PERSONAL

Colonist, Volume XLIX, Issue 11968, 22 June 1907, Page 2

PERSONAL

Mr C. Earle, editor of the "Nev. Zealand News" (thß now paper to be t started in Wellington, has been tc c Dunedin and Christchurch re engage ing a staff for that journal. s Lieut.-Colonel Firman, D.5.0., who has just arrived in this Colony) ' has medals for active service in the s South African war, in the Nile f Expedition, 1884-85,' and in the t Burmese Expedition 1886-87. Lieut.-Colonel Sir David P. a Masson, V.D., CLE-, commanding V the Ist Punjab Volunteer Rifles, is c on a visit to the Colony. c Dr. Bell, who is at the head of the Geological Department, is to have ' his salary increased to £800 a year.fj I Mr H. D. Bell, King's Counsel, j forgot his new dignity on his firs. , appearance and appeared without c 3 junior. The matter was the subject r of a joke by the opposing counsel 3 and a junior in the Court was im- ., pressed. Late exchanges record the death oi 3 Mrs Scadde., wife of Mr W. Scad--3 den, an old Golden Bay settler: g Father Keegan, formerly parish L priest at Waipawa; Mr Thomas llugban, fomerly Cown lands rangei in Otago; Mr Andrew Hewitson, at j Milton, who was a well-known Otago farmer; Mr Morris Marks, the oldest member of the Jewish 3 congregation at Dunedin ; Mrs Crocfc kett, an old resident of Mount Eden: 3 Mr Frank Chiverton, of Marton. •***********,*___■__———— - ' i i > i i ; ,

■a_MM««MaBM___M«iWM^aMM^MM--_*' A letter was read from Mr Mestayer with which he enclosed plans and specifications for to septic tank. In another letter Mr Mestayer replied to the enquiry of the Counoil as to his approval of specification of duties of Drainage Engineer. He expressed the opinion that a mistake was made in including any outside work, as when the drainage works were being carried on in various parts of the town the engineer would have quite enough to do. The Mayor said he thought Mi Mestayer ha I made a mistake. There would be no extra work for the engineer unless the Council wanted him. Cr Grace said "there would be very little beyond the drainage work for the engineer. Evidently' Mr Mestayer was under the impression that they proposed that the Engineer would have large outside works to carry out. Cr Hampson said the Council was only providing for contingences; it was not intended to place more work on the shoulder of the the engineer unless necessary. Mr Langlands wrote applying for permission to take soil from the rubbish tip, Waimea street, and offered to pay Is 6d a load. After a long discussion the application was referred to the Works Committee, with power to act