PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2225, 11 August 1914, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr. Robert Angus, general manager for Thos. Cook and Son is on a visit to Wellington from Auckland. Major and\Mrs. Fulton are staying at lough Erne, Mulgrave Street. Major Fulton leaves with the first expeditionary force this week. ■•■ The Wellington Education Board has nuuls the following appointments:—Assistant master at Wadestown, Mr. C. >A. Rendle; sole teacher at Akatarawa, Miss Maiding; assistant at Pahiatua, Miss K.; Pattle; assistant at Wellington South, Miss lOKean; assistant master at Te Aro, Mr. I). G. Ball, assistant at Muritai, Miss J. Steel. . > The death occurred at Featherston yesterday morning of Mr. James Crawford, aged 65, widely known, <ia licensee of the Royal Hotel from 1897 till last year. He came to New Zealand from his birthplace, Edinburgh, 50 years ago, and resided at Lower Hutt and Wellington before settling in* Featherston. He was patron of various local institutions, and well known for his generosity... He was elected a commissioner of the town district in the'early part of this year, and had been in ill-health for some months. It is understood that the town will benefit considerably by his will, and that natiotfal institutions are also included. • The Public Service Commissioner has appointed Messrs. T. G. Fielder, A.R.5.1., of. New Plymouth, and A. Burgess, of Christchnrch, to the position? of Inspectors of Factories at Auckland t and Dunedin, respectively. Mr. Fielder,is an Associate of the Royal Sanitary Institute, nnd holds a number of certificates for . building construction and plumber's work.! He was engaged in England for some time us a pupil teacher, and as clerk to a firm of engineers, and has seTyed eleven years In the execution and supervision of sanitary work in England,' France, Germany, Switzerland; as well as New Zealand. He has erected many scaffolds, and has lately held an appointment as an inspector under the Public Health Act. Mr. Burgess has had an extensive commercial experience m England and New Zealand, and has had under his supervision workrooms and. large numbers of persons employed in factories and shops. He is a competent bookkeeper, and has a; knowledge of commercial law and accountancy. • On Saturday evening the death occurred of Mr. Henry Richardson Roe, formerly a writer, well known to the Press of New Zealand, and father of Mrs. A. E. Kernot, of Wellington, herself a writer of some note. Mr. Rae was quite well about six weeks ago. The . deceasel was born in Dublin, Ireland, 80 years ago, his father being a solicitor in the Government cmploy. He was educated at the NutgroVe Academy, spent his youthful years < .in County Kerry, and came out to Australia some sixty year 9 ago. In Victoria ho became a journalist of note, a reputation which followed him to New Zealand nearly a quarter of 1 a century ago. He Vrote a series of very bright articles for the Auckland "'Graphic'' under the nom do guerre of "The Autocratio Idler," and.for the "Canterbury Times" nnder the penname of "Australasian RambleT. Besides Mrs. Kernot, there are two daughters (Mesdames M'Clelland and.Johnston) resident in Australia.