PERSONAL.

Otago Witness, Issue 3832, 23 August 1927, Page 31

PERSONAL.

Ministerial. Mr A. D. M’Leod (Minister of Lands) icsumed his place in the House of Representatives on Friday, having recovered & fe troUblC flOm Wl ‘ ith hC Affair E? lla -’ d (Minister of Internal bronchinl su,terin .g from an attack of to attend r ; ne,, , moll ' a . and will be unable to attend to his Ministerial duties or to Hv ° m Seat "] ‘) he Ho " se of Deprescntatites for several days.

ter M T r „ J " StiCC >F i,n ,eft -'eMerda.v morning for fnvereargill to presule at the sittings of the Supreme Court. Mr J. W. Smith, of Invercargill, j s re . turning from a tour of Great Britain and the Continent by the Tainui. Df I . A. Ireahy, after spending two years in England, returned to Dunedin on !• riday. Mr T. K. Sidey has been granted seven days leave ot absence from the House of Representatives on account of illness .Miss N. P. Arnold has resigned from the position of matron of the Palmerston Hospital. t..?i IrS Tr T ; ? lol TT U “. 1 ’ of Otago Ccntial Hotel. Hyde 1 ownship, has been DuS'i'S “ “" V a ” ys " i,h t Vr* Br, > oc ’ of London, and Mr \r . of Melbourne, principals of Messrs Briscoe and Co., arc paving a visit to Dunedin. Mr H. E Holland (Leader of the Opposition) is suffering much pain as the result of a recent injury to his already lame leg. It is stated (telegraphs our parlia™ntap’ that he will g o into hospital to-day and he may eventually have to undergo an operation. Professor Kirk, of Victoria College, has been elected to fill the casual vacancy on the Academic Board of the University of New Zealand caused by the resignation of Professor M all. Mr T. Anderson, Mayor of Port Chalmers, who has been on an extended visit , , the North Island, Sydney, Melbourne. Adelaide, Fremantle, and Perth, has returned. A cablegram from London states that among the successful candidates at the May examination of the Institute of Actuaries were Messrs B. Bowden and Lockett, of Wellington. Joan Hogg, who has served under Tannock at the Dunedin Botanic Gardens for four years, has left to continue her studies at the Horticultural College at Philadelphia. Mr Eric Macpherson, a pupil of the Otago School of Mines, has been appointed an oil-geologist on the staff of the AngloPersian Oil Company, Ltd., and will leave New Zealand at an early date>. Professor Bowyes, of the Home Science Department of the Otago University, left Dunedin by the express on Saturday on her way to America, where she will study for a year.

A cablegram from London states that Mr Frank Lloyd (chairman of Lloyd’s, Limited, papermakers), left an estate valued at £679,923. He bequeathed £35500 to newspaper journalists’ institutions. A Sydney cablegram states that a wireless message from Vila announces the death of Mr C. B. Smith-Rewse. the British Resident Commissioner of the New Hebrides.

Dr E. V. Wilcox, of the staff of the Country Gentleman, United States, has arrived in Auckland. He intends to study agricultural and other industries in New Zealand for the purpose of writing a series c f articles for his paper. Mr G. W. Reid has been adviced of his election to the council of th« New

Zealand Society of Accountants bv the members oi the Otago district, to fill th.-j xacancy caused by the retirement of Mr J. G. Patterson. .Mr C. M. Squarey, of the Cunard Shippnig Company is at present in Dunedin, iv .7 C ’ . J'PPR’IL sister of Sir Joseph " a i-/- " as ta ken ill on Thursday, and her condition is giving grave anxiety to her friends (says the Southland Times) it T- UO r’E l ? n , cable message states that Dr< t 7‘ ti’ Auckland, is detained at the Charing Cross Hospital as the result of a taxi-cab accident. The driver attempted to avoid a pedestrian and crashed into a refuge in the Havmarket, wrecking the cab. The driver 'and the pedestrian are also in hospital. After serving us manager of the Christchurch branch of the Commercial Bank of Australia for 14 years, Mr F. Marrie has received notice of bis promotion to the position of inspector at the head office in Melbourne. Mr Marrie will be succeeded by Mr R. H. C’amm. manager of the Invercargill branch.

Mr C»eorge 1 liomson, mining engineer, formerly of the Otago School of Mines and son of the late Mr Thomson, of Oamaru, is on his way to England from Japan, on a business trip (says our London correspondent, writing on August. 12. For some years | le ] ias cngagec i with th(J loyo Mmes. Mrs Thomson is en route to Oamaru to join her family in the meantime.

the deepc-t regret the employees of llallenstein Bros, assembled on Saturday o bid farewell to Mr de Beer, for 25 wars their hignly respected manager. After 40 years of service for the firm, Mr de Beer through failing hen],],. llas ha() fo rc ) Imquish his duties and was presented with a gold watch suitably inscribed, as a token of the respect and e.-tcem in which he was held.

