PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 223, 14 June 1919, Page 8

PERSONAL ITEMS

Tho Hon. A. M. Myers is relirning 46 Wellington ■ l'roln Auckland th'e afternoon.

Acting Sub-Inspector Kmerson. of Central Police Station, has beeiisranlc-d a monlh'B sick leave. During lie absence his dulios will bo performed by Senior-Sorgeant Willie, of 'frunaki Street. Station. Sergeant Loydell vill be (omporarilyiu oliarge at Taninald Street.

During tho course of the reliesnal ot the Wellington Choral .Union on Tuesday evening. last occasion was laten bj the president (Mr,. A. L. Wilson) to pfisont a. cheque to Mr. }Y. E.'C'aldow, the secretary of the union, who is leaving on a. business trip .w England by the Kcmiiora Jiext Thursday. Mr. Wilson, referred to the enthusiastic anO painstaking work which, has been performed by II r. Caldow- during the years bo hau ncted as secretary, work winch he was sum had helped to keep thermion in 'the forefront of choral socif>li6s in \ ov Zen,land, and .on behalf of the members of the society ho/wished liim.a prosperous and enjoyable ..trip end a safe return to •his many friends in Wellington. Mr. Caldow, who was .taken by sunrise,-replied briefly, thanking the memjers for tho kindly thought ..which had troinpled tho -.presentation... -'. ■ 4,

Jlr. K. X. H'., Brown, Dejuty-Publio Trustee at Dunedin, lias been appointed to -a siuiibir position in Aucklinu.

One of the best-known figuies in the legal community in Christclnrch, Jlr. Michael Donnelly, died at his homo in Salisbury Street, at nopn'yesterJay, aftur a.'week's illness (states a. Press Association message;.' Tho lato Mr. Dornelly arrived.in Dunedin/when a boy,'md subscqiiently took. lip newspaper vork in that city, for several years. . He.held responsible positions on the literary staff of tho "Guai'dian," tho "Otago Daily Tinies," and the "Henild." Later he wnt» sub-editor of the Christcliureh ""frees" aud editor of the "Telegraph." Tor several years he had studied law and political' and moral science nt Otagn University. In 1885 lie was admitted to practice as a solicitor of the Snprome Court and'six years later as a, barrister. Ho was a very, successful burrlelOr in criminal cases.' Politics also ]ia<l, n fascination i'or Mr.,Donnelly, but he did not succeed in his efforts to enter Parliament. Ho was president of the-.Canter-bury 1.-au' Society last year. Mr. Doilnelly's elder son, Mr,' Arthur T. Donnelly, recently returned from active sorvioi.

Mr. Len- Barnes, the 'Wellington baritone, has decided to tryJiis fortune in America, and will leave for the States next -month. Mr. Barnes Tffls been a familiar figure oil the concert platform in Wellington and in the various Bohemian clubs of the city for some years past, and his departure will leave a void in the local musical world which; will not bo easily filled. Probably his final appearance on the choral platform will be at the end of the month, when he is, to sine th<> musical role of Count di liumi, in '11 Trovafore" with tho Choral Union.

■ Mrs. lama, of 83 Bughy Street, has received advice that her second son, Servant G. .T. Fama, who has had over four years' active service at the front, is returning on (he Miumgnmn on June 21. Sergeant Fama was-wounded on the SoraniG, and did good work as stretcher'beiyer. Lieutenant L. C. Fama, who is still on active, service, and Private 1. H, Fauia. who was'wounded and returned several. months ago, , are-biothere of Sergeant Fama.

The Kev. W.-.A. Sinclair, formerly of Cliristchurch, has been appointed by the New Zealand Methodist Church as secretary for i Foreign Missions.. Mr. •Hiiro Friedlaiider proposes to ii>ave Ashbiirton next month to take up his residence in Auckland.,. .Steps are being taken, says i\n exchange, to recognise Mr. Friedlnnder's public service to the borough, and count/.

Mr. G. N. Baggett, sub-librfirian at tlio ' Central' l''ree Public Library, who was on a visit to Australia, H amour the New Zealanders who have teen delayed in Sydney owing, to the'slipping boldI'li. ' He was accompanied .by lus eon, Mr. C. X.'■Uoßsett, of St' John's Hill. Tuuganui. Becoming desperate at oeiiigdetiiiedftwnyfrom liis business ana home for so long, he shipped ctt board tlie barque Bonn, ami had .1 rough passago -crossing, the, Tasruan Sea. ; Senior-Sergeant : C.'W...K;()ly, who has been transferred from Blcnicim to lake charge of the Mount Cook pilieo district,, lias arrived in Wellington, and will assume his new duties to-day.: Another pioneer settlerj ■ Mr. David Hughey, a well-known restfeut in thu Mauuwatu district,; died lls.'ly on Tuesday last, in his niiicty-fiwt year, at the residence of his daughtei;. Airs. Robert John Port,- Waikanac. Mr. Hughey arrived iu Wellington when , twelve years of age in the ehij) Martha'Eidgway, in November, 184(1. Seven years were spent with his parents at Karori. .'.'During that time, whcni only 15 years of .age, he served in the militia as i> substitute for his father. He then,removed to Tail", where ho engaged in farming and m business. He later went- into the Maimwatu dish'ict, settling at Foxlon, where he opened a slore, and engagei! iu the ilaxuiilling industry. Subsequently na look an active part in openiig up the Pohangina. district, and to his untiring energy and ability that district owes much'for Hi present prosperity. Later .ho-did successful work as a pioneer in the Matuiti district. Mr: Hiirhey was ;i man of fine physique and untiring energy, 'and rendered valuable service on public bodies. He was also a,- great Maori linguist, and exercised considerable influence among the Natives, whose full confidence he enjoyed. Ho ou one occasion had a concession, made to hiui by the famous warrior chief W'i Tab, extended to no other- European. Mr. Hughey devoted- bis ability and energies largely for the wise settlement of new districts. Hβ had known t-lieuuous and long continued -Inborn , in -pioneer vork, accompauicd by hardships known only to tho ea'rly settlers. Ho was a man of kindly disposition, of (ho slrfetost integrity, and was held in general esteem. He survived his wife i> years, leaving Mrs. B. 'T. Port. as .the only surviving member'of his family. The funeral took 'place , 'at Waikanae on Thursday, Mid. was largely attended.. ■