PERSONAL ITEMS.

Otago Witness, Issue 3196, 16 June 1915, Page 67

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dr L. A. Line, late of Oamaru, has been appointed an honorary physician to the Wellington Hospital. 1 he uamaru .Presbytery on the Bth unanimously sustained the call of St. Paul’s Church to the Rev. S. F. Hunter, M.A., 8.D., of St. Stephen’s Church, Ipswich, Quenesland (says our Oamaru correspondent), and resolved to cable the result to the Queensland Presbytery. Mr Hunter is accredited as a scholar and a man of fine appearance, with a good voice and fluency of speech.

The Rev. Father Coffey, administrator of St. Joseph’s Cathedral, Dunedin, who is this month celebrating the silver jubilee of his ordination to the priesthood, was presented last evening at the bishop’s palace with a substantial cheque by his follow priests of the diocese of Dunedin in recognition of his valuable services to the Church in New Zealand. The officers of H.M.S. Now' Zealand have not forgotten that Sir P. Dillon Doll was in charge of their tour round New Zealand (says a Press Association message from Wellington), and have sent him hearty congratulations on the honour conferred on him.

Mr Isaac Hopkins, who was described as “ the father of bee-keeping in Now Zealand,” was presented with a mark of esteem by the members of the National Beekeepers’ Association on Friday afternoon (says the Wellington Post). The Government biologist (Mr T. \\. K : rk) said_ that to Mr Hopkins they ow'od the initiation of the Now Zealand Apiaries Act. He had letters from Australia, England, America, and Germany, testifying to the fact that the Act was the best apiaries legislation ever passed. The Rev. C. A. Fraer, of Canterbury (son of Mr M. Fraer, Dunedin), who went to Egypt for the benefit of his health, has not recovered condition as rapidly as was hoped (says the Christchurch Press). Ho is now in Malta. Mr M. J. Mack, general secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, has been granted six months’ leave of absence, and will leave shortly for Sydney tc undergo a course of treatment for an internal trouble (says the Wellington Post). During his absence the duties of the office w'ill bo carried out by Mr R. Ryan, a trustee of the society. The death is announced at London, on April 22, of Mr Peter M‘Laron, who during the dredging boom was for many years a well known figure in the Otago Central district (says the Cromwell Argus). Later ho accepted an appointment in the dredging fields of West Africa, and had boon engaged there for some considerable time. His bereaved wife and family of three girls reside in Cromwell.

Mr Thomas Joseph Ryan, the new Premier of Queensland, was born at Port Fairy, Victoria, in 1876. Ho was educated at the Jesuit Col’.nge, Kevv, and South Melbourne College, at each of which he held a scholarship. He graduated Bachelor of Arts at Melbourne University, with honours in classics. After leaving college ho was appointed assistant classical master at the Melbourne High School, and subsequently became resident classical master of the Church of England Grammar School, Launceston. Later he went to the Maryborough Grammar School (Queensland) as classical master. While in Melbourne Mr Ryan studied law, graduating as Bachelor of Laws in 1901. Ho was admitted to the Queensland Bar, and entered politics for Barcoo in 1909. when ho defeated Mr George Kerr, formerly Minister of Railways. At the election held on May 22 Mr Ryan scored an easy win. polling 1425 votes, against 561 cast for his Liberal opponent. Air Lyndon Bastings, 8.A., of Victoria University College, and a son of Mr H. F. Bastings, of Dunedin, has been appointed to the staff of the Wanganui Technical College as science master. At the meeting of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board on tho 10th inst. Miss Ethel M. Tubman was appointed nurse for tho tuberculosis department at the Hospital out of about 12 applicants. The deaths are reported of two ■wellknown and respected residents of Takaka district (says the Nelson Mail), in the persons of Air P. Hunter, of Long Plain, who arrived in Nelson in the ship Thomas Harrison in 1842; and of Mr R. Sopor, of Puramahoi, who was accidentally drowned in a crook on his property on Wednesday week. It is surmised that deceased was overcome by a stroke, and fell into the creek. Fie arrived in New Zealand in 1852. A cable message announces that tho Revs. G. L. and A. Lawrence have arrived at Sydney, en route for New Zealand. A Press Association message from Hastings record's the death of Air James Nelson Williams, of Frimley. Deceased, who was 77 years of age, arrived in Hawke’s Bay in the early fifties, and was a pioneer sheep farmer both in the Hastings district and on the East Coast, and also promoted the fruit growing industry. He was well known for his public spirit and philanthropy. Mr John Campbell, of Green Island, who died on May 23, in his seventy-sixth year,was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and apprenticed to the drapery trade. In 1860 he came to Alclbourne in the ship Lightning. A year later he arrived at Port Chalmers ,and after three months with Mr John Mollison in Dunedin ho commenced business as a general storekeeper in Green Island. For 54 years he remained steadily at work in the same district. He was postmaster for tho. district, and after nearly 50 years of faithful service he gave up his duties, tho Government granting him a bonus in recognition of his work. Air Campbell’s largeness of heart and generous sympathy gave him an influence for good which was felt throughout the district. His reputation as a lav prescribor of homoeopathic medicines extended far and near, and his services were always freely given to all. His mental vigour was remarkable, and after Ins day’s work he was in the habit of devoting hours of study to Scriptural subjects, being especially interested in the Christadelphian doctrines. When over 50 years of age he took up tho study of Hebrew, and was thus enabled to read the Old Testament in tho original. Air Campbell was married in 1863 to a daughter of Richard Runciman, an early and respected colonist. His widow and a grown-up family of two sons and three daughters remain to mourn their loss.

