PERSONAL NOTES.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLIV, Issue 25, 22 June 1910, Page 6

PERSONAL NOTES.

The firm of W. M. Bannatyne and Co. wan founded by the late Mr. William McLeod Bannatyne in 1842, and is, therefore, one of the oldest mercantile houses in the Dominion. Mr. Beauchamp entered the service of the firm in May, 1877, and was admitted as a partner with the late Mr. Bannatyne’s stepson, Mr. Arthur Rowsell Baker, in January 1889. In 1900 the business was converted into a limited liability company. Mr. Beauchamp’s colleagues on the Board of that Company are: — Walter I. Nathan (managing director), J. F. Dyer, W. G. D. Brown, and H. L. Nathan.

A Press Association cable from Sydney announces the death of the Rev. Pincombe, a Methodist minister. The Rev. R. Inglis, of Khandallah, has been unanimously elected moderator of Wellington Presbytery for the next six months.

Dr. Foster, at present house surgeon at the Wellington Hospital, has been appointed senior house surgeon at the Christchurch Hospital. Mr. George Witty, M.P. for Riccarton, arrived in Wellington on Tuesday cn route to Napier. He will spend a few days there prior to leaving for Auckland via the Main Trunk route, in company with Mr. T. H. Davy, M.P.

The death is announced of Mrs. Jellicoe, the wife of Mr. E. G. Jellicoe, formerly of Wellington, and now a barrister of Gray’s Inn, London. Mrs. Jellicoe, who was fifty-one years of age, died on April 39th at the residence, Downs House, Duke’s Drive, Eastbourne.

Mr. J. E. Hutton, chief postmaster in Wellington, whose retirement from the 'service has been announced, is to receive a handsome presentation from the letter-carriers of the city. It consist's of a ram’s head, with a pair of magnificent horns, converted into an inkstand. The horns are beautifully polished, and are tipped with silver, and the two inkwells, that are sunk in the top of the head are also of silver. Mr. Hutton’s successor has not yet been appointed. Mr. Hugh Hutchison, of the engineering firm of Hutchison and Campbell, Ltd., of Wellington, has been advised that his brother, Mr. J. B. Hutchison, has been appointed managing director of the Scott Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, on the Clyde. This is the company which has recently completed the building of the first super-Dreadnought Colossus (in which 18,000 tons of steel plates were used), a record work which only occupied nine months. Mr. Hutchison, of Wellington, recently supervised the repairing of the Kaipara at Auckland, a work for which the young firm (of Which he i.s the senior partner) received much credit.

Mr, R. W. Carpenter, of the literary staff of the “Auckland Star,” and who is about to enter the bonds of matrimony, was the recipient last week cf a presentation from the members of

the literary department, as a token of goodfellowship and well wishes for the prosperity and happiness of his future estate. The presentation was in the shape of a handsome silver hot water kettle and entree dish, and in handing them over the editor (Mr. T. W. Leys) voiced the hope of the staff that Mr. Carpenter’s married life would be a long and hapy one. Mr James Y. Wilson, a well-known merchant, died suddenly at Dunedin on Sunday. Mr. T. H. Wood, of Tauranga, left by the Atua on Tuesday for the South Sea Islands, where he will spend some months. Messrs. David A. Storey and G. F. Morrison are Sydney visitors who arrived by the Maheno yesterday, and are staying a few days at the Central Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Stevens, visitors from London, who have been on a lengthy visit to the Dominion, leave by the Maheno this evening on their way Home. M. A. de Jarnae, of Tahiti, accompanied .by Mdlle. de Jarnae, his daughter, leave by the Maheno to-night, en route for Tahiti, after a holiday visit to the Dominion. The Revs. W. Ready and T. G. Brooke, and Mr J. Veale returned to Auckland by the Maheno on Sunday, from attending the recent general Methodist Conference in Australia. Mr. C. H. Poole, M.P., leaves to-night by the express train for Wellington, to attend as a delegate the Temperance No-license Convention, which opens in that city on Wednesday morning. Mdlle. Bel Sorel and her mother, Mdnie. Emma Sorel, arrived by the South boat yesterday, and are staying at the Grand Hotel during the visit of the Grand Opera Company to Auckland. Constable Miles, of the Waihi police staff, has been promoted to the charge of the Paeroa district, in succession to Constable Henry, who has been raised to the rank of sergeant, and will be stationed in Dunedin. A private cable from Liverpool announces that Mr Fred Cuff, who served his apprenticeship at Messrs. Fraser and Sons’ works, Auckland, has passed his examination as chief engineer, and intends returning shortly to New Zealand.

Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Williams, of Gisborne, and their two daughters; and Mr. William Busby, of Tokomaru Bay, and two daughters, are at present staying at the Grand Hotel, and leave by the Maheno this evening on a visit to Australia.

Mr James Lonergan was presented at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Sunday, after High Mass, with a handsome salad bowl, from the choir, in token of well wishes on the occasion of his approaching marriage. The Rev. Father Holbrook made the presentation.

Messrs. J. S. Dickson and R. A. Armstrong left by the Main Trunk express on Sunday, to organise meetings in southern towns in support of the Knyvett ease. Messrs G. L. Peacocke and A. J. Black, who are to speak at these meetings, leave on Thursday. Among the guests at the Central Hotel who arrived from the South yesterday are Mr. and Mrs. and Miss Sutton, of Amberley, N.S.W.; Mr. H. J. Bromleys of Colombo; and Mr. H. Bracy, manager of the “Madam Butterfly” Grand Opera Company. Mr. Harold Beauchamp. Mr. Harold Beauchamp (chairman of the Board of the Bank of New Zealand) arrived in New Zealand with his parents in 1881. In 1884 he married the third daughter of the late Mr. Joseph Dyer, first resident secretary in New Zealand for the Australian Mutual Provident Society, and has a family of four daughters and one son. Since his arrival in the Dominion, Mr. Beauchamp has taken a prominent part in the affairs of the country, and a brief mention of some of the more important offices which he has held will be of interest. In 1901 he was a member of the Federation Royal Commission, and from 189-5 to 1908 was a member of the Wellington Harbour Board. For several years he acted as chairman of this body, but retired in 1908, not seeking reelection. For many years he was Consular Agent for France, nfiring in 1909. In 1899 he joined the Board of the Bank of New Zea hind as Government nominee, and for the last three years has held the office of chairman. He is also chairman of the New Zealand Advisory Boaril of Royal Insurance Company, Ltd., and chairman of the Wellington Patent Slip Co., Ltd., as well as a director of several well-known joint Stock companies including the Gear Meat Preserv-

ing and Refrigerating Co. of New Zealand, the Wellington Gas Company, the Equitable Building and Investment Co. of Wellington, and the New Zealand Candle Company.