PERSONAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20418, 26 May 1928, Page 12

PERSONAL.

Mrs George Roberts, Dunedin, and Mr James Waddell Smith, Anderson’s Bay, have been appointed by the GovernorGeneral as associate members under the. Child Welfare Act. A Press Association telegram from Wellington states that there is no material change in Sir Charles Skerrett’a condition.

Mr A. H. Aitken, of Gore, was reelected chairman of the Bluff Harbour Board at yesterday’s annual meeting. Mr H. E. Moller was last night selected as chairman of the Otago Harbour Board for the ensuing year. Mr W. Gow was alsc* nominated. Dr James Sutherland, who practised for 26 years in Milton, and who left the district nine years ago, hao resumed the practice of ius profession in Fairlic, Canterbury. Mr H. H. Matthews, formerly chief engineer at the Invercargill power house, and more recently on the engineering staff of the Dunedin converter station, has been appointed electrical engineer at Rangi°ra. ' , At the annual statutory meeting of the Taieri County Council, held yesterday, Cr J. W. Blair was unanimously re-elected chairman for the ensuing year. Cr Blair thanked the councillors for their expression of confidence in him in re-electing him t° the position for a third term. Ho said he had greatly appreciated the help given to him by every councillor during the past two years. He hoped to merit a continuance of their good wishes and to secure their hearty support in the work in which the council was engaged for the benefit of the Taieri County. A Press Association telegram from Gisborne announces the death of Mr Thomas Sydney Williams, a pioneer settler of the east coast. He was bora at the Bay of Islands in 1847. and was closely identified with the development of settlement on the east coast, being especially helpful to the Maoris, whom he encouraged to farm their lands. As the eldest surviving grandson of Archdeacon Henry Williams, he laid the foundation stone of the memorial church at Pahia a few years ago. Mr Alfred Jacobs Lumley, who passed away at his residence in Howe, street on Thursday, was a native of London, where he was born in 1839. In his youth he was trained as a jeweller in the bestknown firms in that line. He became an expert in the making of watch chains, in which he displayed a wonderful aptitude, and on his arrival in Dunedin in 1876 he was regarded as the only gold chain maker in the colony. Shortly after his arrival in Dunedin he accepted a tempting offer as foreman of a large jewellery factory in Melbourne, and he remained in that position for two years. Returning to Dunedin in 1878, he set up in Moray place a manufacturing jeweller, which business ho carried on with success until his retirement 10 years ago, when his son, Mr W. G. Lumley, sue: ceeded him. In 1894 he suffered shipwreck when the steamer Wairarapa was lost on the Great Barrier Island with considerable loss of .life. Always of u quiet nature and of kindly disposition, Mr Lumley was respected in business circles, while be was the recipient of the sincere love of a large concourse of relations and friends. ■ His wife predeceased him by 27 years, and the remaining members of the family are Mr W. G. Lumley and two daughters.