PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 284, 27 August 1919, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS

Judge I?. N. Jones, of the Native Land Court, has been appointed Chief Judge of tho Court. Judge Jones has lately '"' been in charge of the South Island dis- "■ trict. As Chief Judge he will! spend most '! e of his time in Wellington, dealing with '™ appeal cas;s. '[_ LioMlennnt-Colonel (Dr.) Morice, late I mwiVal officer in charge of the Military i( l Ward at the General Hospital, and Mrs. m Morice will leave on a trip to America ~y bv the next voyage of tho Tofua. a- Air. W. J. Napier, of Auckland, has jr. arrived in Wellington to meet his son, (I, Captain (T.-Major) Napier, M.C., who bo will arrive by the Athenic. lie The death occurred in Wellington yesterday morning of Mr. liichurd Molesut worth Taylor, formerly member for Syd- „.. enham and Christchurch City, aged 85. t s The deceased gentleman was bo'rn i.n Lonn. don. and arrived in Auckland by the a . britr Heather Bell in 18-1(1. He was edu- ];. cated iu New Zealand, and in 1851 went in to Melbourne. After being on the gold diggings in Victoria and New South Wales for six years ■he went bad: to 111 Auckland, and was in the militia duriuß 111 a part of the Maori War. For several e J years after he left the militia he was a f Ciovernment contractor. In 1801) he set 1 tied in Canterbury, where he was on--10 gaged as a general contractor until 1880. ?' He became n member of the Sydenham ls Borough Council in 1884, and was also ,0 elected to tho Christchiirsh Drainage Board. Subsequently he sat on ths Waiig mnknriri Biver Hoard. At a by-election <1 in JBSG he was returned to the House of it Representatives as member for Sydenra ham, and was similarly honoured by the ig constituency at the general election in :o the following year. Three years-later he >f was elected member of Parliament for 3, Christchurch City, but suffered defeat at x. the .wneral elections in 1893 and 1806. 3- Mr. Harry Upliam and Mr. Ernest Up--11 ham. of Wellington, are nephews of tho »v late Mr. Taylor. •° Mr. A. Gray, K.C.. is attending the "• Supreme Court sittings at Napier. 'I At the meeting of the Ivarori Borough ; Council held last evening it was decided I to' send a letter of condolence to Councillor J. Burns on the death of his son-in-law, ■ the late Sir. C. Caldwell. J", Mr. J. J. Web'b, inspector of weights and measures at Gisborne, has been trans- , i'erred to Wellington. Mr. F. W. Thomp- " son, of Tniirauga, hns succeeded Mr. \'_ Webb. s . Mr. B. M. Wilson, manager of the Govjj eminent Tourist Department, who is the _ Government representative to tour New Zealand with Admiral Lord Jellkoe, will leave for tho eouth on .the New Zealand " on Sunday next. t A presentation was made in the Christ- :' church "Press" office last week to Mr. i E. Hardcastle, who has retired from tho position of agricultural editor after a DOl'iod of service extending over thirty vears. Mr. P. Selig, the manager of the ' company, presented Mr. Hardcustle with an entree dish, suitably inscribed, as a slight testimony of the esteem in which d he was held- by, his fellow-workers. .Mr. 'B Selisr said that, though he wa-s unable to e be preseut, the editor of the "Press," the d Hon. W. H. Triggs, had joined in the s presentation, and also Mr. S. Saunders. Mr. Selig further presented Mr. Hardo- nnsvlo with a f-übstantial chequo from s the directors, and, amid cheers, wished e Mrs. Hardcastle and himself long life, 0 good luck, and happiness. e Chief-Detectivo Boddam is indisposed :- and has been granted leave of absence. ',' Inspector Mnrsaclc, of Police Headquar--1 ters, who has been transferred to Napier, * intends to visit his new district on Mondav next. " Mr. J. B. Clarkson, owing to ill-health, s has retired from his position as nianr.ga ing-director of Jtessrs. Hope Gibbons, !' Sons, and J. B. Clnrkson, Ltd., but still ■j remains a director of that firm. Ho , will leave bv the Ma«uka to-day for Syd- , nev, where he will remain for some time. I Mr. Culford Bell will leave for Gis•a borne to-day, where ho is to judge_ the s elocutionary sections of the competitions. S ■ ■■' '"- ■ ■