PERSONAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20584, 6 December 1928, Page 10

PERSONAL.

Mr and Mrs William Sharp, who have been on an extended tour, of Great Britain and the Continent, will arrive in Dunedin by the Manuka this morning. Mr W. J.‘ Woodcock, of ,Te Kuiti, has' taken up his duties as agricultural inspector, Hamilton, in succession to Mr G. W. Wild, who has been promoted to, Invercargill, . * A. Press Association message fromSydi ney’ states that the marriage was celebrated at St. Thomas’s Church, North Sydney, last night, of Mr Reginald A. Clements, New .Zealand, to Mias Hassetti Yeldham, runner up in the State ladies’ golf championship. • ' * An interesting personality is Monpigpor Michael J, Curran, vice-rector of the Irish College at Rome, who holds the distinguished position of English-speaking secretary to Cardinal Cerretti, the Papal legate to the Eucharistic Conference in Sydney. Monsignor Currin arrived at Auckland by the Maunganui yesterday morning (reports our special correspondent). This is his first visit to New Zealand. While in Auckland Monsignor Curran will' visit Bishop Liston, and will then take a tour of the Dominion before returning to Rome. Ensign Coombs, the well-known Samaritan _ Salvation Army officer, who is now stationed at Wellington, is at present on a holiday visit to Dunedin. She is under, orders to transfer from Wellington to Christchurch, where she will be engaged in similar outdoor, work to that which she di.d while in,Dunedin.

'Cr Hayward and jhis son, Mr L. Hayward, who have been on a holiday visit to Auckland, will arrive in Dunedin by the Manuka to-day. The following students of Rossbotham’s College were successful in passing the recent public service shorthand-typistes’ ♦examinations:—Senior—Misses V.. MTntosh, A.‘ M. Dolamore, E. Pearce, O. M.i West, E. M. Hincholiff, <J, Barclay J Junior—Misses E. E. M. Blair, J. Barclay, F. Brough, A. M. Dolamore, J. D. Stewart, M. L. Manning, G. C, M, Gray, M. H. Gray, M. D. Lockhart, A. E. Ait-' chison, H. I. Scoble, V. Roy, C, M. Hinchcliff. P. L. Aitken, V. F. Aifen. Mr Gordon Burt, of Dunedin, wlio left New Zealand' some months ago to take up an appointment with the Asiatic Petroleum Company in the Far Bast, has been transferred from the company’s fuel installation at Pulan. Bukoni to 'the head office in Singapore. He' has been appointed transport engineer to the company throughout Malaya and Siam. A musical priest in the person of the Rev. Father G. B, O’Meeghan, of Timaru, returned; to New Zealand - yesterday morning by the Maunganui (reports our special correspondent in Auckland), aften spending two years at the Irish'College in Rome. Before bis ordination Father OMeeghan was organised and manager of a " Digger ” pierrot troupe that toured Aew Zealand for patriotic purposes. He gave an organ recital in the Wellington Town Hall, and while at Rome conducted the’choir, of his college. Father O’Meeghan rwais conductor of the choir r at the pontifical requieum for Cardinal O’Donnell.

Mr Bruce Warden,' formerly of ■ Dunedin, who was closely associated with amateur theatricals and dancing for some time, is a member of the Girl Friend Gpmedy Company, now appearing at His Majesty s Theatre. Mr Warden has been a resident of Sydney for two years.- , The death occurred at Dunedin on Tuesday of Mr " Thomas Alfred Maitland at the . age of 69 years. Mr Maitland was ,? rn - -r] n Glasgow, and Was educated at the Ibrox .Academy. ,He learned the sewed muslin trade, and, after gaining business experience in Glasgow and London, he came to New Zealand in 1886 and took up a -position as a commercial traveller with the firm of Hogg, Howison, and Co. After seven years Mr Maitland wont into business with Mr C. H. Tucker, and became well known in local business .circles. From 1901 to 1903-he represented Leith ward on the City Council, and he was also a prominent worker in the Baptist Church.

