PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 246, 12 July 1921, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

« Vice-Regal. His Excellency the Governor-General (Admiral Viscount Jellicoe) is to hold an investiture nt Government House tomorrow evening. Those to be invested with decorations consist mainly of military officers, but there are also several civilians to be decorated. Senior-Sergeant S. Till, of the Central Police Station, has been promoted to siite inspcctor and tmnsferred to Auckland to fill a vacancy caused by the promotion of Sub-Inspector Eales io the position of inspector at Auckland. Senior-Sergeant Till came to Wellington three months ago from Hamilton. Mr Thomas Pavitt, who died at his residence, Brougham Street, on Sunday night, had for over 70 years resided in the Dominion, and during that long period he gained « 'vide circle of fiends. By all he was highly respected, and deep re"rct will be felt at his,Joss winch was brought alxmt by an attack of pneumonia. One of Hie late Air. 1 mod. important undertakings was t e scheme for the construction of the railway on the West Coast, the work on which is now in course of eonipletlon. He was one of the promoters of tie Midland Railway Company, and was largely responsible for the sending of delegates to England to ra>sc.money for the commencement of the Me. t Lea-, railway. The deceased gentleman came to New Zealand with his parents in 18j0. in (be ship Monarch, landing at Akaroa on tpril 2 P The family settled nt Robinson’s Bay, and commenced sawmilling. Their work included the building of two rehoonew which traded round Banks Peninsula. After being burnt out in 1860, the family went to Christchurch, where the late Mr. Thomas one of his brothers, commenced bi «n ess a timber merchant. .In 188 a he le (lie business, and two years later was employed bv the Nc " r / ca .’ an l} vl 1 ’“ 11 HX Company on the West Coast. M hen this „ -4 ing terminated in 1892. he came •> Wellington, and had since resided „in, hi...- sons. Hv "de piede.eaM.-d tom bv Iht-ec. years, and of a i'lm'ly of . slx sons and three daughters the following are. left 1° mourn their loss: Messrs. An-I in Pavitt (Bank of T\ew Zealand, Wellington), Gwen Pavitt (of Bethune and Co ) Harold Pavitt (of Masterton), end Charles amt Henry Pavitt (both of Wellington); Mrs. L. G. Spencer (of Auckland) and Misses Fanny amt Lucy Pavitt (of Wellington). the interment to-morTow will be private.