PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2627, 24 November 1915, Page 5

PERSONAL ITEMS

Sir Joseph Ward arrived at Invercargill last- night (says a Press Association telegram) and was given a civic reception. Ho will attend the Wintcn show to-day, and remains in Southland for about ten rays.

The Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout) Is in the South Island, for the purpose of attending Prison Board siitmgs at Ohristohurcn and Invercargill.

Dr. H. W. Cleary, Roman Oatholio Bishop of Auckland, has recovered sufficiently from his recent .illness to enable him to appear in Queen Street last week, where he received cordial freeting from many friends. Dr. Cleary as since gone to Paeroa for the benefit of his health". ' ■■

Major Holderness, of Hastings, who is . shortly leaving for active service, is to be publicly farew6lled to-day.

_ The Mr. A. A. Marryatt who has enlisted for active service is not Mr. Marryatt, who was for years connected with the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association, but* a nephew of his.

The Rev. W. H. Walton has been appointed by the Bishop of Wellington vicar of Pahuutanui and Porirua. Ho will bo succeeded as assistant curate at St. Thomas's by Mr. J. L. Herbey, of Christchurch, who will be ordained by the Bishop of Wellington on Sunday, December 19. -Mr. Walton will take up his duties in-his new parish on February I.

The following have been nominated for the vacant seat on the Napier Borough Council: Messrs. A. L. Beattie, T-.F. Taylor, S. Wood, and John Daw.

Mr. J. Jamieson. building contractor, of diristchurch, and well known in art circles, returned from a trip to Australij by the Moeraki yesterday. During his visit Mr. Jamieson secured some oldfaSEs>iiG2 gold watch keys, such as the dandies of a century ago would carry. Some of these were quite largo and _ highly ornamental, covering in some instances, a watch key and seal.' Mr. Jamieson has a unique collection of old and valuable seals, watches, and snuff boxes, whilst his pictures form one of the finest privfte collections in New Zealand.

Captain W. H. Hennah, officer in charge of the Government Buildings at Wellington, will retire from the Public Service on superannuation at the end of the year. Captain Hennah entered on the duties of his office on January 1 1894. Previous to that he was chief officer of the Country Fire Brigades Board at Melbourne, having been in command of the Ballarat City Fire Brigade for some fifteen years. Since taking over the position that he at present occupies, Captain Hennah has been entrusted with tho responsibilities of the positions of Government Fire Inspector, inspector of Weights and Measures for the Dominion, and a justice of the peace. As administrator of the messenger staff in the Government Buildings ho has earned the good-will of all who have come under him. After severing his connection with the Servico, Captain Hennah intends to go to Melbourne to see his daughter, and will then go to the Old Country with the object of offering his sen-ices to the Empire in connection with the manufacture of munitions.

Mr. King, of the firm of Mitchell and King, contractors, arrived from Sydney by ..the Moeraki yesterday.

Captain C. Taylor, Lloyds' surveyor at Brisbane, was a passenger from Sydney by the Moeraki yesterday.

Mr. James Dykes, the secretary of Elio Wellington Savage Club, Into camp for non-commissioned officers »f the Eleventh Reinforcements.

Mr. Charles Henry Chatwin an old and much- citizen of Wellington, died at his residence in Brougham Street on Monday. The late Mr. Chatwin was born in Birmingham, and served an apprenticeship to the printing trade in tnat city. In the early 'fifties he and his wife left England for Victoria, and lived in Melbourne and various goldfields districts before coming to New ZeaJaud. After working at his trade in Dunedin for some time, Mr. Chatwin came to Wellington under engagement to Messrs. Lyon and Blair, printers and publishers, about the year 1874, and was their factory manager until they 6old their business to Messrs. Whitcombe and Tombs. He retained that position with tho latter firm for a year, and then became overseer for C. M. Banks and Co. For 3ome years before his death he had led a retired life. Mr. Chatwin was a prominent member of St. Mark's Church, and held "office at various times, and he also belonged to Masonic Lodges Leinster and St. Andrew's. Ho is survived by a widow, two daughters, and three sons. The eldest daughter was for many years headmistress of Te Aro Infant School, and the other' daughter was aJso a school teacher. The sons are: Mr. Edgar Chatwin (Messrs. C. M. Banks and Co.'s factory manager), Mr. George Chatwin (head master of the Mangatainolca School), and Mr. Edward L. Chatwin (Chatham Islands Fishing Company's Wellington staff).

In the death of Mr. Archibald Weir in his 84th year, at Timaru, on Thursday, there passed away one who was well known to Oamaru in its earlier days Oamaru "Mail"). He started his seafaring career in a revenue cutter in Scotland, and left the Clyde as boatswain at the age of 21. He traded to Sydney in the Catherine Adamson, which ill-fated vessel ho left on the trip prior to her wreck. Ho made several trips to New Zealand on the first of tho steamers on that run, The City' of Dunedin,' as mate. Thenco he went to the diggings in Central Otago at Lawrence and Dunstan, about the year 1802. Tiring of this lie went to Oamaru, where he entered the service of the Surfboat Company, and was subsequently made wharfinger there, which appointment he held until his retirement some fifteen years ago. Ho leaves three sons, Mr. J. J. .Weir, audit inspector of the New Zealand Railway St in tTio Korth Island, Mr. D. D. Weir, chief clerk of the loco, engineering branch, Wellington, and Mr. A. Weir, who lives in Perth.

Another pioneer settler of Wairarapa died yesterday afternoon in the person of Mr. Allan Cameron, telegraphs our Masterton correspondent. The late Mr. Cameron arrived at Wellington with his family in the ship Blenheim in 1840. Ho went to tlio Wairarapa in ihe very early days, and resided at Te Whiti, Bowlands, Spring Hill, and Rewa Rewa, retiring a few years ago to spend the latter days of his life in Masterton. Mr. Cameron was 83 years of age. He leaves a widow, four sons, and ono daughter. One of the sons is Dr. N. A Cameron, of Wellington. The funeral will take placo on Thursday afternoon.

Dr. Hendry, formerly house surgeon as the Invercargill Hospital, has been appointed to tako charge or the Hanmor Convalescent Home for returned soldiers (says the "Southland Times"). Mr. James- Fairbairn, of Highcliff, Dunedin, lias received advice that his son Colin, who enlisted in the Canadian forces, has been killed in action in Franoe. Private Fairbairn was in t'ho machine pun section of the 29th. Battalion, which left England for the front about the middle of September. He had only been in fho trenches a few days, being killed on September 26. Mr. Fairbairn previously lost another Son (Pn.ate Hunter Fairbairn) at Gallipoli, a few days after the landing, in which he took part.

Mr. H. Armstrong, for many years draughtsman and computer in the local officc of the Lands and Survey Department, ha-s recently been notified of his promotion to the Auckland Oflico. He intends leaving for the north on Monday nest.