PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2714, 8 March 1916, Page 5

PERSONAL ITEMS

The Hou. J. Allen left for Te Kuiti and Auckland on a recruiting tour last njglit. He will be at To Kuiti to-night, and at Auckland on Thursday, leaving by tho south bound express that evening to reach Wellington on Friday afternoon. , ■ 'The Hon. W; H. Herries returned to ■Wellington from his northern tow yesterday. Sir Joseph Ward did not go south to ' Invercargiir last night, a3 he ■ liad intended. > He will leave by to-night's steamer. Tho Hon. G. W. Russell left yesterday for, Gisbome, via Napier. He will be absent from Wellington for some days. - His Honour -Mr. Justice Chapman was a passenger by the Mapourika, which left for Nelson' yesterday afternoon. Captain E. B. Atwood, who met with a motor-bicycle accident some weeks ago, is now ablo to attond to business again. " . Captain J. B. Hine, M.P., who left Stratford on Monday to go into camp with tho next Reinforcements, was entortained by the members of the Stratford Club last Friday. Many expressions of esteem and appreciation.of tho member for Stratford's eelf-sacri-fice and _ patriotism were tendered by the president and other members, and the presentation of a suitable memento was mad©. Mr. F. G, Matthows, private secretary to tho'Hon. James Allen, Minister of Defence, and formerly assistant private secretary to the late Mr. Seddon and also to Sir Joseph Ward, has enlisted. and enters camp this week in tho non-commissioned officers' class preparatory to. being attached to tho 16th" Reinforcements. The death is announced of Mr. Patrick -Malier, a woll-known farmer of -Wondonsido, Mat-aura. He was for some years a . member of tho Police Force, and was stationed in various parts of New Zealand. ■ Mr. L. Drake, City motor inspector, who has severed his connection with tho City Council in order to join tho Expeditionary Forces', has been presentby the Wellington taxi owners and drivers with a handsome silver .tea seryice, as a marl: of esteem. Mr. M. Benny, who lias been coaching foreman at Auckland railway station for sixteen years, was last week entertained by a number of friends, and presented with a purse of sovereigns. He is retiring on superannuation, after 28 years in the railway service. Mr. Arthur H. Sellon died at Samoa last month. Ho was well known on the Thames goldfitlds, having been manager of the Jubilee mine at Waitekauri for a number of years. Ho enlisted for service, in Samoa a year ago, and was appointed Chinese Commissioner for tho island. Tho Revs. J. It. Glasson (Wellington), 'A. Hodge (Napier), and Macdonald 'Aspland (Palinerston North) have gmie South to attend tho Congregational' Union meeting 'at Dunedin to-morrow. Messrs. W. D. Dumbell and E. D. Doddrell aro other delegates from Well- . ington. The funeral of Mr. A. E. Haveloek Green, one of tho victims of the collision between a motor-car and a train at the Annesbrcok crossing, Nelson, last week, took placo in Wellington yesterday morning. Mr. E. H. Wilmot, of Kelburn (brother-in-law), was chief mourner. The burial service was conducted by the Rev. M. Gardner, of St. Peter's parish. Tho Rev. J. G. Chapman, of the Taranaki Street Methodist Church, has been appointed b.v the conference in Auokland to be chairman of tho Wellington Methodist district.

