ABOUT PEOPLE

Southland Times, Issue 21560, 25 November 1931, Page 6

ABOUT PEOPLE

Mr S. J. Officer, of Gore, is at present a visitor to Dunedin.

Mr A. S. Holms, of Waimahaka, is at present on a visit to Dunedin.

The Rev. Canon J. A. Lush travelled to Dunedin by yesterday morning’s express. 'Mr D. J. Millar left Invercargill for Wellington by yesterday morning’s express.

It was decided at last night’s meeting of the City Council to send a letter to Councillor Sheehan expressing sympathy with him in his illness and wishes for a speedy recovery. A Press Association message from London announces the death of Mrs James Duncan Young, formerly Leonora Braham, aged 78. She was the original Yum Yum in “The Mikado.” She toured Australia and later England with Lily Langtry. Mr John Matheson, chairman of the Southland Hospital Board and also of the Waipiata Sanatorium Committee, Mr T. Pryde, secretary of the Southland Hospital Board, and Mr Thomas Johnstone, chairman of the Wallace Hospital Board, travelled to Dunedin by yesterday morning's express. The death occurred in Christchurch on Saturday of Sister Miriam (Miss Miriam Fawcett Dodds) of Port Chalmers, at the age of 60 years. Sister Miriam was born at. Kelso, Scotland, and she came to Port Chalmers with her parents at an early age. She was educated at the Port Chalmers School and, in her later life, she took an active interest in the social work of the Presbyterian Church. In this work, she was stationed in various parts of the South Island. She went from Port Chalmers to Akaroa, and later lived in Ashburton for some time. She then went to Christchurch, where she became a deaconess in St. Andrew’s Church, a position which she occupied for a long period. She held a similar position in Knox Church, Dunedin, for about a year, and then returned to Christchurch to live with her mother. While in Dunedin, Sister Miriam’s work was mainly concerned with child welfare. During the past few years, she has suffered considerable ill health. She is survived by three brothers —Messrs J. S. Dodds (Christchurch), G. S. Dodds (Nelson) and N. Dodds (Port Chalmers).