PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 44, 15 November 1919, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS

The ho.iltli of Bishop (Jlcary. who is still in tlio Maler Hospital, .has shown a marked improvement during tho last day or two (says an Auckland exchange).. Mr. W. A. liennell, accountant of tho New Plymouth branch of the Hank of New Zealand, liae been appointed manager of tlio bank's branch at Leviika. -Mr. Jf. K. Viloxain, of the New Plymouth staff, wjll euccced Mr. l'eunell as accouiilaiil. A Press Association message from Dunedin states that the Rev. C. Iferron has declined a call io St. Andrew's Church, Dunedin, in order to leavo himself free to deal with a. call from St. David's Church, Auckland. Owing t.o pressure of private business, Messrs. H. B. Dell and A. Curtayno liavo resigned ihcir seats oil tho .Dominion Executive of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers' .Association and on the Standing Sub-committee of tho executive. Messrs. W. Perry and D. S. Smith havo been appointed to fill tho vacancies so caused. Information lias been received of tho death at Perth of Mr. William John Suitor, at: the age of 72 years. Deceased was well known in Auckland, having had Suiter's brewery at Ncivmarkct many years ago. He was also at onp time Mayor of Newmarket. ■Mr. Albert, Sedgwick died at Johneonville 011 Thursday, after a short illness. Tho Into Mr. Sedgwick, who was 70 years of ago ftt the time, of his death, was a native of Borough Bridge, Yorkshire, England, being tho. youngest-son of- tlio late Dr. Podger Sedgwick, of that town. 'Jlie Into Mr.'Sedgwick arrived at Ne r .son i\i the early sixties, afterwards settling at Kaikoura. Tlienco he went to Johnsonville, where ho had resided for 20 years. Ho leaves a 1 wife, .two sons, sis daughters, and fourteen grandchildren. Tlio death occurred on Thursday ijight of Mr. John Weir, at his residence, 13 Cruickshank Street, lulbirnie, alter a prolonged illness. Tho late Mr. Weir was (J2 years of age. He was born in Dunsoi/, Scotland, and arrived in Australia in 1882, where lie remained till 1905. Ho then came to New Zealand.' Since then he lias followed bis trade as a plasterer, at Wellington. He leaves a widow, two sons, and two daughters (Mrs. D. Scott and Mi's. Wakelin, of Well'iigton; Mr. D. T, Weir, Toowoombs. Queensland, and Mr. P. J". Weir, of Wellington). The funcraj will take place this afternoon. Mr. IT. C. Jones, overseer of the fin-' zette and Bill room in the Government Printing Office, lias retired on superannuation. lie catno to Now Zealand from London in 18G6, and landed in Auckland; where he was educated. After serving his apprenticeship at tho offices of the "Southern Cross" and "New Zealand Herald," ho entered tho Government Printing Office as a compositor in 1879. Mr. .Tones was a member of the Board nf the Typographical Society of Wellington, and had various positions, such as chairman and secretary of the Into' Press Library, vice-president and president of tlio Typographical Soc'ety, secretary of the Trades and Labour Council for three years, apd secretary of the Trpdnc ami Labour CouncH! conferences—at W"lli>»:ton (1893) Auckland (lSPtt, and Christ-: church (1595). He lvas also president of the TradM Council, and was a member nf tho Wellington District Conciliation Board. 'Mr. John Ta.it, of tlio firm of Messrs, ,T. and N. Tait. who has been, v'sitin? Auckland, left for Sydney by the Piverina last night. Mr. Harry Phipps, well known in musical circles in the city, has resigned from, thn National Bank of New Zealand to take up the position of manager of the Edison Shop, shortly opening in Welling-, ton.