PERSONAL ITEMS.

Otago Witness, Issue 3525, 4 October 1921, Page 51

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr G. M’Ghie, superintendent of mails, I was entertained on, the night of the 24that a social evening at the residence of Mr J. I M’Neill. by the staff of the postal messen- I gers, Air J. T. Carr presiding, Piper Don- t aid Morrison playing the guest of the even- c ing to the social room. On behalf of the 1 messengers’ staff, Mr Carr presented Mr t M’Ghie with a handsome Mosgiel rug. Mr 1 M‘Ghio replied, and supper was served by £ the host and hostess. i The following appointments have been t made by the Otago Education Board:-—Mr Edward Davis, sole teacher, Purakanui; Miss G. I. Hall, assistant, Otepopo. The _ Right Rev 7. Dr Whyte, Roman Catholic Bishop of Dunedin, left on the 26fch for Wellington, to join the Ulimaroa, en route to Sydney. His Lordship will spend the month of October in Australia, and hopes to return to the dominion in , company with the Most Rev. Archbishop Cattaneo, Apostolic Delegate, in the first week in November. A Christchurch Press Association telegram announces the death of Thomas C. Norris, for over a quarter of a century I secretary of the North Canterbury Flos- i pital Board. His three surviving sons are: . Mr E. T. Norris, Registrar of the New ] Zealand University, Wellington; Mr J. B. Norris, secretary of the New Zealand Trotting Association ; and the Rev. A. H. ■ Norris, vicar of Temuka and Winchester. The Hon. G. J. Anderson was present in the House on Tuesday afternoon (wires our Wellington correspondent), and took part in the proceedings. Though not yet quite recovered from the operations that he has had to undergo, Mr Anderson was looking very well. The death is announced of Dr Alfred Temple Perkins, one of the best known medical practitioners in Wellington. Deceased, who was 63 years of age, was born at- Stoke Newington, London, and graduated M.R.C S. at Guy’s Hospital, later taking his L.R.C.P., Edinburgh. lie came out to New Zealand in 1886, and settled at Patea, where he practised for nine years. After a tvrip to England he settled in Wellington South, where ho engaged :.n practice up to the time of h:s death. He I was for some time a member of the honorary staff of Wellington Hospital, and throughout his professional career was a member of the British Medical Association. He had a serious illness a year ago, blood poisoning setting in. This, to a certain extent. was responsible for his death, which resulted from an attack of pneumonia. As announced by cable. Lord Northcliffe has appointed Mr Franklin Peterson to a position on the staff of The Times. Mr Peterson has been a member of the Melbourne Argus literary staff since 1919, and for several years has been a contributor to its columns. He is a son of the late Professor Franklin Peterson, and a nephew of the late Sir William Peterson, who was a close personal friend of Lord Northcliffe. Educated at Melbourne Grammar School, he afterwards studied for the Bar, and in 1913 was appointed associate to Mr Justice Higgins. He also served in a similar capacity to the late Sir Edmund Barton. During the war Mr Peterson obtained a commission with the Australian Expeditionary Force in German New Guinea, and was appointed A.D.C. to the Administrator of the captured colonies (Brigadier-general Johnston). He will join The Times delegation to the Disarmament Conference at Washington earlv in November. The Rev. R. Th M. Sutherland has ceived word that his son Robert, a New Zealand Government scholarship holder, has obtained his B.So. degree at London University. He is at present continuing his studies in electrical engineering at Grenobel, in the South of France. Mr E. A. Atkinson, Government valuer of North Otago and Central Otago, retired on Friday after 35 years’ public service. A London Press Association message announces the death of Mr William Howard Smith, formerly of Melbourne. The deceased was one of the family of wellknown shipowners and colliery proprietors in Australia. The firm is known as Howard Smith (Ltd.). A London Press Association cable message says that Sir John Baddeley has been elected Lord Mayor of London. The appointment of Mr C. H. Broad to the position of principal of Nelson College will be received (says a special message from Nelson to the Times) with satisfaction by old boys of Nelson College, from one end of New Zealand to the other. Mr [ Broad has been closely identified with the life and spirit of Nelson College for 32 years; first as a pupil and afterwards as a 1 master. He was a pupil from 1884 to 1892, i in which year he was made a junior master. ’ lie continued on the staff until 1897< when he left and joined the staff of the Otago Boys’ High School. Dunedin, and remained there until 1902, when ho rejoined the staff l of Nelson College, and has been connected ; with the college ever since. J A glowing tribute is paid to Miss Cecil t Hall, who is at present judging dancing at i the Dunedin Competitions, by the Auckland correspondent of the New Zealand Free j Lance. Miss Hall, who is a granddaughter j of Mrs Edwards, widow of Archdeacon Kd- , wards, had recently judged the dancing secj. tion of the Wellington Competitions, and ] this correspondent refers to her as a brilliant classical teacher. Her recitals are ; said to be far beyond the amateur standard. 1 A cable message from Sydney intimates r that Lord Northcliffe has sailed for China, r Mr D. Gardyne (chairman) and Mr L. W. - Potter (clerk) of the Bruce County Council. y Ur W. Blackio (chairman) and Mr J. Logan (clerk) of the Taieii County Council, and Councillor Maginness, of the Clutha County Council, who were delegates to the Counties’ Association Conference, returned from the north by the first express on Saturday aftc-r----3 Mr Barber, manager of the Commercial ! Bank of Australia at Ulvorstone, Tasmania, I- has been appointed manager of the bank's ,f n ew brunch, to be opened shortly in Napier, n i ) U v obituary columns this week record 75 the death of Captain Samuel Hatfield, forme erly of Dunedin. Born in Kent, and ©dull cated at Bluec-oat School in London, CapI- tain Hatfield served as a midshipman aboard >- a tea clipper trading to China, arrived in New Zealand about 1862, and was one of the first men in the Gabriel Gully gold rush. He was for many years engaged in a trading to tire Chatham Islands, and on one v occasion he narrowly escaped capture by the *8 Maori chief, Te Kooti. at the Chathams. rf After retiring from the sea he went to i, Ohakune, being one of the first settlers i, there, and continued farming right up to if the time of his death. Fie is survived by le two sons, three daughters, and 19 grand- > children.

A Wellington Press Association message announces the death of Mr John Smith, formerly a prominent member of all local bodies, and also the order of Oddfellows. He was 81 years of age. Advice has just been received that Mr Eric R. Arthur, of this city, who for the past three years has been studying architecture at the Liverpool University, has obtained the degree of B.Arch., with honours in architectural design. In addition, he has been awarded the Holt Travelling Scholarship. He is now visiting Paris and Versailles for the purpose of taking measured drawings of the historic buildings there.