ABOUT PEOPLE

Southland Times, Issue 25314, 18 June 1935, Page 6

ABOUT PEOPLE

Mr G. I- Moffett left for the north by yesterday afternoon’s express. Mr Ralph Davies, of Dunedin, arrived in Invercargill by the mtd-day express yesterday. Messrs D. Woodfield, D. Gunn, W. Imlay and G. Dunn, all of Dunedm, are at the Club Hotel. Mr Max Manning, of Dunedin, arrived in Invercargill by car yesterday, and is a guest at the Grand Hotel. Mr T. Clark, of the postal staff at the Invercargill Post Office, has received advice of his transfer to Dunedin. The Rev. A. E. Waite, Mayor of Bluff, returned to Bluff on Saturday after spending a week in Dunedin in connection with the Methodist Synod. Messrs N. A. Mitchell and L. George, the two Southland representatives in the final All Black trial game, returned to Invercargill by yesterday afternoons express. Messrs S. G. Phillips (Wellington), George Reid (Queenstown), J. BaxterWilson (Dunedin), D. V. Gain (Dunedin), F. Johnston (Dunedin) and F. Halligan (Dunedin) are at the Grand Hotel. Mr A. S. Bisset, the Lumsden representative of Messrs Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., has received notice of his transfer to the Oamaru branch of the company, and leaves early next month io take up his new position. Messrs W. D. Shelton and L. Roberts leave Gore this morning for Wellington to represent the Gore Returned Soldiers’ Association at the annual conference of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers’ Association, which commences to-morrow. The death occurred at Christchurch last evening of Major Robert John Barnes, aged 77 years, a well-known Salvation Army officer, states a Press Association message. He had been in the Salvation Army for 45 years, nearly 25 of which have been spent in Christchurch. Messrs M. J. Kilkelly (Invercargill), T. Harrington (Otautau) and O. Randle (secretary of the Southland Co-opera-tive Beech Co., Ltd.) left Wellington on Friday en route to Australia, where they will spend some time in the interests of the Southland silver beech industry. They will visit Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. The death occurred on Sunday at Ward, Marlborough, of Mrs Pattie, a very old resident of Marlborough. Mrs Pattie is the mother of Mrs Horace Williams, Conon street, and about seven years ago she spent some twelve months with her daughter in Invercargill and made many friends during her stay. Mrs Williams left on Friday morning to visit her mother and arrived at Ward on Saturday afternoon. The death has occurred at Wellington of Mr Walter Hill, who was wellknown in sporting circles in Petone and Eastbourne. The late Mr Hill was born at Wellington in 1865 and in later years entered business in Petone and Eastbourne. From 1926 to 1931 he was proprietor of the Tarawera Hotel. He was an ex-member of the Petone Borough Council and also a member of the Petone Cricket and Bowling Clubs.—Press Association message. ■ An early pioneer of the province of Otago passed away last Saturday at the age of 91 in the person of Mrs Blanche Evans, who arrived at Port Chalmers by the Tasmania on February 26, 1853, with her parents, Mr and Mrs John Lovell, of Lovell’s Flat. Except for a period when the family returned to Gravesend, England, in the early sixties for the purpose of educating the daughters, Mrs Evans had lived a retired life in Dunedin. Her husband predeceased her 50 years ago, and she leaves a family of two daughters and one son (Mr R. C. T. Evans, Dunedin city valuer) and five grand-children. The death occurred on Sunday at St. Clair, Dunedin, of Mr Adolph Moritzson, aged 81 years, who was for many years a prominent figure in the commercial life of the city (states the Otago Daily Times). Mr Moritzson was born in Schleswig-Holstein of Danish parents, and came to Dunedin in the late seventies. He engaged in commercial pursuits and was for some time closely associated with Sir Thomas Mackenzie. At a later date he commenced business with his brother at the corner of Bond and Jetty streets in the building which still bears his name. The firm acted as auctioneers and dealt in fruit and general produce, and the business was carried on until Mr Moritzson’s retirement about ten years ago. On his retirement he went to live in Honolulu, and while there his wife died. He carried on a business there for a short time and then went to live in Sydney. About six years ago he returned to Dunedin, where he had since lived quietly. Some years ago he paid a visit to England and Europe, and on his return he presented several paintings to the Otago Art Gallery and a number of articles of considerable value to the Museum. Mr Moritzson remarried some years ago, and his wife survives him.