PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2307, 14 November 1914, Page 7

PERSONAL ITEMS

'A' ■ Press Association message from 'Sydney announces that Mr. H. J. Tapbaroll has been appointed news editor tof the "Sydney Daily Telegraph." •

The death of Mr. Henry A. Morison, which occurred last night at his residence in Qambridge Terrace, removes another of our old identities. The de- ( ceased was born at Edinburgh in 1836, and emigrated to Victoria in 1854, at the time of the big gold rush. .When ' the Gabriel Gully rush broke out in 1861, the late Mr, Morison canie over ; Vin the ship Lightning, 'a : three-decker, ' -and she carried"7Bo "passengers, and ( took 10 days to reach Dunedin: In ,1865 the deceased'made his home in Wellington, and resided here' Up; to the '"time of his death. The'late Mr. Morisbn was a prominent member of the Loyal' Britannia Lodge of Oddfellows, •being associated with the lodge from : its inception. ' Mr. Ellis Wrigley, an old resident of ffauranga, and an ex-councillor, has joined the New Zealand Horse Contingent in London. Miss E. Billens, B.A;, now teaching in the Patea District High School, is t j be appointed third, assistant of the iFeilding District High School. ; ' Lieutenant-Colonel R. J. Creswell, of Christchurch, is staying'at the Albert Hotel, also Air. C. H. Archer, of Napier.• ~ • Captain Glossop, R.N., of H.M.A.S. Sydney, was formerly in command of ' the third-claia cruiser Prometheus in ' these waters. He wrote, congratulating the.Navy League Branoh at Wellington on its educative work. Later tin, at the suggestion of Lord Plunket, Captain Glossop visited Gisborne, so that some 500 juvenile members of the league in that district might have an opportunity of seeing over the Prometheus. The Gisborne sub-branches .were formed under the auspices of the iWellington branch immediately prior to the warship's visit. _ Captain Glossop' also expressed in writing nis warm approval of, the Navy League's action in drawing attention to. the fact that the plans of - ihe dock then in course of construction would require to be slightly amended to permit of the docking of .vessels of the Dreadnought class. Mr. R. Keeiie left by last evening's Sxpress for Tauranga and the North' Cape. He expects to be away for some time. ' 1 .

By the death of Mr.' George Smith, of Palmeraton, is removed au old identity of the turf in New , Zealand (says an exchange). • Mr; Smith was for many years a resident of Otago, and was very well known in the south, whehe ho was amongst ihe very earliest of sportsmon. Ho arrived in Dunedin in 1863. As a lad lie was dispatched to Taieri to find a piece of ground suitable for a racecourse for a meeting at which the Melbourne horse Falcon and others wore to race. The site he reported on is now known as Siherstream. He owned several horses at different times, and was tin authority on blood horses, and officiated as judge at Gore and Milton Shows. After leaving Otago, whore he passed through many of the vicissitudes of the early days, Mr. Smith came to live in Wellington. He had resided at l'almorston during the. past two or three yoara. Deceased was also well known in Australia, and his death will be regretted by a wide circle of friends.

Mr. Thomas Shields, of Wellington, , has been appointed representative of ' the Royal Hi mane Society in the Wellington district. ■