PERSONAL.

Colonist, Volume LXI, Issue 15067, 9 May 1919, Page 4

PERSONAL.

The appointment of Mr A. 1> 4 M'Gavock as receiver of land revenue for the Otago district is notified.

.The Bishop of Nelson and members o#" ius family are expected to arrive in Nel-.-fcon from Napier to-morrow morning.

Mr E. H. Hiley, lately General Manager of Railways, will leave New Zealand ror the Old Country by the Remuera on June 5 nest.

, a'lr Tom Pollard lias left GreymoutK tor Blenheim, to commence the initial training of the Blenheim amateurs who are producing "The Mikado "

One of the oldest and most respected citizens of Blackball, in the-person of Arthur William Riddiford, passed away on Saturday, after a long and! painful illness, in his 77th year. -

The "Grey River Argus" records tha death of one of the fast diminisliing band of worthy pioneers in the person of? Mr Albert Butler, of Cobden, aged 78 years. Born in the south, of England he came to: the colonies in the early days.

Sergeant B. Sharp,- youngest son ofV Mr John Sharp, "Fellworth," returned to Nelson yesterday morning. Sergeanti Sharp left with the Fifth Reinforcements, N.Z.F.A., and was a member ofj the howitzer "battery. He has seen four, years' service, and was wounded at the Somme.

Mr W. J. N. Blaxall, who has been a member of the 6taff of the Bank of New South Wales at Feilding for the past six; year?, has retired from the service of the bank on a pension. He joined the bank! 4Q 3'ears ago, .and before going to Feilding had a large and varied experience on the goldfields ox the West Coast.

Mr William Hurst Martin, an old identity of Auckland, jdled on Saturday; at his residence, Martin borough Mount Albert, where he had resided for ovei* half a century. Accompanied by his wife, Mr Martin arrived in Auckland 'by : the-sailing .ship Ida Zeigler,. in 1863.: Soo?i atb?nvaj-ds he went with the forces to Rangiriri; where he took part in the operations against the Maoris. On'th© cessation of hostilities he engaged ia farming, stock-breeding, and stock-deal-. ing. He also took part in the rush to the Thames aoldnelds when the great boom took place.

At the Hastings Returned Soldiers'1 Qlufc on Monday afternoon Lady Russell was entertained at afternoon tea by the members of the old Hawke's Bay Mountpd Rifles, of which, her iiusband, MajorGenoral Sir A. H. Russell, was the officer in command. A goodly number ofi the old squadron were present, as were also many ladies, the gathering being presided over by Mr J. D. Rivers. The tea was really incidental to two presentations which were made to Lady Rus-? sell, one of a beautifully illuminated ad-r dress in album form, for Sir Andrew1. Russell, and" the other (for herself) o^ an enlarged framed photograph of Sit; Andrew in a colonel's uniform.

The members of the legal profession ml Dtmedin met to bid farewell to.Mr C. E., Nalder, District Land Registrar and -Registrar of Deeds, who has been pr<H rooted to the Christchurch office. Mr J. A. CJook (president of the society) occih pied the chair, and said they wished taf convey to Mr Nalder the high appreciation and esteem in which he was held by the members of the legal profession 08 Dunedin. Throughout the long period! that Mr Nalder had presided over the Land Registry they had all come in contact with him more or less, and they appreciated the care and attention he hadf invariably bestowed upon their business,, and also the patience and courtesy which he had shown tliem as individuals. Most of them, too, had to thank Trim for the ready and valuable assistance which ha had rendered them in removing some ofi the many difficulties incident to the administration of tiie Land Transfer Act. They also felt that in the administration of that Act Mr Nalder Had''always encteavoured to work up to the ideals o2 the author. Messrs Cafvert and Mondjr also spoke in appreciation of the worS of Mr Nalder. . .