PERSONALIA

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10540, 17 March 1920, Page 3

PERSONALIA

a Mr John Brown, i prominent colliery owner of New South Wales, is at present in Wellington, ami is leaving tor Sydney by the Moerakl. Messrs E. Webby and W. Chandler liave been appointed building inspector and sanitary inspector respective'y by the Otaki Town Board. ' Mr and Mrs W.~ Moxliam, of Wellington, arc at present enjoying a holiday at the Otaki seaside resort. Mr D. Ewen, of the firm of Sargood, Son and Ewen, is leaving in the Megantic for America, and later goes on to England on a business visit. Mr M. J. Casey, of the city engineer's department, accompanied by his wife and son, has left for a holiday trip to. Australia. Upon relinquishing the temporary com- \ inand of the 17th (Ruahine) Regiment , while with 'the Expeditionary Force, Lieut.-Colonel Andrew Stevenson has ' been posted to the retired list, with, permission to retain his rank and wear the prescribed uniform. Major J. M. Rose, M.C., who estate lished a high reputation in bis connection with the New Zealand Machinegun Section on Gallipoli and in France, has been struck <ofi the strength of the Expeditionary Force;, and reposted to ths ' New Zealand Staff Corps. Mr N. Phillips, who has been secretary to the Bristol Piano Co., Ltd., Wellington, for a number of years, has been appointed manager of the company's branch at Wanganfli. Mr W. A. Gordon, of the local branch, succeeds him. a« secretary at Wellington. Mr N. Phillips, who has been secretary to the Piano Company, Ltd., Wellington, for a number of years, has been appointed manager of the company's branch at Wanganui. Mr W. A. Gordon, of the local branch, succeeds' him as secretary at Wellington. Major 'Ernest S. Harston, of Napier, late of the 9th (Hawko's Bay) Regiment with the Expeditionary Force, has been reposted through Defence Headquarter* 1 ' orders to the 11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles). He has also been promoted to the' rank of major in the Territorial : Forces. i - The Hon. W. Nosworthy, Minister for' Agriculture, is to leave Wellington by the Lyttelton ferry 6teamer for the purpose of attending the Ashburton A. and P. Show on the. 18th inst. and. Waiaii Show on the 23rd. He is expected bacfe' in Wellington in about ten days' time. / -Mr Mar Hayman, '-who wag until recently a member of the firm of Messrs P. Hayman and Co., died in London re. cently. Until twenty years ago he wag general manager or th© firm in New Zealand. He leaves a widow and two (laughters, who live in London, and two sons, Messrs Herbert and Henry Hayman, of Wellington. Another eon, Mr Eric Hayman, waa kilTed in the recent . war. Sir William Eraser (Minister for Public Works) leaves WeEington by to-night's Main Trunk express for Hamilton, where he is to meet representatives from Hie Te Awamutu, Cambridge, end Thames Electric Power Boards and the Borough of Hamilton, for tho purpose of deciding upon the allocation of the .power from the Hora Hora works recently purcna"sßd"'by v " The'minister is due back in Wellington 6n;Saturday morning. ™" Dr MoColl, of Melbourne, was among itlie visitors to Otaki on Saturday. He visited various places of interest, including the Native Church, . hurial *. ground,_and the monuments. ' A magnificent limousine, the best furnished car in the Southern Hemis- ■ phere, is for sale at Stanton's," Ltd., Molesworth street. 'Phone 2240,*