PERSONALIA

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8340, 29 January 1913, Page 3

PERSONALIA

Miss Flora Macdonald was yesterday appointed typUio in tho oiiico of the Board of Education.

Captain H. E. Grecnstroet is in oommarul of the Kcmuera, due at Welling* ion early next week. Dr A. J. Grant, M.D., M.R.C.8., is snip's surgeon. Mr W. S. Short, Ae&istant-Biidcr Secretary to the Bublic Works Department, will be a passenger for Sydney by tho Maunganui on iriday. Ho will bo absent m Australia till about the end of .a arch.

Sir Samuel McCaughey, of New South Wales, arrived by the Alaheno at Auckland on Sunday. He ks on holiday, and intends to visit Rotorua and tho many other tourist resorts in New Zealand* Mr J. A. Thomson, superintendent of the Eastern Extension Cable Comnany at Wakapuaka, has been transferred to the Philippines station, where he will act as manager. Mr M. E. F. Airey has been appointed successor to Mr Thomson. The Wellington Education Board yesterday, on the motion of Mr W, Allan, seconded by Mr J. u. W. Aitkon. deicdod to send a cablegram to Sir Waiter <J. Buchanan. congratulating him upon his unighthoou. Eeave was granted him during nis absence in England.

Mr John Frederick Day, who was a member of the Seventh New Zealand Contingent, with whom bo saw service in South Africa, died in the Seddou hospital, Wellington, on Monday. Members of the Seventh are invited lo attend the funeral of their late comrade, which takes place to-day. Mrs Mary Ann Batchellor, of London, who died a few weeks ago, leaving estate of the gross value of .££2,052, bequeathed iIGCKX) lo King Edward's Hospital fund for Loudon, and A'soo to the London Hos* pital. The London Hospital also has the reversion of kIOOO bequeathed on trust to Emily Duugey for life. The residue of her estate she left to Dr Baxnardo's Homos.

A Press Association, message from Melbourne rejjorts that the following aro among the Urvieto’s New Zealand passengers ;—Misses FTiedlander, Jackson, Ramsay, Geddes (2j, liudlay, Simpson, Page, Smith (2j. Coe, and Knapp, Mesdames Friedlauder, liawson, Alexander, Jackson, Meirbynes, Geddes, Eowker, iindlay, Jones, Furby, Maurice, Reynolds, Wilkins, and Ambury, Messrs Furby. Reynolds, Ambury (2). Allen, Mitchell, Friedlandor (2), McNeil, Alexander, Jackson, Ramsay, Meirbynes (2), Geddes (2), Bowker, Coe, Findlay, Napier, Simpson, Patterson, and. Captain Jacobson.

Ttie following resignations of teachers have been accepted by the Wellington Education Board: Mr B. L. Eobertson, Carterton 8.H.5., from January 31st; Mrs Baker-Gabb, Pa Urania 8.H.5., March 31st; Mr E. C. Larsen. Makomato, January 31st; Mias I. Neilson, Putara, February 23th; Miss It. N. Armit, Maranui, January 31st; Miss A. .Lambert, Mount Cook Infants’, January 31st; Mass P. Carter, Brooklyn, February 2Sth; W. Compton, N iroaha, J auuary 31st;'Mi«r K. Caverhill, Kahutara, January 31st; Miss B- Dull, Worser Bay, Bccember 31st, The chairman referred to the valuable services rendered by Airs Baker-La bb, who was retiring after an honourable scholastic record. The Hon. W. F. Massey, who left for Hastings yesterday morning to attend the banquet in honour of Mr H. M. Camp boll, M.P., to-uight. will return to Wellington on Thursday night. The Hon. W, H. Herries will also attend this function and return to Wellington about the end of the week. The Hon. F. M. B. Fisher, now at Christchurch, may leave for Greymouth and the West Coast district to-day. The Bon. W, Fraser, due at Dunedin to-day from Central Otago, is expected to reach Wellington on Sunday next. The Hon. Ur Pomaro will leave Wellington this morning for Waitara and other Xai-anaki districts, returning to Wellington on Monday night. The Hon. E. H. Ehodes, now at Christchurch, will probably visit Temuka. and the date of his return to Wellington is uncertain. The Hons. H. D. Bell and A. L. Headman are at Wellington. Mr Abraham Manoy, a well-known resident of Motueka, died there on Monday night. The deceased gentleman was head of the. firm of A. Manoy and Sons, Ltd., general merchants, and he did a great deal to advance the interests of the town in which he lived so long. Mr Manoy arrived in New Zealand an 1861, and before settling in Motueka lived in Christchurch and Napier. He married a daughter of the late Mr Henry Moss, of Wellington, and his wife died some years ago. The family comprises a daughter (wife of Mir S. Jacobs, of the staff of Joseph Nathan and Sons, Wellington), and four sons, one of whom married a daughter of the Eev. H. Van Staveren, and another, a daughter of Mr E. Newman, of Messrs A. Beaver and Co., Wellington. The body of the deceased gentleman will be brought to Wellington, and. the funeral leaves No. 19, College street, at 10 a.m. on Thursday.

Upon taking his seat on the Education Board for the first time yesterday, Hr Thomas Moss, v of Newman, was congratulated by the chairman (Mr Lee) on his election. Mr A. W. Hogg said Mr Moss had devoted a great deal of time to educational matters, and had worked energetically on behalf of various local bodies. Mr Moss, who was chairman of the local school committee, held broad views on public questions, and, although a country member, would do as muck justice to the city schools as to those in the country. Mr Moss, in returning thanks, said that they in the country districts were sometimes apt to think that the town people got the best of the bargain in respect to education matters, but he had always felt that if the committees would trust the members of the beard a little more they would find that their interests would not be neglected. He would endeavour to work with the country committees, and hoped to get them to act in harmony with the board, in the general interests of education in the district.

Mr Arthur Lloyd Windsor, formerly editor of the “Age" newspaper, whose death waa reported from Melbourne last week, was born in 1836 at sea, during a voyage between London and Barbadoce, where his parents, who were Canadians, had their home. Leaving school in England at seventeen, he resided at Clifton for five years, and then went to Barbadoes. Some of his early contributions to London journals brought him somo distinction. Being offered a diocese in the West Indies by "his cousin, the Bishop of Antigua, Mr Windsor commenced study, but subsequently took a post, as classical teacher in the Indies. After some time spent in Canada and the States, he returned to Clifton and became attached to the “Quarterly Review,” and coached pupils for the army, later obtaining a classical -mastership at a school in Clifton; but literary life attracted him, he had already achieved I'a-ne for some of his writing. Lord Macaulay being one of those attracted bj Uis work. His first publication wan s collection of articles contributed to English periodicals, the title being “Charao teristics of Mon, Manners, and Books-" Mr Windsor subsequently came to Ans. tralia as editor of the “Argus.” wh : ch post ho filled for (wo and a h:ilf years Then ho conducted the “Mount Alexander Mail” at Castlomaino, and from 1872 till 1900 he was editor of the “Age." This period of twenty-eight years ot strenuous editorial wo;k embraced one of the -nest critical periods of the history of Victoria. The battle of protection was being fought with all energy and strength that could be brought to bear. At the same trine other great question* of vital inrtiortance were under discussion. Mr Windsor threw himself into these great political controversies with amazing vigour, and brought to bear upon them all the resources of his gifted mind and his rare and splendid literarypowers. Since 1960, when he retired on a pension, Mr Windsor had been in failing health.