PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2345, 30 December 1914, Page 5

PERSONAL ITEMS

' : The Hon, J. Allen arrived in Welling,tyn yesterday .morning from Dunedin, - transacted Departmental business all day ui Wellington, and left for Dunedin ill'the: evening again *' He will return - -to Wellington during the first week of the New Year. ... / Mr. H. W. Wilson, town clerk of 'Auckland, : is spending a few days holiday in Wellington. ; ; ; News was received 1 yesterday by cablegram of the deatli at Derby, Western . Australia,/of . Mr. J. H. Qninlan, sec- ■ , ■ ond son of vthe late Mr. J.' L. A. Quin- - lan, hamster, of' Victoria, and brother of -Mrs.-A. L.yWikon, or Wellington. Deceased belonged. to the staff of the .; Bank of Australasia. : Ho leaves.a widow ■ and two daughters. ■ , ■ News reached "Wellington yesterday of the death at New Plymouth "of Mr. George-Tabor, who was well lrnowji in Wellington a low years ago. Air. Tabor was especially interested in swimming;. . / and on© of-his last.acts was-to give a shield for competition to the Life-Saving , Olub, which ho was mainly instrumental •V. in founding in New Plymouth. He was. 'leducated at College, and '■ -'.plater, took up theprofessionof dentistry, 0..''.H0 practised"for some years in Welling- ..- ton, but left here to go to Sydney about -'five';years ago, returning to settle in ' . New' Plymouth about two years later. ■ : 'At the time of Mb death he was a mem- ' ibcr of the New Plymouth Borough. Council, and he was connected -with , .practically every,branch of sport in the Taranaki district'. ' Mr. Tabor, who was only 38 years of age/leaves a widow, but .no children. : . i The .Hon.. W. Hughes,'Attorney- •" is acting as Prime Minister ■ '. 'of, the' Commonwealth during the ab- •-< sonce in New Zealand of the Right Hon. ''Andrew Fisher.. Mr. E. Jr Carey, Seoretaiy -of; the' . Wellington Hotel Workers' Union, is at ■present, on holiday m Taranaki. ■ Mr. :F. Lisle, of Wellington, is repre- ■ sen ting the national executive of the New Zealand Political Reform League ' on behalf of the Government! candidate, Mr. ■ Joseph Clark, at the magisterial recount in connection with the Ohinemuri election.: . ' Mr. John Ffirrell, late of theJulins Knight Company,' will act as -advance representative of ' the Gilbert-Sullivan '-.Opera Company, at present 'in. Auckland. Mr. L.'H. Clark, of the Auckland branch of the National Insurance Company, :has been -appointed manager for. ■ the Taranaki district. . Mr. Guy Batham, late of Khandallah, : ■i;'has successfully passed his examination , ■ in London,, and now holds a chief marline engineer's, certificate.: v The , death occurred at Timaru on 'Saturday of Mr. Robert Cuthbert, son-in-law of Mr. T. R. Jones, of Lower ■ .. Hutt. Deceased was born in Glasgow • and came to Now Zealand 35 years ago. I'or many years he was in charge of tho extensive shipping, work of the National ' Mortgage and Agency' . Company at; ".Timaru. ' : ' • ; Miss Hodge, of Timaru, has been'ap-: pointed lady principal of the New Ply-. ■ mouth Girls' High School.—Press Assojiation.