Before leaving 1 Miller’s Flat fox Balclutha, Mr A. Gordon, who has been apno : r>ted engineer at the freezing works, was, together with his family (says the Free Press), entertained at a social and presented with a purse of sovereigns from the congregation of the Anglican Church, a gold pendant from the Sunday school children, and a purse of sovereigns from the employees of tho Golden Run dredge. Eulogistic refer-

enco was mado to Mr Gordon's services secretary ana lay reav..oi ... -nuiea, aud to tire active part lie had taken in everything pertaining to the welfare of Miller’s Flat. A Christchurch telegram announces tho death of Mr Frank Graham, aged So years, a well-known Canterbury resident. He was an cx-prcsidcnt of Canterbury Chamber of Commerce, and was manager in Canterbury for the Commercial Assurance Company. -v Times and Sydney Sun message states that Dr J. 11. A Into, son of Professor D. K. White, of Dunedin, has been made a Follow of the Royal College of Surgeons. On Sunday evening, at St. Dominic’ 3 Priory Sister Mary Agatha Lynch passed away after a short attack of pneumonia and pleurisy. The deceased sister, who was a sister of tho Very Rev. T. M. Lynch, C.S.S.R., was In the forty-second year of her ago and the tenth of her religious profession. Before the Anglican Synod concluded its business on Friday night tho Primate mado a statement as to the appointment of archdeacons. Bishop Nevill said that ho had at first intended to say nothing about tho matter until the vacancy at St. John’s, Invercargill, was fdlcd, but there was another vacancy in the city, and the synod would bo interested in learning that ho was prepared to appoint to that vacancy tho Rev. W. A. R. Fitehett, who would becomo Archdeacon of Dunedin,. Tho Primato added: “I desire to say that in making that appointment I wish to not only recognise tlia important work done by Mr Fitehett and his personal deserts, but I also wish to acknowledge the assistance—the very loyal assistance—l have received for so many years from his father, tho very reverend tho Dean, and on those two grounds I hope that you will all accept the appointment as one that is well deserved, and is, I bclive, ;n tho best interests of the Church.” ’ilia announcement was received with applause. The Rev. Mr Fitehett is the first of our young men in this diocese to receive the coveted position. He received the first portion of his education at the Boys’ High School and at Selwyn College, Dunedin, Ho studied and received his degree of M.A. at Selwyn College, Cambridge University. Before returning to Dunedin no had experience in Ungland as curate and also in tho Wellington Diocese, For 12 years he was vicar of tho Dunstan parish, and at present 'he is in charge of St. John’s, Roslyn. Ha received a commercial training in Dunedin, He was formerly a member of the Alhambra Football Club. Constable Parkhill, of the Central Police Force at Dunedin, has received notice of transfer and promotion to Port Chalmei®, in success to Constable M'Entoe, transferred to North-East Valley. Mr and Mrs Joseph Crane and family, who, after a residence of many years, ore leaving tho Momona district tc settle at Wartahuna, were tendered a farewell social in the Momona Hall on Friday evening. Mr J. T. Gibson occupied the chair, and the largo assembly was on eloquent testimony of the esteem in which the departing guests are held by tho residents of the district. Visitors were present from Henley, Otokia, and surrounding districts, and some oven journeyed all the way from Dunedin tjj bo present. In the course of the evening Mr Gibson, on behalf of tho residents 01 tho Taicri, presented to Mr and Mrs Crane a very handsome clock. To the boys of the family he presented a handsome barometer, and to tho girl members a very pretty silver teapot. Several gentlemen spoke of Mr and Mrs Crane’s many fine qualities. A very enjoyable concert programme was gone through. Mr and Mrs Crane’s cheerful and kindly presence will bo missed by a very large circle of friends and acquaintances.