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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19811, 1 December 1919, Page 2

PERSONAL.

*T . +' The Governor-General, Lady Liter pool, and suite arrived at Nelson on a farewell visit on Saturday morning. A holiday was observed during tho morning, and a very large gathering of cit izeus attended a civic welcome at tho church steps. The vice-regal party afterwards made a round of visits to colleges and oilier institutions, and were entertained at luncheon by the City Council. Rain in tho aftemum necessitated the abandonment of a. projected motor rim through the orchard districts and receptions at country centres. Iho parly sailed in the Tutanekai in tho evening for Westport. At St. Stephen’s Anglican Church, Ashburton, yesterday, the Rev. Nelson H. Wright, who is leaving this week to take up his new appointment in the North Island, preached his farewell sermon. He announced to his congregations that he had been requested hy the Vestry to state that tho Rov. A, Wiseman, tho present vicar of Loeston, had been appointed as his successor, and that Mr Wiseman, who had had considerable experience in Array chaplain’s work with the Canadian regiments during the late war, would assume his new duties early m January. Lieutenant-Colonel William Temple, V.C., who has died recently, won tho Cross at the attack on Rangiriri, Waikato, 20th Noveinbef, 1863. It is recorded that Assistant-Surgeon William Temple and Lieutenant Arthur Pickard were awarded the Cross for gallant eonduct during the assault on Bangiriri, in exposing their lives to imminent danger in crossing tho .entrance of, the Maori keep at a, point upon which tho enemy had concentrated their fire, with a view to render assistance to the wounded', and more especially to the. la,to Captain Mercer, R..A-, who had led a party of thirty-six artillerymen in an assault on the centre redoubt of Raugirirl. 1 The “Post” records the death at hii residence at Nga.io, on Thursday, of Mr John Villiam Davis, who for many years was one of the best known and most popular members of the staff of tho Land and Survey Department. Deceased became Land Transfer Draughtsman in Wellington in 1837, and was appointed Chief Draughtsman in the Web lingtou District Land) Office ig May, 1908. In April of th© following year he was promoted to tho position" of Chief Draughtsman in tho Head Office of the Land and Survey Department. He retired on superannuation, hut returned to Government work during tin war period. Mr Davis, who was a son of the late Mr Rowland Robert Davis, of Kealkill, Christchurch, took a keen interest in outdoor sports, and in his early clavs in Canterbury ho was a fino runner and oarsman. He was a prominent churchman, and for some years hold a seat on th© Vestry of St. Thomas's, Wellington South.