PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2595, 18 October 1915, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

The Hon. J. Allon (Minister of foiico) went South on Saiturd&y, en route to Dunodin. Ho expects to bo back in-. Wellington on Thursday. The Hon. W. H. Herries (Minister of Railways) leaves Wellington to-day for Tauranga and Rotorua. Tlio Hon. W. D. S. Mac Donald (Minister of Agriculture) will visit the Wereroa. Stat-o Farm to-day, and from there will go on to Napier and Gisborne. Ho will probably bo absent from Wellington for about a week. The funeral of the late Hon. J. Duthie, M.L.C., took place at Karori cemetery on Saturday morning. _ The interment was private by the wish of the deceased. The Ho v. J. M'Caw, and tho Rov. J. Paterson were the officiating clergymen. In addition to members of Mr. Dutbie's faniily only a few of his personal friends were present at tho ceremony, included among them bting' tlio Hon. Sir Francis Bell (Leader of the Legislative Council), and the Hon. J. G. W. Aitken, M.L.C. Archbishop O'Shea, ,<vho -has been on a visit to America, is due to arrive at Auckland from Vancouver to-day by tlie Niagara. Mr. ''Banjo" Patorson, the Australian journalist, has received a commission in the remount unit which is shortly leaving for Egypt.—P.A. The remains of the late Mr. Harry M'Cardell, formerly Chief Draughtsman of tlie Lands and Survey Department, were interred in tlie Karori Cemetery on Saturday morning, in the presence of a numerous gathering of men who had been associated with him in official, social, and athletic circles, including the staff of the Lands and Survey Department, Mr. Jame3 Mackenzie, 1.5.0., who was recently retired front tho position of Under-Secretary of Lands, and Mr. F. T. O'Neill, Assistant Under-Secretary of Lands. Tlie scrvico at the graveside was conducted by the' Ven. Archdeacon Devoy, S.M., and tho Rev. Father Barra. S.M. • . 1 At the dress rehearsal of '-'Paul Jones" by tlie Palmerston North Amateur Operatic Society on Friday evening, the members of the cliorus presented Mr. Tom Pollard with a handsome silver inkstand as a token of their esteem, and in recognition of the good work he had done in training them. Tho season of "Paul Jones" will commence at Palmerston North to-morrow evening,, and will continue until Saturday. Mr. Pollard went south on Saturday night.

Mr. J. B. Ryan, of tho Defence Headquarters clerical staff. was presented last week with a handsome cabinet of cutlery by the clerical staff on tie eve of Ilia marriage. The presentation was made by Mr. AY. 15. Butler, Chief Clerk. .

Deau Rognault, of Thorndon parish', left for tile north on Friday.

Sergeant- Stuart Walls, who has been killed in action, was the only son of Mrs. Walls, of Wellington. He left with the Australian Forces.

A massed band, consisting 'of .members of the New Zealand Natives' Association, Tramways, and Fifth Regiment Bands—about 40 players in all—attended the funeral of the late Mr. James A. Donaldson, who was buried at Karori on Saturday. Mr. Donaldson was a member of the former Wellington Garrison Band,, now th© Natives' Association Band. On the march through the town the massed band played the "Dead March" aud the "Garland of 'Flowers." Drum-Major A. Mills was in charge of the band parade, and Lieut. T. Herd was musical director.

Mr. W. 'E. Ramsay, who is leaving Napier for Stratford, has been the recipient of a sharing set, a pair of military hair brushes, and a cheque from the staff of Messrs. W. L. Spackman, Ltd., for whom he worked for many years.

Lieutenant Leo M. Myers, formerly of Auckland, has been appointed senior captain in B Compwy of the 18tll King's Royal Eifle Corps. The 18tli Battalion is popularly known as the Arts and Crafts Battalion.

Serjeant Thompson, of the Eigth Re« inforcements,. a oivil engineer by profession, has been appointed a lieutenant on probation to the Tunnelling Company of .Engineers Mr. L. B. Campbell, Resident Engines at Napier for the Public Works Department, left on Saturday for Avondale,' having joined the Tunnelling Corps, in which he has been granted a, commission as captain.

Mr. Oscar Monrad, of Palmerston North, has just received a letter from his brother, Mr. Frank Monrad, conveving the news of the death of Mr. J H Monrad at the ag© of 70 years (states the "Standard"). The deceased was considered to bo one of the leading authorities of America on dairying, his opinions and contributions being frequently quoted in different parts of tho world. The late Mr. Monrad was an old resident of New Zealand, amvmg here in 1866 with his father, Bishop Mourad, two sisters and a brother. He had a most interesting career, having taken part in the Danish-German war and the Maori wax. After settling in New Zealand for some few years, lis again journeyed abroad, and on tins occasion brousilitj liis w*if6 t and family to Now Zealand _ and resided in the Bunnythorpe district. He took a l;eon interest in dairying matters, and gave one of the first demonstrations m the district with the separator in tlia Square, in Palmerston. He left ftew Zealand for America with his family about 32 years ago, and was for a time dairy expert for the United States Government. He was also a writer of no small ability on practical and scientific dairying. During the past few years ho had beon living with his wife and two children near" Copenhagen, octini: as dairying correspondent for some or the American papers. Most of tho other members of his family reside in America.