PERSONALIA

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8348, 7 February 1913, Page 3

PERSONALIA

Dr H, Callaghan, of New’ Plymouth, joined the Twakma as ship's surgeon yesterday, in place o. Dr Buist. Captain Hutton, ame-de-camp to Lord Liverpool, has arrived at Sydney, says a Tress Association message. Mr B. G. Goodwin has been appointed an inspector under the Orchard aud Garden Diseases Act. Mr Benjamin O’Connor, who was in business in Balciutua for many years, has been appointed manager ol the Wellington Friendly Societies Dispensary. Mrs Anderson, Froiessor Chilton, and the Rev. T. A. Williams, delegates to tne National Schools De.euce comerence, ,eave lor Christchurch to-night. The Revs. J. Clark aud C. W. Duncumb (Daptist; ana Adjutant E, Brown tSaivaiiun Army; are gazetted officiating muisteiß under the Marriage Act. Mr X. Fox, of cnnsicnuicn, who has been appointed borougn engineer at itinauiur, was welcomed by tno council last evening. Councillors Frost, Fitzgerald and Smitn, Mr J. T. jouke. and me Mayor have been re-elected to represent the City Council on me W ellington Technical Education Board. The Ven. Archdeacon 11. Stocker, chaplain to the Defence Forces, has been awarded the Colonial Auxiliary Forces long-service medal. He has served with the forces for nearly thirty years. On the motion of the Mayor, the City; Council last night passed a motion of condolence with the town clerk, Mr J. R. Rainier, and Mrs Palmer in the recent sad bereavement sustained by them through the death of their daughter. The Rev. J. A. MoNicklo. M.A., who has occupied the position of locum tenene at Dannevirke for twelve months, wiU take up his new duties as headmaster of Te Auto College for native boys at th» beginning of March. ■ The Rev. W. S. Rollings, who has been pastor of the Goodwood Baptist Church, Adelaide, for eight years, has , accepted a call to the Ponsonby Baptist Church in succession to the Rev. Alfred North, who retired from the pastorate recently. Messrs Lewis Anderson (Dunedin), F. M. Scully (New Plymouth), and A. Mill (Auckland), have consented to become candidates, representing the Post and Telegraph Department, in the election of the Public Service Appeal Board on May Sth. Mr W. H. Morton, city engineer, at the request of the Government, which desired his services, has been granted permission by the City Council to assist the Public Work* Department in engineering • matters connected with the construction of the new I’arUament Bulldogs. Mr W, B. Parrie, of the Empress Theatre staff, was entertained last evening by his colleagues on the eve of his return to Sydney to join the Crystal Palace staff. Mr J. E. Russell, on behalf of the theatre employees, presented Mr Parrie with a handsome marble clock. The Mayor and Mayoress have been invited to be present at the unveiling of the Captain Cook memorial, at bliip Cove, on tho Hth inst. Pressure of business may prevent Mr McLaren being present, and CounoiUor Smith, senior councillor, will in that event act in place ot the Mayor. Captain Henaah baa been appointed by the Minister of Internal Affairs to the position of Inspector of Weights and Measures, 'Wellington, in succession to the late Sergeant Greene. He will combine these duties with those of custodian and fire inspector of the Government Buildings. It is cabled from London that Captain I. E, Uuigan bus qualified for nomination to the Staff College, Quetta, ludia. He sailed from Wellington for Xuuiu last December. Captain Duigah, wim saw active service in South Africa (Queen’s medal with fdlir clasps), waiter some time attached to the beanquarters training staff, Wellington. Mr Reynolds Denniston, who has bee; in Dunedin for some time, has Keen o. fered the management of the Btauuu.. Theatre in Sydney, where a recent,., ■ formed organisation is undertaking tav production of some of the more oias&icn-j plays. Mr and Mrs Denniston will leave Wellington by the Manuka for Sydney to-morrow. Mr A. MiH (telegraph supervisor, Auckland), Mr F. M. Souiiy (accountant, Now Plymouth), and Mr Lewis Anderson tclerk, Dunedin; have been nominated as the representatives of the Post and Telegraph Department on the Public Service Appeal Board, which is to be elected in May. Bach of the two main branches of the department is entitled to return one member to the board. The Hon. E. H. Rhodes leaves fot Mount Cook and Hanmer on Saturday, and will be absent for a few days. . Tha Hon. W. H. Henries returns from the Manawatu district this evening. The Hon. F. M. B. Fisher is in tho South Island. The Hon. Dr Pomare, now at WeUington, will visit Wanganui in about a fortnight. Other Cabinet Ministers are in Wellington. The death occurred on Wednesday evening of Mr James Richard Brown, a native of Wellington, in his sixty-eighth year. The deceased, who was a son of me late Mr Charles Brown, one of Wblhngton's very early settlers, for a quarter of a centuiy had been m the service of the City Council. In his younger days he was a prominent member of the Star Boating Club, being one of the founders of that club, an<f he was also a member of the famous, unbeaten Holly Varden crew. He married Miss Annie Plimmer, of WeUington. who with a family of five daughters survives him. Lieutenant-Colonel G. C. B. Wolfe, of the New Zealand Staff Corps, has been transferred to the reserve of officers and appointed inspector of rifle clubs, drillhalls, and riife ranges, with the temporary rank of Colonel. The son of MajorGeneral Wolfe, he -was educated at th« Plymouth aud Royal Naval College and served in the Channel and Mediterranean squadrons He retired from the Navy with the rank of captain ■in 1897, and the following year came out-to New Zealand. In 1900 he was appointed O.C. Nelson, and in 1907 he was transferred to Auckland in a similar capacity. Dr Cameron has been granted leave ol absence from the City Council for tb* remainder of his term, two and a hall months. He will not seek re-election in April. The Mayor, on behalf of the council, last night wished “bon voyage’’ to Councillor Cameron, who leaves shortly on a visit to Vienna, Berlin and the United Kingdom- Councillor Cameron, in acknowledgment, said it was with considerable regret that he was leaving Wellington and the council at the present time, in the first place, he had not been in the best of health lately, and as a result he had decided to leave practically at once. One thing he regietted was that certain of the old councillors would not bo standing again, notably Councillors J. Smitn and Shirtclifle, because their sci vices were required just now in the council's affairs.