PERSONAL NOTES.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLIII, Issue 5, 4 August 1909, Page 8

PERSONAL NOTES.

1 News has been received (says the Napier “Telegraph”) of the death at Sydney' of Mrs J. Hornby-Spear, whose husband, in the early eighties, was tho Anglican minister at Taradale. The deceased will be most favourably remembered by many old settlers in Hawke’s Bay. Mr. E. R. Blewett, of the money order Staff at the Auckland Post Office, left by the Main Trunk express last week for IFeilding, to which place he has been transferred. He was presented by Mr. Bcutt, acting-accountant, on behalf of the staff, with a travelling bag and walking Stick. Word has been received that Mr. Harold Cooper, second son of his Honor Mr. Justice Cooper, has been successful in passing his final M. 8., B.Sc. examinations. (Dr. Cooper expects to return to Wellington with his sister, Miss Ella Cooper, about September or October. Dr. Cooper, while in England, studied at Durham (University. Mr. Justice Sim left Auckland on route for Dunedin by the express last Wednesday. Mr. J. J. Cato, of Napier, came up to town by the express on Thursday. He is staying at the Star Hotel. (Mr. A. S. Burgess, of Wanganui, arrived in town by the Main Trunk express last week, and put up at the Royal Hotel. Mr. W. Biggwither, of Wellington, who has been staying at the Royal Hotel, left last week by the express on his return South. Mr. and Mrs. P. Hercus, of Christ l church, who have been guests at the Grand Hotel, left by the express on Thursday on their return home. Messrs W. Duncan and F. Tilley, of Wanganui, arrived at the Central Hotel last week, having come up from the south by the Main Trunk express. Mesdames Faber, of Wanganui, and Wright, of Rahotu, who have been spending a brief visit to town at the Central Hotel, left for Rotorua last week. L Mr. E. de Launay, of the Wellington

staff of Messrs. Turnbull and Jones, has been transferred to the Auckland branch. He arrived in town by Thursday’s express. Messrs. J. C. Holden, of Montreal, and the Rev. H. W. Folsom, of Bath, left the Star Hotel on Wednesday, proceeding by the express to Rotorua, en route to Wellington. Mr Joseph Pennington, a 57th Regiment war veteran, was farewelled the other day at Inglewood prior to his departure for Auckland, where he is to enter the Veterans’ Home. Mr and Mrs J. L. de Weyer, visitors from Java, arrived in town on Wednesday from Wellington, by the express putting up at the Grand Hotel. They are on a tour of the Dominion. Mr. W. G. Crawford has resigned the position of Town Clerk of Woodville, after fourteen and a-half year’s service. The resignation is to take effect from the end of next March, but from 301 h September Mr. Crawford will have six months’ leave of absence. Mr. Charles Freer Crawford, a Maori war veteran, and youngest son of the late General A. F. Crawford, R.A., died suddenly in New Plymouth last week. Mr- Crawford had gone out for a walk, and fell down unconscious, expiring before medical aid was procurable. Deceased was born in Woolwich in 1846, and arrived in New Zealand when a boy of IS. During the Maori wars he served at

Waihoho and Piripiri, and was severely wounded. He leaves a widow and eleven children. Mr. Philip W Robertson, Rhodes scholar (son of Mr. Donald Robertson, Secretary of the New Zealand Post and Telegraph Department) has accepted an appointment as lecturer in chemistry in connection with the University of Calcutta, and will go out to Rangoon after his final examination for the Doctor of Science degree, for which he will sit at Leipsic this month. Mr. Alexander Dowie, known as the father of the boot and shoe industry in South Australia, died at Adelaide recently, aged eighty-two. He was the father-in-law and uncle of the late "Prophet ” Dowie, of Zion (the so-called “ New Elijah”). Mr. C. J. Nathan, of Wellington, left Auckland on his return South by Thursday evening’s train. Mr. W. F. Massey, M.P., arrived in Wellington by the Main Trunk express on Thursday from the North. Mr. Edwin Harding, of Dargaville, arrived in town by train on Thursday He put up at the Royal Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Williamson, of Halfway Bush, Dunedin, are leaving to take up their residence in Auckland. Mr. John Jamieson, of Hawke’s Bay, was a passenger by Thursday’s express from the south. He is staying at the Grand Hotel. Mr. H. Lowrie, of Wellington, arrived In town by Thursday’s express from the south, and took up his quarters at the Central Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. W. Veitch, of Welling-

