PERSONAL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18687, 17 October 1922, Page 7

PERSONAL

A Delhi Press Association cable message says that news from Meshed announces the death of General Omar Harder, the supreme head during the Great War of all the Turkoman tribes. Mr J. Ringknd, managing director of the Iron and Steel Company of Near Zealand, left on a visit to Wellington yesterdays He expects to return on Saturday next. Messrs Gerald Patterson, P. O’Hara : Wood, J. 0. Anderson, and R,_ C. Wer- • theim, members of the Davis Cup team, were on board the Niagara, which called at Auckland recently en route to Sydney. \ On Saturday evening Dr H. ’ S.’ Moody, president of the Dunedin Combined Sports Club, presented Mr H. Stanaway, a prominent member of the club, with a case of pipes. Mr Stanaway will leave for Napier shortly to take over his new position as station master. Captain E. T. Smith, master of the New ■ Zealand Shipping Company’s steamer Ruahine, which arrived at Auckland last week . from England, has been admitted to a • private hospital in Auckland. He had been indisposed for about a week. The death of Mr Louis J. Pirani, one of the proprietors and business manager of the Feilding Star, occurred last Thursday night. He was a son of Mr Fred Pirani, of Wellington. . _ Captain James Ramsay has tendered l his ■' resignation as harbourmaster at Oamaru, to take effect from the end of the year.;' Captain Ramsay has occupied the position-; * for 26 years, having been appointed in succession to Captain Sewell, the first harbour-' master at Gamaru. ' The death occured at Matakohe last week of Mr Peter Smith, aged 70 years. Deceased was born in Canada, and emigrated with his parents in 1862 by the ship Han- , over. Except for a short sojourn in Auck-. . land, he had lived at Matakohe ever since. He was engaged for many years in tha timber industry, mill and bush work. A London Press Association cable mes- ~. sage announces that Mr R. Munro has been! appointed Lord Justice Clerk of Scotland, // in place of Lord Scott Dickson. Mr Munro, ; .,_, who is a Coalition Liberal, and member foe ■; Wicks Burghs, has been Secretary for. Scotland since 1916. Sympathetic reference was made by tha chairman (Mr W. Vivian) at the- morning call at the Dunedin Stock Exchange yesterday to the death of Mr J. A. Sligo, and ill was resolved to send a letter of condolence! £ to his brother, Mr W. F. Sligo. The Rev. Dr R. Erwin, who has been minister of Knox Presbyterian Churchy Christchurch, for about 40 years, has for- - ' warded his icsignation to the clerk of tha Christchurch Presbytery, with a request- r that it should take .effect from- December 1 ;,: 31 next. At a meeting of the congregation ' the resignation was accepted with regret, and a resolution placing 'on record Dr - Erwin’s valuable services to the Church and, congregation was carried. • ; The following registrars of the Supreme Court have been appointed by the Publiq, ~ Service Commissioner: —Messrs Jules Csesar.;.. Malfroy (Invercargill), John Nelson Nalder. (Gisborne), James Milne Adam (New Ply--•; • mouth), Henry Morgan (Wanganui), George -. Galloway Chisholm (Napier), George Hut- j cheson Lang (Palmerston North),- Arthur,;; Frederick Bent (Blenheim), James MTndoa (Greymouth), William Dryburgh Wallace (Tim'aru), and James Miller (Hamilton).The Wyndham Herald announces the deat'a of Mrs Crosbie (relict of the late - Mr George Orosbie, so feng associated with- " "Glenrose,” Menzies Ferry), another old r ' resident of the district. Mrs Crosbie de- 'j [ voted herself to home life, having had the , ' care of a very large family, to whom she / , gave a worthy example to follow. The , \ disability of deafness, which intensified with age, tended to restrict her activity in outside spheres. By her intimate friends, she was most highly esteemed for her kindly ; disposition and general good qualities. The death of Mr William Alexander Ford, aged 80 years, a veteran of the Maori War, took place at the Veterans’ Home, Auckland. Mr Ford was born in Jamaica, and when he was six years old he .went with his parents to Edinburgh. In 1863 he came to New Zeaalnd and worked ,as a; plumber in Dunedin, subsequently serving with the ■ Second Waikato Regiment at Orakau, .and, in various skirmishes. When the regiment was disbanded at the end of 1865, he toot ,' up land allotted to him for his services./ , but