PERSONAL NOTES.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 21, 23 November 1910, Page 5

PERSONAL NOTES.

Mr Charles Petterson, of Dunedin, was last week appointed manager of the Waimate gas works, in place of Mr. G. Marriott, who goes to Eltham. There were 1C applicants. At a meeting of the Dunedin City Council last week the Town Clerk (Mr. Richards) sent in his resignation, to take effect from March 1, 1911. The resignation was accepted with regret.— .(Press Association.) Mr. Myers, the well-known Wellington lawyer, intends going for a trip to England. in January, and has booked passages for himself and his wife and their •family by the lonic. He will probably be away for some ten or eleven months. A Press Association telegram records the death at Wellington of Mr. G. Gray, aged 64, brother of the late Mr. W. Gray, for many years secretary at the Post Office. Deceased was until recently controller of the Money Order and Post Office Savings Bank. On Tuesday night Pride Waihi Lodge of Druids tendered a farewell social to P.D.G. Bro. Malcolmson, who is leaving Waihi ttb go farming at Papakura. Bro. Cooper, on behalf of the lodge, presented Mr. Malcolmson with two beautiful chairs, and the secretary read an address. Sir Maurice O’Rorka, M.L.C., has been notified of his election as a vice-president of the Historical Society of Dublin, which has been in existence since 1745. The president is Lord: Ashbourne, and the vice-presidents include many distinguished personages of Ireland. Sir Maurice O’Rorke is the only colonial vicepresident. Mr. J. Hammond, who, according to a cable message received from London last week, is to proceed to Australia with two British biplanes, is a sou of the late

Mr. Joseph Hammond, formerly owner of the Bulls racecourse. Mr. Hammond has resided for some years iu Seaford, England. He is a skilled aviator, the first colonial to hold a certificate as Pilote Aviateur of Aero Club of France. t>n his second flight he covered twentyfive miles across country at a height of 2000 feet in his Sanchez-Beza bi plane. He has flown at Rheims, Bethany, Vitry, and in other parts of France. Major Jackson Keddell, ex-Stipendiary Magistrate, of Oamaru, died suddenly last week, aged 79. Deceased settled in Otago in 1862, and in the early days of settlement was Coroner on the Goldfields. During the Maori War he served in the military forces under General Sir Duncan Cameron in the Waikato campaign, obtaining the rank of major. He was subsequently appointed Stipendiary Magistrate and Warden at the Thames Goldfields, and afterwards served in a similar capacity at Coromandel, Greymouth, Central Otago, and Oamaru. Deceased was a Past-Master in the Masonic Order. — (Press Association.) The death is announced, in his 71st year, of Mr. John Edwiii Davies, who vVaa for thirty-three years headmaster of St. Stephen’s Native School, Parnell, from which position he retired early in 1904. Shortly after his arrival in the colony in 1871, Mr. Davies took over the headmastership of St. Stephen’s, his motive being mainly a missionary one, and .the strong sense of duty which he showed throughout his career earned ■him widespread respect. From the scholastic and character-building point of view, the success of his efforts is shown in such pupils as Dr. Pomare (native health officer), the Rev. F. Bennett, and other prominent members of the race. Mr. Davies was a native of Wells, Somerset, England, where his youthful activities took .the form of educational and missionary work in connection with the Church of England. He had been in failing health for some time, and his death was not unexpected. His eldest son is Mr. W. C. Davies, agricultural instructor to the Wellington Education Board, and an old Auckland boy, at present resident in Greytown (Wairarapa). Other members of the deceased’s family are the Rev. Herbert Davies, of th Chinese Village Mission at Canton; Mr. Frank Davies, a member of the staff of the Auckland Customs; and also Miss Davies, .the only daughter. Mrs. Davies predeceased him by some five years. The funeral of Mr. John Edwin Davies, late headmaster of St. Stephen’s Native School, Pannell, took place at Purewa cemetery last Wednesday, when the Rev. Canon Mac Murray, vicar of St. Mary’s, officiated. In accordance with an oft-expressed wish of the deceased, the service was of a private nature. The mourners included the present principal of the school, Mr. A. Wilson, four representatives of the St. Stephen's Old ■Boys’ Association, who acted as pallbearers, and 30 pupils of the school, who feelingly rendered a Maori hymn at the graveside. The floral tributes included wreaths from the staff, pupils, and old boys of St. Stephen’s. The hymn “Now the Labourer’s Task is O’er” concluded a simple, but deeply impressive tribute to one who untiring labours on their behalf will long be remembered by the native race. Constable Scott, of Napier, has been appointed police officer in charge of the Chatham Islands. Lieutenant Clutterbuck, of H.M.s. Encounter, arrived in Auckland on Friday on furlough, and is staying at “Cargen.” Mr. R E. Priestley, one of the geologists of Captain Scott’s Antarctic staff, was a passenger to Wellington by the Moeraki from Sydney on Wednesday. Mr. James Henry Hayr, of Auckland, on Friday celebrated the 67th anniversary of his arrival at Auckland from the Old Country. Mr. and Mrs. Hayr, who both enjoy excellent health, have nine children, one of their sons being Mr Harry H. Hayr, the well-known and popular secretary of the Avondale Jockey Club. Archbishop Redwood, who represented New Zealand at the Eucharistic Congress at Montreal, returned by the Moeraki from Sydney on Wednesday. His Grace, who was the sole representative of Australia and New Zealand at the Congress, visited the chief cities of Canada and the United States after the conference was over. At Ottawa he was the guest of the Prime Minister (Sir Wilfrid Laurier). He returned via Queensland, spending ton days with his brother, Mr. Vernon Redwood, who is Mayor of Toowoomba. The Hon. Seymour Thorne George, M.L.C., who has been at Home for about

a year, is expected to return to Auckland on the 18th of next January. As a good deal of comment was made regarding the fact that Mr. George, who is one of the directors of the Waihi Com ■pany, transferred all his holding of Waihi shares to the London register when he went Home, prior to the fall in that stock, it may interest shareholders to learn that exactly the same number of shares have now been transferred back Again now that he is returning to New Zealand.