ton, arrived in Auckland by the Main Trunk express on Thursday, and put up at the Grand Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Thurman, of Wellington, left the Grand Hotel last week, taking their departure for the South by the Main Trunk train. Mr. Adam Wilson, of the staff of the Bank of New Zealand, Greymouth, who has been staying at the Royal Hotel, left last week by train for Inglewood. The Board of Education has appointed Miss B. Robertson, BA., as secondary assistant at the Waihi District High School, in p'ace of Mr. A. T. Stewart resigned. Professor T. H. Baby, who has been appointed to fill the chair of physics at Victoria College, arrived by the Warrirnoo from Sydney. He was met on board by Professors Picken and Easterfield, of Victoria College. Amongst the passengers who arrived at Wellington by the Tongariro from London was Mr Edward St. George Gorton, youngest son of Colonel Gorton, of Bulls, Rangitikei. Mr Gorton, who has been fanning in the Argentine for the past seven years, intends to return to that country. Mrs. T. M. W’ilford, accompanied by her son, left Wellington for Auckland last week to join the Kaikoura, which sailed for London on Saturday. Mr. Wilford, jun., is proceeding Home to s.tudy electrical and general engineer-

ing at the Glasgow Technical College and Denny’s Engineering Works. Mr Alfred Hill, who is at present in Auckland, is in greatly improved health. Mr. W. F. Massey, M.P., returned to Auckland on Sunday by the express. Mr. R. P. Hill, of Geraldine, arrived in town from the South on Friday, and put up at the Royal Hotel. Mr. Harold J. Bettany, of Nelson, arrived from Wellington by the Main Trunk express on Saturday. Mr. G. Ramson, of New Plymouth, arrived in town by the Rarawa on Satuday. He is staying at the Royal Hotel. Mr. Chase Morris, of Wellington, was passenger to town by the Rarawa on Saturday. He is putting up at the Star Hotel. Mr. V. S. James, of Melbourne, arrived in Auckland on Saturday by the Rarawa, and took up his quarters at the Central Hotel. Amongst the arrivals at the Star Hotel on Saturday by train from Wellington were Mr. J. Morton and Mr. T. Black. Messrs. A and E, Harding, of Dargaville, who have been staying at the Royal Hotel, left on Saturday by train on their return North. Mr. A. A. Campbell, of Christchurch, was a passenger from the South by the Main Trunk express last week, and took up his quarters at the Star Hotel. Mrs. Katharine Lout Stevenson, the world’s evangelist in connection with tho Women’s Christian Temperance Union, will arrive in Auckland on August 15th. Mr E. M. Farnham, of Oakland, California, was a passenger to Auckland by the llauroto on Saturday from Tahiti. He

