PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2893, 4 October 1916, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

i jk"', J• H. Davies, of Waipawa,' has had the honour to receive the following messages:—"The Governor is commanded to inform you that the King " i Bucen8 ucen ee P'y regret the loss you and tho Army have sustained by the death of your son, Captain H. A. Davies, in the services of his country, iheir Majesties truly sympathise with you in your sorrow. I am directed to convey to you an expression of Their Excellencies' sincere sympathy in the sad loss which you havo suffered." (Sgd.) Gavin Hamilton, Private Secretary,

At a' meeting of tho Dunedin Presbytery it was decided to nominate the Hon. J. G. W. Aitken as Moderator of the Assembly.—Press Association.

Captain John,Cowles, one of the New Zealanders to win the Military Ctosb, is the youngest son of Mr. Cowles,formerly headmaster of the Richmond School, Nelson, and Mrs. Cowles, of Khandallah, and a brother of 'Major Cowles, who left New Zealand in charge of the 3rd Battalion of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade.

Cable advice, haif been rcccivcd from tho High Commissioner, London,' that Mr. A. ])'. Nicoll, the well-known New Zealand artist, has been wounded in France. ' > '

Lieutenant E. Burrows, of the Rifle Brigade, killed in action in France, well known, in the Wairarapa, he being a momber of the staff of the Masterton Post and Telegraph Office. The deceased was very popular, and was an enthusiastic Territorial officer and a participant in various forms of sport. His parents reside in Dunedin. Before leaving for the front Lieutenant Burrows was married to Miss Kathleen O'Lcary, a sister of Mr. H. F. O'Leary, solicitor, "Wellington.

Mr." Joseph Fowler,.an old resident of New Zealand, died yesterday morning at the residence of his daughter," Mrs. R. A. M'lntyre, Sydney Street.The late Mr. Fowler arrived in Lyttelton with his who 1 predeceased him two years ago, m tho ship Huntress in April, 1863. After residing in the .Canterbury district for a .nupber of years, ho went Now Plymouth, and eventually settled in Wellington in 1886. The deceased saw service in the Crimean War, and one son, Private Ernest Fowler, is now fighting in France. The late Mr. Fowler, who was in his 82nd year, is survived by a family of seven sons and four, daughters.

Miss A. Scully, supervisor of the Wellington Telephone Exchange, has been appointed Inspector of Telephone Exohanges and Women's Post Offices. Her headquarters will be at Wellington.

■Mr. Thomas Burns, of the Post and Telegraph Stores, has retired on 'superannuation, after twenty-five years' service. Before leaving the Department he' was farewelled by his colleagues and presented with a purse of .sovereigns as a mark of esteem.

The death is announced of Mr. Robert Wood, of Dunkeld, Beaumont. Slightly over a week ago he was seized with a paralytic ayoko, and as he was not found till the' next morning,- he suffered considerably from the expo-, sure, and contracted pleurisy. '.Mr. Wood had been engaged in agricultural' and pastoral work;in the district for nearly half a century.

A private cablegram from London, announces tho death at Cambridge of Mr. Graham Lord Greenwood, for many years Official Assignee for the Canterbury district. Mr., Greenwood was bom at Mitcham, 'Surrey, in 1834, and arrived in Nelson with fiis parents in 1843 by the ship Phoebe. He was adu-. cated at St. John's College, Auckland, and subsequently ongaged in sheep ana general farming. Mr. Greenwood was very successful ou 'the Collingwood diggings in Nolson, and was afterwards appointed clerk to tho Warden-and Resident Magistrate's Court at Reefton, serving there and at Ahaura for three years. In 1875 he- was transferred' to Oamaru as assistant clerk to the Magistrate's Court, and'shortly afterwards, became clerk of the court at Gisborne, where he also filled the office of Registrar and Sheriff to the Supreme Court, and many other positions until 1891. In the latter-year ; .he was'appointed Official Assignee for-Christ-church,-and 'discharged the duties of that: position - for .several years: Some time after his retirement he went to England.

Mr. G. T. Hull has received a cablegram from his. brother,/2nd Lieutenant G. B. Hull, who left Wellington with the 13th Artillery Reinforcements, stating that he. has been wounded, but that it .is a mere scratch, and he will be right again in. a week. Lieut. Hull was formerly treasurer of the Wellington Racing .CltibJ The death'at Timaru of'/Mr. J. R. Scott, at the age of 68 years, removes a well-known citizen of Dunedin, who, in his sphere of commercial life, was well known and esteemed. The son of Captain Scott, of the East India Service, Mr.. Scott came to New Zealand many years ago from Scotland. Mr. Scott was best known through his connection with the dairy export trade in the South Island. He was partly responsible for the arrangements for the_ first shipment Home of butter, at a time when the present refrigerating processes arid facilities' were, unknown.Subsequently he was appointed secretary of 'the South Island Dairy Association. . ' ,