ABOUT PEOPLE

Southland Times, Issue 22187, 1 December 1933, Page 6

ABOUT PEOPLE

Dr W. E. Redman, of Blenheim, is at present on a visit to Invercargill.

Mr P. A. de la Perrelle, M.P. for Awarua, arrived in Invercargill by the express last evening.

Mr James Compton, of Queensland, has been appointed Conductor of the Wanganui Garrison Band, states a Press Association message. Miss Jean Borland has been appointed sole teacher of the Spar Bush school. Miss Borland is at present teaching at the Otapiri school.

Mr Frederick Moore, F.R.A.M., London, who has been conducting the practical examinations of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music London, left. Invercargill by yesterday morning’s express. Guests at the Grand Hotel include Messrs M. Goddard, W. M. Hayes, J. R. Fairbairn (all of Dunedin), K. Mitchell and H. G. Miller (Wellington), R. N. McLean (Amberley) and E. N. Wughell (Birmingham, England).

Mr James Dewe, of Feilding, for many years a resident of Invercargill, and one of its earliest settlers, is at present on a holiday visit to the city. At 84 years of age Mr Dewe is hale and hearty and pleased to be able to renew many of his old acquaintances in the south. The death has occurred in the Rotherham Hospital following an illness, cf Mrs Alf. Brustad, formerly Miss Aroha Clifford. Prior to her marriage she was a flying enthusiast, states a Press Association message from Christchurch. Mrs Brustad was 25 years of age. Her death followed the birth of a son two days ago. She was New Zealand's first woman pilot and her husband was a former guide at Mount Cook.

From auplicants from all over New Zealand, Mr John Norman Millard, M.Sc., 8.A., has been appointed headmaster of the Hutt Valley High School in place of Mr H. P. Kidson, who leaves at the end of the year to take up the position of Principal of the Otago Boys’ High School. Mr Millard has been first assistant at the High School for the past seven years and head of the department of Mathematics and Science. —Press Association mes-

The Rev. H. Leggate, M.C., of Manchester, who has latterly been Toe H padre for the north-western area of England, arrived at Wellington this week by the Makura from Sydney, ac-

companied by Mrs Leggate. Mr Leggate is visiting New Zealand in connection with the Toe H movement, and expects to remain here for 12 or 18 months. Mr Leggate has brought messages from the Methodist ' Church in England to the Methodist Church in New Zealand.

The death is reported from Wellington by Press Association telegram of Mrs Dorothy Fuller, wife of Mr Walter Fuller and a sister-in-law of Sir Benjamin and Mr John Fuller, of Sydney. Mrs Fuller was an accomplished singer and musician and in her younger days she was associated with the professional stage for some years. During her married life in Wellington she was for a time a member of the Wellington Amateur Operatic Society. Mrs Fuller leaves two children, Jean and June Fuller.

His Grace the Archbishop of New Zealand has appointed the Rev. E. M. Cowie, M.A., vicar of Khandallah in the Diocese of Wellington, to be his commissary for the purpose of calling and presiding at the Synod of the Diocese of Nelson, which will elect a successor to the present bishop, who will retire next year. The Rev. E. M. Cowie is a son of the late Bishop Cowie, of Auckland, who was Primate from 1893 to 1902. He was vicar of Hamilton from 1908 to 1926 and Archdeacon from 1913 to 1929. It is proposed to call the special session for the election of a bishop for Thursday, December 14. Mr Cowie has issued a letter to the clerical and lay members of the Synod calling them to meet for a quiet day of prayer and devotion on Wednesday, December 13, as a spiritual preparation for the important work for which the Synod is being assembled.

Prominent educationist and wellknown in sporting circles, Mr C. F. Collins, who has been headmaster at the Whangarei primary school for many years past, has announced his intention of retiring on superannuation at the end of the year. Mr Collins will then have completed 40 years’ teaching service. Educated at the Timaru High School, Mr Collins originally intended to enter the medical profession, and he studied for a few years towards that end. Later, however, he decided to take up the teaching profession, and his first position was as probationer at the Timaru main school. From that post he moved upwards, taking positions in several schools in Canterbury, until he returned to the Timaru school as chief assistant. Mr Collins held that position until he was promoted as headmaster of the Whangarei primary school in 1918, and he has been in charge ever since.

Mrs Mary S. Knight, who died at her residence, Maori road, Dunedin, on Wednesday, at the age oi 74 years, was the wife of Mr F. W. Knight, storekeeper, of Waipori (reports the Otago Daily Times). She was a daughter of Mr Richard Lean, of “The Rocks” Port Chalmers, and was born at Sawyers’ Bay on November 22, 1859. She was educated at the Port Chalmers School and the Dunedin Teachers’ Training College, and was appointed a pupil teacher at Waipori in 1882. She was married at Waipori by Archdeacon Beaumont in 1884. Mrs Knight led a very useful life, and was honoured and respected by all who knew her. She conducted a Sunday school at Waipori for many years. Many of the younger people of the district ■will have happy memories of the various entertainments she organized for their benefit and amusement. On leaving Waipori m 1924 she received a handsome present from a number of the residents in recognition of her various services. Mrs Knight is survived by her husband and seven children. One son, Mr F. Knight, is chief clerk of the Magistrate’s Court at Wellington, and was formerly deputy registrar of the Supreme Court at Dunedin, Auckland, and Palmerston North. Another son, Mr E. S. Knight, who lives at Lawrence, served with the New Zealand Forces in the Great War for nearly five years and was wounded at Gallipoli. The second son, Mr W. V. Knight, was the first New Zealander reported killed in action at Gallipoli. The other surviving sons are Mr R. C. Knight (Invercargill) and Mr P. A. Knight (Dunedin), and the daughters are Mrs E. M. Cotton (Waipori) and Miss D. A. Knight (Dunedin).