PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3042, 31 March 1917, Page 11

PERSONAL ITEMS

i Pilot J. Spence has been promoted (to the vacancy of Dcputy-Harbourraas-Jtor and pilot, caused by the death of ICaptain J. A. Hayward. The new apSpointment is to date from April 1.

,f The City Engineer (Mr. W. H. MorN 'ton) returned from -a visit to Lake "-Coleridge yesterday morning. The Mayor (Mr. J. P. Luke) will return > -from tho -south to-day. ' ' '■ The death occurred 'last, night at his : residence, Patanga Crescent, at tho *' ago of 73, of Captain Ferdinand Holm. . For many years Captain Holm owned --and-sailed the G. M.- Tucker, now ~ doing duty as a hulk, and later he owned and sailed tho barque i Helen Denny. He also .owned the fouri masted barquentine Titania, which was wrecked in. tho South Sea Islands a

, few years ago. Captain Holm was 1 also interested in tho, Maoriland S.S. Company from its formation up to tho time it was taken over by the Union Company Judge J. W. Browne, of tho Native Land Court, and President of the Wai- ' rariki Land Board District, was faicwelled yesterday on leaving for the !Aotea district, <Wanganui (states a Press Association message from Rotorua).' There was a great gathering of Natives on Wednesday night at Toutiatekapua. Appreciative speeches .were made, and Judge Browne receiv/ed presents. He was entertained at a "banquet on Thursday night in the Lake Uouso ,hy the representatives of the Wairariki Land Boaid .District. Mr. Sharp, solicitor, Tauranga,, pieBided. There were forty present, and thirty-one apologies were received frnin 1 distant'friends. Tho chairman pro- ' TJosed' the 'health of the guest, who was presented with a gold Rotheram watch, a' chain, ,and' a matchbox/ J\idgc ' Browne returned thanks, and 'riioposed "tho Wairariki District." The toast

was rosponded to by Alossis King fTauranga), Lemon (Te Puke), Grant (Paengaroa), Fleming (Whakatano), Routledge (RaukokCro), M'Davitt J (Jlorrinsville), Smith (Rotorua), and (Waiptapu and Taupo). -According to a paragraph published in "Flight,"' tho ncll-known English aeronautical journal,, Temporary Cap- ' tarn R. Balcomhe-Brown, Military Cross, has been gazetted Squadron Commander with the temporary rank 1, of major He is a son of Mr. and Mrs Balcombc-Bionn, of the Upper • Hutt. Mi. William Garrott, of Auckland, has been elected piesidcnt for 1917 of the United Commorcial Travellers' and Warehousemen's Associat'on of New I Zealand, tho headquarters of wmch arc I in Chnstohurch. Mr Garrett is a j member of tho Auckland Commcicial j Travelleis' Association, and is chair- ( man of the Association's General Com- , mibtee. ! Mr. T. A Coopei, Government In- , spector of Machinery at Dunedin, ha& ' been appointed to tako charge at In- ' vorcargul. > The Rev R. S. Gray, who has for somo weeks been laid aside as a result of an accident, is returning to Dunedin this week, states the "Otago Daily Times " Mr C W. ,Chilman, recently appointed to tho board to deal luth financial assistance to soldiers, was formerly managoi of the Te Aro branch of the Bank of New Zealand Messrs G. 1 W. Morico and P A Onglej, of the teaching, staff of the Wellington College, have joined the Expeditionary Foico drafts in camp. Mi. J. Castle, who has been chairman of tho Nowtown School for the r past eight j ears, has been requested N to'stand at tho forthcoming City Council election, and has, decided to tontest the election. , Lieut. W B. Williams, of 29th Company, .24th Reinforcements," was entertained last,e\emng by the" platoon to'mark-'his promotion'to commissioned rank. Lieut Grace, who presided, presented Lieut Williams with a Sam Brown belt, and a ca&e of pipes from the men ot the platoon Yesterday afternoon the Island Bay V School farewelled Mr. Ha6lam, the headmaster, who has been promoted to the Petone High School Mr Ivory, who was chairman of the committee 1 four years and nine months ago, when Mr Haslam was appointed, spoke in appreciates terms of Mr Haslam's good work. The present chairman, Mr. J O. Shorland, spoke of the good feeling that alwajs existed between Mr Haslam, The' scholars,' the staff, and committee, and on behalf of the children up to the Fourth Standard, and the staff, presented Mr. Haslam with a gold watch chain On behalf of the, Jif th and "'Sixth Standards, Albert Dodds, senior scholar, presented Mr Haslam with a gold sovereign case. Mr Haslam, m returnm thanks, expressed his regret at severing his connection With tho Echool, and said thai; he would always look back upon his stay in Island Bay with feelings of greatest pleasure The staff then entertained Mr and Mrs. Haslam and visitors at afternoon tea, and at a later dat<* Mr and Mrs Haslam will be farewelled by the residents and committee