PERSONAL ITEMS,

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1848, 6 September 1913, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS,

Dr. G. M. Chapman, M.R.C.S., ''a son of his Honour Mr. Justice Chapman, has been appointed Receiving Room Officer at tho London Hospital. Dr. Chapman recently passed liis examination for M.D., Cambridge. Mr. C. W. Jones, manager in Now Zealand for tho Hnddnrt-l'arkcr Company lias gone south to opon_ tho company's new offices in Dunedin. Tho staff will come from Melbourne and other offices. Mr. T. J. Parker will bo manager of the Dunedin office. Tho agency for tho Huddart-I'arker Company in Dunedin lias been in the hands of Neill and Co., Ltd., sinco tho commencement of tlio service. The funeral of ox-Judge) Ward, Who died at Dunedin on' Monday, aged, 36. took place on Wednesday morning at the Burwood Churchyard, his remains being interred in the family plot, where his first wife was buried. Representatives of tho legal profession in Christchurcli and Dunedin were at the graveside. Tho burial service was conducted by tho Rev. C. A. Tobin. The Southland Education Board yes< terday received the resignation of Mr. Edmond Wobber, headmaster of tlia South School, as from January 31 next. Mr. Webber lias been 44 years in tho education servico of .New Zealand, 30 years hnving been passed in the service; of tho Southland Board. The board re-. solved that, _in consideration of Mr. ■ Webber's unique record, the resignation: take effect as from March 31 next, and; that lie be relieved as from January 31. The Invercargill South School is 0110 of tho largest in tho Dominion, there being 1000 names on the roll. Sir Joseph Walton,' M.P., F.R.G.S., who has travelled extensively in the Far East, has arranged to mako a tour of New Zealand in order to study affairs political and commercial. Ho is due to arrive at tho Bluff on September 29, and ( intends to visit Lako Wakatipu, Dunedin, Christchurch, the Buller ami Otira Gorges, Wellington, and Rotorua, before finally sailing from Auckland. Amongst tlio visitors who "signed: on" at the Royal Oak Hotel yesterday were Mr. C. AV. Randall (London), Colonel Haybrook, Mr. A. S. Patcrson (Dunedin), Mr. G. Reginald Collins (Wellington), and Mr. H, A. Brown (Christchurch). • Mr. Andrew M'Dougall, for many years Crown Lands ranger in the Otago land district, stationed at Pembroke, has resigned from the L a "ds Department, and intends settling down 1 in the North Island. Sir. J. Taylor, accountant of tha New Plymouth branch of the Bank of New Zealaud, leaves towards tho. end of next week for Manaia. Mr. P. Coyle, of tho New Plymouth Postal Department, has been transfer- '• red to and will leavo to tako up his new position early next week. At the Grand Hotel tho following visitors arrived yesterday:—Mr. E. J. Sullivan and Mr. A. M'Donald, Dunedin ; Mr. and Sirs. Hutchings and Mr. ICe-v Harty, Auckland; Mr. A. H. Beeson, Birmingham; and the southern members of tho New Zealand football team. Tho death is announced .from West Australia of Sir. John Mitchell, who was Mayor of Greymouth >n the years iSB9 and 18' JO. Sir. Henry Scott, Borough Electrio Engineer, Inglewood, who has been an associate member of the Institute of Slcchanical Engineers, _ Loudon, sincoi 1902, has received advico that ho has been, elected as a member of tho livsti-i tuto of Engineers and Shipbuilders, Scotland. ' Tho Rev. G. B, Nanson, of Gcraldine, has been. appointed vicar of ,Hinds. >r y" The New South Wales Rugby Union!. team is staying at tho, Einpiro Hotel, wliero the following visitors also arrived yesterday:—Mr. l'\ Haig, Mr. T. 11. Williams (Wanganui), Sir. H. Har*; greaves and Sir. A. Tumor (Christchurch), Sir. F. W. Innes (Hamilton), Sir. F. G. Baivmfield (Dunedin), Sir. W. J. Matthews (Auckland), Sir. J. G. Evans, Sir. G. Wordsworth, Sir. A. K. Regoi's (Mew Plymouth), and Mr. H. E. Hills (Greymouth), ) Sir. Maurice O'Connor, tho wellknown Holstein breeder of the Paliiatua district, who receutly disposed of his farm to Mr. Hawloy Drew, was on Tuesday evening entertained at tho Commercial Hotel by a largo number of friends, and presented with a handsome sliaviug-sct anp a set of military hairbrushes. The friends of Mr. W. G. Beard, solicitor, of Masterton, will regret to hoar that ho is in a somewhat serious condition. 011 Sunday morning last he suffered a seizure, and ho has since been in a stato of collapse. • Dr. Slartin, of Palmorston North, was summoned, and hopes aro entertained that tho pa-. tient will recover. Yesterday's arrivals at the Hotel Cecil included Colonel Hughes, Mr. and Mrs. G. 11. l'erry, Mr. Sydney Fitzborbert, Sir. and Sirs. Shine, Sirs, fyio, Miss Bing, Sir. and Sirs. W. Cederwall, and Sirs. J. M. Jackson. Sir. Ashlev Hunter, C.E., left Auckland for Wellington 011 Wednesday, en, route for Westport, where lie will superviso tho extension of tho \\estportStookton Coal Mine Company's electncal line to their now mino. The Hon. G. J. Smith and tho Hon. E C. J. Stovens were passengers for the south by tho Wahinc last evening. Sir J. J. Rouse, who has been on a visit to Now Zealaud, returned to Sydney by the Slanuka last evening. ' Captain Stockley, who has been touring New Zealand, left for Sydney by the Slanuka yesterday. Drs. Farr, Harty, Begg, and Chilton wore passengers by tlio Wnhiuo.for tho south last evening. - Miss Proctor, who has been lecturing in Dunodin, returned to Christchurch on Wednesday. 1 Sir. James Gardiner (New Zealand and Australasian draughts champion) has left Goro to tako up his residence in Westport. , The death took place in Auckland 01) Sunday of Sergeant-Major Blackmore, aged 71, at ono timo a prominent figure in military circles. Deceased graduated in the British Army, and in 1883 ca'mb to Invercargill as drill instructor to tho City Guards, Bluff Nnvals, and the "G" Battery, the district then being' .in chargo of Lieutenant-Colonel Hannah. After about'eight years' service in Invercargill, during which ho was very popular with voluutcorSj ho retired from the defcnco force to go into business in Dunodin, and subsequently removed to Auckland. Deceased is survived by three daughters.