PERSONALIA

New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11655, 20 October 1923, Page 3

PERSONALIA

Mr W H. Booth, of Wairurapa, is a visitor to Wellington.

Mr A. B. Sievwright •wfl] leave Wellington to-day for Auoklamd.

Mr and Mra J. Teaedale (Wellington) are visiting Masterton.

Mr W. Scott was a passenger by'the ferry steamer to Lyttelton lest night.

Mr George Harbroe left for an ex. tended trip to Sydney and Mel bourns by the Ulimaroa.

Mr A. K. Harris, district traffic manager of railways at Auckland, is in Wellington.

Mr Justice Frazer arrived in Christchurch this morning from Wellington, on his way to Dunedin.

Air G. Witty, M.P. for Riccarton, arrived in Christchurch from Wellington yesterday.

Air C. E. Alatthews, Under-Secretary for Justice, is in the South Island on departmental business.

Mr J. AI. Hogben, of Auckland, was in Wellington yesterdaJT"attending a Sitting of the Full Court'.

Air P. J. O’Regan is indisposed, and was unable to appear before the Full Court yesterday.

The Hon. W. Xosworthy (Minister for Agriculture) arrived in Wellington from the South Island yeetorday morning.

Commissioner and Mrs Hoggard, of the Salvation Army, arrived from the south yesterday morning, and will leave toMr.y on a tour of stations in Taranaki and the King Country.

Air F. K. Hunt, late stipendiary magistrate at Wellington, who hae been in Auckland for some time past, and has now been appointed to that city, was in Wellington this week.

Mr A. W. Kirton, stationmaster at Taumarunui, retired from the service yesterday, after over forty years with, the Railway Department. In 1889 he was appointed stationmaster at Lonehush, and since then he has been stationed in various parts of the Dominion,

Rev. Father W. J. Saunderson, of Pahiatua, who for health reasons left some mouths ago for Ireland, is now considerably improved, and he is hoping to return to the parish early next year.

Dr D. McD. Wilson, medical superintendent of the Wellington Hospital, left San Francisco by the Mannganni yesterday for Wellington. He has been visiting the various hospitals in Canada and America in order to ascertain the latest methods in connection with hospital administration, etc.

Air G. M. Richardson, manager of Derry’s Band, which is giving a performance at Wellington Town Hall this evening, arrived by the ferry steamer yesterday morning. He was accompanied by a member of the committee, aud the rest of the hand reaches 'Wellington this morning.

Tho Rev. Professor Camming, D.D., formerly of Khandallah, is the Aloder-ator-elept of the Presbyterian General Assembly, which will commence its sessions at Christchurch on November 21st. The present Alodarator (tho Rev. W. T. Comrie) will deliver his retiring address, and on the same evening the new Moderator will be installed.

A Press Association message from Dunedin states that Air H. R. Spence, who has been appointed secretary to the Exhibition Company, retiree from the position of Collector of Customs at the end of this month, after 41 years’ service. He was exhibition Customs officer during the Christchurch Exhibition, and was in London from 1912 to 1919 as Customs inquiry agent.

Mr A. E. McGregor, who has been appointed chief postmaster at Dunedin, joined the department in 1885, and was stationed at Akaroa and Christchurch for a time. He was chief postmaster at Hokitika, and afterwards assistant postmaster at Dunedin. Ho also served as chief postmaster at Gisborne, and for the last two years has occupied a similar position at Napier.

The funeral of the late Mr W. A. Millar took place at Karori. Among those present were members of the Melrose Lodge, U.A.0.D., to which the deceased belonged, also representatives from the City Council, municipal milk department, and a number of friends. The Rev. R. H. Catherwood officiated at the graveside, and the Druids* service was conducted by P.D.P. Bro. Hargreaves. The chief mourners were Messrs David, Kenneth, William, and Norman Millar, and the pall-bearers were Brothers Hall, Lambert, Ansell, and Tobin, of the Melrose Lodge.

Captain H. Carter, R.N.R-., an old Rangiora boy, paid a visit to the town this week. It is 42 years since he left, as a boy of 14, to go to sea, and he obtained hia master’s certificate in 1897. When the war broke out he joined the Royal Navy, and received a lieutenant’s commission. He was in the North Sea engagements, serving under Lord .Tellicoe, and was also on active service in other parts. Two war vessels he was on were sunk by torpedoes, and another wa« blown to pieoee by shellfire, all but six of the crew peri filing, Captain Carter being amongst those saved. For his gallantry on that occasion he was decorated by the King with the Distinguished Service Order.

The death of Mr Edward Washington Gibbs, a well-known resident of Wellington, occurred at his residence, Portland crescent, vesterday morning. Mr Gibbs, who was born and educated in Wellington, was 73 years of age. He was for practically all his working life an officer of the firm of E. W. Mills, and of E. W. Mills and Co.. Ltd. His period of service with these firms extended to the unusual term of fifty-five years. On his retirement in July last, he was granted a pension, in recognition of his long and valued service. Mr Gibbs was one of the founders of the Wellington Commercial Travellers’ and Warehousemen’s Association, and was specially well-know-n as a travelling representative of his firm in the southern districts of the North Island, as well as on the West Coast. Mr Gibbs had been in poor health for several months past. He leaves a widow and a daughter, the latter being a Sister of Mercv in the Convent, Wellington. ' The late Mr Gibhs took a prominent part in the affairs of the Catholic Church and community in this city.

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