PERSONALIA

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10559, 9 April 1920, Page 3

PERSONALIA

Mr C., P. Skei-rett; K.C., is at pr»« sent in ’Auckland.

Mr A. J. Paterson, assistant engineer' to the .Wellington City Council, Is' visiting Auckland.

“Mr and Mrs'_Knos Gilmer left Wellington "for Sydney by the Mocraki lasi evening.

Mr A. Considine has resigned bis position as a member of the Wairarat>a Land Purchase Board.

'“«-Mr-'Wp D. Powdrell;" jM.P. for Patea, arrived in Wellington last evening- '■ " -

Messrs A. R. Beamish and A. H. Lowe, the British tennis players, left Auckland'by tjie. .Makura on their re turn journey to England.

Mr S. Culverhouse, of the Timaru branch of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union, is making an extended tour of the North Island.

Sir William Herries (Minister foi Native Affairs, Customs and Marinoj is due back in Wellington this morning from Rotorua and the north.

Mr G. ■A. Troup, who was re-elect-ed president of the Boys’ Institute last evening, has been connected with the institute for thirty-three years.

Mr J. R. Kirk, of Gisborne, is in Wellington to meet Dr A. P. Newton. M.A;, - lecturer on Imperial and Colonial History at London University.

Mr C. W. Chilman, formerly manager of the branch of the New Zealand Bank at Wellington, is on a visit to Auckland. .

Mr F. J. Gunn, Officer in Charge o# tho Coal Control Department, who ha« been' on a visit to Australia, has' returned to Wellington.

Mr J. A.- Mitchell, the well-know* stud sheep breeder, of Longbum,; was a passenger by the Moeraki for Sydney, en route to England and America. ■

Mr H. D. ill. Haszard, CommissionDr of Crown Lands for Canterbury, who has been visiting the West Coast, has returned to the head office at Christchurch.

'Mr Maurice Allom, of Auckland, who has been appointed branch manager: for Taranaki for the United Insurance Company, has taken up his, duties.

Mr T. E. Y. Seddon, M.P., is visit* ,ing, his .electorate, and will remain on the West Coast till next week. Mr Seddon is accompanied by his sister, Mrs Bean, of Christchurch.

.A Press Association message from Christchurch received early ’ this morning announces the death of Mr. Charles Ellison, an ex-Mayor ... and prominent citizen of Christchurch for many years.

Mr D. T. B. McArthur, who has been appointed secretary and manager to Te Awamutu Electric Power Boardj was for the last fiftten years accountant to the Waihi Grand Junction Company. ,

The Rev. S. - H. " Perryman, who has been transferred from the pastorate of the Methocliiit Church at. Port Chalmers to that of ' Carterton,, was the recipient of a presentation on leaving Port Chalmers. ,

’Mr' William Handley, for many years Mayor of Devonpont, and ait present Provincial Grand Master of the Scottish Constitution of Freemasons, has for several months been suffering from* a Sever© attack of rheumatism.

The late Mr W. P. Archibald, who was killed in a motor-car accident in Hawke’s Bay, was one of the most familiar- figures on New Zealand show grounds. He was a recognised_ authority on sheep and frequently judged them in the show rings.

Mr P. Molloy, who maivy years ago was in charge of the railway goods shed at the Carterton railway station, and later in charge of the railway tablet station at- Kopu, Hawke's Bay, has retired from the service, and taken up his residence at Fetone.

The Hon. W. Nosworthy, Ministef for Agriculture; is to leave Wellington to-morrow on departmental business for Rotorua, To Aroha, Paero a, Thames, Coromandel, Auckland, the Ruaknra State Farm, Hamilton, To Kuiti, and Waitomq. Ho is due hack in Wellington at midday on Tuesday, April 20th. ■ i-

■ Mr Matthew Henderson, who died at Anderson Bay. Dunedin, aged seventythree years, -was the senior partner in llie firm of Henderson and Gray, which, under contract with the Milhurn Lima and Cement Company, did that prganioation’s lime-burning and' quarrying at the Milhurn works until about eight years ago. He was a member of the Bay Town Board, and when that area joined the city he sat on the City Council for-some time.

A magnificent limousine, the best furnished car in the Southern Hemisphere, is for sale at Stanton’s, Ltd., Molesivorlh street. ’Phone 2240.*