MAINLY ABOUT MEN

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12298, 18 November 1925, Page 6

MAINLY ABOUT MEN

Mr J. H. Maiden, for many yeaiw Government Botanist in New . South Wales, is dead.—Press Association. Mr Frank Dyer left on Saturday night for the south to attend the opening of the Dunedin Exhibition. Mr E. Page, S.M., was yesterday, elected to membership of the Wellington Rotary dub. Major F. Wood, M.C., who has been inspecting the senior cadet companies in Masterton, has returned to Napier. The late Hon. J J. McDonald, M.L.A., was given a State funeral in Melbourne, the members of all parties attending.—Press Association. The Hon. A. D. McLeod will go North in a few dav3’ time on business connected with the kauri gum industry. Mr D. Buchanan (Lansdowne) has returned to the Wairarana from Christchurch. Mr Buchanan was very successful with his Shorthorn cattle at' the Royal Show. Mr. Peter B. Kvne, the American novelist, will visit New Zealand for his season’s swordfishing, and to see relatives in Hawke’s Bay and the Manawatu. Dr. C. J. Reakes, Director-General of Agriculture, crossed the Straits last evening, en route to the Dunedin Exhibition. He will return to Wellington on Saturday. Colonel O. Gray, chairman of the Fruit Export Control Board, leaves by the Corinthic to-day for England. He hopes to return, after investigating market conditions, in August next. The Prime Minister (the Hon. J. G.. Coates') was in Dunedin yesterday attending the opening of the exhibition. He is expected to return to Wellington on Friday, and subsequently he will go North to Dargaville. Mr L. F. Ayson, Chief Inspector of New Zealand Government Fisheries, who has been in indifferent health for some time, has been recommended a complete rest, and will probably spend the leave granted him at Pembroke. The Rev. R. H. Catherwood. at present minister of the KilbirnioLyall Bay Presbyterian Church, has accepted a call to Turakina, and is to be inducted to the charge on December 16th. Mr L. Mace, of Waipukurau, who has been transferred to Wellington, was made the recipient of a presentation of a case of pipes hy the Waipukurau Golf Club prior to his departure. The death was reported last night of Mr Thomas Paterson, J.P., of Ngaruawahia. Mr Paterson was one of the earliest settlers in the Waikato. He was a very dose friend of the Hon. R. F. Bollard, who leaves Wellington to-day to be present at the funeral. The Hon. A. D. McLeod will represent the Government at the Hawera show to-morrow. On Friday he will proceed to Eketahuna on departmental business, and on Saturday he will return to Wellington. On Monday he will leave with the Prime Minister for the North Auckland district. Mr A. Gray, Health Inspector for the Central Taranaki District, has received notice of his transfer to D&dnevirke. The transfer will take effect at the beginning of the new year. Mr Gray has been in the district for over fourteen years, during which time he has won the esteem of all with whom he has come in contact. His successor has not yet been appointed. The late Captain James Thomson, commander of the Waitemata, who passed- away at Napier, was buried in Parke Island cemetery. There was a large attendance of the seafaring fraternity at the funeral, the Napier Harbour Board being represented hy Mr J. P. Kenny, secretary of the board, apd bv the harbourmaster. Captain White-Parsons, while Mr J. _ 1.Cato attended on behalf of the Union Co., the owners of the vessel. The officers of the ship were also present. Captain Goodyear, roaster of the s.s. Gale, who died in the Picton Hospital, attended a political meeting, and on returning to his ship, he was taken suddenly ill during the night, and was removed to the hospital. The symptoms were serious from the start, and haemorrhage of the brain was tho cause of death. He leaves a wife (daughter of Cantain Thompson) and two young children at Port Chalmers, where his bodv was taken for interment. Captain Goodyear, who was 38 veaers of age, was for many years in the service of the Shaw SavlH Company, previously to joining the Canterbury S.S. Company, about five years ago. He was a very popular master, and highly respected hy all.