Alexander Simpson, manager of t.ic Wellington branch of the National Insurance Company of New Zealand, will retire fiom the comjiaiiy s service on September CO next. He has been granted six month* leave of absence and will retire on superannuation. Mr Simplon joined the company in 1896 as chief clerk at Wellington. He will be succeeded by Mr V. M. Edgar, manager of the company’s Invercargill branch.

Dr 11. I.’. I’ickcrill who is about to take up his residence in Sydney, left Dunedin by the steamer Manuka for Melbourne. Mr W. M’Nair Miller, who for many years has been on the office staff of the local branch of the Department of Agriculture, has received notice of his transfer to Masterton. He will leave shortly to take up his duties in the Wairarapa ’ Mrs Miller and family will not leave Dunedin before November.

At Wednesday’s meeting of the Ota<>o Education Board the chairman, Mr J. V allace, mentioned that Mr James Mitchell, a member of the board, had just turned his four-score years, and he thought they should wish him many happy returns ot the day. A member of the board jocularly remarked that Mr Mitchell was only a boy yet. Mr Mitchell briefly acknowledged what had been said concerning himself.

Nir W. A. Curzon-Siggers, M.A. (Otago) and LL.M. (Cambridge), has accepted an appointment as resident tutor at Selwyn Theological College, Dunedin (writes our London correspondent), and is returning to New Zealand in September. Mr CurzonSiggers has recently been practising at the Chancery Bar in London, but has been offered this post by the Bishop of Dunedin with a view to taking orders in the Anglican Church and working in the Dunedin diocese.

Recent callers at the High Commisioncr s Office (states our London correspondent, writing’ on July 15) include: Mr and Mrs S. F. Smithson, Mr and Mrs Walter Fossey, Mr and Mrs Herbert Hall (I’imaiu), Miss J. A. Hayward (Oamaru), Mr and Mrs E. T. Smith, Mr and Mrs A. MTvor, Dr Until Barclay, Dr E. S. Fossey, Miss Mabel Dodd, Mr James Wilson (Dunedin), Mr James Lobb (Lawrence), Mr J. Cahill, and Mr T. J. Boice (Invercargill). Before the business at the annual meeting of the Royal New Zealand Society for the Health of Women and Children was with on Wednesday the Mayor (Mr IV. B. Taverner) made feeling reference to the deaths of Lady King and Mrs Theomin, two of the best friends the society had ever had, and who had passed away since the last annual meeting. _ As a mark of condolence with the relatives of the deceased those present stood in silence for a few moments. Mr L. J. B. Grant, of the Lands and Survey Department, who has been in the Lumsden district for about three months establishing headquarters in that centre, has received notice of a transfer to the Taranaki district. Prior to coming to Southland Mr Grant was stationed in the North Island as supervisor of discharged soldier settlers land district and later fields instructor iu North Auckland. During his stay in Lumsden he has proved to be a popular official and his departure is keenly regretted. Mr James Lobb (Lawrence) has booked his return passage by the Ofonsay, to sail on October 15 (says our London correspondent, writing on August 12), so that New Zealand should be reached early in December. Mr I/jbb has been travelling in Ireland and Scotland, and now he has returned to Cornwall. He is in excellent and B rcat >y enjoys his tours. Mr Lobb had a pleasant visit a few days ago to Battle, and he spent an interesting day at Tunbridge Wells with Mr Beale, father of the New Zealand Trade Commissioner. Dr Charles Chilton, rector of Canterbury University College, and professor of biology, who has resigned from the college, wiTl take up his residence in Nelson early in the new year. The Cawthron Institute Trust, and Board has unanimously accepted Dr Chilton’s request to be allowed to work in the institute as an honorary research student, with the object of making a special study of the Crustacea brought back from the Antarctic by the Scott, Shackleton, and Maivson expeditions. The materia] has been forwarded to Dr Chilton by the authorities of the British Museum.

