PERSONAL ITEMS

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 3, 5 January 1932, Page 9

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr. F. KnightyUTcrf of the Magistrate Js Court, leaves Wellington thi3 evening 'for Chris tchurch.oil holiday.".. Mr. J. Miller. S.M., of Masrerlon, and Mr. .}._ 11. Salmon, S.M., Wanga. Eiii, arc visit ing Wcllingtoni Dr. Aubrey Pollock, medical officer to (he East Indian Btatc Railway, is visiting New Zealand. He. -was' honorarysurgeon to-"Lord\ Irwin, formerly Vic'e.roy of India, and intends to remain in the Dominion until April. Visitors to AVellingtcm staying at the Grand Hotel include Messrs. A. Hail (Christchurch), T. P. Eyaii, A. B. Croudis (Greymoutli), P- J. P. Pepler ; '(Kew~ York), Mr. and Mrs. E. S. "Brown and' Mrs. J. Park (Dannevirke). •-. • ■ Mr. Justice Maerossan, a Judge ti{> the Supreme Court of Queensland, ar- : . rived by the Ventura on Saturday oii a holiday visit to New Zealand. . He/is* accompanied by. Mrs. Maerossan and' Mr. Vincent Maerossan. Among the guests-at the Empire Ho-1 tel are Dr. Little- (Auckland), Messrs. J. C. Twomey (Aramoho), F..Bartlett. (Onehunga), H. J. Dewe (Feilding), 8... C. Wacher (Napier), Gv B, Owen, Hr. v and Mrs. H. S. Seagar (Auckland); . . . Captain C. A. Peel, who has retired = from the position of port officer at Pc- ; nang after ton years' service; arrived - at Auckland 1 3 y the Narbada from the"East on Sunday morning. Captain "■ Peel, who is accompanied by Mrs.; Peek" and their family, will spend a holiday inNew Zealand prior to continuing .their i journey Home. Messrs L. R. Barrett, P.- D. Hall, A." G. Captain, A."Smith, E. Middlettm.'' (Ohristchureh), O. Summer (Auckland)',-: lan Bostock (Stafford, England); E; M.': Martin (Melbourne) are guests at tha' Hotel St. George. : '..-■.-... The Rev. Thomas Tait, Ml.'BJ).,' havingy'resigned his charge of. First' Presbyterian Church, Edmonton,:. Canada, arrived in Auckland by the Aorangi. He is spending a few days" in Wellington ~en route to .Christ' church, and is staying at the. Hotel' "Windsor. Later he and his daughter/ Miss Ina Tait, intend settling" in Syd-' ney, where Mr. Tait was for' several* years minister of the Scots' Chiurei. : '-. ; Professor Peren (Palmerston. Nortfck; ■Messrs. B. Hutchison, ■E.Beetham, ffiBeetham. (Masterton), H. KargolishV'SiH. Baker, B. Bobiason (GhrMtehawfcCand H. Luke- (Auckland) are "stayiiS at the Eoyal Oak Hotel. ; ■-> •- " . After a protracted illness," the 'fleatK occuired last week, at the age of S3. c o £- Mr ; Alfred Seamer, a well-knowa Wei, ' lington builder and coatr'aetor. The f u£« ' era! service was conducted by the'BeV l" H. E. K. Fry, vicar of St. Mark's, Ths-"' late Mr. Seamer was an active official of the original Melrpse Bugby Football 1' Club' and helped in the re-organising b£ • the club .ia 1925. At the time of his demise he held the positions of tice>?' president and hon. auditor. One of his largest undertakings professionally "was. the construction of the business" pr.e-":": mises of Messrs. ;C Smith, Ltd., in' Qabi"l--street, upon the completion. of which "he' served for three years with; the. aQth;" Eeinforeements, being invalided "back- . to New Zealand. The deceased, who : was a member of the Excelsior Lodgeof Druids, is survived by' Ms wife, Mrs» Alice Jane Seamer; two sons, Alfred' Norman and Richard Leonard; a daugb-' ter, Mrs. A. L. Lamb; a sister," M.rs. .&. ; W. Griffiths, and a grandchild (daughter" of Mrs. Lamb), '•'"'. ■. Dr. James Join Bade, a well-know* Auckland surgeon, died on Saturday,. 'He was formerly senior medical offlcsr..'. at the Auckland Hospital and supes" ■-■" intendent of the Mercury Bay Hospi* • taL A son of Mr. and Mrs. Charted Eade, of Eltham, Dr. Eaderecaived fciß-1--medical training at the OtagotTniTißß^'' sity, where he graduate^. - After certw ing at the Auckland Hospital .for poms years as house surgeon hey i>eoama''(kiK ior medical officer. On leaving to tskji' up the position of superrntsndant of tKBi" Mercury Bay Hospital," he marti&t] Miss Edith Harvey; daughter of MJ&,; A. 6. j Harvey, of 43, Clarence stree.tf Devonport. Dr. Eade was. sriperfiS'^ tendent at Mercury Bay for four j;Ggi.i!f and then moved to Opotiki, ■wterg; :.t» " was honorary surgeon at tt.e Opotiki Hospital. During the (Jreißt War i«;: held the rank of "captain and saw actlvg.,1. service in Egypt and Palestine.' <>a." retnrning: to New Zealand. lie' eartited. :, a private practice at Devonport,.. Ut, . Eade was Well known for Ma .keen" interest in the physical welfare of the.'. youth of' Auckland. Dr. Eade is. sm». viyed by Mrs. Ead© and two!citildi«ißu . Miss Suzanne Eade and Mr. Diek.'EiUGgJ who is a prominen-t athleta, .. "