is spending a visit to town at the Central Hotel. Mr R. Jamieson, of Sydney, (who has been to Alaska), and Dr. Gant (who has been travelling in Mexico), were passengers by the Manapouri from Tahiti OS Thursday. Mr J. H. Quilliam, a well-known solicitor of New Plymouth, came up to Auckland last week by the West Coast steamer. He is putting up at the Central Hotel. Mr and Mrs A. W. Young, of Wan - ' ganui, arrived at the Star Hotel oit Friday, having come down from Te Aroba by the express. They will spend a week in town. The death occurred at Bluff on Saturday of Mrs. Marjory Leith, at the age of 95 years. Mrs. Leith, with her husband and one son, came to New Zealand in the barque Mary in, 1849. Captain Russell, of the British Army, and Miss Russell (son and daughter of Sir William Russell) have booked passages for Tahiti by the Manapouri, leaving Wellington on 12th August. They are bound for London. Mr R. C. Anderson, draughtsman in the Roads Department at Auckland, was last week presented by his fellowofficers with a suitable gift on the occasion of his retirement. Mr. Anderson! severed his connection with the Depart-, merit on Saturday. Mr Robert Darroch, chief officer of the steamer Ulimaroa, has been recommended to the local committee of the New. Zealand Humane Society for recognition t f his bravery in saving the life of a. K lan who fell between that steamer and fhe Wellington wharf some weeks ago. Dr. Hermann Ganz, of the German Judiciary, arrived at Wellington by the Manapouri on Wednesday. He is on 12 months’ furlough, and has just concluded a tour through the interior of South America. After a short stay in the Dominion, he will go to Australia, en! route for Japan and other Eastern countries. The latest members of the publie service whose retirement ie announced are Mr J. Graham Gow, Trade Commissioner, who at one time went on a trade mission to Japan and South Africa, and Mr Oliver Mewhinney, formerly private secretary to the late Hon. John McKenzie and later to the Hon. A. W. Hogg, when the latter was for a brief period Minister of Labour. News has been received from London of the success achieved by Percy Foote, son of Mr Fred Foote, of Whangarei, in passing the examination entitling him to a degree as a member of the Royal College of Surgeons. Mr Foote was for five years a student at the Otago University, and has only been in London 14' months. He is returning to Auckland to recuperate before further pursuing his studies at Home. Mr Donald Robertson, Secretary of the Post and Telegraph Department of New Zealand, who returned to Wellington with Mrs. Robertson last week after a lengthy tour of the globe, left New Zealand last December, and went to England by way of Canada. Thence (says the “Post”) they crossed the Channel to Antwerp and went to Leipzig, where their son, Mr P. W. Robertson, was pursuing his studies in chemistry. Mr Robertson, junior, returned with his parents to London, via Berlin and Paris. Though he returned to Leipzig, he was able to see his parerits again in London before their departure;! for he had' ’to interview officials of th® Indian Government concerning a scientific appointment that had been offered to him. After consultation, he accepted the post for a year. It will be remembered that he was the winner of the third Rhodes scholarship awarded in New Zealand. Mr D. Robertson is to be entertained by the officers of the Post and Telegraph Department on the 10th prox. Dr. Baxter arrived from Whangarei by the Ngapuhi on Saturday, and°puti up at the Grand Hotel. Mr. D. Black, of Gisborne, arrived in town by the Talune on Sunday. He is staying at the Grand Hotel. > Judge Levana arrived in Auckland from Tahiti on Saturday, en route foe Paris. Mr. A. H. Duncan, of Melbourne, arrived in town on Sunday by the Taluna from Wellington. He is staying at tha Central Hotel. Amongst the arrivals by th® Sydney; steamer on Sunday who are staying at the Grand Hotel are Mr. and Mrs. F. H» Cair and Mr. H. J. Ulph. Captain Higgins, of the steamer Cku< McLanes, which arrived from San Prnncmt co on Monday, is a New Zealander b<WJ%

belonging to Wellington. Capt. Higgins started his seafaring career in the Union Company, and about 16 years ago transferred to the Clan line, since which time .he had not visited these shores until to-day, when he was welcomed by bis aged father and his sisters. Capt. Higgins joined the Clan line as a fourth mate, and in ten years’ time he rose to the position of master. His first command was in the steamer McKay, and while in that vessel he effected the rescue of 400 Portuguese troops who had been shipwrecked on a reef in the Red Sea. For this service Capt. Higgins received a decoration from the Portuguese Government. Capt. Higgins has been in charge of the Clan Mclnnes for the past two years. The Hon. S. Joieey, a son of Lord Dudley, who visited New Zealand recently, left by the Mokoia on Monday for Sydney. Mr. Chung Siang Wang (secretary to Mr. Yung-Liang Hwang, the Chinese Consul), who arrived at Wellington from London by the Tongariro, has gained distinction as a Chinese scholar, and, under Mr. Hwang, will take charge of the Chinese and literary department at the Consulate. Mr. Wang was formerly secretary to an important railroad company in China. He comes from the Chinese Legation in London.

