. Louisson (Palmerston North), and Messrs G. Lockhcad (Nelson) , W. W, Anderson (Eiwaka), W. F. Robson (Christchurch), J. W. Collins (Ashburton), L. Smith (Masterton).. A. Graham (Wairakei), and W, Birdling (New Plymouth). At the Diocesan Synod last night, on the motion of Mr A. Matthews, a resolution was passed recording deep l regret at the death of Mr G. J. Cox, l who was a representative of the paro-j dual district of Greytowh and Fca-' therston for' over thirty years, and. asking the president to. communicate' to the fapiily of. the deceased the sym* pathy of the synod in their loss. 1 Another early settler, Mrs Margaret! Kennedy, died in Auckland this week at the ago of seventy-four years.' The deceased came to New Zealand in 1861 by the ship Black Eagle; and resided, at Auckland until eighteen years ago, when she went to Auckland with heir husband, Mr. John Kennedy. Mrs Kennedy had many exciting experiences during the Maori war. In 1863, a force of natives attacked her’ parents’ homestead. Her mother, Mr* Watson, was an invalid, and the do* ceased hid with her under a Bed wbilo, the Maoris looted the bouse. Mrs Ken* nody is by her busband-