PERSONAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14446, 12 February 1909, Page 6

PERSONAL.

By the English- mail to hand this week! particulars were received of the death-of which bare mention was made at the tiuia -of Mr Charles W. Thotn.-oti, son of Mr William Thomson,' awl nephew of Mr ({, M. Thomson, M.l\, of this city. The defeased .young man was engaged in the power room of t.he Moorgreen collieries, Aoltingham, oil behalf of the British Wcstiughouse Company, and the evidonoa ot other persona who wore present in thd room showed that ho was at work behind a large switchboard when lie was accidcntally electrocuted, his head having apparently come ill contact with a live terminal. -Much sympathy was expressed at this sivdde.i' termination of what bade fair to be a useful and successful career. . Tliu' officials ot the company spoke most high-l>i of onr lato young Dunedin citizen, and

several mcmbeis ot the jury accompanied l I tlre_ remains to their last resting place. | Jlr .1. W. Raymond, lately a resident of Inyercargill, and a well-known puhlio man there, and now living- at l'utney, London, evidently has not lost all interest' c,v Zealand affairs. Jn a report, road 1 by Mrs Reynolds^yesterday at ihe annual mootin;, r of the Victoria League (Dunediii branch), Mr Raymond was stated to have given an address before a. gathering bekil in London under the auspices of tho league, when lie dealt, with educational, suuial. and industrial conditions obtaining I in this Dominion. | The death is recorded of Mr John t!erj rani, of Drummond, who passed away at I his residence there on Tuesday at. the ; ag l ' of 60 years. Mr Ge.rrard was for many years a threshing mill owner, and used to tour tho district in pursuance- of his occupation, but of liito yoai-s he turned his attention to agriculture, and beeanie a fanner and graz.ier on a considerable scale, being engaged thereat at the time of his death. Deceased was of a very retiring disposition, and did not concern Imnsolf with polities or local government. He Jcaves a. wife and grown-up family. Members of the Oamaru railway staff mot in the booking office on \\'odne«ky evening for the purpose of saying farewell to fine of their number (Mr T. ]'. Kane), who has been promoted to assistant, stationmaster at rt'aimarino, on tho Main Trunk line. There was an exneplionally large attendants, all branches oT the railway service Ixmiik repie.sc-nt.cd. thus tcstifyine to Mr Kane's populariiy. .Mr D. M. Mathcson presided, awl in presenting- Mr Kane with a purse of sovereigns and «i smoker's outlit, on lx>lwlf of the staff, referred to tho many qualities of the recipient, and tho . regret with n'hich his departure, was j viewed by his co-workers. Mr Kane, in !a. nr«it speech, feelingly responded. lie | left for the north by the first express on! : Thursday morning. i Mr IJ.. li. i'riestley Wicks, Assoc. j A.1.K.K., Mem. A.S..M.K, has recently returned to the Dominion, after a sojourn of two years in England jind America. Kor about 18 montlis Mr Wicks was with tho General Klectrio Company in Schenectady, X.Y., where ho was ensasted on various work, going through tlx- differentdepartments ami the drafting office. For some time also ho was engaged in electric locomotive testing, when he made a study of t.he various heavy electric haulage systems in the Slates. He has visited numerous hydro-electrio ami strain plants in both countries, including tlrose at Niagara. On his return journey lie came through the Continent, visiting France, Switzerland, and Italy, and was sonio weeks in Melbourne.