PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 115, 9 February 1920, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

Sir James Allen and Sir W llliam Praser, who have been attending the University of Otago JnWlco celebrations, have returned to \\ ell.n^to.'i. The position of Superintendent of Mercantile Marine, AVcllington. has been filed bv the promotion of Captain b. G, o*trin"er, formerly Assistant Suporinter.deiit. Captain W ; B»rg<M. ormtrlv Survevor ot Ships, uel mgtoii, has become Assistant Superintendent. Dr. T. L. Parr has been appointed resident surgeon at tho Nelson Hospital. Mr William Morgan, formerly Mayor of .Newmarket, and prominent in Auckland Masonic and musical circles, is dead, at the age of 83. Mr. T. t.. .~ warehouse i onager Ssirgood. Son, and E wit's I'lirisU-hurch branch, who is retiring after twenty-seven years' • service to l ike up Iriiil farming at Tasinnn, Nelson, Was entertained at luncheon t\v Mr. ]"i A. Ewen, managing -director, and was tiie rieipicnl of a handsome chcqao from the firm. Reference was made to the length of his service by Mr. D. Ewen and" Mr. E. F. Blgar, financial r'mnage.r, •md the liopo was expressed that he would meet with success in his new calling. Opportunity was taken to introduce Mr. Austin's successor, Mr. S. L. Partridgo, lato of (lio Wellington branch.

Mr. I'rcd Chambers, at AuekInml for New Zealand Milk Products J.imilod. is at present in Wellington. Tho death occurred on February 3 of Mr. .lolm Huckinan, who for many years was a weil-knokn figure in the business lifo of the Wellington and Taranaki districts. Although "v. Buckman was Tcr many years more or !c;s an invalid, his death wi'.s unexpected, lie having been bright and cheerful to within a few hours of his death. Mr. Buckniun, who was the son of Mr. Samuel Ridley Buckman, formerly of Brighton, England, was born at Wairau Valley, Marlborougi „ and 6pcnt the greater part of his early life in Bleivirstln, while 111 Ins latter years he was associated in 6pe.cuj'atton and building in and around New 1 Plymouth. lie leaves a widow and family of six daughters, of whom tho most widely known, is Miss I'.osina Buckman. New iealand's distinguished finger; Mrs. Ellcrsou. of Thursday loiani'. Sirs. ; Calvert, of Mostiam AVenun: and Mi's, i llossitei", Hamilton lioad, Wellington; ! Nurse Buckman, on the Wellington Hos- ! pital stall'; Miss Clarice Buelviuau. ami i two sons—Mr. Arthur Buckman, farmer, Lof Aria, and Mr. N. Buckiuan. student, . j of Wellington. A gathering of representative Ontho-1 • lies of the lower Jlutt parish assembled j ion Thursday night to bid farewell to | I the Rev. Tather Fitzgibbcn, who has | been transferred to tho Wellington , 1 South parish. He was presented with n well-iillod wallet by the parishioners, and tho various sodalities also kstihed in substantial form to the esteem m j which lie is held.