The death took place on Tuesday morning at Arrowtown, at the' residence of his son-in-law, Mr G. Summers,. of 'Mr Graus Neilson, a very old and much respected resident of the district. The deceased. who had reached'the age of 85 years, a native of Denmark, and came to the district in 1872.' For many years he was employed on the road by the Lake County Council. He leaves a family of one son and three daughters. Mr Neilson’s wife predeceased him 35 years ago. The Rev. Edward . Brewer Wetney, whose death took place at the beginning of last week in Dunedin, at the age of 75 years, was born in London in 1853, and was educated in Bristol. For a time he was on the staff of Stuckey’s Bank, and then he decided to.come‘to New Zealand, arriving at Auckland by the Ocean Mailin 1875. There he joined the staff of the Bank of New Zealand, and, held positions with that institution in Christchurch, Timaru, Akaroa, and Tapanui. In the last-named place he was manager for 15 years, and, at the same time, he took a great interest in cljurch and Masonic affairs. When he retired from, the bank Mr Wethey gave his whole fime to the church, and was eventually ordained, being appointed to the charge of Portobello. He remained there for a short time before becoming vicar of ‘ Warrington, Seacliff, and Waitati, which position he held for 10 years. After resigning, with the exception of seven months, when he had charge- of St. John's (Milton), he lived in Dunedin up to the time of his death. He is survived by a widow, four sons, add' one daughter. At the conclusion of the meeting of the District Highways Council No. 17 yesterday afternoon Mr H. M. Driver said that this was the last occasion Mr F. S. Dyson would preside at their meetings, as he had been promoted to the position of district public works engineer at Auckland, Mr-Driver congratulated Mr Dyson on his promition, and. said he hoped it would not stop with the position at Auckland. He thanked him for the able and courteous manner in which he had presided at their - meetings. All the other members of the council joined in congratulating Mr Dyson on his promotion ahd expressing appreciation of his work. Mr Dyson, replying, said his stay in Otago had been something in the nature of a hurried visit, as he had only ■ been district engineer heie for about 11 months. However, during that time he had had an opportunity of seeing the province, though, there were some parts with which he would have liked to have made a closer acquaintance. Still, he had obtained much useful information regarding the wants and possibilities of Otago.

Monsignor O’Donnell was laid to rest in the Gore Cemetery yesterday fgays our Invercargill correspondent). At St. Mary’s Basilica. Invercargill, when pontifical requiem Mass was celebrated by Bishop Whyte,', of Dunedin, parishioners who came to pay their last tribute filled the church to overflowing, and at the service in the church at Gore there was again a large congregation,- The funeral processions at Invercargill and at ‘the burial service in Gore were made up of many hundreds of mourners. Priests from all parts of the diocese and from northern parishes also came to attend the obsequies. It was. a very long cortege that left the Gore church for the cemetery at 1.30 p.m. The service at the grave side was conducted by Bishop Whyte, the priests' chanting the benedictus.

Dr Glai'.vs Bremucr and Dr Walton Bremner (Dunedin), who are at the West Norfolk and Lynn Hospital, King’s Lynn, spent their summer holiday on a motor tour m Europe (says our London corre-

Bpondcnl, writing on November 3). They visited Holland, Belgium, Germanv, Switzerland., and France. Dr Walton Bremner is in charge of the King's Lynn' Hospital. Mr W.J. Jordan, the member for ManuJau, who has been visiting Canada as the New Zealand representative at the Empire Parliamentary Conference, arrived in Eng* land last week (says our London correspondent, writing on November 31, and was met at Southampton by Mrs Jordan, who came via South America a month ago. Shortly after his arrival Mr Jordan visited the Cenotaph and placed flowers thereon. . He has also visited the grave of Sir George Grey and the monument to the late R. J. Seddon in the crypt of St- Paul’s Cathedral. He ■is interesting himself in the marketing of New Zealand produce, and has agreed to address a meeting in furtherance of Empire marketing Mr Jordan states that he is appalled at the unemployment which exists here, and is of opinion that a closer union for marketing within the Empire would develop our dominions by British settlers. “ There are conditions here which we must strenuously keep from our Dominion,” said Mr Jordan, The sight of drawn faces illcad persons and apparently uncared-for children m the street make me realise the responsibility of giving to all an opportunity of earning a livelihood. -Mr Jordan was present at the British Empire League luncheon, presided over by Mr L S Amery (Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs j, and was seated between the chairman and the Home Secretary, Sir William Joynson Hicks. t