was later master of a coastal vessel and engineer for a gold mining company at . Thames, returning in 1871 to Dunedin, . going to Auckland nine years ago. Before the election of a president fcjr. • the Dunedin Returned Soldiers’ Association the Rev. Hector Maclean moved, at last night’s quarterly meeting of the association —“That this genera! meeting desires to ex- . press its deep regret that circumstances - have compelled Colonel T. W. M‘Donald to resign from the presidency of this asso- , elation. It records with thankfulness his untiring efforts on behalf of all returned■ soldiers and especially of those who have ' 1 gone on the land. It trusts that he may" - have health and strength to carry out the plahs for the good of returned men on ; which he has set his heart.” The motion was seconded and carried. Mr W. J. Crawford. Government Inspector of Machinery, has received notice of transfer to take charge of the Hawke’s Bay district, with headquarters at Napier. Mr Crawford .. f has been stationed at Dunedin for the past 13 years, during which period, while . he has always strictly adhered to the repu- • - lotions, of his department in carrying out- ■■ his duties, lie has, by his kindly.suggestions J* and genial manner, rendered himself popular with those with whom he has como into business contact. Mr Crawford’s many Dun-* edin friends and acquaintances, while highly’ pleased at his promotion, will regret his,-, removal from the district. ' /’ Captain Arthur Rhodes, M.C., whose , • death at Timaru was announced per Press ; ■Association yesterday, left New Zealand ■ J with the Main Body as a sergeant in they South Canterbury Regiment, and, after distinguished service on Gallipoli, in Pales— b tine, ami in France, gained promotion to> the rank of contain, being aide-decamp to ; Major-general Sir Edward Gbaylor. He Was’ painfully wounded on Gallinoli'by a bayonet " ; thrust. On returning to New Zealand Car)-!-": 1 lain Rhodes married the daughter of My C. Holdsworth. managing director, of the ■ Union Steam Ship Company, and she silr-. viva? him. with three young daughters. Captain Rhodes was a noted cattle brooder, ~ and was a member of the South Canterbury... l Soldiers’ Settlement Board. ■ ’ Mr J. G. Fraser, of Dunedin, lias been.-’,-appointed so ore ta ry -in n n age r of the Palmers*. ion North Hospital Board. Mr Fraser is relinquishing the position of accountant to'----’ the treasury of the Dunedin Corporation to - go to Palmerston North. He is a New ’ Zealander, and an old student of Otago University. He saw three and a-half years’ ■ active service with the 11th and 6th Batteries of the Ne,v Zealand Artillery during the war. A cable message received in Wellington announces the death, in his 90th year, of./ Mr Edward Pearce at Cheltenham. England. Mr Pearce, who had resided in England for - ” some time past, was for many years on# of the most prominent citizens .of Wellington, being especially well known in com-' ■ / mereial circles. He came to New Zealand in 1861, under conditions which at once ’’ found for him a place in the van of com- ■ merco. For over a quarter of a century ■ ho was in business as a merchant on his , ’ own account, conducting a very large import and export trade in conjunction with one of the principal shipping agencies of / the port In 1889, Mr Pearce and Messrs . Levin and Company, seeing the many ad- --. vantages to be gained bv amalgamation, ’. joined their firms, and made one large bust- . .• ness, which was conducted under the name - of Levin and- Company. In the old provin-: , cial days. Mr Pearce was a member of tha i Provincial Executive during Dr Fcatherston’s Administration, and in 1870 he was ■ elected to represent Wellington city in Parliament, which position he retained for about eight, years. When the Wellington Harbour Board was constituted, Mr Pearce was one of its first members. In the Chamber of Commerce, too. ho did conspicuous work, both as a. member and as chairman. For many years he was the local director , of the National Bank, and ho was for a r time chairman of the New Zealand directors, ■ of the National Mutual Life Assurance Association. In volunteering, Colonel Pearce took a very active interest. For many years ho commanded the. New Zealand Regiment of Artillery, whoso 12 batteries were distributed throughout the dominion. He leaves three sons and two daughters to mourn their loss.