PERSONALIA

New Zealand Times, Volume XLV, Issue 10431, 8 November 1919, Page 3

PERSONALIA

•Mr Charles Ranson, manager of thd Northern Steamship Company, return* ed from Australia by the- Niagara. Mr Henry Walter Vercoe died this wes-k, aged 34 years, at To Pixke. li< was a fanner, and one of the olde3t residents of that district. Mr Alfred B. Peacock, representative of tiio Paige-Detroit Motor-Car Company, is a visitor to Wellington, and is staying at the Midland Hotel. A i'rr.s3 Association message from Auckland slates: The congregation of St. David's Presbyterian Church gavo a practically unanimous call to the Rev. David Heiion, M.A. Sir W. Newton, Conciliation Comrnissioner, will leave for Palmerston North on Monday in connection with tho butchers' dispute, and will later visit Masterton and Napier. Captain L. M. Isitt, R.A.F., who is to tako over, on November loth, the duties of military equipment and instructional officer, New ■ Zealand Air Service, has gone to Gliristchurch. Air P. Best, chairman of the "Waimea County Council, ha* completed 30 years' service on that body—a record which few people can claim in. connection with local government. (states a Nelson paper). Lieutenant A. Binstead, JjOW Zea* land Dental Ccrp6, returned to the Dominion on the troopship • Eemuera after two and a. half years' active service. Mr Binstead is resuming tho practice of his profession in Auck* laud. • • ■■-»* 'i The Rev. Father Connolly., who acted as a chaplain to the Forces during tha war, is to take charge of a now suburban Catholic parish formed in Wellington. He will be rector of Hataitai ( Kilbirnie and Lyail Bay districts. Father Connolly was formerly in charge of Taihape parish. ' The ceremony in connection with tho' unveiling of the memorial tablet placed in the main room of tho Palmerston North High School to perpetuate the memory of tho school's late rector, Mr J. E. Vernon, M.A., B.Sc, was perfprmed this week by Mr Hodder, chairman, of, the board of governors. Mr W. A. Rcnnell, accountant at the Bank or New Zealand, New Plymouth, has received notice of his ap-> to the position of manager of the hank at Levuka, and leaves about tho 18th iust. Mr H. It. Bloxam, who has been, on the .New fc ,.Plymo,ugtiJi staff for some years past, succeeds Ml Rennell as accountant .thero. ~,,. Mr S.Ei'Sherwood", who has for 1 soma years represented the stock department of tho New Zealand Loan, and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., of Wellington, has been appointed to tho charge of the Taihape stock office of the New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Distributing Company, }Ltd. Mr Sherwood has been • presented with.a travelling trunk as a tokati of the esteem, of the staff of his late, firm. Mr W. Hanger, an old resident' pi St. Bat bans, died recently. jjtr Hanger was born in Hawthorn, Victoria, in -1861, and resided in St. Bathans continuously since his arrival in New Zealand. He was an ardent sportsman, and, besides at times owning good horses himself, he occupied 'at different times prominent office in tho St. Bathans Racing Club. He was also a member of the Oddfellows.' Lodge and a Freemason. Mr Hanger leaves a wife, six sc-ns—amongst ,theni being Corporal W. Hanger, La"ne&. Corporal J. Hanger, and Private S. Hanger—and .three .daughters.. Last week, at tho age of 85, thero passed away, at his residence, Melbourne. Mr William Oram Ball, a gentleman who was at one time a,prominent figure in social and commercial circles in Dunedin. where he carried on tho business of sharebroker and land ' and estate agent. Mr Ball, with liia brother Andrew (the founder of Towns-, villc, Queensland), came out,to'Australia in the 'fifties.' He was interested in many mining ventures'at'tliat tiino. He subsequently camo over to New Zealand, where he still took a keen interest in mining, losing quite a fortune in some of his speculations in . quartz mines during its hoom .in the. early days. He was also a great sporting enthusiast. '. Mr : Ball was born-in County Uerry, Ireland.- -,..-.... ;' Tin* funeral of the late Captain. Joseph Corich took place yesterday afternoon, the interment being at the Karori cemetery. The chief mourners wr-i\< iirs Corich, widow of deceased, and Mr J. Corich, bis only son. Tho pall-bcarers wcro Cavitaiii Goldie and 'Mr Adnm-s (master and engineer of tho Pelican), Captain Gower and Mr Huston (master and engineer of tho Karaka, tho late Captain Corich's last vessel). Among those * present, wero Captains J. Dawson (harbourmaster) and J. Spcnce (deputy-harbourmaster), Mr E. L. Chatwin (representing Mr E. G. F. Zolirab, deceased's late employer), and his former employer, tho Union Steam Ship Company, was . represented by Captain Smith, Messrs Ohlscn and James Charlton. The Rev. Father Hurley, S.M., conducted the service at St.. Joseph's Church, Buckle street, and the Rev. Father O'Connor, S.M., officiated at the graveside.

The "Welsh Society of Sydney entertained Professor ildgworth David recently, and mado him an lion, member of tho society. In replying to a speech of welcomo ..by,, the president, Professor David referred to his experiences ul the front. In March, 1918, ho said, things looked very black, yet within a few mouths tho Allies ivoio able to reach tho Rhine. "One docs _g:ory in tho triumph of over might," l?b said. "Ono really scarcely dared to hope that tho end would iO:nt« so nvrift. It. Air Lloyd U?o:\tre said, according to tho cables, provided the Germans honestly accepted their responsibility and tried to live in ncaco and harmony with their neighbours, ve would not nag them, but would treat, them as human beinss. However, we tr.nst keep 'onr watch on the Rhino' a little longer still. If they had the means at the present, moment, and if they thought that they had any chance of success, I believe the Germans would start tho war all-over aganir—-Thar- was-my-con-tention when I went through, some .of tho German towns iust before returning to Xc-w South Wales."

Ring up Stanton, and Evans fphon» £240); they will do tho rest. Open and ciosed-in cars at shortest notic*. Garago accoinmodatioa and r.cpaira» •