PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 152, 22 March 1919, Page 7

PERSONAL ITEMS

Sir William I'raser, Minister of Ptiblio Works, will return to Wellington by today's Auckland express.

The Hon. G. W. Russell left for Christchurch last night.

Tho Hon. T. M. Wilfonl is at present in Mastcrton. Ho will receivo a deputation from the Chamber of Commerce today.

Mr. Phillip L. Hollings, barrister and solicitor, Mastertou, has (says our special correspondent,) been appointed Stipendiary Magistrate at Blenheim. Mr. Hollings is forty-six years of age, and married. Ho lias been,practising in Master-ton-for about twenty years, and was twice Mayor of Mastcrton.

Brigadier-General Richardson, who ■ is to take the position of Otlicer-in-Cliargo of ■ Administration at New Zealand Defence Headquarters, should be leaving England for New Kealun.d this mouii. He may be already on the water on the voyage out.

Regimental Sergeant-Major C. B. Stewart. wlioso napie has been mentioned as one of tho recipients of tho Meritorious Service Medal, is 'the youngest son of Air. and Mr?. 11. M. Stewart, Oxford Street, South Dunedin (states the "Star"); He volunteered in 1915, and joined the Iliflo Brigade. He saw some fighting in Kgyjit, and then crossed over to France, where he was severely wounded in the chest and elbow. After eight months' hospital treatment ho was 6ent back to tho fighting line ,and came through several engagements. He is an ex-pupil of the I'orbury School, and is attached to the machine-gun section.

: Captain G. M. Speilce, who was formerly adjutant of H.S. Marama, and latterly adjutant and quartermaster of Awapuni Military Camp, has recently completed the demobilisation of that camp, and has now been granted his discharge from the N;Z.E.l i \ He jntends to resume the practice of his profession as a solicitor in Hastings at the end of the prosent month, liarhig entered into partnership with Messrs. Konnedv, Lust, ancl Morling. of Napier. He will have charge of the firm's office in Hastings.

Mr. H. Cohen, son of -Mr. Albert Cohen, of Dunedin, and lately.manager for H. Meyer and Co., theatrical managers, London, has been appointed manager to Mr. Walter Hast, tho New York entrepreneur. '

A private letter received in Christchurch by the English mail announces the death of Mr. Edward Lauri, the husband of Miss May Beattie. Mr. Lauri made several tours of New Zealand under the ,T. C. Williamson management and with tlia late Mr. George Stephenson's companies f when that gentleman ran musical comedy through Australia and New Zealand. Mr. Lauri leaves a widow and one daughter, six years of age.

Mr. A. Kaye has beensa member of the Lyttelton Harbour Board lor twenty years, and in commemoration of his long service lie has presented to the board a chairman's chair, to be placed in the board's new offices. II r. Kaye intends to leave at an early dalo on a visit to England, returning lo Cliristcb.irch iu November or December.

A tribute to the late' Mr. D. D. "Weir, who died during the influenza epidemic last November, „ is contained in the annual report of the Wellington Kugbv Football Union. "No individual connected with the management of the game is more entitled to be honoured in Rugby history than Mr. Weir." says the report. "Ho was known throughout New Zealand for. his fearles» attitude on all matters connected with the game, and his perseverance was a by-word. He was an outstanding member of the Y,'ellington Eugbr Football Union Executive for many years, unci its chairman for the last four. His unanimous re-elec-tion each year was evidence that those best able to judge recognised his good work. During the anxious time since the outbreak of the war his indomitable epirit was reflected in all quarters, and it is characteristic of him that more, than once on the day preceding his death lie expressed gratitude at having been snared until .the war was over. He had carried the union over the four most momentous years of its existence, and of him it can be justly written: 'His duty nobly done.'"

In proposing the health of Mr. H. Howell (director of the Christchurch Technical College) at a. social gathering held on :Wedensday night by'the members of the Board of Governors, Mr. W. Hayward, according to a Christchurch ' exchange, said that tlu actions and remarks of those individuals who bad rhosen to question Mr. Howell's patriotism, honesty, and integrity, were in the first place brutally unkind, in-the second place cruell.y unjust, and in the third plnce manifestly untiue. There was not an atom of truth in. the statements made. Mr. Howell had not for a. moment lost the confidence of the board, and ho had the sympathy of mem l bers in the trying time through which lie had been passing. He believed that this matter was primarily the cause of Mr. Howell's resignation. These people may have thought they had done good, but in reality they had done Mr. Howell a cruel injustice, and had given a setback to technical education in Christchurch. Those remarks were warmly applauded by members. Mr. James Elliott, a resident of Masterton since 1880, died yesterday, at tho age of fit, after a protracted illness. Deceased had been a member of the Muster, ton* Borough Council, and .was highly esteemed throughout the district. The death of Mrs. Isabella Flora Siteman removes one of the pioneers of the Coast. district, says tho Dannevirko "News." Deceased, who had reached the age of 74 years, was bom in Dundee. She married in her native town Mr. J. Crookshanks.'a railway guard, aud short-, ly after his death in a, railway accident, 6he sailed for New Zealand, arriving at Napier in the ship English', in 1870. She then" entered the service of the late Mr. George Hunter, father of Messrs. George arid Paul Hunter, on the well-known Porarigahau station.'where she married a second time the late Air. W. J. Siteman. Her husband took' up land at Wimbledon, and the couple endured all Ihe pioneer-. " ing hardships of early days,, attaining ..a competency by. their hard work. Deceased was pre-deceasod by her second husband, and she leaves no family.

Mr. H". A. Beaiichamp, general, manager of.Kodak, A usl ratafia', Limited, is at present visiting Christchurch.