PERSONAL

Taranaki Daily News, 15 November 1929, Page 8

PERSONAL

Dr. G. H. Thomson has been called urgently to Dunedin on account of the critical illness of his sister,

Mr. Bi-”/p Gordon Dwyer has been appointed district Public Trustee at Gisborne, says a Wellington Press Association message.

Captain W. Ivory, Royal Now Zealand Artillery, has been promoted major, vice Major W. C. Finnis, New Zca’ard Staff Corps, who has retired. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, British Prime Minister, has appointed Mr. Patrick Duff to bo his principal private secretary, states a British Wireless message.

Mr. Arthur William Watters has been appointed official assignee for the Northern and Taranaki Supreme Court districts, states a Wellington message. A Dunedin message reports the death

of Mr. A. 11. Tonkinson, solicitor, of the firm of Tomkinson and Wood, aged 61. He was a well-known yachtsman. The Prime Minister, Sir Joseph Ward, passed a good night, and was exceedingly bright yesterday morning, states a Wellington message. The King attended his third play during the week, occupying his box at

“The Middle Watch” at the Shaftebury Theatre, reports a London cable message. Mr. William Phillips, Uni’ed States Minister to Canada, has resigned, states a Washington cable. He states that he desires to leave the diplomatic service and settle with his family in New England.

A London cable reports the death of Sergeant-Major J. C. Raynes, V.C., who had been bedridden for three years with paralysis, being unable to attend the Prince’s dinner. He did not recover from wounds and gassing suffered at Loos when rescuing wounded, to one of whom he gave his own gas mask. Among the passengers on the Aorangi, which left Sydney for Auckland today, arc the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, Lord Craigavon, and Lady Craigavon, who are to spend two months in New Zealand, Sir A. G. Murchison Fletcher, new Governor of Fiji, Lady Fletcher, Sir Lennon Raws, Sir Charles Ballance, consulting surgeon of the British Army, and Sir William Noble.

The death has occurred of Mr. William Stevenson Aickin, aged 81, who was formerly in the sharebroking business in Auckland. Mr. Aiekin arrived in New Zealand 60 years ago, shortly after his brother, the late Mr. Graves Aiekin, chemist. Mr. William Aickin was employed for some time on the literary staff of the Southern Cross newspaper and later left for the Thames goldfield. About 1900 he returned to Auckland and was for many years a sharebroker in the city. He retired about 15 years ago and lived at Mount Eden. Mr. Aickin was a bachelor.

Mr. James Siddells, a well-known citizen of Wanganui, entertained a number of his boyhood friends to celebrate his seventieth birthday at an unique luncheon held on Tuesday at Spriggens' Hotel, Wanganui. Among the guests were the Hon. W. Veitch, the Mayor of Wanganui (Mr. W. J. Rogers), Messrs. A. Warner (Waitotara), H. Haydon (Feilding), J. Homann, N. Adams, Captain Connor, who traded to Havelock sixty years ago, F. Suisted who had a sawmill there, and Mrs. Siddells. Among the toasts was that of “Tlio Pioneers,”

responded to by several guests who w-erc each well over 70 years. Many reminiscences were exchanged of days spent in Havelock. Mr. Siddells, replying to a toast in his honour, compared New Zealand when he was a boy with'the New Zealand of to-day, and showed the tremendous advance in the butter, cheese and frozen meat industries of the country generally.

The death occurred at Nelson on Monday, after a few days illness of Mr. G. E. Nancarrow, a well-known and highly respected citizen, aged 90. Born in Cornwall, Mr. Nancarrow, at the age of 19, went to America, thence to Australia. He came to New Zealand in 1877 to take the position of bandmaster of the Queens town Band. In 1884 he went to Nelson, having been selected as bandmaster of the Nelson Garrison Band. On the Bijou Band' being formed in -Nelson, he became conductor of that body. Some years were then . spent in Blenheim, where Mr. Nancarrow was conductor of the Garrison and Hibernian Bands. Thirty years ago he returned to Nelson, where he had lived ever since, but taking no further part in band affairs. Ho married Miss Ellen Allport, of Richmond, who died about five years ago, and the family comprises two sons —Mr. A.’ Nancarrow, of Nelson, and Mr. N. A. Nancarrow, of Wellington.