PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 115, 8 February 1919, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS

g , Mr. Joseph Munnings, . formerly of 8 Christchurch, and now chief : architect to 0 the Government of India, is at present 0 visiting Christchurch on furlough, with 0 .Mrs. Munnings and .their two fchfldrcn. ••• 0 Mr. J. Coleman Penrice, formerly sac-' i o retary of the Wellington Commercial e Travellers' Club, has been appointed sec-. 0 retary of the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadiron, of which Sir Alexander MacCorinack • is commodore., v i' Judge M. P. Ayson, of the Native Land . Court, of the Cook Islands, has been ap- ' pointed a Judge of the Native Land j Court of New Zealand for the period .. only of his furlough in New. Zealand. ' At'the end of his furlough, and when . lie returns for duty at the Cook Islands, his appointment as a Judge of the 1 Native Land Court of New Zealand will " be terminated. The latter appointment ® is only a temporary one. ' When sft'. E. Parry, Chief Electrical Engineer to the New Zealand Governr ni.ent, appeared to give' evidence before 5 the Industries Committee of Parliament } yesterday, the chairman (Mr. C. A. I Wilkinson) referred to the fact that Mr. Parry was about to leave New Zealand " and the service of this country's Government. Mr. Wilkinson ..said, he thought ' it would not l)e out of place to say that r tlie committee Tegrctted extremely that 1 tlie .Government, was losing such a vain--1 able servant. M>r. Parry, in aeknowledg- [ .ing the complimentary reference (wtyich ' was endowed by members <,f tlie commit- !. tee), explained- that he was going to Lon--3 don only ibecause of the very great, in- ! ducement offered to him, and not becauso 1 of any dissatisfaction with hit;, present ! position. Ho had received from his col--1 leagues and from tlie Ministers under whom he had worked nothing but the i greatest, courtesy and . assistance. Mr. .•John Teunant King, who served with the cavalry during tlie Maori war,' died this week at Tamaki, aged 78 years'. Private advice has 'been' received that the condition of Gunner Edmund Athelstane Bunny, who left New Zealand with ' the 2Gth Artillery in June, 1917,. lias so; • much improved that ho hopes to be able 1 to leave by the hospital ship Maheno on her next trip back to the Dominion. For 1 some time past ho has been, lying dangerously ill in the )Vnlton-on-Tliamcs 1 -Military Hospital. Ho is the only son ! of Mr. 'E. P. Bunny, a former Mayor of ' the Lower Hutt, and was ton at the ; Hutt 21 years .ago., I . Mr. V, W. Russell, the youngest son of , the Hon. G. W. Russell, lias been ap- ■ pointed associate to Mr. ■ Justice. Ed- | wards. Mr. Albert Perry was yesterday morning admitted as a solicitor of the Sni preme Court by Mr. Justice Edwards, on 1 the application of Mr. -Douglas Jackson.. ' The Rev. A. S. Fowler, who for many ! years has had charge of St. Aidan's, ■ Church, Remuera, as been medically advised to take a lengthy rest. ,He will therefore'resign at the end of tliip month and will sail for England, early in March, for tlio purpose of visiting his relatives. Cation Crrnles, formerly vicar of Lyttelton, will have chargo of St. Aidan's parish pending the appointment of a new vicar. / A pleasant function took place at the Railway Head Office recently on the occasion of the retirement of Mr. S. How-, arc), 'who lias occupied the position of chief messenger in the railway buildings 6ince they were opened in 1903. Ma'. M'Villy, Assistant General Manager, in presenting Mr. Howard with a silver-' mounted ebony walking stick, suitably inscribed, and a well-filled 'purse of sovereigns, as tokens of esteem, from the officers employed in the buildings, referred to the recipient's long service in the New Zealand Railways. Mr. Howard joined the Department in 1881. and it was chiefly on account of failing health that he was now retiring from duty. Mr.;' Howard, wlioso popularity was evidenced by the applause which greeted him, suitably responded. • Mr. Donald Reid, sen.,' who '.was a menvbeir of the Stafford and Atkinson Ministries in the 'seventies, died at his home, Green Wand, yesterday morning, . stales a Press Association message from • Dunediiw The late .Mr. lieid was one of Otago's earliest settlers and. best known men. lio represented .the. Taieri constituency in tlie Ilonso of Representa- . tives from 185G to' IS7S.. Born in 1833, . at Newton Farm, Strathtav, Perthshire, Scotland, lie was educated at Hums I Academy, Edinburgh, and ut Daniel ' t Stewart's endowed school,. Strati)toy. | The late Mr. Reid came to -New Zealand t in the ship Mary in 1819, and ill 1853 ' he bought and commenced 'to farm the * land now occupied by the Benevolent Institution, Caversham. Later lie settled at tho Taieri. where he had resided c ever'since. Mr, Reid took an activo in- i terest, in the early pioneering work, and served in many public capacities. 110 "was elected in 1803 as one of the threo members for Taieri district in the Otago Provincial Council, and in ISO!) became j| Provincial Secretary and Treasurer until the constitution was-abolished. Ho •» was a. prominent, supporter of the Staf- ] ford Administration, and always took a • Jivo part in passing land resolutions. Tlie r lato Mr. Reid was highly esteemed, and i, his death will bo widely regretted. ■ ' Cl 1 o