ABOUT PEOPLE

Southland Times, Issue 17496, 11 August 1915, Page 6

ABOUT PEOPLE

Surgeon-General Henderson, the new director of medical services in New Zealand, left Marseilles by the Arabaon on August 1, on his way to New Zealand. He should reach New Zealand early next month. Mr Charles Mason has been appointed Inspector of Weights and Measures for Southland, vice Mr W. Pryce transferred. Some 550 names are now included on the roll of honour of Wellington College, consisting of old boys who have joined the oxepditionary forces. Thirteen soldiers have been hilled, one is missing ,and twenty-five have beer, wounded. Major B. C. Freyberg has gained the D.5.0., Sapper J. F, H. Health e D.C.M.,—und Lieutenant J. L. H. Turner has been mentioned in dispatches. The Hon. J. A. Hanan, Minister of Education, finds that lie cannot, as originally intended, leave for Wellington today. He will receive a number of deputations to-day, and will leave for tlio north by the first express to-morrow morning. On his way through he will receive deputations regarding educational matters at. Gore, Dunedin, Timaru, Oamaru, and Christchurch. Mr Hanan has already found that the amount of busif ness that remains to ho transacted in connection with the Education Department is very large, and lie lias been kept very busy during his short stay in Invercargill. The death was announced yesterday of one of Invercargill’s most widely known and respected citizens, Mr Hugh Mair, who knew Invercargill in the daysof its early settlement and was one of its pioneer citizens. Deceased, who was 72 years of age. came to Invercargill as a young man in the sixties and eptered the contracting business with his brother, the late Mr Matthew t ; Mair. Many of the business blocks of the'; town were erected by the firm. Jlr,,, Mair served the town for some years;., as a member of the Invercargill Borough Council, and his service was consummated by a term as mayor in IS9SU He gave his valuable support to a number of public movements and always evinced a willingness to undertake any which had the betterment of tlie*jpeoplc for its object. Mr Mair's death will be widely regretted, and in their bereavement Mrs Mair. her three sons and daughter will have the sympathy, of a wide circle of friends in town and country. X The death of Mr Edwin Pollard, of Clifton, was announced on Monday. Deceased was 7.1 years of age and liaji been ui business us a storekeeper at Clifton for many years. Mr Pollard whs a native of Gloucestershire. England, and as a young man travelled for some,years as a valet with a Waterloo veteran, with whom he visited France and Belgium. •In 1574 lie arrived at Port Chalmers by the ship Haddon Hall, and came south in the steamer Wallaby, settling at Clifton, with which place he bad been prominently associated. Mr Pollard served for six years on the South Invercargill Borough Council. He was for twelve- years a member of the Bluff Harbour Board, of which lie was several times chairman. He was also a member of the Clifton Recreation Ground Committee, and bad a good deal to do with laying out the oval helow the terrace near the railway station. He founded the post office at Clifton, and was postmaster for about fifteen years. Mr Pollard had therefore tak/n his full share in public duty and in the discharge thereof lie always evinced a. genial nature. The Christchurch correspondent of the Southland Times telegraphs:—A- ceremony interesting to very many New Zealanders took place at St. Mary's, Manchester street, on Sunday, when the little grandson of Sir Joseph Ward, son of Mr and Mrs Bernard Wood, was baptised. Only immediate relatives and friends wore present. “Bernard Joseph Wood" were the names given to the infant by the Rev. Father Hickson. The baby was dressed in a christening robe belonging to his father’s family, with silk bows and a beautiful Limerick silk lace veil. Mrs Oeo. Harper and Mr Cyril Ward were sponsors. Afterwards there was a reception, the christening cake being Mrs Woods's (nec Miss Eileen Ward) wedding cake. Quite a number of Ministers were passengers by the Maori from Lyttelton for W'ellington last night. The Maori’s company included the Rt: Hon. ,Sir J. G. Ward, the Hon. G. W. Russell, and the Hon. Dr McNab.