ABOUT PEOPLE

Southland Times, Issue 21831, 7 October 1932, Page 6

ABOUT PEOPLE

Mr A. J. Kerse, manager of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., Gore, is at present on annual leave.

The death is announced of Mr Alexander Wilson, a former Auckland and New Zealand Rugby representative, aged 65, states an Auckland Press Association message.

The Rev. C. D. Gardiner left Gore yesterday morning to attend the jubilee conference of the Baptist Union of New Zealand, which opens at Christchurch on Saturday.

Madame Galli-Curci and her husband, Mr Homer Samuels, accompanied by Mr Raymond Williams and Mr Maurice Ralph, leave for Dunedin by car at 10 o’clock this morning.

The retirement on superannuation of the chief clerk in the railway engineer’s office, Wellington, Mr W. A. Lancaster, after completing 35 years’ service, is to take place next week. Mr Lancaster joined the service at Christchurch, and has been stationed in most parts of the Dominion.

Charles August Tomlinson died here yesterday aged 70, states a Hamilton Press Association message. He was born at Bishopdale, Nelson, and was for many years a reporter and photographer on the Canterbury. Times, later serving with the Christchurch Press. In his earlier years he was a good athlete and sportsman and explored New Zealand extensively.

Mr H. R. Hounsell, telegraphic engineer at Napier, has been promoted to the Auckland branch of the Post and Telegraph Department. Mr Hounsell has served in the Napier Branch of the Department for six years, having previously served at Christchurch for nine years and at Nelson for five years. He will be remembered for the capable manner in which he handled the difficult task of arranging for the receipt and dispatch of telegrams in Napier after the 1931 earthquake, as well as for the reorganization of the town’s telephone service.

Captain W. L. Jackson, D. 5.0., R.N., who is to relieve Commander Morgan, C.M.G., of H.M.S. Veronica, was an arrival at Wellington from London on Sunday. Captain Jackson is about 42 years of age, and has spent 26 years in the Navy. His special work in gunnery led to his appointment during the war as gunnery officer of the cruiser Gibraltar, and later of the monitor Prince Eugene, in which vessel he did brilliant work in the bombardment of the Belgian coast. Captain Jackson was a member of the British Naval Mission to Chile in 1925-27, and has been awarded the Chilean Order of Merit. He has more recently been adviser to the Chilean Government.

At a recent meeting of the Invercargill Ministers’ Association the following resolution was carried unanimously:—“That this association expresses its sincere regret that Mr A. McLean has felt it necessary to resign his position as city missioner and agent of the Prisoners’ Aid Society, and as the accredited representative of the Invercargill Ministers’ Association in arranging for Sunday religious services at the Borstal Institution; that we place on record our highest appreciation of the splendid service he has rendered the association, the Borstal Institution, and the whole community during the thirty years he has held office. We also desire to express our good wishes for his continued well-being.”

The death occurred at Whangarei on Monday of Mr Robert Christie,. of Tanekaha, aged 67 years. Mr Christie was one of the most prominent breeders of pedigree Jersey stock in New Zealand, having been the breeder. in 1924 of the cow Vivandiere, which established a new world’s record for any breed for twice a day milking of 10361 b fat. Mr Christie also bred the well-known full sister Idealia, which also won a number of show championships in New Zealand. Mr Christie’s annual sales of his “Lea Rig” stud are widely and favourably known. Mr Christie was born at Parnell. He was a cabinetmaker and did not take, up farming until middle-aged. Mr Christie played senior grade Rugby football, in Auckland. He is survived by his wife, two sons and one daughter. The death occurred at Wellington on Monday of Mr Alexander Lorimer Wilson, formerly of the auctioneering firm of Macdonald, Wilson and Company, and a once well-known business man of Invercargill. The late Mr Wilson, who had been living in retirement for the past ten years, went to Wellington from Invercargill about the end of the last century, and took over the auctioneering portion of the business from the late Mr T. Kennedy Macdonald, and as there was a great deal of activity in suburban land settlement, this firm was busily employed in the sale of subdivisions in the Hutt Valley, Miramar end Karori. The late Mi; Wilson was keenly interested in sport, and seldom missed a game of football in the winter. He was also a lover of music, being a foundation member of the Royal Wellington Choral Union, and its president from 1919 to the date of his death. He was also a member of the Wellington Bowling Club. Mr Wilson leaves one son, Mr Warwick Wilson, barrister, of Auckland. Another son was drowned in a yachting accident in Wellington some years ago.

The death occurred at Wellington on Monday morning of Mr Alexander Lorimer Wilson, who until his retirement a good many years ago was a prominent and highly regarded business man of that city, and was indeed known throughout the Dominion as a member of the firm of MacDonald, Wilson, and Co. The late Mr Wilson went to Wellington from Invercargill, where he had been engaged in the auctioneering business, and went into partnership with Mr T. Kennedy MacDonald in the land and auctioneering business, which developed into a business with very wide interests. At that time there was great activity in land subdivision about Wellington, in the Hutt Valley, at Miramar, and the outer city suburbs, and under the Seddon regime several big estates were taken over by the Government and divided, and the firm of MacDonald, Wilson, and Co. was entrusted with a great part of this work. In those days Mr Wilson was regarded as a man with an exceptionally sound sense of the value of city properties, and he frequently acted as assessor in valuation cases before the Courts. Mr Wilson was keenly interested in music and the work of musical societies. He was president of the Royal Choral Union, and in spite of his great age, was a regular figure at the society’s meetings. Until fairly recently he was a member of the Wellington Bowling Club. A son, Mr Warwick Wilson, is a leading barrister and solicitor in Auckland.