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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 24, 14 December 1910, Page 18

This bronze statin* of ••Industry" has been presented to the Institute of Marine Engineers ot X'ew Zealand, for erection in the entrance hall of their tine new building in Aitken street. Weilington. by Mr F. Reddaway. principal of the tirin of F. Reddaway and < 0.. Ltd. Tin* statin* stands 3ft bin high, and bears tin* inscription. “To My Brother Britons A« ross tile Seas." n wij| be unveiled and formally presented to the institute by the Minister fur Railways, act lug on behalf of Mr Reddaway.

Mr. Thomas Mitchell, the Auckland agent of Messrs. Bowron Bros., of Christchurch, dropped dead in a tram on the way from Opawa to Christchurch on December Ist. He was 53 years of age at 'the time of his death, and was born in County Armagh. Ireland, coming out to New Zealand some 30 years ago.

The late Dr. J. 11. Hooper, one of Auckland's pioneer medical men. who died suddenly at his residence in Hobson-street on December Grh.

Master Stanley Pryor, two years of age, the son of Mr. W. Pryor, Secretary of the New Zealand Employers' Federation. This youthful player is the mascot of the new Haitaitai Bowling Club, opened in Wellington on Saturday week.

Mr. 'Peter Bowling, who was sentenced to Imprisonment in N.S.W. for the part he played in the Newcastle coal strike. One of the first acts of the new Labour Government of New Sooth Wales, after its accession to •office, was to secure Mr. Bowling's release. He is now engaged upon a lecturing tour in New Zealand under arrangement with the Federation of Labour. Zak, photo.

Mr. A. R. Hislop, who has been secretary for the Institute of Marine Engineers in Wellington for the past twenty years, and finder his guidance the institution' has flourished to such an extent that the membership has risen to upwards of Soo members. lie was a representative for New Zealand at the Navigation Conference held in London in 1907. He holds the rank of Major in the Territorial Forces, and wears the Victoria Decoration.