PERSONAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18995, 17 October 1923, Page 8

PERSONAL.

Ministerial. Tho Hon. C. J. Parr, Minister of Education. is to be in Baldutha to-morrow, together with some members of the Otago Education Board, and will inspect the sice of the proposed high school at Rosebank, and also visit the District High School. Mr Pan- has accepted an invitation to attend a concert in the Oddfellows’ Hall in the evening in aid of the Women’s Resthouse, and lie will deliver a short speech. Ho will proceed to Invercargill on Friday, and will return to Dunedin by Monday evening's train.

Mr Arthur Sloneham, of Gisborne, is at present: visiting DunedinMr Justice Adams will leave for Christchurch Lo-duy by motor car. l\lr J. T. Carswell, of Invercargill, was in Dunedin yesterday on business. Mr 11. Simson (Baldutha) arrived in Dunedin by the express from the sout.i yesterday. Mr George Livingstone arrived in Dunedin by the express from the north yesterday afternoon.

Mr C. E. Matthews, Under-secretary of Justice, arrived in Dunedin from the north last night. An Adelaide Press Association cable message records the death of Dr Holze, formerly curator of the Botanic Gardens and a noted botanist.

The Hon. D. T. Fleming and Messrs James Smith and G. W. Wood are i.t present in Dunedin on Education Board business.

Mr R. P- Ward, inspecting officer in ihe Justice Department, is at present on a visit to Dunedin on departmental business. Mr D. Phillips was a passenger from Dunedin yesterday for Christchurch, whence he will proceed by motor car to the West Coast.

The house flag of Messrs Bing, Harris was flown at half-mast yesterday and on Monday as a mark of respect to the late Mr James Johnson, a former employee of the firm.

Mr W. Paget Gale, who is at present in a private hospital, has receiver! surgical attention to one of his eyes. He is progressing favourably. Mr J. G. Thomson, M.P., arrived from Invercargill by the express train yesterday. He attended a meeting of the Otago University Council. ~ Mr W. G. Jolly, accompanied by his wife and daughter, left by yesterday's express tor the north, cn route for Australia. The Rev. John Kilpatrick has been, nominated by the Dunedin, Dunstan. Wanganui. Oamaru, and Westland Presbyteries as Moderator of the Assembly-

Ah application by Dr Brennan for leave of absence, as from June, 1924, fo March, 1925, was granted by the Otago University Council at its meeting yesterday afternoon.

Mr T. E. Fogarty, assistant engineer to the Invercargill Borough Council, has been appointed (says a Christchurch Press Association message) assistant engineer to the Christchurch Drainage Board. 1 Inspector Matliieson, who has been on a brief visit to Invercargill, occasioned by tiie serious illness of bis daughter, arrived in Dunedin yesterday. He will leave for the north by this morning’s express train. It was the intention of the Mayor (Mr H. L. Tapley! to have motored to Waimale yesterday, whore he purposes spending a brief holiday, but climatic conditions being unfavourable he has postponed the trip until to-day. He purposes, leaving this morning.

Mr Arthur Paape went north by the express train yesterday, en route to Wellington. He was accompanied by Mr M. O’Brien, from Otnutau. They will attend a meeting of the executive of the New Zealand Licensed Victuallers’ Association today and the conference of that body tomorrow.

