PERSONALIA

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8339, 28 January 1913, Page 3

PERSONALIA

Major-General Godley left for thd souih last evening, lie returns to Wellington on. February 4th. Mr Robert Fletcher, chairman of the Harbour Board, left last evening on a visit to Invercargill. Before his Honor Mr Justice Chapman yesterday Mr V. K. Meredith, of Wellington. was admitted a barrister of tho Supreme Court on ilio application oi Mr H. H. Ustier.

Mr A. D. Kennedy will bo a candidate for tho seat on tile V* dii.ng.ou Harbour Board representing the interests oi payers of harbour dues other man dues on ships, that is, importers ms a body. Tho election takes place in April next. Colonel E. S- Hoard, Chief of the General Stair and .Director of Military Training, left Wellington Tasi evening fox To* iiiuka, to make arrangements for a Mali tour, which commences to-morrow. About sixty oiliccrs are taking part in the tour. Mr Charles W. Kerry, at present organist at St. Georges ITvsbyterlau Church, East St. Kilua. Melbourne, lias accepted the appointment at St. Julius, Wellington, in succession to Mr M. Barnett. He is expected to take up hn# duties early m April. Mr F. W. Furkert, Inspecting Engineer of the Public Works Department, lias received nine months leave of absence. He is leaving lor America and Canada in April. While cn route ho will investigate irrigation problems in both these countries.

Mr Thomas Moss, of Newman, has been elected to the vacancy on the Wellington Education Board for the Waxrarapa wal'd, caused by the resignation of Mr A. H- Vile. He secured 188 votes. There were 111 votes cast for Mr C. C. Jackson, Kopuaranga, and 80 for Mr Richard Brown, Mastorton. KJoniiniasioner Richards, of the *Balvation Army, who has been on a tour of of the army's West Coast lington on Friday. Colonel Fisher, gen* 6iai iocretavy, leaves this evening for Invercargill, and will bo absent from. Wei* lington about a fortnight. The death is announced from Dunedin of Sergeant-Major Angus McKay, at the age of eighty-live. He was a Crimean and Maori war veteran, several times mentioned in despatches. For seventeen years he was drill instructor at Dunedin* and mounted all the big guns in and around the district.

Mr T. 11. Wilford, M.P., who had promised to speak at Geraldine, Temuka. and Timaru this week under the auspices of the Navy League, finds that business arrangements will prevent him leaving Wellington at present. He hopes to fulfil these engagements on some future occasion.

News by cable has been received by Mr A. A. S. Danby. of the Immigration Department, that his son, Mr A. Bouthin Danby, who has been studying medicine at Guy’s Hospital, London, for the past five years, was successful in his final examinations for M.R.C.S., England, and L.8.C.P., London. Mr Danby is an oxstudent of Wellington College. Miss H. Smith, MJL, and Miss T. D. Meek, 8.A., both formerly of Southland Girls’ High School and Otago University, have been appointed to the staff of the Methodist Ladies' College, Hawthorne, Melbourne. They leave New Zealand early in February. Miss Smith has been teacliing in Canterbury and Miss Meek relinquishes a position in the Thames High School to proceed to Melbourne.

Among the members of the Royal College of Surgeons admitted as Fellows in December was Mr Ivan Stuart Wilson, M.8.C.5., of New Zealand, who is completing his studies at the London hospital. At the same meeting of the committee, Mr Kenneth Mackenzie, of Ota:,r University, who took his M.D. degree ■ Edinburgh, but was not a member, was also admitted to Fellowship. Mr Alfred Webb, superintendent of the Sydney Metropolitan Fire Brigade, dud last week. Mr Webb h-jd been ailing ior some time past, and to a great extent had been relieved from active duty, buhls death was quite unexpected. Deceased, who was sixty-three years of age, was born on April 28th, ISSO, at Dunstable, Herefordshire (Eng.). Before corning to Sydney he had seen upwards of fourteen years’ service in the London Fire Brigade, and joined the local brigade on January 38th, 1888, ao principal foreman. Altogether he had seen forty years of fire brigade service. Mr Webb was appointed superintendent of the brigade on September 27th, 1858, a position he occupied up to the time of his death.

The death occurred at Auckland laet Saturday of the Kev. Bro. Charles, who was formerly stationed in Wellington. He had been in ill-health for some time. According to a contemporary, the deceased, whose full name was Christopher Davis, was a native of Wellington and a son of Captain Davis. He joined the Order some thirty years ago, and after teaching in Australia for a time ho came to New Zealand, where he was engaged in the schools of the Order in Napier, Christchurch, Greymouth, Wellington, and Invercargill. He showed much devotion to his work. Brother Charles took his illness in. Invercargill a year ago, and went to Auckland at Christmas time, expecting to improve his health, but the end came sooner than his friends expected.'

Tlie Hon. W. F. Massey arrives in Wellington from Auckland district early this morning but will immediately proceed by the Napier express to Hastings, where a banquet is to be tendered to Mr H. M. Campbell, M.P. for Hawke’s Hay, on Wednesday. The Prime Minister is expected to return to Wellington on Thursday night. Tho Hon. F. M. B. Fisher left for Christchurch by tho Maori last night, but the duration of his absence from Wellington and his subsequent movements are uncertain. It is possible that he will visit the West Coast before returning to Wellington. The Hon. W. Fraser is duo at Dunedin from Central Otago to-morrow, and he advised the Public Works Department yesterday that he expected to return to Wellington about Monday next. The Hon. W. H. Herries also leaves Wellington this morning for Mr Campbell’s banquet at Hastings; he will proceed to Napier after tho function, and return to Wellington at tho end of the week. The Hons. A. L. Hordman, H. D. Bell and Dr Pomare are at Wellington. Mr Charlie De Thierry, whose death occurred at Gisborne under tragic circumstances (lie took carbolic acid by mistake), was a single man, sixty-throe years of age. He was of a most retiring Usposition, and could rarely be induced to speak about himself (says the “Poverty Bay Herald”). Attached to his name, however, are some interesting historic incidents, relating to the early days ■;f New Zealand. His grandfather was the famous Baron De Thierry, who came to New Zealand with a party of Fieuch cdll-Ts to claim the Middle Island on behalf of France, but who was beaten tor possession by a British vesso! in the -pace of only two hours. Word was received at Auckland that the Baron was

making for Akaroa, and the gun-brig Victoria was despatched with .all haste, ind after a smait passage reached .Akaroa in time to hoist the- L’ninr Jack lust a couple of hours before the Frenchman put in an appearance. Us Thierry ■md his party remained at Akaroa, which became a French settlement for soma .-ears. The late Mr C. De Thierry’s •ather emigrated north, and was ensag--d in the kauri gum digging and timber adnstries in the Kaipara district for » ■lumber of years.