Lieut. Gladstone Ward, son of Sir Joseph Ward, who obtained a commis. sion as second lieutenant in the transport section of tho Army Service Corps . m England some mouths ago, has been promoted to tho rank of lieutenant. Mr. A. Macpherson, of tho staff of tho Auckland Recruiting Office, will leave for Trent ham Camp with the 14 th Reinforcements draft to-day. On the occasion of his departure for activo service, he was presented on behalf of his fellow-workers with a wristlet watch and a safety-razor. The presentation was made by Captain G. J. Rust. district recruiting officer, who spoke highly of Mr. Macpherson'6 services .during his connection with the recruiting office. A sorvice in connection with tho funeral of tho late. Mr. Ernest Edward Timperloy was conducted in St. Mark's Church yesterday afternoon by the Rev. 0. P. Askew, wlio also officiated at the graveside ■in the Karori cemetery. Amongst those who attended the funeral were a number of .people with whom tho decoased had been associated in football and cricketine; matters. Mr. Timperloy, who was 30 years of age, has left a widow. Mr. J. J. Bruce Stevenson, who hais baon Agricultural Instructor under the Wellington Education Board Forty-mile Bush during tho past "two years, has received a similar appointment with the North Canterbury Education Board. Mr. Stevenson came from New South Wales to New Zealand. Ho, made Palliatua his headquarters in working the schools in tho Forty-mile Bush and on the Manawatu coast, and more recently his attention has been confined to the Pahiatua, Eketahuna, Masterton, and Carterton District High Schools. The late Mr. William Guise Brittan, whose death in Christchurch has been announced, was olosely associated with the growth of Canterbury. Born in 1844 at Sherborne. Dorset, he came out as a boy with his father, Mr. W. G. Brittan, who was one of the founders of the Canterbury Settlemont and was afterwards Commissioner of Crown Lands for Canterbury. The family came out by the Sir George Seymour, one of the first four ships, and the subject of this notice received his education at that same Clirist's College in tho administration of which in after years he was to play so prominent a part.Ho was, after a few years spent in pastoral pursuits, immigration officer for Canterbury, and in May, 1875, he was appointed Church Steward and College Agent. Sir. Brittan was a menh ber of Synod and occupied the position of chairman of committees, and was also a, prominent representative of the province in the General Synods of the Church in New Zealand. The deceased gentleman, who was unmarried, was a noted gardener. Captain TV. Hardham, V.C., was the guest of honour :at a reception held at the Wellington Boys' Institute last night, the president of the institute (Mr. G. A. Troup) being in the chair. In proposing the toast of "Our Guest," the chairman referred to the good work that had been done by Captain Hardham to further the objects of the institute. Other toasts honoured were "The Army and Navy," "The Chaplains," and "Our Patrons," the latter with special reference to the Earl of Glasgow, Lord Islington, and Colonel Moorhouse. Tho institute orchestra played an overture to open the proceedings, and a cornet solo was played later in tho evening by Mr. W. Parker. Songs and recitations were contributed by the following:— Miss M'Donald,. Miss Payne, Miss' Pearson, and Mr. Howith. A correspondent of a Christchurch paper writes: —In the list of those in England upon whom the King has conferred Knighthood this year appoars the name of Dr. Thomas Wright Parkinso'n. Dr. Parkinson has been in practice in London for anany years, and counts among his _ patients a great number of distinguished peoplo. It is supposed that it ( was his services to Mr. Asquith during his recent indisposition which gained him the honour. Sir T. W. Parkinson is the third son of tho late Mr. T. H. Parkinson, of ICaituna, Canterbury, New Zealand, and brother of Messrs. John and Walter Parkinson. Colonel R. J. Collins, C.M.G., 1.5.0., Controller and Auditor-General, has returned to .Wellington, after a visit to the Auckland district. Lieutenant E. H. Sharp, late of Messrs. Dalgety and Co.'s office at Masterton, goes into eamp at Trentham to-day. Mr. George Robb, of the firm of Robb and Page, architects, left Auckland on Monday last by the Makura, en route to England, via South Africa. Mr. Robb intends to offer his .services' to the Imperial authorities after lie has settled liis interests in South Africa. Mr. H. G. Hill, of Wellington, who is organising tho fruit industry in some of the Nelson districts, is taking up his residence in Nelson. Mr. Rathbone, accountant ill tho Napier branch of tho Bank of Now Zealand, has been appointed manager at Opuuake. Mr. Hill M'Gowan, one of the oldest residents of Gisborno, having been resident there for the past 43 years, died last week at the age of 75. He was a North of Ireland man, and a carpenter ! by .trade, in which occupation he assist-1 ed in the erection of some of the earliest buildings in Gisborne. His investments in residential property brought him in a comfortablo income during his latter years. He was a cousin of the' Hon. James ITGowan, Minister of Justice and Jlines in the Seddon Government. Mrs. M'Gowan survives him. ' Tho Rev. Eric Evans has been appointed to the Petone Baptist Church. ! Tho Rev. Mr. Evans comes from Napier with a high _ reputation as a preacher and a Christian worker. He held the position of Captain-Chaplain of the New Zealand Territorial Forces, and takes a keen interest ill,any movement for the advancement of . the young peoplo. He is a nativo of Now Zealand and is well and favourably known in the Wellington district.