PERSONALIA

New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9622, 30 March 1917, Page 3

PERSONALIA

His Excellency the Governor, Lnrfi Liverpool, will attend the Anzac Day services in Auckland.

Sir James Carroll leaves for Wairoa this morning.

Mr E. Kehoe, of Dunedin, left fo* Palmerston North yesterday. The Commercial Travellers* Club entertained Sir James Carroll at lunched* yesterday afternoon., Mr E. Sullivan, of Pahiatua, is on a visit to Wellington, and proposes to return north to-day.

Mr C. C. Warner, superintendent of the Christchurch Eire Brigade, is on » visit to Wellington. lie will leave for the south this evening.

The appointment of Mr Joseph Wallace as consular agent of Italy in Christchurch has been recognised by His Excellency the Governor. Dr John W. Anderson has boon ap, pointed port health officer at Wanganui during the absence of Dr A. Wilson, on military duty r . The Mayor (Mr J. P. Luke) and the. oity engineer (Mr W. U. Morton) ara expected back from Christchurch this morning.

Mr Edgar Norman Johnson, _ M.R, San. 1., has been appointed an inspector under tho Public Health Act, Wits, and an officer under the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, 190 S. The Hon. J. A. Hanan, who has been in Auckland and the north on business connected with the Departments of Education and Justice, is expected to return to Wellington to-morrow. '.The Hon. W. D. S. MacDonald (Minister for Agriculture and Commerce,l, ivho bos been conducting a grow-more-whoat campaign in tho Spulh Island, is expected back in Wellington next week. On Sunday last the Rev. Percy Butfey, who has had charge of the Edgeware road Methodist Church, Christchurch, for the past twelve months, concluded his ministry. He has been accepted for non-combatant service, and will go into camp in a few days. Mr Peter Grant, inspector of machinery and surveyor of ships for th« Southland district, is to be transferred, to Nelson, vice Mr N. D. Hood, who is to take charge of tho Canterbury did, trict, in succession to Mr A. W. Bothune, about to retire from the servi-00. The Hon. G. W. Russell (Minister, for Public Health. Internal Affairs, and Marine) left -by ..the midday. train yesterday for Palmerston North, . Wanganui, and New Plymouth, oh business matters connected With, bis departments. It is anticipated that he will return to Wellington on Wednesday next. ■' Visitors accommodated at the Empire Hc(tol include Messrs .1 . B. Curritr (Levin), C. McDonnell (Taihapo), II; O, Sykes (New Plymouth), R. B. Banner, man (Dunedin), G. L. Rutherford (Christchurch), M. Halso (Sydney). Mr and Mrs Watson (Levin), Mr and Mris P. Bowman (Dunedin). An old and respected 'resident of tho Balclutha district passed away on ■ Sunday morning last In the person of- Mr Andrew Maokie, of Kakapuaka, at the age of 74. Deceased was born in Fifeshire, Scotland, and landed in New Zea. laud 54 years ago. For the greater part of that time he had been ml the Clutha district, and for over forty year* was a member of tho Loyal Daltor> Lodge of OddfollowsAs the result of tho triennial election of the elective members of the Government Railways Superannuation Board, Mr Michael Dennehy has boon elected as the North Island representative of the First Division; Mr Alexander Samuel Campbell as the South Island representative of the First Division; and Messrs Richard Hampton, Ernest John Dash, and Frank Thomas Bishop as tho representatives of., the Second Division* At tho triennial" election of eleotivo members of the Railway Boards of Appeal, Messrs Arthur William Hutchings,* Martin Lee, William James Smyth, James Llewellyn Churchouse, , ...and David McKenzie were duly elected as< members of tho North Island Appeal Board; and Messrs Samuel Campbell Doyle, Peter Gaines, Edward William Henderson, Ernest John Dash, and John Henry Jones ns members of tha South Island Appeal Board. The death occurred this week of Mj; James Ashleya. - well-known and respected resident of New Brighton, and member of the New Brighton Borough Council. The' deceased was born in Kent, England, in 1847, educated at Woolwich, and entered the service of the North British Railway Company in 1863. After eleven years service witff that company, ho came to New Zealand, reaching Lyttelton in 1874, and joining the service of the New Zealand Railway Department the day after his- arrival. From 1890 to 1896 he was stationmaster at Lyttelton, after which he held important positions in Christchurch and elsewhere.

Mr W. iG. Aspinall, of TemukaJ ha* received a letter from his son, P/ivatei Denis Aspinall, stating that he and his three brothers met recently at the home of their uncle. Sir Thomas Mackenzie, in London. Denis left with the 18th Reiforccroents; Sergeant Brian Aspinall joined the Army Medical Corps in Aus* _ tralia, and has seen service in Egypt and Franco; Private lan Aspinall left' with the Main Body, served on Galli. poli and in France, and is now doing duty at Sling Camp; and Private Guy Aspinall left with tho 9th Reinforcements, was wounded in Franco, and is now in England recuperating. AnotheD brother who left with an early reinforce, ment from Australia, was invalided home after seeing considerable service*