ABOUT PEOPLE.

Southland Times, Issue 19236, 28 May 1921, Page 4

ABOUT PEOPLE.

Dr and Mrs Anderson, of are staying at the Grand Hotel. Mr A. W. Morgan, District Railway Traffic Manager, has resumed duty after a holiday in the north. Judge Gilfeddcr will be in Invercargill next week to preside at the sittings of the Native Land Court. Professor Elder, recently appointed to the chair of history at Otago University, will lecture on Wednesday evening under W.E.A. auspices. The Professor will take “The Renaissance” as his subject. A London Press Association cable states: 1 Sir Edward Grigg has succeeded Sir Philip , Kerr as one of the Premier's private secretaries. He will be engaged in work relating to the dominions. A London Press Association cable states: Miss Clive Catherine Clgpham, of Middle Temple, has achieved the distinction of being the first woman to pass the final bar examination. A Press Association cable from L ndon announces the death of Admiral Sir James Brice, aged 75 years, and of Admiral Sir A. Knyvet Wilson, who was first Sea Lord from i 909 to 1912. The New Zealand Referees’ Association elected the following officers: —President, Mr D. McKenzie; hon. secretary’, Mr L. Sievers; executive, Messrs A. Fletcher, J. Frances, J. Moffitt, H. S. A. C. Kitto, R. T. Bailey.—Press Association. Lieut. E. L. G. Brown, N.Z.S.C., from Invercargill, visited Gore yesterday. He will take up permanent residence there at the end of the month. Lieut. Brown has been appointed an officer at Gore in place of Mr C. W. Rabone, recently resigned. The coldest trader on Niue Island, Mr R. H. Head, died there last month, after having resided on the island for over 50 years. Mr Head was trusted by Europeans and Natives alike, being regarded as a man whose word was his bend. There were great lamentations among the Native population. Mr A. Glass, who has been appointed to represent the Borough Council on the Southland Technical College Board, was welcomed by the chairman of the Board, Mr W. R. Riddell, who stated that he had known the Council’s representative for many years and felt sure that he would become a valuable member of the Board. The cable message which was received at the time of the ministerial changes at Home in the beginning of April contained the statement that Mr Lloyd George was to fill the office of Director of the Overseas Trade Department. The statement was accepted with reserve, and it suggested that the name must have been muti-

lated in transmission. Actually, as we learn from the Home papers, the office in question has been filled by the appointment of Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame. It is reported that Mr James Findlay, the New Zealand representative of the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company, will shortly return to England. Mr Findlay came out to take charge of the head office of the company just before the outbreak of the war, during which he occupied the position of chairman of the New Zealand Overseas Shipowners’ Committee, and for his services in this position received the 0.8. E. It is understood that Mr E. V. Bevan, assistant manager of the company, will succeed Mr Findlay, and that Mr Guy Turner, of Levin and Company, will be the new assistant manager.

An old resident of Auckland, who will also be remembered in Dunedin, Mrs Sarah Jane Biss, widow of Mr S. B. Biss, formerly chief postmaster at Auckland, died at her residence, Westbourne road, Remufera, on Saturday, at the age of 76 years. She was a daughter of Mr Alfred Jones, a merchant in Auckland in the early days, and was carried a baby in arms from the sack of Kororareka by Hone Heke on March 10, 1845. Six years after her marriage in Dunedin in 1864, she went to Auckland, where her husband was chief postmaster until his death in 1902. Mrs Biss was greatly interested in literature, and for many years contributed to the New Zealand Herald and Otago Witness under the nom de plume of “Joyce Jocelyn.” Her work is represented in some anthologies of New Zealand verse. She was also on the Literary Committee of the Victoria League. She leaves three sons in Auckland—Mr N. L. H. Biss (solicitor), Mr R. S. H. Blsa (accountant), and Mr A. H. Biss (architect) —two sons having died some years ago. Her four daughters are: Mrs E. Morton (Auckland), Mrs W. Murray (Christchurch), Mrs S. Worsp (Whangarei), and Miss Biss (Auckland).