PERSONAL NOTES.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 2, 13 July 1910, Page 6

PERSONAL NOTES.

Lieut. Colonel G. C. B. Wolfe, officer eonimandihg the Auckland district, returned to Auckland from Wellington last week by the Main Trunk. ' ' Mr. T. N. Brodrick, Commissioner of Crown Lands for Hawke's Bay, has been appointed Commissioner for Canterbury as from August 1, and will be succeeded at Napier by Mr. C. R. Pollen, chief draughtsman at Auckland (says a P.A. message), Mr. John Bourke, foreman of the relaying gang at Rangiriri, was last week entertained by his fellow workers and presented with a handsome writing desk as a token of the esteem in which he is held by the members of his gang, on the occasion of his removal to take up an appointment at the Frankton yard. Mr. T. Cooper made the presentation, voicing the general good wishes for the future success and welfare of Mr. Bourke.

Captain J. B. Rainey, superintendent for the Tyser Company, and Mr. R. Nelson, of Napier, arrived in Auckland last ■week, and are staying at the Grand Hotel.

Captain J. Dawson, late of the Manapouri, has resigned from the Union Company’s service after twenty years’ service. He intends to go into business in Australia.

Professor A. Jarman, A.R.S.M., Director of the Auckland University College School of Mines, has been elected corresponding member of council of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, London.

Mr. A. S. Marshall, M.A., was a passenger last week by the Main Trunk express, en route to take over his new appointment as assistant professor of mathematics and physics at Canterbury College. A number of University students gave him a hearty send ofl at the railway station.

Mr. Wilkinson, a member of the Otago Harbour Board, who is on a visit to Auckland, was last week taken round the harbour by the chairman (Mr. A. J. Entrican) and the engineer (Mr. W. H. Hamer) of the Auckland Harbour Board, being shown the features of interest in the new harbour scheme. , A work on the life and times of the late Mr. Matthew Fowlds, centenarian weaver, and father of the Hon. George Fowlds, Minister of Education, is at present occupying Mr. Thomas W. Orr, a London merchant, in collaboration with the Rev. J. Kirkwood Fairlie, of Fenwick, and the work will shortly be issued from the publishing house of Dunlop and Drennan, of Kilmarnock.

• A pleasant gathering took place at the Ellerslie Hotel last week, when a presentation of a handsome gold watch, suitably inscribed, was made by EllersLe residents to Mr. A. S. Thompson, chairman of the Mount Wellington Road Board. Mr. Thompson has held that position for the last 31 years, and during that time has been instrumental in obtaining the waterworks and other conveniences for the residents of Ellerslie. Mr. G. Wilkinson (chairman of the Ellerslie Town Board) presided last week, and in addition to the members of the Town Board there were representatives present from the Mount Wellington, Epsom, Onetree Hill, Remuera, Otahuhu, Panmure, and Pakuranga Road Boards. A pleasant little function took place at Mr C. F. Pulley’s offices on July 2, when a presentation was made to Mr R. Parsons, managing foreman for Mr Pulley. Mr Parsons has been with Mr Pulley for the past seven years, and is leaving for Gisborne to start business on his own account. During the seven years several large contracts have been fulfilled practically under Mr llarsons’ supervision, notably King’s wharf, Taranakintreet wharf, Petone wharf, and Thorndon reclamation, now in course of construction. The presentation took the form of a case of pipes. The death is announced by Press Association cable from Brisbane of Judge Miller, in his 64th year. Mr W. F. Alexander, of the literary staff of the “Dominion,” has been appointed editor of the Timaru ‘‘Herald.’’ lie will take up his now duties at the end of August. Mrs Howard, who died at Auckland last week, aged 70 years, was the wife of Captain F. VV. Howard, of Auckland, and mother of Mrs Horace Cramond, Wellington. The deceased lady was a daughter of Captain Clendon, R.N., a member of the first Legislative Council of New Zealand. Captain Howard, who arrived in New Zealand with the lat* Bishop Selwyn, survives his wife. Mrs Mayos (nee Miss Atkina), who for •ome years has acted gratuitously a*

