Personal Notes

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3, 17 July 1912, Page 6

Personal Notes

/T\ K- U. N. HALLAM. first aseist--1 I 1 an * al Masterton District - j I Z High SJiooL who has been / appointed to the headmasters’/.p »»f th** 14a nd Bay School, has taken np hi* new position. Mr. D. E. Leslie, of <Ji*borne. who succeed* Mr. Haslam in Ma<terton. i* expected to arrive during the first week in August. Mr. » . Perry, for fifteen years secretary of the Oddfellow*' I.edge at Masterton. wa< the re ipieiK of a handsome fruit <l -i ami *ih«r ink*tand la*twe»k as a mark of appreciation from numbers. He has resigned the position. Mr. A’l onrt Opie. nnt I recently clerk to rue \\ J irarapa South County Council. h is h;rn aj [K>inted engineer to the Akkio ( canty Council, at a salary of £SiM> per a’itium. The employers of the C* n : p - -enteil Mr. R. R. Dawson, the late ♦ng.'c er. with a purse of sovereign-. while Mr*. Dawson was the re- ♦ pit nt of ’ travelling rug from the ladle* of Pongaroa. L'he death < .irr« d at Upper Tutaenui I Ik ihLu-j - la-t w»» k of Mrs. Taylor, wife of Mr. .Ivlin Taylor, aged ninety-two years. De eased was one of the oldest s»-:Crs n Rangkikei. Mr. fames \\i!*on, one o f Rangitikei’s o! - -♦ tr.hr-. died at Makino last w -k. .i-_ed righty three years. Dehad an eventful career. Born in Ireland, u- v.anie -;\tv-*even rears ago to X. w Zea and with the both Regiment, t.i ■ ■ c 1 . 1. n -• ver.il campaigns. After h* 1 the army he farmed at Upper H itt numb-r of years, and thirty years ago - tied in the Makim di--tr; He i.id been ailing for the past hve \<\i;s. Mrs. Wil-on survives her hu- end. wi*.i six sons and five daugh--1 < s an Messrs. W. H. a: I J- n g ■ L ’L •< hrl-tehurchi. A. F. (U’ tn. E. (Auckland). and David J: • Mr-. (Makino) lughti ■ thers art unmarried. Uie death occurred at thristchrir. h la*- week of Mr. \V. Gordon Rich, a ge nth-man who took an active part in the early settlement of New Zealand, and e\p: lit the hardships connected with pioneer work in a new country. Mr. R i born in and was the third son of th* hoe. B.i-. xinuham-hire. He was educated a* Westminster, and, after a di-t.n-gui-hed < oiit-ge career, came out to New arriving at Auckland in the x g st, ’.*'_\ He i>ro. g. t letters to Colonel Wynyard. who "• ' A<i’? ini-trator <?: Ne v Zealand. Two nanga; ei in a Maori cattle-boat. and ' : • success ton and Nelson. latter he engaged in ' - i l ' . m ' ■ and Southland. - ’ - Clerk < urt at Rah-]-a: ha for a - - . s wit t Mr. F. G. Hutton, the Clerk of the < «urt at Coromandel. 1 u Rev. Father O’Hara, who has occupied the position of curate to the Very Ke\ D**an O Donnell. at Ashburton, has to take up hi- permanent residence in t hristrhureii. The Addington railway station staff la*t week pre*ente«l Mr. Bowles, the retiring *tat«on-niaster, with a copper kettle and spirit lamp, a- a token of esteem. The presentation wa< made bv Mr. H. H. Wilson. Mr Henry "ieott. A M L Me.-h. E.. recently in the <ervi*e nf the t hristehureh Tianiw.lv Board. al?»n connected with electr a| matters in ( hri-t« hur. h for many year-, ha- been ted from fiftr- * ’ . . * ... e.i*. »•*? r;ee* to li'./’f’-rr. ,J Bor<. i-'i < onm il. Mr. R. T. **add. ( «'mmi«*>ioner of Crown at Napier, who wa- recently transferred from Nelson, wa- pre-ent-ed by the < l a inner of Uomnier e at Nel•on .»ith a ii ill ij.iinal ed addre*- ex pre---in ai!i.iu. in' laml «ettlem>nt. ’ll*., ru.iii... '<lllll,lll.*s nj. w.H repre.ontiKl at th. irath.r.ujr. of th« dtpartm.iu k n ...m-d Mr. -a.1.l with a roll top ilr.k. an.l hr wa. al»o mtertain- ».! bv i he Xi-l-on branch of the *.irvev. ora’ Tu.t'tute Lieutenant Evane. the *e< onJ in romaianrf of the Rriti.h Awtarrtie expedition,

