PERSONAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 13998, 3 September 1907, Page 6

PERSONAL.

Mr G. Holdsworth, lute, assistant' purser of s,s. Mokoift. has been promoted to purser, and joined s.s. Corinna in that capacity yesterday.

The ltev.. Herbert - Reeve, liorao mission priest at Taranaki, has accepted a call to tho Church of the Ho'.y Sepulchre, Auckland.

Mr J. Miller, clerk of the Magistrate's and Police Courts at Port Chalmers, is to bo transferred as assistant clerk in tho Magistrate's and Police Courts' in Dunedin, vico Mr W. 11. Malfroy, transferred to Naseby. Mr Chisholm, of Gisborne, takes tho placc of Mr Miller at Port Chalmers, and tho changes take effect as from the lGtli inst. t

, Before leaving Timaru* for Gore, Mr R. Capsticlc, of tho Post and Telegraph Department, was presented with a caso of pipes by Mr \V. M'Hut-cheson, chief postmaster, on behalf of the staff. , An Auckland telegram states that Mr Hugh Chisholm, agqd 60, formerly a constable at Dunedin, and subsequently gaoler at West port and Gisborne, who retired three months ago, intending, to settlo in Auckland, died on Saturday.

On Saturday last the employees of Messrs Hogg and Co, (Limited) met for the purpose of making a presentation to one of their number (Mr George M. Scott), who is'leaving for the North Island. Mr Sandes, in a neat speech, wished iMt Scott all success in his new sphere, aud handed him a gold sovereign case as a token of esteem. Thi recipient, who was completely taken by surprise, briefly and feelingly returned thanks. Sergeant Mackay, .who has been in charge of Mount Cook police station, has been transferred to tho charge of Kangiora district in succession to Sergeant Itogjrs, who goes to Auckland to fi'.l the vacancy oaused by tho, retirement of Sergeant Abbott-. Sergeant Rutledge, of Lambton quay- station, takes charge ot Mount Cook, and is succeeded at Lambton quay by Sergeant Kelly, who has bjen promoted from the position of constablo at Nelson.—Association.

The death, which occurred at C'nristchurch on Friday Inst, of Mr John Martin, wellknown in various parts of Otago through his connection with tho railway service, is reported in our obituary columns this morning. Arriving in the colony in 1852, Mr I Martin took part in tho gold rushes at Ross and Naseby, and in 1877 obtained a position on the railways at Dunedin, From the city he was transferred to Sawyers' Bay,' whence he was removed to Pukeuri in the capacity of statiomiiaster, and later on he successively occupied a corresponding position at Hampden, Ellesmere, Sheffield, Ora-ri, Springfield, and Kurow. He had been in ill-health, foi some considerable time, and retired on superannuation three years ago. He leaves a widow, seven sons, and three daughters. The many friends of Mr T. A. Fraser will be sorry to learn that ho died yesterday. Mr Fraser was the eldest son of the late Captain Fraser, and a brother of Mr J. F. M. Fraser, also of Mr Ivon Fraser, of Sydney, and came to the colony in 1858. He was a .runholder at Lake Hawea for some ■ years, and then joined first the Lands and then iho Stock Department. Ho resigned from.'the latter a shoi't time ago, when inspector at Nelson. Mr Frassr received his education at Victoria College, Jersey, and at Scott's College, Melbourne, and . during his long life in tho colony ho always took a very groat interest in the settlement of tho lands. Of a warm and generous disposition, Mr Eraser leaves behind him many firm friends. Ho leaves a widow and two sons.. Tho eommissioneis appointed to make inquiry into the oircumstances connected with the reoent Nightcaps fatalities are able men overyono of t-hem. District Judge Hasalden (Christohuroh) is a lawyer, whose knowlcdgo of matters appertaining to mining is. said to bo unequalled m Australasia. Previous to his being appointed to the bench he resided for many years in the colliery district of tho Coast, The judge was one of tho3e who conduoted the five months' commission in 1901, when tile wliolo of the coal mines of the colony came under review, and an exhaustive report was presented to Parliament. Mr Gordon (of Auckland) had been for 30 years inspecting engineer of mines, and is now interested in mining in the. Auckland district. Mr Elliott, of Wellington, has been tinder-secretary of Mines, and has an unusually good theoretical knowledge of all matters connected with mining. Mr,'Forbes, of Kaitangata, is. general secretary' of the Otago' Coal Miners' Industrial Union, has hRd practical experience in all mining districts of New South Wales, and haa been connected with New Zealand mines for the past four years, Mr R. J. Worth, A.M.1.C.E., and Mr H. J. Friston (representing tho Nestle and Anglo Swiss Condensed Milk Company) are now making a tour of Australasia for "the purpose of selecting sites for condensed milk factories, and nave just passed through Dunedin. The directors ot the company have decided to establish factories in Australasia, and one will bo set up in New Zealand. .The two gentlemen are making a most exhaustive exploration, and have already journeyed' over SJOOO mile 3 of territory. A farewell social by the the EnfieUl district was given to iir -and' Mrs Shand in order to give the departing guests some tangible token of the esteem in which' they are held. It was evident tlm-t their popularity was both widely spread and firmly founded. Mt Shand was the recipient of a gold watch, and Mrs Shand of a gold brccoh, and, what both probably counted far more valuable, the good wishes of their frionds.