PERSONAL ITEMS.

Timaru Herald, Volume C, Issue 15273, 13 February 1914, Page 7

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Among the passengers by the Mak\ra, which arrived at Auckland yesterday, was the Hon. W. Scott, Premier of Saskatchewan, Canada. He travels thjough New Zealand, arid.takes th« steamer at ; the Bluff for Hobart.

r ; ( 'Mr A. H. Holmes, clerk of the Magi's-. . , tjitte's Court at, Wellington' for many ytars, who has been promoted to the position of Registrar of the Supreme Court at Christchurch, was yesterday farewelled by the Wellington Bar A *&& presented with a purse of sovereigns. ■ ..Mr. Skerrett, K.C., made the presen- , tation,' and spoke in high terms of .\lr •Holmes's ability. Mr Riddell and Mr Bishop, the Magistrates, and others also referred in complimentary terms to Mr Holmes. ; ;The funeral of the late Mr Garrett Fitzgerald, ex-detective, which took ■ place yesterday afternoon, was largely , . attended. Trie Mayor (Mr W. Ang- • land) and a number of Borough Ooun--1 ..eillors and ex-Councillors . attended, while the police force was represented by. Sub-Inspector Cruickshank,. Detec- "' tive • Fahey, Senior-Sergeant King, and 'Sergeant Crawford, the latter of Waimato. u Other constables were present "in plain clothes. : , Ex-Sergeant Gil- " herb," of Dunedin, was also present, and .Sergeant Fitzgerald, of Wellington, a,brother of the deceased. Members of the. Hibernian Society walked »n .front <if the hearse, the funeral leaving the Catholic Church at 2 p.m. Re'quiem mass was held at 7 a.m. The service!at the graveside was conducted by the Rev. Father Smyth. Very great sympathy will be felt for Mrs Fitzgerald and family in their irreparable ' loss. As a member of the detective branch*,of tho police force the deceased showed himself a.'man of considerable ability, %nd he brought a good many serious offenders to book in his time.; Both in tbe force and outside he was amnn who was highly respected, and bis death is a loss to the community.