PERSONAL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18447, 7 January 1922, Page 8

PERSONAL

Mr W. Paget Gal© is at present staying at 'Takapuna (Auckland), ' ■ V _ Mr A' R. Duncan; of the Customs Department', Wellington, has been spending a holiday in Dunedin, arid--will 5 leave > for' the north this morning. f - - Mr O. Falk, of Falk, Stadehnan,; and Co.‘, of London, was a passenger, for the-norta by- the' second express yesterday. . Mr E. T. Wray, who has been studying in the United States, arrived at Auckland by the Makurs last week. Mr Wray states that he intends commending business on his own account in. the North Island. Sir Francis' Bell, •(Attorney-general), returned to. Wellington from ‘ Christchurch yesterday morning, The . IVlinis.ter .ia to leave for the Old Country in the Athewo about the middle of March. ..... , Dr. Stuart Moore left for Wellington by the second express yesterday on a visit to his brother, Mr F. Z. Moore, who -has just undergone an operation for appendicitis. • A Tokio Press Association, cable message announces the death of Baron Takayaau Mitsui. ... - •, . Mr J. F. Robieson, officer m charge of the local Tourist - Bureau, is off duty on account of illness at the present time./ and it is likely -td be some little while before ho. is able to resume.; ,V' f , Mr W.vSullivan^, president of tho, Auialgamated- Society of Railway Servants. -left for Auckland.- by the : second express,,-yesterday, inj. order to’ be present at the hearing of several appeal cases in connection with- the Railway Department. _ ■ ’ A Melbourne Press Association cable mes-, sage says that Mr Val Johnson, piahager of the Melbourne branch of . the Union Steam- Ship Company, has been appointed chairman of the Australasian Steamship Owners’ Federation, in .succession to Mr W. T. .Appleton.v ■■*'* On Thursday,. evening a presentation .was made at the warehouse. of Messrs Jloss and Glendining (Ltd.) tp Mr S. F. Grigg,- the manager of the dress and costume departments in the Dunedin warehouse.. ,te mark the occasion of his marriage. The'presentation took the.form of silver fish and fruit knives and a handsomeiMbororoft bowl. The death occurred on Christmas night at. .Wellington, at-.W the •residence of . her daughter, Mrs H. ,E.„ G- Thompson, of Mrs Robert ■ Anderson, -who- was bom at Coleraine, Ireland, and caipe out to New Zealand about 40 years ago for the benefit of .her late husband’s health. She was of a very retiring disposition, and loved by all, who knew her for her kind and sympathetic nature. . The Rev. George, R, S., . Reid, M.-A., Lecturer in Pastoral Theology at Sydney, will arrive in the city this afternoon, and will, during his visit, occupy the pulpit of First Oiiurcii; Mr Reid is a graduate of St.-. Andrew’s University of Edinburgh and later was minister of Scotch Church at Brussels. ' <

Th© funeral took place yesterday (saye a Timaru Press Association message) of Mr George Stumbles, on old resident, who has left "marks of hie enterprise and energy.. In partnership with Mr R. Allan he did some railway work in Otago, and then came to Timam in the early seventies and constructed the’ railway fipm Temuka to ’ Pareora. He built the first section of the Timaru breakwater/ and with Mr MUill as partner built the first section of the Napier breakwater. Returning to Timaru lie contracted with Mr T. Black for the .first 1300 ft of rubble at tho east mole. Later he had "the overnight of the first artificial improvement at the Caroline Bay bathing grounds. He died' at the age; ot 88 years after a painful illness and in poor circumstances. He is survived by a widow. The staff of Messrs' Brace, Wind!©, Blyth, and Company met recently to bid farewell to Mr J. K. Hamilton, who is severing his connection with the firm after 25 years’ service. A presentation of .a case of. pipes waa made by Mr Kilmartin, sen., who referred to Mr Hamilton’s sterling qualities, and the valuable -service he bad renderd to the firm during such a lengthy term of office. Mr Hamilton, in terms of deep feeling, thanked the staff tor tho handsome present. Occasion was also taken to 1 bid farewell to. Mr T. Dallas who is also leaving the firm after 40 years’ service. It- 1 is interesting to note (writes the Masterton correspondent of the Wellington Poet) that the Rev. H. D., A. Major, against whom the’ Bishop of! Oxford has «XJpointed a commission to inquire into heresy charges, ia a brother of IMr A. C. Major, the well-known Maaterton solicitor. His daughter is at present on a visit to the dominion, and is staying with Mr and Mrs A. O. Major at Upper Plain. The Rev.- H. D. A. Major is a New. Zealander. Ho graduated at Auckland University College, and afterwards took Holy Orders. He has been in England for some years, and has, won renown as d preacher, haying had the honour to preach at Westminster Abbey and St. Paul’s. At- present he is at Oxford, where he is principal of the Ripon Theological College. ■ .