PERSONALIA

New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11875, 8 July 1924, Page 3

PERSONALIA

Mr A. A. Davies, of Lower Hutt, is visiting Auckland.

Mr C. C. Odlin loaves for Auckland by the Main Trunk express to-day.

Mr F. J. Rolleston, M.P., has been confined to hospital over the # weekend.

Mr W. S'. Spence, secretary to the Auckland Racing Club, is in Wellington.

Mr E. Evans was elected a member of the Wellington Rugby Referees’ Association last evening.

Mr Frank Goldberg, governing director of the Goldberg Advertising Agency, Ltd., was a passenger to Auckland by the R.AI.S. Niagara.

Messrs J. Francis and C. Brocklebank have been elected life members of the Wellington Rugby Referees’ Association, after many years’ service.

Tlie death is reported from Oamam of Mr David lander (74), retired llourmiller, and partner in Ireland and Co. For over 20 years he was miller to that firm.

Mr R: A. Adams, of Auckland, has been appointed secretary and engineer to the Bluff Harbour Board at a salary of £750 a year. There were six applicants. —Press Association.

Mr W. Baxter, who has been in charge of the Shannon Post Office for the past six years, has received notice c\f his transfer to the postmastership of* the Ormondville office.

Mr E. F. Haydon, managing director of the firm of Messrs Haydon and Lubransky, Ltd., left Wellington on Saturday for Auckland, to connect / with the Niagara, leaving for England and America to-day.

Mr J. W. Nome, manager of the # Napier branch of the South British Insurance 'Company, has been appointed acting-manager of the Wellington branch for the period in which Mr S. S. Dean will be on tour with the New Zealand Rugby team

Mr T. E. Corkill, inspector of the Bank of New Zealand, left by the Al ain Trunk express at- the week-erid to connect with the Niagara- at Auckland. Mr Corkill will visit Fijfwmd Samoa, and - subsequently Australia, 'returning to New Zealand in -September.

Inspector Cummings, of the Central Police Station, is at present on leave, and has been replaced by Sub-Inspector Cameron. Senior-Sergeant Lander - ifl 1 undertaking -the- duties of sub-inspector during - Mr Cummings’s absence.

The following were elected as new members to the Wellington Automobile Association at the executive meeting yesterday:—Miss M. Adams, Mrs A. M. Plimmer, A'rthur Westrupp, M. Rhodes, A. S. Trengrove, A. G. Earle, H. Lewis, W. O. James, J. P. Lavin, and J. F. B. Stevenson.

A dinner arranged by the departmental heads of the Auckland City Council was held in the council chamber, when the Mayor and Mayoress, Sir James and Lady Gnnson, were entertained. The function was held, to mark the honour of knighthood conferred on the Mayor, and was'attended by all the principal officers of -fine corpdrirtfdST Sna their”wsvßs,' T the toßh clerk, Mr J. S. Brigham, • presiding. Sir’James was presented"witb a Tsetmf specially-bound books, and Lady Gunson with two handsomely-bound volumes of Australian art.

The death occurred at Upper Aramoho of Air Thomas H. Jones, one of the best know of the Wanganui district early Settlers. A son of one of Wakefield’s pioneer settlers who cans to oofionise New Zealand in 1840, the"! fete Mr Jones with his parents and other members of the family experienced many of the vicissitudes incidental to tho early daj’s. The family set-; tjed l on the No. 1 line in the early ’forties, and there Mr Jones was born in 1852. In subsequent years he was engaged as native interpreter by the late Air John Mardhamt on tho original survey off tho Taupo and Rotorua districts, a work which in those troublous days with the natives entailed great hardships and required Courage as well as physique- Having been closelyas> sociated.from infancy with the Air Jones was an acknowledged Maori linguist, and as such rendered vain able assistance to the survey party during the I years he Was engaged as interpreter. Air Jones later engaged in various ’ pursuits—farming, in the building trade, and .stock dealing. -Of - xecpnt years he Jived a quiet retired life.' He leaves a widow and a large family to mourn bis loss, the latter including Messrs- Walter and Ernest Jones (Rotorua), Mr Dan Jones (Morrinsville), Mesdames Forbes, Readbead, and Wagstaff (Te Aroha district), Mrs Beero (Auckland), Atra Tregear (Christchurch), Airs J. James (Aramobo). Mr Albert Jones (Taurapga). and Misses Edith, Vera, and Rita Jones (Aramqho).