Mr Kennedy Black, L.A.8.. L.T.C.L., has received official word from the Dominion secretary of the Associated Board of the Royal Academy and Royal College of Music, London, that in his Licentiate Diploma Examination he obtained the highest marks of all the candidates tn New Zealand. Mr Black, who received his first training in Dunedin, has been in Alexandra during the last three years, where he has exercised a marked influence in the development of both instrumental and vocal music in the district. On his arrival in Alexandra matters musically were at a very low ebb. but the latent talent was there to be developed, ami it is to Mr

Black s credit, mat the merit of any concert by local performers, conducted under his auspices, is now such as to bring an audi-t ence from all parts of the district. Dr C. D. Marshall Day, a graduate of Otago University, has arrived in England trom the United States (reports our London correspondent). He left New Zealand nearly a year ago. and has since been studying at Harvard University. He has completed the academic year of that university, and he has been successful iu obtaining the Harvard degree of doctor ot aental medicine—he believes that he is the first New Zealand graduate to gain p % dl f i *' inc )(i° n :. Hr Day saw something ot Scotland berore coming south to London. At an early date he expects to le.ne for the Dominion, via Suez and Australia following a short trip to the Continent.

Our London correspondent, writin-"- on 12 ’ S ” y=: , I?r ES ’ m n Xp °. ct ? tc ! bo re s>dent n, England oi bcotlana for the next two or three vears and ne hopes to visit France and Switzerland as well. He has come to obtain further post-graduate hospital experience in the larger public hospitals of England, iiith particular reference to surgery, hoping to Shin his F.R.C.S. degree at Edinhtirgu. Dr hq-.-ey will be at Edinburgh for the annual meeting of the Biitish Medical Association. lie will, of course, take opportunities of seeing all he can of the Mother Country.

Mr \\ . R. Maters, who left Dunedin a few I'lonths ago to take over the Criterion Hotel, at Alexandra, was on the occasion of his recent visit to Dunedin met by a number of his friends at the Commercial Travellers’ Club and presented with a travelling rug and silver cigarette case. Mr J. T. Glllan (president of the chib), in making the presentation, referred to Mr Waters’s many good qualities, and wished him on behalf of his friends the bc.-t luck in his new position as “Mine host.” Several other members also spoke, and Mr Waters suitably responded, thanking them for their presents and the kind wishes extended to himself and family.

Many people have seen a i-ity grow from settlement to a village and town, but it i.s only given to few to live through the development of a colony (says the Evening Post). Such a favoured one is Mrs Cornford, of Karori, aged 96. the oldest surviving member of the Wellington Early Settlers’ Association, who came to New Zealand in the shin Gertrude in 1841, and so has lived under all the Governors of this Dominion. Nirs Cornford lives with her daughter. Nirs Eagle, whose roof shelters four of the five generations of the Cornford family, and is in the best of health. Her age in no way hampers her movements, and it was only last April that she gave tip walking into the city, a feat which should bring an uncomfortable blush to the face of younger generations. In the early days of her married life Mrs Cornford often walked over the Makara hills with a baby and a box of butter on her back, and returned with a sack of flour and the baby. Except for four years at Johnsonville and a six weeks’ trip up country. Mrs Cornford has lived all her life at Makara and Karori. Although she cannot read or write, she sews kettle-holders and useful dust caps, and does them all without the aid of glasses. One of the caps was accepted by so distinguished a person as Lord Jellicoe’s sister. Nirs Cornford was married in 1854. but her husband died some 14 years ago. Eight of their nine children survive, their names being Nirs EaMe Mrs R. Creag. Nirs J. Creag. Mrs t< Hunt, and Messrs Charlie, W., G.. and H. Cornford.

Our London correspondent, writing on July 4. says that the Rev. W. Grav Dixon and Mrs Dixon travelled to England by way of Australia and South Africa. They have booked return passages by the Rcmiiera, to leave Southampton on September 30. But in the meanwhile many engagements will be kept, and much travel wHI be accomplished. At St. Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh, the Rev. AV. Gray Dixon will officially attend the service in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the holding of the First Council of the General Presbyterian Alliance. This will be followed by a reception given by the lord provost, m.-.gistrates, and council of the City of Edinburgh. A few days will be spent in Edinburgh with Mrs Cargill G. Knott (widow of Professor Knott and sistcr-of Nirs Gray Dixon). Next they will be the guests, at Kintail Manse, Ross-shirc, of the Rev. Dunean Maclennan, formerly of Waipu, Dunedin, and Edendale. At the beginning of August the travellers will leave for Lausanne, where Mr Gray Dixon will be a delegate from the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand to the great World Conference on Faith and Order. In this conference practically every communion in Christendom will take part—with the exception of the Roman Catholic Church: this denomination will, however, be a deeply interested onlooker. The meetings will be held for three weeks in Lausanne Cathedral, and in other churches of the Swiss city on the shores of the Lake of Geneva. For a week from September 5 Nir and Mrs Gray Dixon will be in Budapest, where there is to be a Conference of Reformed (or Presbyterian) Churches of the European Continent: in this Mr Gray Dixon will take part. Then, before returning to England, a visit will bo paid to Debreczen, “the ' Calvinistic Rome.”