PERSONALIA

New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9620, 28 March 1917, Page 3

PERSONALIA

Sir James Carroll is visiting Wellington at present. The lion. A. T. ilaginnity, M.L.C., arrived from Nelson last night, and i» slaying at the Royal Oak. Mr A W. Smith, recently appointed chief grain grader lor the Dominion, in now in Dunedin, which will t>« lua headquarters in tho meantime. Mr W. A. Melrose has received notice of his transfer from Mosgiel lo ihb accountants’ branch of tho Chief Rost Ullice, Wellington.

In response lo a requisition, tho present Mayor of Mrstertou iMr J. M. Coradine; has decided to offer his services for a further term.

Chaplain-Captain. Dorc is visiting Palmerston alter treatment at Rotorua. Ho lias so far recovered from the wounds received at Gallipoli as to 100 ablo to walk with tho aid of sticks.

Chaplain-Captain Allen, of tho Caversham Methodist Church, has received inenaction.-! to proceed lo camp. Arrangements have been made with tbo Hov. J. B. Suckling us tim Rev. Mr Allen's supply at Caver-sham Church during .'Ha absence.

Tbo lion. Arthur 'll.' Myers (Actingt Minister for Einaiieo and Minister in Charge of Munitions and Supplies) left for Auckland by Urn Main 'Trunk oxnress last night. 11« expects to bo back In Wellington by the end of this week or very early next week.

A representative deputation of Eanb bourne residents wniteu on the Mayor of that borough, Mr ,1. I*. Kelly, yesterday to ask him to allow himself to.be nominated as Mayor for a further term. Mr Kelly's reply was that he regretted bo could not soo. his nay to accede- to tho request.

Constable J. Powell, of Wanganui, who has been jiromoled to the Tank of sergeant, has been transferred to Napier, for which tpivu., hg wMb...,leave shortly. Sergeant Powell has been slau tioned in W anganui for Urn past ten years, during four years of which Ho has been district clerk-at--the--local polio* station there. Tho Rev. J. B. Suckling, superin ton. dent of the Pukekoho Methodist Cir. cuit, who recently was appointed to New Britain, has been notified that tha appointment has been cancelled on account of tho unsuitability, of tho climate for his children. He has been station, ed by the president at Caversham, Dunedin.

Information has , been received in Auckland . that Gunner Walter J. A. Jones, of the New Zealand Field Artillery, has been awarded tho Military Medal. Gunner Jones is the son of Mn T. A. Jones, of Crummor road, off Pousonhy road. Prior to enlisting he was employed in a surveyor’s office in. that citv. A brother. Private Roger Jones, was killed on tho Somme while engaged in bringing in wounded.

A Press Association message from Dunedin states that Mr Joseph Brnithwaite, an ex-Mayur of Dunedin, and for a great number of years a leading bookseller. is dead, aged 70 years. The late Mr Bruithwiuto came under pnblio notice principally as an enthusiastic religionist, He was one of the founders of the Preothought Lyceum in Dunedin, with .Sir Robert Stout, but afterward* developed High Church tendencies.

Tho Rev. Father Kavenev on tho eve of his departure front Lawrence last week, was the recipient of an illuminated address and a well-lilted purse of sovereigns, tho gifts being made by hut parishioners at a farewell "social. which was very largely attended. A cordial welcome was extended during tho evening to Pa til or Lynch, who lias been appointed irremovable rector of tho Tuapeka. parish in succession to the lets Most Rev. Monsignor O’Leary. Tho death occurred on Monday afternoon of Mr J. X*’. Heckler, of PorcsU Downs,’’ Maugamahoe. Deceased had been suffering from heart trouble for some time jjast, and on Monday afternoon he suddenly collapsed while seated at a desk; The deceased was 59 years of age, and was a native of Waikouaiti, Otago. He had spent about thirty ypar* in Wairarapa, first in South Wairarapa and then going to Mangamahoc, where, he purchased a falm' and resided tilt his death.

Hr Henry Davis, cx-Mayor of jl-ih-burton, died at tho Ashburton Hospital on Sunday evening. Doceasod came t« the colony iu 1562 in the, ship Mermaid, when ho was six years of age. in company ■ with his biothcr, Mr William Davis (who rcsidcs'at'Amhorley) and his sister. Mrs John Thorne, of Hororata. Tho late Mr Davis took a very keen interest in municipal affairs, and .was a member of the Ashburton Borough Council lor 11 years Ho was elected Mayor in 1903. and held that office continuously for 13 years until 1915, when the present Mayor (Mr Galbraith! contested the soa* ngainst him and was elected. There wore at least three Now Zealanders, of whom two lost their lives, on tho Laurentic, when tho vessel wu* sunk by a mine on January 25th. Dn. ginecr-bub-Eicutonant 11. C. Hurley, Nelson, was among the 1 survivors,- but Engiueor-Lie-ulenaul-Commauder George K. Hutledge, K.N.K.. and Sub-Lieuten-ant Lawrence W. Beil. U. X.J;., were lost. Commander Kuiledge' was a son of Mr C. itutledgc. Of St." Albans, Christchurch. Ho hud been an engineer on the lonic and the Cedric, and when war was declared was transferred to a warship as engineer-lieutenant. Hia further promotion came Jast October. Lieutenant Bell joined the New- Zealand Expeditionary Force in the early days of tho war, and served in tho Field Ambulance as a private. On November 27th, 1916, he was granted his discharge in order to take a commission in thv it oval Naval licserve.