At the sitting of the Otago University Council yesterday the resignation of Dr C. S. Hicks, as assistant in the pathological department, was accepted. Dr Brennan wrote recommending that Dr S. C. C. Sinclair be appointed to the vacancy, and this ■was agreed to, the appointment being made till the expiry of the present year. Mr C. O. Prgtt (secretary of the Wakatipu Golf Club), who will leave to-morrow for AA T ellington (reports our Queenstown correspondent), was presented with a silver entree dish on Saturday evening by the members in recognition of his splendid services to the club since its re-establishment. A AA T ellington Press Association message announces the sudden death of Mr Herbert Beattie, aged 47, assistant librarian to the City Council, which occurred about 2.30 p.m. on Monday. The deceased resided with his sister at. 37 Ma jo ri banks street, and has been under the treatment of Dr Makin. He appeared to he in good health previous to his- death. Tito deceased was discovered in the custodian’s office at tho library, death apparently being duo to heart failure. Mr A. E. M 'Gregor, chief postmaster at Napier, has been appointed chief postmaster at Dunedin (says a Wellington Press Association message). He joined the Department in 1385, and was stationed at Akaroa and Christchurch for a time. Ho was chief postmaster at Hokitika, and afterwards assistant postmaster at Dunedin. He also served as chief postmaster at Gisborne, and for the last two years has occupied a similar position at Napier. Messrs F. W. Furkert Engineer-in-chief, (Publio Works Department), J. R. Marks (Government Engineer, Alexandra), J. A. C. Bayne (Inspecting Engineer, Mines Department), and Alex. Whitley (Inspector of Mines) (reports our Queenstown correspondent) paid a flying visit to the district during the week-end in connection with the Kawarau Mining Companv’s application for > license to construct a dam at the outlet to Lake AVakatipu. The death is reported at Honolulu of the Rev. George Paterson, of St. James’s Presbyterian Church, Auckland. About three months ago, Mr Paterson, who was suffering from insomnia, consulted a doctor, who ordered a rest of three months. This was granted by the church, and Mr Paterson left by the Niagara on September 11. Mr Paterson left Scotland three years ago with the intention of fettling in California, but later decided to come on to Now Zealand. The nulpit of St. James’s Church was vacant at the time of his arrival, and he accepted a call to that charge, being welcomed there on July 28, 1921. The deceased is survived bv his widow and six children. The body will be brought to Auckland by the Niagara. The appointment is announced of Mr F. T. R. Johnson, Assistant Controller of Savings Banks and Accounts as Controller of the Post Office Savings Bank, in succession to Mr 11. A. R. Huggins, who is retiring on superannuation (reports a Wellington Press Association telegram). Mr Johnson joined the Department in January, 1885. as a clerk in the General Post Office, Wellington, and subsequently was transferred to Napier and afterwards to Auckland. Returning to Wellington, he was promoted to the position of third money order and savings bank clerk in 1903, and four years later was appointed sectional clerk in the accountant’s branch. In 1908 he was appointed principal clerk in the money order division, and after filling several other appointments ho was promoted to tho position of Assistant Controller of Savings Banks and Accounts, which he has held forth e past six years. Members of the staff of the local Customs Department met on Monday afternoon to bid farewell to Mr L. G. Nutting, who has been promoted to the position of assistant examining officer at Christchurch. On behalf, of the staff, the Collector of Customs (Mr H. R. Sponce) expressed good wishes for Mr Nutting’s success in his new position, and presented him with some tokens of their regard. The presents included a fountain pen and pencil for Mr Nutting and a gift, for his mother. The recipient suitably responded. Several friends visited Mr Nutting’s residence in the evening, and on behalf of Miss Wallace, with whom Mr Nutting has been associated for some years in tho conduct of her dancing classes, ho was presented with a set of brushes; and, on behalf of the Gordon-Flint Orchestra, he was presented with a pipe. Mr Nutting, who left for Christchurch by the express yesterday, was an officer of the Rifle Brigade in Fi ■ante, and saw considerable active service. He was wounded at Passchondaeie. He was also well known as a hockey player, a long-iumper, and a cricketer. Mr Will iam Spence, of Glcnomaru, well known as a farmer and contractor formally years, died suddenly at Owaka on Thursday last while hurrying to attend a meeting of the directorate of the Owaka Cooperative Dairy Company, of which he was a member. He had been a sufferer from heart trouble for some lime, and a few weeks ago was seriously ill, and in consequence had in fact resigned from many of the organisations with which ho had been actively associated. Mr Spence was horn in Nowniains, Lanarkshire, Scotland, in 1857, and came to Now Zealand with his parents in (he shin Angus Muir in 1872, landing at Port Chalmers. They went on to the goldfields at the Thames and four years later removed to the Kaitangata district. He worked at Kaihiku and Baleiutha, and 45 years ago married Miss Elizabeth Tough, a daughter of the late Mr John Tough, of Milton. He was engaged in sawmilling for some time nefore settling on a farm at Glcnomaru. There

he successfully combined farming with road contracting for the Clutha County Council. Mr Spence was an active volunteer in his day and later on in life became a keen 11 u "by football enthusiast, and was a member of the South Otago Rugby Union almost since its inception. He is survived by a widow and a family of five sons and three daughters. The funeral on Sunday to the Bomahapa Cemetery is said to have been the largest over seen in the district. The cortege was fully a mile long, and included mourners from Dunedin,’ Balclutha, Kaitangata, Owaka, and Clinton. It was a Masonic funeral, and brethren from a number of lodges were present. ____________