PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2318, 27 November 1914, Page 5

PERSONAL ITEMS

'."Tho ■■Rev. A. M. Johnson, vioar of $t. Paul's, returned from a trip to England yesterday morning. Be travelled as far as Auokland by the Indrabarah 'and then came on by rail. Mrs, John,:sbn remains in' Auokland for a few jdays before returning to Wellington'. ■ Among the natives of New Zealand i-who have joined the British forces in [England is Captain Donald Petrie Simison, a son of Mr. H. N. Sjmson, of He was in Edinburgh on 'business when war broke out, and, hurrying to' London, he joined the cavalry regiment raised by Mr.. Norton Griffiths, M.P., and now known, as the fend King. Edward's Horse, with the [rank- of captain. According to Mb 'latest letter, Captain Simson was endeavouring to secure a transfer to the iNow Zealand Expeditionary: Force. ' I Mr. E. E. Stark, of Dunedin, has Ibeen appointed Ghnstchurch City Elecftrical Engineer.' He was engineer to [tho Waipori Falls Company, and when, (the works were taken over by the Dun[edin City Council ho became electrical Jgngineer to the corporation. . The directors of the Wellington Woollien Manufacturing Company, Ltd., met Sand passed a motion expressing their Weep regret at the loss of their esteem'«d colleague, Mr. J. R; Blair, and recording the board's high' appreciation of the valuable, services rendered by him to the company as a director. It was ,that ia letter expressing the Sympathy of the directors with: Mrs. 'Blair and family in their heavy loss should he sent to Mrs. Blair. The meeting was then adjourned as a mark of irespect to the memory of .the -deceased gentleman.'. ' •■ ■ ' Mr. John Tennant., for many years '■Chief Clerk in H.M. Customs, Dunedin, ;died in that city on Saturday. 1 . The de■ceased was born in Scotland in 1835, vand came.out to New Zealand in a passenger ship during Bis youth, so that lie was one. of the early settlers of IXHago province. He joined ,the Customs -Department in May of 1859, and was promoted six years later to, be Chief JClerk; a position, which he held up to ;the'time of his retirement on superannuation in 1900. Mr. J. S. Tennant, Principal of Wellington Training College, is a son of the deceased gentle-s-man. :■■.. I Mr. v Edward Murphy,, on leaving the '■'staff of'Jas. Godber, Ltd., to join tho Force; was entertained '■fen Wednesday evening, and;presented liy his fellow workers with a pair of field glasses. Mr.; J. Godber made'the presentation. A presentation -was also 'rnado to another of the staff, Mr. Louis JFriess, who has been 6n duty at the 'iorts since the outbreak of the war. Mr. A. Montgomery has been appointfed Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages at.Timaru. ! Dr. Shand, of Dunedin, has resigned lirom the.Senate of tie' New Zealand HTJniv.ersity. . !■• Mr. D. Morgan (Presbyterian) has jb'een gazetted an officiating minister unwer the Marriage Act.' . \' 'Mi;. J. T. M. Hornsby, of the Waiiirarapa, ;has resigned the .position of jCoroner. ' '■■■ The death of Mr. 3. R. Blair was .referred to by the Mayor (Mr. J. P. .(Luke) at last night's meeting of the (City Council. In moving a resolution 'of Sympathy with the relatives of the ''deceased, Mr. Luke specially referred .to the service rendered to tho City by Uhe late Mr. Blair during his two years' (term of office as Mayor of; Wellington, 'and to various other directions in ,-whioh he had assisted in guiding public jaffairs. Councillor W. H. P. Barber Vlso added his tribute and the resolution was carried by the council in silence, i '{ The resignation of Third Officer Reynolds,' of the fire brigade; has been- accepted, and in view of his long servica «to the City, he has been granted one ■month's pay in lieu of annual leave. ■Senior Station Officer Robertson has Ibeen appointed to fill the vacancy. > Mr. W. H. Hagger, of the Labour Department, has been appointed DeputySuperintendent of Workers' Dwellings.