has been promoted to the rank of commander in the Royal Navy. Mr. E. H. Davi«. postmaster at Reefton. has been transferred to Gore, occupying a similar position. Mr. J. 11. Fowler. Government auditor for the West Coast (South Island', has been promoted to the New Plymouth district. Mr. W. J. Melville, the assistant clerk at the Dannevirke Magistrate’s Court, who has wen transferred to Greymouth, was farewelled at a large gathering, and presented with a travelling bag, suit-case ami purse of sovereigns. Mr. Melville had been identified with all forms of sport, and had made many friends while resident in Dannevirke. Mr. W. Martin. 8.A., BJsc., has been appointed instructor to the South Canterbury schools at a salary of £350 and travelling expenses. The Rev. G. H. Andrews, who was an attendant at St. John’s College, and. was ordained in Auckland, died about eight, weeks ago on the Melanesian Mission field from the effects of fever. A brother missionary visiting Auckland, expressed the opinion that deceased’s life would have been saved had there been sufficient workers on the field. He had been on the fields two years—the limit of effective service in that trying climate—and was completely run down. The Rev. J. Laird. late of New Plymouth. lias accepted -an invitation to the pastorate of the Spreydon (Christchurch l Baptist Chun-ii. rendered vacant by the death of the Rev. J. Butler. A Press Association telegram reports the death at Chri.-tehurch of Mr G. F. Bullen, aged SO. who formerly owned extensive properties in Kaikoura district. and leased the whole of Hundalee country from the Government. The Commander-in-Chief of the Australasian Squadron will visit Auckland in his flagship, H.M.s. Drake, from 27th to 20th July. The visit is for the purpose of seeing the proposed sites for naval establishments, and on ae-count of the shortness of its duration, the Comniander-in-ChieFs time will be so fully occupied that be will be unable to enter on any other engagements. The Commander-in-Chief will be visiting Auckland either in December or January next. At a social gathering held in St. Alban's schoolroom, Dominion Road, last week. Mr. Grove, who has been superintendent of the Sunday-school for the last seven and a-half years, was presented by the teachers and scholars with a silver inkstand, as a mark of the e-teem in which he was held bv all. The Rev. Wingfield, in making the presentation. referred to the " thorough manner in which Mr. Grove had carried out the duties of superintendent, and the general regret of both teachers and scholars at his now leaving the school. He also announced that Mr. Grove had informed him that he wished to present an allotment of land to the church. Mr. Grove replied in a few well-chosen words. Mr. M- Benny, who has for the past ten years been coaching foreman at Auckland, was recently transferred to Marton. Prior to his departure he was the recipient of a presentation of a tea ami coffee service and an entree dish by his Auckland friends. >teps a re being taken at the Thames to erect a suitable memorial of the late Mr. James McGowan, who was so intimately and popularly associated with the public life of the goldfields from the earliest days. Mr. F. W. Furkert, who has been recently promoted from the position of district engineer of the Otago public works to that of Inspecting Engineer for the Dominion, was presented by his late fellow officers at Dunedin with a roller-top writing de-k. The ceremony was held at the Public Works Office, am! the pre-entation was made by Mr. Park, on behalf of the -faff. Mr. J. M. E»ni«. who sn.-reeds Mr. Fnfkert. was present, ami was welcomed to the district. • Mr. F. Gar!i< k. son of Rev. S. J. Garli«*k. Lew r Hutt, has received the appointment as second engineer on the Lyttelton Harbour Board’s *taff. Tire Prime Minister I the Hon. W. F. Massey 1 took a run home on Saturday, and returned to Wellington by Sunday’s down express. Mr Henry Field, a well known worker

in connection with the Methodist Church in Auckland, left on Monday on an extended tour through the Australian Commonwealth.

Dr. Tntby King, superintendent of Seacliff Asylum, is at present in Wellington. He has been given leave of absence to deliver a course of lectures throughout the Dominion on infant life, and will arrive in Auckland later Mr. F. J. Heatley has forwarded his resignation to the Taranaki Education Board as technical organiser, on account of his acceptance of a more lucrative position at Newcastle, under th? New South Wales Education Department.

The death occurred on Saturday of Mrs Edward Lewis, a very old and respected resident of Auckland. Mrs Lewis, who came out to New Zealand from England in 184 S. was 83 years of age. Her first husband. Mr Chas. Davis, who was a well-known merchant and owner of the ship Mary Catherine, died in 1875, and some years later Mrs Davis married Mr Edward Lewis, a brother of Mr Gabriel Lewis. Mr Lewis died three years ago. The late Mrs Lewis leaves a family of four—Mr Adolphus Davis, Mrs L. D. Nathan, Mrs Arthur H. Nathan, and Mrs W. Carminer, of Wellington.

The Rev. Cecil John Wood was consecrated Bishop of Melanesia in St. Paul’s Cathedral, Dunedin, on Sundav morning by the Primate Bishop Nevill. The Bishops of Airekland (Dr. Crossley) and Wellington (Dr. Sprott) assisted the Primate. The consecration sermon was preached by Dean Fitchett, and there was a full choral servi.?e. The church was filled by a large congregation. The Right Rev. f/j. Wood/ M.A.j fourth Bishop of Melanesia, was chosen for that office earlv in the present vear by the Archbishop of Canterburv 'ami

other representatives appointed bv the New Zealand General Synod. He is the only son of Charles It ood. Esq., barrister-at-la .v. ami late legal -adviser to the English B sird of Agriculture. The new bishop was a fotmdation scholar at Peterhouse, Cambride, when he obtained his degree in 181)7, and was ordained the same vear as eurate of High Halden. Kent. He'was successively curate at Marylebone Parish Church and St. Andrew’s. Bethnal Green, and principal of the Wimbledon Clergy House. He was at one time a church school manager at Bethnal Green and a Poor Law guardian. His predecessors in the Diocese of Melanesia were Bishop J. C. Patteson (consecrated at old St. Paul s ('hureh, Auckland, in 1861, and murdered on the island of Nukuapu ten years later). Bishop John Richardson Selwyn t second son of Bishop Selwyn, of New Zealand), 1877-92, and Bishop Cecil Wilson, 1894-11. The Melanesian Mission was founded bv Bishop Selwyn in 1849, and embraces the New Hebrides. Banks, Torres, and Solomon Islands, and the Santa Cruz group. Its headquarters were first at Kohimarama, near Auckland, but were subsequently removed to Norfolk Island. It has now been decided that they must be again removed to the Solomon Islands, which are nearer the centre of the diocese. The new bishop will arrive in Auckland On Sunday next, ami will be welcomed at a gathering in the Town Hall in the afternoon. He leaves for Sydney on Monday evening, in order to catch the steamer, which leaves for Norfolk Island on August 1.