organist at St. John's Catholic Church, Parnell, recently resigned the position owing to her marriage taking her away to Wellington. The choir of the church has accordingly presented her with a handsome silver afternoon tea service, which has been duly forwarded to Mrs Mayes by Mrs Worthington, conductress of the choir. ■ . An old and respected resident of Auckland passed away at the age of 87 years last week in the person of Mr. John Buchanan. The late Mr Buchanan was born in Manchester, and when a young man migrated to Sydney, from which eity he arrived in Auckland in the year 1858, and resided here ever since. For over 40 years he represented the Liverpool, London and Globe Insurance Company, and was for a number of years also local agent for Reuter’s Telegram Company, Ltd. For long he was a trustee of the Auckland Savings Bank, but resigned on being appointed inspector of accounts to that institution, a position he held until his retirement from business, some 15 years ago. The deceased gentleman, who was a bachelor, was generally esteemed for his many excellent personal qualities. Mr. Wilford last week tendered his resignation as Chairman of Committees of the House of Representatives. The Minister for Jus.—e has appointed Sergeant J. C. S. Willis gaoler at Palmerston North, and Principal Warder < . Parker gaoler at Gisborne. The Mayor of Auckland (Mr. L. J. Bagnall) and the town elerk (Mr. H. W. Wilson) returned by the mail train on Saturday from attending the Municipal Conference at Wellington. The New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association,. which met in Wellington on Thursday evening, decided to cable to Mr. Anthony Wilding their congratula tions on his having won the English tennis ehampionship. ■ . Mr. A. C. Cornwallis Stevens, late Royal Field Artillery, has been appointed to be staff offi-.r to the Commandant of the Junior Cadets of the Dominion, with the rank of Lieutenant in the Reserve of Officers. Mr. H. McMurray, who lias been chief v. aider at H.M. Prison, Lyttelton, for some time, has been promoted to a similar position in the Auckland prison. He will be succeeded at Lyttelton by Chief Warder Glover from Dunedin. Chief Guide Graham, of Mount Cook Hermitage, who is at present in Wellington, leaves shortly for Rotorua, where he will be attached to the Tourist Department’s staff there. He will remain at that place until the southern mountaineering season commences again. Mr. J. A. Hutton, chief postmaster at Wellington, who is retiring, was presented last week with an address from the letter-carriers. The presentation was made by Sir Joseph Ward (Prime Minister), who eulogised Mr. Hutton’s services to the Department. Accompanying the address was a silver-mounted ram’s head inkstand, and silver Hower stand for Mrs. Hutton. The “Western Star” reports the death at the age of 74 years of Mrs. M. Stevens, relict of Mr. George Stevens. Mrs. Stevens was a native of Sydney, and came to New Zealand wita her husband in 1852. Mr. Stevens, who had been pilot on boarc. H.id.s. Acheron, was first officer of the whaler Karairi, commanded by the late Captain Howell. Mrs. Stevens was the fourth white woman to land in Riverton. MR. MAURICE COHEN. In musical circles Mr. Maurice Cohen is very well-known, having been one of the founders and conductor of the Palmerston North Orchestral Society since its inception, fourteen years ago. He is also conductor of the Choral Society, and has held the office of president of the North Island Bands’ Association since its foundation, twelve years ago. In Masonry he holds the rank of D.G.S.W. of the District Grand Lodge, E.C., has been twice Master of the United Manawatu Lodge, and also took one of the chairs in the Royal Arch Chapter. Mr. Cohen occupied a sent on the Palmerston North Borough Council from 1887 to 1894, and held the office of Mayor for two years, 1904-5. He has been president of the Palmerston North Chamber of Commerce, and represented his Chamber at the Imperial Congress in London in 1900. In 1905 he held office as president of the Manawatu Agricultural an I Pastoral Association, and has been vicepresident of the local cricket, footl all, and polo clubs. In 1907 he was elected member for the Manawatu and Horowhenua districts on the Wellington Harbour Board, which position he still holds. Of late years Mr. Cohen has interested

himself largely in the hemp industry of the Dominion, and in 1900 visited the Phillipine Islands for the purpose of reporting on the general conditions of the hemp industry there.