ABOUT PEOPLE

Southland Times, Issue 19099, 17 November 1923, Page 6

ABOUT PEOPLE

Dr E. Marsden, Assistant Director of Education, was in Invercargill yesterday, and leaves by the early express this morning for the north. A London cable records the death of the Duke of Cumberland at the age of 78 years. He was a cousin of Queen Victoria and a son of the King of Hanover. Mr G. R. Cooper, Chief Postmaster at Invercargill, left by the midday express yesterday for Wellington to attend the annual conference of the senior supervisors of the Department.

The by-election for the Mosgiel Mayoralty rendered necessary on account of the death of Mr J C. Browne (late Mayor), resulted in the return of the Deputy-Mayor (Mr J. P. Walls) with 407 votes. Mr Thomas Miller, who opposed him, polled 80 votes. Dr. T. McKibbin, Medical Officer of Health for Otago and Southland, who has been attending to departmental business in Invercargill during the past three days, returns to Dunedin by this morning’s express.

A New York cable states that the Keedick Bureau has announced that a series of six lectures will be delivered in America by Hon. W. M. Hughes (ex-Premier of Australia) earlj’ in 1924 upon Australian international and Labour problems

Mr S. J. Collett (acting-manager of the Government Tourist Office) arrived in Invercargill yesterday from the Milford Track, which he has been inspecting. He leaves by the early express this morning for the north.

Mr T. E. Fogarty, who has recently resigned the position of assistant Town Engineer at Invercargill to accept a similar one at Christchurch, leaves by the express this morning for Christchurch to take up his new duties.

Mr G. Wallace, of the Railway Engineer’s Office, Invercargill, has received notice of his transfer to the District Engineer’s Office at Wellington. He will be replaced by Mr B. Tangney, at present at Wellington, who was formerly stationed at Invercargill.

The Controller of Prisons and Undersecretary of the Justice Department (Mr C. E. Matthews), will leave Wellington for Australia to-day by the Ulimaroa, and will not return until after the Christmas holidays. He is going chiefly on a holiday, but will attend to various matters concerning the departments while in Australia. Mr T. Bailey has been appointed bandmaster of the Ist Battalion (Otago Regiment) Band out of a number of applicants from all over New Zealand. Mr Bailey was formerly with the Auckland Military Band, but has been connected with the Otago Battalion for the past five or six years. He is the youngest bandmaster in New Zealand.

A London cable reports that Lady Maud Macintosh, widow of Captain Macintosh and eldest daughter of the Duke of Devonshire yesterday married Mr Evan Baillie, son of Baroness Burton and a director of Bass's Brewery. The wedding is a sequel to a hunting field romance. The parties are joint masters of High Park Harriers. The wedding had been fixed for January, but last night it was suddenly announced that it would be celebrated at St. Martin’s in Fields, London, yesterday. The ceremony was of the simplest. The bride wore a travelling dress and there were no flowers, music or reception.

The funeral of the late Private Thos. Shepherd, 35th Reinforcements, N.Z.E.F., took place at Mataura on Wednesday afternoon (reports the Mataura Ensign). In addition to the large attendance of the Mataura public, upwards of 30 ex-Diggera under Lieutenant Sim, paraded, while six pall bearers and a firing party of eight, under Sergeant Henry, also participated in the service. The Mataura Town Band led the procession, the remains of the late soldier being carried to their last resting place on the gun carriage sent from Gore. Numerous floral tributes were laid on the grave.

At the beginning of the last meeting of the Wallace A. and P. Association Mr Teviotdale (president) referred to the death of Mr John Lindsay, who was one of the foundation members and an ex-president of the Association. Mr Teviotdale referred in feeling terms to Mr Lindsay’s faithful work as a director, and his practical support each year in promoting the success of the show. A motion of sympathy with the family and relatives of Mr Lindsay was passed in silence. A similar tribute was accorded to the memory of Mrs Collie, widow of the late James Collie,, a former member and the mother of Messrs F. J. and H. D. Collie, directors. Referring to the death of Mrs Collie, who passed peacefully away at her residence at Riverton recently, our Otautau correspondent writes: The late Mrs Collie was an old and respected resident of the Western District. Born in Middlesex, in 1850, she came to New Zealand in the ship William Davie, at 22 years of age. She landed in Dunedin in 1873, and it was there that she met, and later married, the late Mr James Collie. Removing to Southland, they spent a time at Bluff. Later they resided at Winton and were well-known throughout the Western District. For a time they were farming on the Waicola Estate, and afterwards at Bayswater, later retiring to Riverton. Four sons and one daughter are left to mourn their loss, viz., Messrs F. J. and H. D. Collie (Bayswater), Mr Sidney Oollie (Dipton), Mr W. Collie (Yellow Bluff, Otautau) and Mrs Frank Malcolm (Bayswater). The death occurred at the Gore Public Hospital on Thursday evening of a very old identity of the district in the person of John Cullen, at the age of 71 years. The deceased gentleman was a son of the late James Cullen, of the Taieri, and was born in that district. His father was one of the pioneers who settled in New Zealand, landing at Wellington in the year 1840. The late Mr John Cullen’s initial activities in the Gore district were those entailed by his avocation as a farmer. He and his brother William took up farms at Crookston when that settlement was first opened, and after labouring there for a considerable period, the deceased obtained an interest in the Homestead block at Morton Mains, in connection with Mr Edward Edie. This he later relinquished in favour of another holding in the same vicinity, and disposing of this property some two years ago he made his home at Gore. The deceased gentleman was one of a family of nine, all of whom survive him, viz., William (Crookston), James and Fred (Gore), Peter (Mataura) and Alex. (North Island) and Mrs W. Corkill (Stratford) and Mrs Edward Edie (Invercargill). He leaves a family of four daughters and two sons.—Ensign.