PERSONAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 October 1940, Page 4

PERSONAL

The Rev John Davie, Masterton, has left on his annual holiday. Mr Alex Adamson, of Invercargill, is the guest of Mr and Mrs W. Adamson, Cole Street, Masterton. Messrs Miles, Mitchell, Hyams, Pierce, Ellis (Wellington) and J. Forsythe (Palmerston North) are guests at the Hotel Midland, Masterton.

Mr T. M. Wright, assistant-district engineer of the Public Works Department at Whangarei, has been appointed resident engineer, Christchurch.

The Rev J. G. Laughton, superintendent of the Maori Mission, has been nominated by the Waikato Presbytery as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. Mr H. M. Ewart, who was formerly cn the literary staff of the “Wairarapa Age,” Masterton, has won the senior championship of the North Otago Golf Club.

Mr H. Wyatt Chadwick, of the Royal New Zealand Air Force, and formerly of Masterton, has been transferred from Hobsonville, Auckland, to Ohakea.

Mr Ivan Muir, 8.A., theological student of Knox College, who will assist the Rev John Davie during the summer months, has arrived in Masterton.

The Rt. Rev. H. St. Barbe Holland, Bishop of Wellington, is making slow but satisfactory progress toward recovery after his recent operation. Bishop Holland is at present convalescing out of Wellington.

Mr N. L. Norman has been appointed clerk to the Onehunga Borough Council in place of Mr H. A. Yockney, who has retired. Mr Norman, who is at present with a Territorial unit at Rotorua, has been assistant-town clerk for a number’pf years. A well-known member of the'Auckland Jewish community, Mr-Nathan Phillips, died at his home in Ponsonby on Tuesday. Born in Lithuania, Mr Phillips came to New ’Zealand in 1894. For many years he was in business as a jeweller on the Coromandel and Ohinemuri goldfields, and later in Auckland, Mr Phillips, who 'was regarded as a fine Hebrew scholar, was closely associated with many activities of the Auckland Jewish community. The death is announced of Mr Andrew Messer, who retired three years ago from the post of city treasurer, states a Press Association message from Auckland. Born and educated at Newcastle-on-Tyne, he came to New Zealand in 1904, joining the ’city treasury department in 1905. Later he was chief clerk and he became treasurer in 1922. He was well known in bowling circles and was a member of the Masonic Order. ’ The Hon. W. J. Rogers, M.L.C., Mayor of Wanganui, arrived in Masterton last evening, and was the guest of his sister, Mrs W. Blake, Lansdowne. Mr Rogers returned to Wellington this morning to attend sittings of the Legislative Council. During his brief visit to Masterton he called on the Mayor, Mr T. Jordan, and renewed acquaintance with a number of old friends. Mr Rogers was formerly a resident of Masteijton. The funeral-, of the late Mr George Hunter took place at the Masterton Cemetery this morning, the representative attendance testifying to the respect and esteem in which the deceased was held. The funeral left St Patrick’s Church following Requiem Mass which was celebrated by the Rev Father N. Moore, who also conducted the service at the graveside. A large number of beautiful floral emblems were laid upon the grave, among them being those from the following: Staff of Masterton Printing Co., directors of Masterton Printing Co., chairman, secretary and members of the Masterton Printers’ Association and the president and members of the Masterton Rotary Club. Messrs G. Scrivener, S. Sharman. P. Buckley, R. Walker, Brown and G. Jackson, members of the Foresters’ Lodge, acted as pallbearers.

The death occurred at Nelson on Tuesday of Mr F. G. Twiss, for many years a resident of Wellington. Mr Twiss was associated for many years with the Savage Club. Harmonic Society and the choir of St Paul’s Cathedral, under the leadership of the late Mr Robert Parker. Mr Twiss was the youngest son of the late Captain G. H. Twiss and Mrs-F. Twiss, who came to Wellington in 1866. He was first employed by the Manawatu Railway Company, later joining the Government and serving in several departments, among them the Pensions Department and the Native Affairs Department. In 1903 he was appointed secretary to the Commissioner of the Cook Islands, then Mr J. Eman Smith, and resided there with his family for several years. Later Mr Twiss left the Government, service to go into business on his own account, and had resided in Nelson for the past 16 years.