PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 210, 30 May 1919, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

The interment of the remains of the late Mr. Alex. Barron, a former UnderSecretary for Crown Lands, took place at the Sydney Street Cemetery on Wednesday morning in the presence of a large nulnber of his .friends. Anions these uwere the' Hon. J. G. W, Aitken, directors of the Wellington Bowling Club, and the elders of St. John's Church, Mr. T. N. Brodrick (Under-Secretnry •of Lands), Me-srs. J, Strauchan, 1.5.0., and James M'Kerrow (former occupants of the office), and Mr. Thomas Humphries (ex-Surveyor-General). The Rev. Jas, Paterson, deceased's old minister, conducted the service at tlfe family residence and also at the graveside. •

Reference to the death of Mr. James M'Bean,' committee clerk of the City Council, was made as follows in (he report of the Milk Committee presented to the City Council last night:—"That this committee desires to place on record the loss that they have sustained by the demise of the late Mr. James M'Bean, who served this committee untiringly from its earliest stages, and who was a great factor in bringing the milk scheme to its present successful position, and regret that the council has been deprived of an official who was qualified to fill the highest office that the council had in its power to confer."

Mr. W. H. Morton, City Engineer, was appointed by tho City Council last night to sit on the New Zealand Plumbers' Registration Board.

There recentlv died in Brockville, Ontario, Canada, Mr. William H. Comstock, who was S9 years of age. He amassed a great fortune in his business, which he conducted for over sixty year?.

Mr. E. A. Howie, who has been acting as locum tenens (or Mr. P. H. Putnam, barrister and solicitor, for about two years, while the latter has been on active service, leaves Wellington to-day for Wanganui, where he will the firm of Messrs. M'Caul and Collins, barristers and solicitors, as junior partner. Mr. Howie has been prominently connected with tennis circles in Wellington, and occupied the position of secretary of the Wellington Lawn Tennis Association,

Mr. C. Hill, late Chief Postmaster at. Timarn, who recently retired, has now settled in Christchurch. Mr. Hill, on his retirement from the service, was the oldest oostal officer in Now Zealand, <i;ul probably one of the oldest Government servants, he having put in 01 years of service. Mr. Hill commenced as. a cadet in the Wellington Telegraph Department when II years of age, and during his gradual climb up the ladder of promotion passed through about seven of the provincial and principal offices of the Dominion. Prior to going to Tiniaru, Mr. Hill was not only Chief Postmaster nt Oamaru, but thero tool; over the control of the Customs and Government Insurance Departments.