PERSONALIA

New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 11933, 13 September 1924, Page 3

PERSONALIA

Mr H. A. Fox (Wellington) is/‘ i ifcg Christchurch. Mr G. McHroy has been appointed a life member of the Manawatu Trotting Club. A visitor to Parliament House this week is Dr Te Rangihiroa, formerly a popular member of the representative! chamber. Mr P. Selig was re-elected president* of the New Zealand Trotting Association at a meeting of the board at) Christchurch yesterday. .... Mr J. H. Hopkins, of Melbourne, who had been judging the elocution at the Wellington competitions, left for has home by the Maheno yesterday. . Mr F. T. M. Kissel has been appointed chief electrical engineer of tho Public Works Department in succession to the late Mr Lawrence Birks. Mr W. Noble, of Masterton, Mr A. » G. Richardson, of Palmerston North, atnd Mr W. S. Morrison, of ton, are amongst the visitors to Auckland. Mr R. B. Morris, formerly Score-, tary of the Post and Telegraph De* . pertinent, left for the south last evening, .And, with his family,- will in future - reside at &t. Andrew's, -near Timaru. Mr C. B. Norwood, managing dineo* - ~ tor of Dominion Motors, Ltd., aooom- • panied by Mrs Norwood, left Wellington by the Maheno for Sydney yesterA Press Amooiation telegram from! Hamilton announces that the Rev. B.i F. Rcrthwell, formerly president of the! Methodist conference, died yesterday! morning- He had a stroke a year and had (been ill since. ... Horticulturists in Wellington and Hntt Valley will regret to hear of the illness of Mir A. E. Lowe, gardener to Sir Heaton Rhodes at Otafanna. He has undergone a serious operation. -Mr- . . Lowe has been responsible for. raisins; _ some of the finest daffodils ever raised) in the Dominion. The Canterbury Trades and Labour - Council have appointed Mr E. 8. But- • * cliffe, secretary of the Amalgamated Carpenters’ and Joiners’ Union, to-re——• present them Before the Labour Bills -- Committee of the House of Representatives to give evidence on the pro. posed amendment to the Workers' „ Compensation Act. _. ] Mr E. N. K. SwanstoH, sub-inspco tor and auditor for the Bank of Ana? V tndssia, is at, present at PatowsbOM.™, North on official business Mr Sw,ns- M ton has been a leading New Zeaomdf . .lawn tennis player for over 20 yoenoj and—has -held both the single* aadf doubles championship of the Dominion. Sergeant J. Reid, on the eve of Us departure, was fare welled by Wanganui members of the force and presented with a dinner set and pipe. Variotß members made eulogistic reference in the genial sergeant, and, while regret-. ting his departure, congratulated hm on being promoted to take charge of Stratford station, and wished him every*- * success and happiness in the future. Sir Vincent Raven and Sir Samuel Fay, who have been making -an inquiry into railway administration- in -i t New. South.. arq..:.,expected,, to "-t----leave Sydney for Wellington in the first week of October.. They, are com--. - ing to New Zealand, .at Ahe -of the Government, -to- snabe-similar - investigations -with respect to railway matters in the Dominion, end make recommendations to Cabinet. ..... Mr J. G. Helyer, post president of the Hntt Volley Horticultural Society, _ . intepds building a new home shortly, and-is. at present-engaged in-lamng - out the grounds entirely in New Zea- ~ land flora. He is conferring with Dr Cockayne, Mr J. G. McKenzie, and Mr F. R. Cooper as to the most suitable varieties of trees and shrubs. It » worthv of note that many private gardens in the Hntt Valley are being laid out along similar lines. , Dr J. S. Elliott, president of th« Wellington College Old Boys’ Association, is leaving with Mrs Elliott on Tuesday next for a trip to America. A representative gathering of old hoys, presided over by Mr W. E. - who has been appointed deputy-prce*i-<- * dent during Dr EUiott’s absence, me*to wish him bon voyage and a safe return. Complimentary remarks were --- made by Mr Bethune, Mr J. P. Firthfoormer principal, and Mr T. S. Cress well, the present principal of the college, regarding the good work done by‘Dor Elliott, both "far .the-old- school' - - .and-the Old Boys’ Association, and a presentation was made him os a token of esteem from his fellow old boys. Mr- Christopher-Leek, «*-Mayor . off Newmarket, Auckland died at his re-j aidenoe at Remuetra, aged 70 years.. In 18&4 he arrived at Auckland and entered the Government railways eer- • •vice. Be was stationed at Menoer, and' there, with a small group of railwaymen, took an active part in organising! the Amalgamated Society of Railway ! Servants. Mr Leek eventually _ became; signalman at Newmarket, bolding that! position for many years. On has retirement from the railway service iaj 1001, MirLefektooktip pubEo liftf/ ebd;' was for 20 years connected with the l Newmarket Borough Council, serving as Mayor from 1917 to 1921. Owing to failing health he hod to relinquish his _ activities during recent years. . ~ .. , Tbs death occurred, after a! brief illness, of Mr Thomas Lindesay, who bad been resident in the Auckland province for nearly 60 years. Barn in 1845, he was the third son of the lata-*'--Rev. Thoma-j Lindesay, of Alla Rectory, Claudy, County Derry. He tefS- ' Ireland for New Zealand by the’-sail-' - in* ship Mary'Ghepberd •in • 1865, - with - •• •other sons of derjry who came to New Zealand on the advice of the Rev R. A. Hall, and settled at Whangai, Bay of Islands, where he engaged in farming. While there, Mr Lindesay was appointed lay-reader to the little church at Pakaraka and there" 'belli services legubtrly. while in later years he assisted with the church services at" Howiek and Mangere. From tho Bay of Islands, Mr Lindesay moved to Onebunga and subsequently tc Parnell, being in the service of the Customs Department from 1888 till 1910. Ip 1874, he married the youngest daughter of Colonel the Hon. Pcnsonby Peacock, M.L.C., and is survived by his widow, three daughters and four sons. Mr R. A. Large, who has been bl business for many year* in New mouth as a land and estate agent: about to relinquish business in that town and transfer his energies to the Empire City. Mr large was a member of tho Now Plymouth BorougN Council for a period of three and ahnlf years, -also -an retire member- oftbs Tourist and Expansion League for _ shout five years, also a member of the .* local school committee for. two years, Mr Large will in future conduct busiress from bis new ouarters rit-uated opposite the G.P.0., Feathcrstaa street,