PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2306, 13 November 1914, Page 5

PERSONAL ITEMS

'A Press Association message referring to the death of Captain Angus M'Nab (brother of Mr. Robert M'Nab of thin country, and a specialist in Hajle.v Street, London) states that Dγ M'Nab and the patients he was attending were bayoneted by the Germans during the first engagement- of the London Scottish Regiment.

A private cable message from Sydney announces the death of Mrs. Selig, relict of the late Rev. B. A. Selig, of Wellington. Mrs. Selig, who was well known to old identities in New Zealand, was in her 95th year. She was the mother of Mr. P. Selig, manager of the CbrietehuTch "Press" Co.—Press Association.

Coadjutor-Archbishop O'Shea returned from a visit to the West Coast, Christchurch, and Dunedin yesterday morning. At Dunedin he assisted in the laying of the foundation stone of the new Christian Brothers' School which ia being erected at a cost of £7000. Of that amount £4000 was raised recentlj at a bazaar. • ■

Advice received from London statee that Mr. Duncan P. Bauchop, engineering lecturer en the staff of the Chrietcuurch Technical College, has been elected an Associate Member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (A.M.1.M.E.). Mr. Bauchop served his apprenticeship with the firm of Messrs. Stevenson and Cook, Port Chalmers. Mr. W. S. Short, Assistant Undersecretary for Public Works, has been appointed a Commissioner to adjust a dispute that has arisen between the Thames Borough Council and the .Thames County Council regarding water supply. Lieutenant-Colonel D'Aroy Chaytor, eon of Mr. J. 0. Chaytor, of Marshlands, Blenheim, is at present at the .front. He left for France on September 21 to take charge of the base depot at Dunkirk for the Naval Brigade, Mr. S. Tyson has. been appointed to succeed Mr. S. Blomfield as Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages at Nelson.' The death occurred on Tuesday of .Mr. Thomas Dawson, father of Mr. B. A. Dawson, atationmaster at the Lambton Railway Station. The deceased, who was 78 years of age, was born at Elgin, Scotland, and lived there nearly I the whole of his-life. When hi s wife died in 1902 he came out to New Zealand with some members of his family and remained here until, his death. Of his five sons three are in business in London. Mr. Thomas Dawson, of Dunedin, ie another son. The two daughters are Mrs. Chappie, wife of a clergyman in Scotland, and Miss Mary Dawson, of Christeharch. Lieutenant-Colonel J. E. Hume, In-, specter' of Artillery and Engineers, and officer in charge of the R.N.R.A. depot in Wellington, , has been appointed temporary offioer in command of the Auckland military district. He will proceed to Auckland early next week. ' Mr. 0. A. Mathieson has been appointed deputy-censor of telegraphic messages in respect of i the telegraph stations at or near Wellington. Mr. G. F. Roach, of Hastings, has been elected deputy-chairman of the Hawke's Bay Education Board. Mr. G. A. Macdonald, of Meanee, leaves by' the Moeraki to-day for Aits-. tralia. ' Councillor J. Fuller, who is away from Wellington, was granted leave of absence from the City Council last evening. Mr. J. H. Salmon's appointment as Registrar of-the Court of Arbitration'! Ie gazetted to date from October 28, low.. ;.y. : - ■"■■ ' :■-/,/., * .■■:'. ■■'! An old Auckland resident, Mrs. R, H. Hughes, of Mount Eden, died on Friday. The deceased was a daughter, of the late John Graham, of-Auckland, a member of the Provincial Council, and came to the city in 1855. She took a keen interest in all philanthropic work, and was closely identified' with the temperance movement. She was treasurer of the W.C.T.U., and a member of the No-License Council. Mrs. Hughes is survived by her husband, six sons and two daughters, including Dr. J. G. Hughes, of America, the R«v. H. B. Hughes, of Ashburton, and Mrs. Anderson Hughes Drew, of Southampton, England. There passed away at Havelock last Monday evening' a very old settler of Marlborough, in the person of Mr. Edward Powell. The deceased wae one of Jhe first dentists to qualify under the Dentists' Act of 1880, and for many years practised in Blenheim. Later he removed'to the West Coast, and about eight years ago _ settled in Havelook. Hβ was the third 6on of the late Dr. Henry Powell, of London. The remains of the deceased wore brought to Wellington and were oremated yesterday afternoon. The Rev. Hale, 8.A., (Unitarian) conducted the last rites. The late gentleman leaves a widow and six children: The Rev. E. C. W. Powell, Methven; Messrs.

There passed away at Havelock last Monday evening' a very old settler of Marlborough, in the person of Mr. Edward Powell. The deceased wae one of tlhe first dentists to qualify under the Dentists' Act of 1880, and for many years practised in Blenheim. Later he removed'to the West Coast, and about eight years ago _ settled in Havelock. He was the third 6on of the late Dr. Henry Powell, of London. The remains of the deceased wore brought to Wellington and were cremated yesterday afternoon. The Rev. Hale, 8.A., (Unitarian) conducted the last rites. The late gentleman leaves a widow and six children: The Rev. B. C. W. Powell, Methven; Messrs. V. L. Powell (Blenheim), S. Roland Powell (Havelock), W. H. Powell (Havelock), Miss F. M. Powell (Havelock), and Mrs. A. E. A: Wiffin (Rai Valley). Mr. Roland Powell and Mrs. E. Powell, who left New Zealand for a holiday trip to England some four months ago, are returning, and are due in Wellington on December, 1.

The death occurred at Carterton on Wednesday of Mr. Anders Johnson, an old resident of Carterton, at the age of 65 yeais. He was a native of Helsingborg; Sweden,, and arrived in New Zealand in 1874, in the ehip Humboldt. ■Hβ followed sawmilling in the Greytown district in his early days, and finally took up farming. He is survived by a widow and a family of six boys and five girls.

Messrs. Leroy and Bosco, Mdlle. Talma, and the members of their company left for San Francisco last evening by the Maitai.

Mr. J. J. M'Grath, solicitor, received a cable message yesterday, stating that Mr. P. J. Griffin, of the Pier Hotel, Wellington, and Mrs. Griffin and son were .]ust leaving San Francisco, on their way back to New Zealand. Mr. and Mrs. Griffin were on the Continent when the war broke out.

Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., hold their annual Pahktua cattle sale on Thursday, November 19, commencing at 11.80 a.m. Annual drafts, amounting to 2200 head of cattle from some of the bree'ders of Wairarapa and Hawke's Bay nre to be sold at this sale. Mr. J. H. Thompson, Stratford, has a nlne-acro fruit farm for sale. A Eangitikei district farm of 2000 acres is now on sale at Meiisrs. Barton and Co,, Otakl.