PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 288, 30 August 1920, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

The death occurred suddenly on Saturday afternoon of Mr. Samuel Clarke JoTinson, chief inspector of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. The lata Mr. Johnson was 04 years of age. He was born in Now South Wales, and came to Christclmrch with his parents when a child. In 18S3 ho left the -nrvjee of the New Zealand Railways to join tlie Christchurch staff' of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. He was appointed manager at Auckland in 1892, and inspector in 1897, and had held tho office of chief inspector for nearly three years. The late Mr. Johnson lqavcs a widow, one daughter, Miss Queenio Johnson, and four sons, Lieut.(Colonel F. D. Johnson, R.A.M.C. (at present in England), H. J., G.C., and Noel, all of whom were on activc service in the Great War. He was an 'elder of St. John's Church, was od the Board of Governors of Scots and Queen Margaret Colleges, and was hon. tiea6urer of these institutions.

Captain A. R. Curtis, of the Royal Marino Light Infantry, who is attached to the staff of Lord Jcllicoe, the new Gov-ernor-General of the Dominion, arrived i" Wellington by the Ruapehu from London on Saturday night. Eight of tho membors of tho household staff of Lord Jcllicoe also came by the same vessel.

Mr. John Lambert, an old resident ol Wellington, died suddenly at his residence, Sydney Street, on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased was a native of Greece, and arrived in New Zealand over •10 years ago. The funeral took place oil Saturdav afternoon, and was very large!v attended. The Rev. Father Dignan officiated at the .graveside.

Tt is understood (says the Gisbornu '•"ITcrnld"!) that the Hon. Sir James Carroll will shorily be ofi'ered a seat in tho Legislative Council, as representative of tho East Coast, in succession, to the late Hons. W. Morgan and Caplain W. H. Tuckor.

A Press Association telegram from Nelson announces that Mr. Donald J. Rouse, a well-known settlor of Sherry River, died suddenly on Friday morning. Ho was a proniinent member of the Farmers' Union, a member of the Harbour Board, "nd a director of the Nelson Freezing "oinpany. He learee a wife end family

Canon Garland, of Brisbane, has been advised from Jerusalem that the Patriarch of Jerusalem has conferred upon him the Knighthood of! tlho Gold Cross of the Holy Scpulchre. 110 is said to be the first priest of tlio Anglican Church to receive the decoration, i Union Garland was the first to eelebra to the Eucharis'./ in the chapel." set aside for the Anglican Churcli at the Church of Holy Sepulchre after the Turks were driven out o- Jerusalem.

Miss Elsie Johnson has bee 1 !! appointed senior English mistress at the AVellina ton Girls' College.

Captain Robillard, of the Union Cornpan's steamer Kaiapoi, has been appointed pilot at Melbourne, states a Press Association telegram from Dunedin.

Members of tho Parliamentary Press Gallery 011 Friday expressed . their good wishes', and handed a small present, to Mr. B. V. White, an ex-chairman of the "iliery, who is leaving the staff of. """he-Dominion' to accept a position oh Hansard. Mr. T. Lindsay Buick, chairman of Die gallery, conveyed to Mr. White the congratulations of his fellowpressmen 011 his appointment, ond mentioned tho gratification of journalists al the recognition of the value of journalistic training as a preparation for Hansard work. Mr. White's long and highly creditable record in the gallery was u "uarantee that he would prove tlfe wis'dom of the Government's choice.

Cable news has been received in Christchurch from Sydney recording the death of Mr. Frederick T. Nicholson, who was taken ill when returning from a holiday trip to New Zealand, and died suddenly from heart failure, after landing. 110 was a, prominent Transvaaler, and a member of the South \frican Parliament until recently, when ho res'gned. Ho had been private secretary to President Kruger and General "otha. Tie was visiting Australasia to recuperate, after strenuous war work. The lato Mr. Hobert Dudley Eyre, wno died at Takapuna on Thursday, was an old colonist who took a prominent para in the development of tho colony in the early days of settlement. He was born at Ballyvaughan, County Clare, Ireland, in 18+1, and was tho son of tha lato Canon Jr. B. Eyre, of Portumna and formerly of Eyrecourt, County Galway. llr. Eyre, who was a surveyor by pro-, fe-iion, arrived at Auckland by the ship Empress in May, ISOS. He was engaged for some months 011 military surveys, and laid out the township of Tauraiiga. He was the first Government surveyor on tlio Thames goldiields, and in 18C8 hit; horse, Tim Whiffler, won thp first Thames steeplechase. He subsequently served as adjutant' engineer in the volunteer militia, the corps that constructed the railway from Mercer to Hamilton. In 1875" Mr. Eyre joined the Pro ; v«ncial Government service in Tnramikl ns'surveyor, and <l<l considerable exploration work in the Taranaki hinterland. One of his sons is Mr. R. U. D. Eyre, collector of Customs at New Plymouth, the other being Mr. E. A.' Eyre, accountant, of Auckland. Another son was the victim of the Pukekawa tragedy. A number of the master carriers of Wellington assembled at the office Mr. J-. p'Brien on Friday to show their appreciation of Mr. John Currie, who is about to sever his connection with the Union Steam Ship Company, after having filled the position of labour foreman on the wharf for a number of years. Tho, presentation, which was nwdo b.v Mr. 1\ A'. Hunt, took the form of a solid leather suii) ease, case of pipes, and tobacco pouch, all suitably inscribed. Speaking for the firms whose business takes them and their employees 011 the wharf, Mr. Munt referred to tlio business ability and loci' shown by Mr. Currie, sometimes under somewhat difficult circumstances. On bohalf of) fhe donors, he voiced the hopn that the recipient would not altogether sever his connection with shipping circles.