PERSONAL.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 14142, 19 July 1916, Page 4 (Supplement)

PERSONAL.

Mr Joseph Paekai'd. of diffcoit, Golden Bay, will to-day' ( July 6th) celebrate his' 90th birthday.. It is sixtyeight years ago since the old gentleroan left Old' England, ami he has takea j.jirt_iß. the growth of the Golden Bay district from its foundation. He is siill able to attend to his garden, in vb»oh he takes pleasure. He was oil© of the first .subscribers t» "The Colonists' Mr Packard has liver] to see his fourth great-grandchild. His Nelson friends will join those' of Golden Bay in.wishing him good cheer on his 90fch ■birthday. ■ -- '

.Sergeant H. V. Condoli, son of Mr T. Condell. was presented with"a* wristlet watch by the staff of Fell and Atkinson prior to his departure on .Tuesday with" tlio Eighteenth Reinforcement draff. .

Mr E. B; Burdekia, formerly of .Nel-son,--who for the past 4-i- years has been x Deputy Official Assignee at Napier, has ' received notice of his transfer to the j/osition of chief clerk at the Wellington District Office.

._ Driver Weller, of Nelson, in n f.»t thrust to hand, mentions the satisfaction felt by himself and other artillerymen at reaching France after spending a year and m. halt in Egypt.

Mr A. P v . Sclanders, formerly of Masterton, has been appointed joint mai-ji-ger with Mr Norman Gorton, of J.evin and C 6. fs Feilding branch.

At a social gathering of parishioners and friends in.the Wood Mission Hall, Milton street, ou Thursday evening, a presentation was made to Miss Gray, ' who had been organist at the hall for a number of years. The Re?. Dr. 1 Weeks asked her to accept a prayer and hymn book in a suede case as a token of appreciation of her services. The vicar also took, the * opportunity of thanking Miss jSloan for her valuable services in the Sunday School and Mrs Heaps, Miss Scaly, arid' Miss Si. Rogers for the beautiful covering for the Cornmunioit table and frontal for the lectern. General Monro's "delayed despatch mentions Chaplain T. F. Taylor, of Nel- , son, for distinguished services at Gali lipoli. . . The staff of Messrs Robertson Bros.. Ltd., made: *a- presentation of some handsome articles of furnitnro to Mr Syvier J. Stewart, one of their number, on the occasion of his marriage. Accompanying the presentation was a letter, wishing the young couple every happiness and prosperity. j At. the monthly, meeting of the board of .directors of the Permanent Building Society hold, last evening, Mr P. Bond "was. re-elected . chairman of directors; .Messrs W. Bethwaite, S..F. Bolton and IJ. C. Mercer were re-elected as survey committee; and Messrs Louis. Kerr, Wallace Snodgrass and^E. E. Trask i were re-olocted finance committee.

Captain" A. E. ..Conway, of the 13th (North Canterbury and Westlaiid) Regiment, arid lately tf the Canterbury Infantry Battalion, Main Body, New Zealand Expeditionary.- Force, has been appointed adjutant to the 12th (Nelson) Regiment,■'"vice Second-Lieutenant J. €". Collins, resigned. " . S:iy> the TWftport "Times" : Mr Matthew- Green, i-lie/genial proprietor of Berlin's Hotel for the past three years ■ 'and-».half,; in which position lie held ther^esteem of all •acquainted with him, has taken over the*lpase of the Globe Hotel, Nelson, and, with his wife and" family, leaves for Nelson by motor car on v : Friday. '.Mr Green is well known on theVWesfc Coast. Formerly he was a road overseer for about nine-years on the Nelson-Reef ton and roads, and by the thoroughness with which he carried out his duties he earned the esteem of t]io authorities and the travelling public- He carries- with him to his new home tho best wishes of a large circle of friends?"