PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2784, 31 May 1916, Page 5

PERSONAL ITEMS

laeutz-Col. J. J. 1 Esson, who. was As-sistant-Quartermaster General to the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, arrived in Wellington yesterday morning, having reached Auckland from Vancouver by the NiaMr. A. Macintosh, superintendent in Now Zealand for Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., has intimated to his board of directors in London his intention to re. tire as soon as arrangements can be con. veniently made to relieve him. These, he expects, will bo effected at an early date. Mr. Macintosh has held tho position of uuperintendent for eight years past. Mr.. F. IC. Do Castro, who has for several years been chief dark of the Educa. iion Department, has been appointe dsccretary, vlen Sir Edward Gibbcfr, resigned. Ur Do Castro, who has been an officer of tho. Department ever since it was established in 187S, has an excellent record, and is generally considered one of the most urbane, tactful, and capable officers in the service. As he served four years in the Treasury before he joined the Education Department, he has been forty years in the Government service—and is still a young man. Loavo of absence was granted to the following teachers at yesterday's meeting of ' the Wellington. Education Board :— Miss F. E. Stanseli, assistant, Tokomaru, till end of June; Miss S. E. Baker, assistant, Johnsonville, extension of one month; Miss F. G. Petrie, assistant, South Wellington, one week; Miss Hurrfttl,.assistant, Ohau, one month; Miss E. M. Gunning, assistant, Brooklyn, about two months; Miss E. Watt, assistant, Eilbirtiie, two or three months from May 4; •Mr. J. Bringans, head teacher, Scarborough, one month'from May 12; Miss JR. M. Crawford, assistant, South Wellington; Miss Tasker, assistant, Eoseneath, one .month from May 2; Miv T. F. Binns, Training College student, one mouth; •Miss E. Wallace, assistant. Mount Cook, two months, from June 1; Miss A. M'Len--3i an, pupil teacher, Masterton, two'weeks. Messrs. A. E. Eudkin, assistant, Otaki, and E. J, Frain, 6ole teacher, Otaki, wcro granted leave to join the Expeditionary Forces. News has been received in Wellington gf tho death at Napier • yesterday morning of Capt. ltichard Todd, for many years superintendent in New Zealand for the "Tyser Line, and a well-known and popular figure in shipping circles in the Dominion. . ~ ,

•The following resignations of teachers tore accepted by the .'Wellington tion 'Board at its monthly meeting yesterday?— Mr. F. G. Howell, head teacher, Newman; Miss M. Callan, assistant,- South .Wellington;' Miss Healy, assistant, Kaiwaiwai; Miss Tonkinson, assistant, Berhampore; Mr. J. T, Linehan, assistant, Brooklyn (leave of absence to join Expeditionary Forces); Miss M. M. Doyle, pupil teacher, Johnsonville; and Miss Carrick,. assistant, Northland.

Mr. ThomSs, head teachßr at Fahiatua, has been appointed head teacher at South Wellington, vice Mr. G. Flux. Sir. Cliat,win has succeeded Mr. Thomas as head teacher at Fahiatua. v

Mr.. W. Callender, general' manager of the Bank of New Zealand, and Miss Callender, who have been on a visit to Honolulu, were passengers by the Niagara, which arrived in Auckland on Monday. They returned to Wellington yesterday afternoon, . .

Advice from launceston states that Mr. Fredk. Cramond, local manager for the -Union Steam Ship Co., died there sud- • dcnly yosterday morning. The deceased, .•who was in the prime of life, and one of tho most popular officials in the company, ,was brought up in Auckland, wiere he was a prominent figure in aquatic circles. ■ iHo entered the Union Comjdny's ' ser,vico in tint city. after he left school. 'Aixrat twenty years: ago he was the representative of the company at Tahiti, and from there h© was transferred to the change of the Gisborne brancli. , Later on he became manager, at Jnvercargill, and five years'ago he took over the manage l ment of the Launceston branch. Ho was a married man. ■ ■ ; Private advice has been received that Sergeant-MajorHall-Jones is returning invalided to New Zealand. He expects to arrive in Wellington by the end of Jiine. , Mr. J. M. Saunders, relieving' manager for the Union Bank of Australia and formerly manager of the Newton (Auckland). branch, has.enlisted. Mr, W. PMllipps, . who, after seven years and a half service, has severed his connection with the Albany Street School stafff (Dunedin) to take up the head mastership of the Waikouaiti School, was •the. recipient of some parting tokens of appreciation before leaving. The directors and officials of the Waikato Co-operative Bacon Company entertained Captain A. C. Hubbard, one of the directors, who will leave for tho front at an early daie, at a farewell luncheon at Hamilton. Mr. Joseph Barington, c'hairffian of directors, who presided, referred in high terms to the services rendered to tho company by Captain Hubbard, and presented him with a prismatic compass and a revolver. Captain Hubbard, in his reply, spoke of the excellent arrangements nt the Trentham "camp, which, ho said, .were complete despite the statements often made to the contrary. Mr. Kendle lias been appointed ossiatMt.teacher at .Worser Bay. Mr. Roy Walker, who left ijith the (Mam Body Expeditionary Force, has received a commission, and is attached to tlie 2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment. Lieutenant AValker went right through the Gallipoli campaign, being at ithe. landing and also at the evacuation. Mr. Gordon M'Gregor, who has been in the employ of the Auckland office - of Messrs. Dalgety -and Co., Ltd., for nearly pine vearsj was the recipient of a:wristlet .watch, presented by the manager and staff on tho eve of his departure for, camp as a member 0 f the Seventeenth Reinforcements,^ ! Mr Rank Graham, of Christchurch, ■has been engaged to sing the music of iaust iij tho 1-ioyal Choral Union's performance of Gounod's ■' opera of that Jiame.

Mr. K. P. Bollard,. M.P., has been unhole to take his place in the House owing to the serious illness of liis son, a youtli of. 18 years. Ho came to Wellington yesroraay, nut was recalled home owing to Jne illness 'having taken a more serious turn, but his son died later in the aflerJiooa,

yesterday's meeting of the Wellington Education Board, the following anpomtments of teachers were cojilirmod:— J}'/ , sol , e 'encher,- Carriugton; v| -Xf Pl p 9,.> head tcaoher, Neivman; Miss E. F. Griewon, sole teacher, JPojirnrrowi Misi M. Scott, nolo teac'her I'orojioro. ' Lieutenant-Colonel l'owloy, Chief Secretary of the Salvation Army, 'has received orders to farewell and proceed to Australia, where he will take up the position, of field seoretary. Ho expects to take lip his new appointment in some three months' time. Lieutenant-Colonel Powleys successor in New Zealand will be Lieutenant-Colonel M'lnnes, who came out of Aberdeen in the year 1883, and is .at present Divisional Commander of the Manchester (Eng.) Division.