Between 200 and 300 of the friends and relatives of the late Mr J. H. M. Carpenter, of Auckland, gathered last week at St. Mark’s Church. Remuera, to pay their last respects to the memory of the deceased. The funeral service, in which the choir participated, was conducted by the Rev. W. E. Connolly, whilst the service at the graveside in St. Mark’s cemetery was taken by the Ven. Archdeacon Calder. The coffin was borne by four of the late Mr Carpenter’s employees. Amongst those present were representatives of the Auckland Racing Club, the Dilworth trustees, and nearly all the coal mining companies and merchants of Auckland. A large number of beautiful wreaths were placed on the grave. The stage of Australia has lost one of its chief decorators by the death of Mr _jm Brunton, scenic artist, which occurred suddenly on the 22nd inst. Mr Brunton arrived in Australia about a quarter of a century ago, and was first attached to the staff of Mr J. C. Williamson. Later he joined Mr Charles Coppin in Melbourne, and passed from his control to that of Mr Bland Holt. He had not been well for- some days, but nothing serious was anticipated. Death was due to heart disease. It was Mr Brunton who developed the painting of Australian scenery while with Mr Holt. The deceased artist leaves a wife, a daughter, who has been playing in “The Great Rescue” at the Theatre Royal, two sons living in Australia, and another by an earlier marriage, who is scene-paint-ing in America. At the time of hit death Mr Brunton was employed upon the scenery for “The Sins of Society,” the next big production contemplated by Mr Bland Holt. Mr Brunton’s work as a scenic artist established him in high repute throughout Australasia.

Mr. J. P. Vause, who has been Postmaster at Te Awamutu for 22 years, has been appointed' Postmaster at Strand Arcade, Auckland. Major Thomas Perkins (of London), who recently visited' Auckland and Rotorua, left Wellington on Thursday by the Turakina for England. Mr. Wi Turnbull (of Christchurch) arrived in Auckland by the express on Friday from the South. He put up at the Royal Hotel. Messrs. W. Duncan and F. Tilley (of Wanganui), who have been staying at the Central Hotel, left on their return South by Friday’s train. Mr. W. G. Crompton (of Gisborne) returned to the Central Hotel last Thursday after a visit to Whangarei, being a passenger to town by the Ngapuhi. Mr. and Mrs. J. Thomas, of Dunedin, who have been spending a visit to Auckland at the Royal Hotel, left on their return home by Thursday’s express for Wellington. Mr. Bert Royle, representing Mr. J. C. Williamson, arrived from the South overland on Friday, to make arrangements for the forthcoming season of the big pantomime, “Jack and Jill.” Mr. W. D. Evans, of Fremantle, West Australia, Is at present on a visit to the thermal springs district. He returns to Wellington via the Wanganui River, and proceeds thence io Sydney. After being engaged in the LondonNew Zealand trade for about fifteen

years, Mr. J. Thomas, late chief engineer of the Tongariro, has retired from the sea owing to ill-health. Mr. C. Maudsley (of Wellington) returned to town on Saturday by the express, and will take up his quarters at the Grand Hotel. Mr. Maudsley has been on a visit to Hamilton. Mr. and Mrs. T. Lowes and Miss Lowes, and Mesdames Meßeth and Fowler, of Ashhurst, Manawatu, left tha Royal Hotel o nFriday, proceeding by the express to Rotorua. They return to town in a fortnight.

Colonial Office Envoys. The Colonial Office envoys, Sir Charles Lucas, K.C.M.G., and Mr A. A. Pearson, C.M.G., who are visiting Australia and New Zealand on a general mission of inquiry, arrived in Auckland on Friday, and are the guests of their Excellencies, Lord and Lady Plunket, at Government House. Sir Charles and Mr Pearson arrived from Wellington by the Main Trunk express. Speaking of his impressions of the Dominion, so far as he had been held able to judge, Sir Charles said that he had been much interested in all he had seen. The rich fertility of the land was obvious, and in the North Island as in the South, he had been much surprised at the remarkable amount of cultivation. “I know full well what the settlers of New Zealand have been able to accomplish; that has long been known to me. But I must admit my surprise at finding such evidence of cultivation and population,” continued Sir Charles. “Did I not know the population of this Dominion, perhaps my surprise would not have been so great, but when one remembers that New Zealand contains only a million people, and is the size of the United Kingdom, it is indeed remarkable to find such wide settlement, with cleared lands, green fields, and houses in every part of the country.”

“Another highly pleasing feature of our visit,” added Sir Charles, “is the kindness of the people of New Zealand, and the wbol-e-heartedness of the reception they have given us. The Government and the people have been very good to us, and made us feel just as much at home as if we had never been out of England. As I have already remarked in publie, it is delightful to find in every part of the Dominion such a strong and healthy sense of British citizenship. There is no jingoism about the patriotism of the New Zealander; it is British in its very solidity.” After spending a week at Rotorua, Sir Charles Lucas and JVTr Pearson leave Auckland for Sydney, and will proceed from there to Fiji. They expect to reach Home about the second week in October.