PERSONALIA

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10563, 14 April 1920, Page 3

PERSONALIA

Mr W. O'. McDonald, Wheat Control' ler, has returned to Wellington froa ■Christchurch.

The Hon. Sir James Allen is expected Wellington this morning froa a visit to the South Island.

, The. ballot, .taken lost niglic for tbs election of .secretary to tho Storemen’s Union resulted in the selection of Mr 11 Dyson.

Mrs A. .T. Redgrave, who died recent ly at'Nelson, 'was the mother of tin Rev. A. J. Redgrave, vicar' of Port Ahuriri.

! It is reported, says the Otaki corre* pon'dent'of ihe ‘’Times,” that Mr J. 11. Dudderidgo will shortly take over tin Grand "Hotel, Levin.

’"Captain Tahu Rhodes lias gone to Suva, where ho will await the arrival of the 'Prince of Wales, whom he will accompany to New Zealand.

dir ,R. T. Bailey, Inspector, of Factories,. who went to Christchurch on account of the death of his mother, is expected to return to Wellington in a day or two.

Messrs B. C. Jack and R. Hill have been appointed to represent the Town Planning Association at any conferences called to discuss the development of Wellington and district.

V At the meeting of the Hutt County Council a resolution ot‘ condolence with Councillor W. Galloway on the death oi his brother, was carried , all standing, on tho motion of the chairman, Mr Y. G. Cooper.

Mr A.- Harris. M.P. for W aitema W who has been staying in Wellington for some days with a view to getting various local matters fixed up by the Govern, meat departments, left for Auckland nj last night’s Main Trunk express.

Councillor Howell was appointed yesterday to attend, on behalf of the Hutt County Council, tho meetings convened by tho Wellington City Council to forward the interests of the Wellington district.

Major W. Kay. O-8.E., a well-known ex-servant of the Auckland Education Board, who has been on active service, it returning as. officer commanding th< troops on s-s. Eemuera, due at Auckland about May 2nd. .

Mr H. J. Clark, who has acquired « farm in the King -Country, was farewelled by the members of tho Civil Sendee <ilub. Mr C. G. Wilson, the president, presented Mr Clark with a token of esteem on behalf of members. “■ ■'

Mr Charles Burrill Stone, who was borr in Auckland on March 27tb, .18-11, died recently. The deceased, who was stated to be the first white boy born in Auckland, was a son of. the late Captain C. B. Stone, who carried on the business ot shipowner and merchant in the early days. "

The death of Mr John Leslie, of Nelson, at the age of SO years, is recorded. The deceased, who was a well-known resident of the Nelson district, was formerly a member of the staff of the_ Bank or New Zealand, and when he retired from the service of the-bank was manager of the Pictou branch. -

Mr Caleb Selfe,,,who,.died at-Burwood, Christchurch, was, the oldest resident ot the’district, having arrived at Lyttelton by the ship Roman" Bmperor in 1860. Later he was a. member of a party who took part in tho gold rush at Gabriel's Gully. . The deceased was instrumental in founding the Burwood Church and school.

Mr F. E. Cooper (chairman) and Councillor Howell were appointed yesterday as delegates from the Hutt County Couu cil to attend a conference, convened by the Horowhenua County Council for the purpose of forming an electric power district for tho purpose of atstnnunng the power from the Mangahao scheme.

■ The late Mr Esau Gibbard, who died at Nelson, was a veteran of the. South African war. His youth and early manhood were spent on the West Coast. He then went to South Africa, and on war breaking out joined the Durban Light Infantry, fighting . throughout the campaign. On returning to A"ew Zealand, he took up farming in the Nelson dis. trict. _

Mr H. Sibun, one of Petone’s principal i-eta il merchants, died yesterday enorttitig-at his‘ residence in Manchester street. Mr Sibun was -born 58 yearn ago at New Brompton, Kent, England, and served his apprenticeship to the grocer} ’ trade in London, where he afterward! went into business on his own account. Fifteen years ago he arrived in New Zealand, and shortly afterwards went into business in Petone, w-here he had beer ever since.

One of Canterbury’s early practitioners, in the person of Dr- C Nedwill, has died. at Christchurch. The 'deceased gentleman, who was S 3 years of age, commenced his professional career as an army surgeon. He arrived in the Dominion in 1863 as surgeon on the ship Chariot of Fame, and commenced practice in. New Zealand at Rangiora. Tho deceased took a keen interest in sport, "was fond of shooting, cricket and tennis, and vais at one time president of several sports bodies in Christchurch.

Tho Wellngton Presbytery last evening passed the following resolution ; —“li accepting the resignation of the Rev. Hugh Beggs tl;e Presbytery place on record its appreciation of the faithfulnesi with which he has. discharged his dutiei as a minister of the Evans Bay charge and on the ability and earnestness which have marked his pulpit work. . . Tin Presbytery regrets that the state of Ml Beggs health is such as to make a period of rest and retirement necessary.”

At the meeting of tho Wellington Bowling Centre last night, Mr G. Hendry (president) referred with deep regret to the death of the late Mr George Allport, the rconlly retired secretary to tho Marine Department. His death, said the chairman, would be greatly felt by the centre, to- which he was a delegate, and by the Lower Halt- Club, of-which lie was a member. A resolution'of condolence with the relatives of tho deceased was carried, ail standing-

Dr. 11. M. Muir, son of Mr J. M. Muir, a director of Messrs Joseph Nathan and Company, Ltd , returned to Wellington as surgeon- of-Hire' 1 - Tt.M.S. Corinthie. after a long period .of wax service in the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean ohd elsewhere. He was a captain-surgeon, on the hospital ship Dougola, which at first was running between Gallipoli and Malta, then engaged in the Mesopotamian campaign, and she carried sick and wounded in the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean run, between Basra and Bombay. Just before the Armistice was signed. Dr. Muir” joined the South African medical force, and 'worked "in it. for twelve months, till he was demobilised last November. Ha was on the Berwick Castle when she was burned at sea off the. East African.coast; all the passengers, officers, and crew were safely landed at Mombasa,

Stanton’s, Ltd., motor-car importers, announce an auction sale for Wednesday next of motor ..vehicles at their garage ju Molesvvorth street. Full details; will be advertised later.

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