PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 162, 5 April 1920, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

Th Hon. C. .T. Parr left for Auckland by the Main Trunk Express onSnturday. He exnects to return to Wellington towards the end of the week.

The Hon. E. P. Lee left on Saturday for' his home in Oamaru. '

Mr. W. Crow, who has been appointed to the staff of the High Commissioner in London, left for England yesterday.

A Press Association telegram from Hastings announces the death of Mr. George Edward Lee, the "father of law" in llawke's Bay. The late Mr. Lee, who was 85 years of age, arrived in Auckland in 1837, and was among the first three to be admitted as banisters under the Law Practitioners Act, 1861. He rendered much service ■on various local bodies. He is survived by a widow.and an adult family. '

Mr. A.'P. Drydcn, Chief Postmaster of Wellington, left by the Sydney boat on Thursday last for Australia. Mr, and Mrs. Dryden will spend a prolonged holiday in Sydney and Melbourne. During Mr. Drvden's absence, the Chief Post Office, will "be in charge of Mr. F. J. Chisiholm, senior inspector. • ,

Mr. J. C. Ohnytor, one of the . most .prominent settlors in _ Marlborough, is dead. He was in his eii'hty-fourth year. The deceased was identified with many public bodies and private institutions, including the Licensing Committee, the Picton Hospital Board, fihe Patriotic Association, the Shipowners' Union, and the Rifle Association. He leaves a. grown-up family. One of his eons is General Sir Edward Chaytor, and another Colonel -D'Arcy ChaytorHPrcss Assn.)

Mr. C. A. Piper lias retired from the railway service, with which he has been connected for nearly fifty years. Prior to his leaving iho was' presented by the General Manager (Mr. R. W. M'Villy), on behalf of the combined heads of branches and their staffs, with a token of esteem and appreciation.

Mr. William l'Y Mulgan, of tho Blackball Company's steamer Ngakutn, and senior engineer of the company, died nt Auckland \on Saturday. The deceased, who had been ailing for some time, came ashore, at Christmas in the hope of recuperating. Mr. Mulgan, prior to joining the Blackball Coal Company twenty years ago, was with the Union Steam Ship Company.