PERSONALIA

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10296, 3 June 1919, Page 3

PERSONALIA

The Hon. J. A. Hanan, Minister fo! Education, loft Wellington for Invercargill last evening.

The earliest Bullor pioneer. Mr William Sloan, died on Saturday at tha age of eighty-one, after a brief illness (states a Press Association telegram).

Mr Charles Wilson, Parliamentary Librarian, who underwent an operation on Saturday, is making satisfactory progress,

The Hon. Dr Collins, C.M.G., will be a member of the party which is to accompany the Governor-General and the Countess of Liverpool on their visit to the Cook Group arid Samoa.

Major Guy Fctherstcu, U.'-i.0., M.C., formerly of Auckland, who has been appointed- H.M. Trade Commissioner at Sydney, left England early in April to take up his now duties.

A Press Association message from' Greymouth announces the death of Mrs Duncan McLean, wife of a wellknown merchant. She was for fifty years a resid:nt of Greymouth.

The senior assistant at the Christchurch Technical College, Mr W. G. Aldridge, has been appointee! director of the Southland Technical College, out of twenty, applicants.

Captain'Frank Newman, M.C., only son of Dr A. K. Newman, M.F., re. turned to Wellington by the Pakeha. Ho distinguished .himself in Franca while serving in the Royal Field Artillery, and was wounded.

Staff-Sergeant R. R. Leys, after just on three ■ years’ service in the Adju-tant-General’s branch, at Defence Headquarters, received a presentation, from his fellow-clerks on leaving the department.

Captain C. S. Blarney, late squadron commander, Ri>yal Air Force.' has been appointed, to the charge of the motor department of the New Zealand Farmers' 00-onerative Distributing Co., Ltd., : Wellington, will take up his duties about the middle of this month.

Messrs H. \V. Beasley, W., H. Bennett and Eugene Casey, of Auckland, qualified at'the October'examinations for associate membership of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Other New Zealanders who passed the examination were'Messrs E. F. Evans and J. McG. W ilkie, of Duricdin, > and E. F. McKenzie, of Christchurch.

Commissioner T. Henry Howard, chief of' staff 'of the Salvation, Army, London, who arrived in Auckland bv the Niagara oh Fridav. entered tho Salvation Armv 88 years ago, and is now about to Vacate his position, after n tenure, of some years. At one timo he controlled the Armv work in Australia and New Zealand,

Mr J. G. Coates, AI.P., who lately has returned from active service, was accorded an enthusiastic welcome at a public gathering at Helensv.lle. The chairman of the Town Board presided over , n large attendance. Several speakers,' including Mr C. J. Parr, M.P., paid warm ■ tributes to the'many good qualities of ■ Major Coates and the creditable part he had taken in the war. ’ ! '

Mr D. Jcnnes, of Lower Hhtt, who has boon' on active service' with Uio Canadian Forces, returned by the Niagara last 'week. He holds an engagement under the Canadian Government.

Brigadier-General H. W, Grimwnde, who has seen a lot •of active' service with the Australian. Forces, was a through passenger by the Niagara (which arrived at Auckland last week), accompanied by his wife and family.

The following officers were elected at the annual conference of the Now Zealand Betumed Soldiers’ Association; President,' Dr Boxer; treasurer, Air B. C. Aldrich; executive: Auckland, Messrs' Watts, Long, Pollock, and Cbing; Wellington, Messrs Batten, Harper, Curtayne, Bell, Cories, and Jacobs (Palmerston North was fixed as the centre of the district); Canterbury, Messrs McCallurn, Leadley, Anderson, and Scott; (Atago, Messm McLean, Laing, Graham, tnd Miller.

The council, of the. New Zealand Society of Accountants has unanimously appointed Major Donald Gordon John, r.tcn to the position of secretary of tho society, rendered vacant by the resignation of Air Krnest W. Hunt, Major Johnston, who is an Associate of both the New Zealand Society of Accountants and the ■ Incorporated Institute of Accountants of New Zealand, li ft New Zealand in 1915 with a commission as lieutenant in the New Zealand Field Artillery, and has been continuously on active service with the New Zea. land Division since that date. Ho returned to the Dominion as officer in charge of the troons on tho troopship Arawa on -May 15th.

Amongst the passengers from Vancouver oy. the R.M.S. -Niagara, which arrived at Auckland on Friday, was tho Hon. Sir Timoiny Coghlan, formerly Agent-General in 'London for the State of New South Wales, and now Commonwealth representative on the Pacific Cable Board. Sir Timothy, who ha« been almost 'continuously absent from Australia since 1905, when he was appointed Agent-General, relinquishing tho latter appoint meat in. 1017, but remained in Kngland for the purpose ol seeing through the Press his monumental work, ‘‘Hahour anti Jhdustiv in Australia, •’ which was published in Feb. rnary last in four volumes. This work, u hich represented the labour of about nine years, is.practically a history of Australia from the early years of lasi century to the foundation of +he tvimmon wealth It deals exhaustively with methods of colonisation, lard settlement; public, works. O'o orve nrogiess, immigration, social and industrial legislation,. and political ;nstory .generally. .Speaking to an .Auckland reporter, Sir Timothy indicated that the reception of the book by. high authorities on economies and political sconce was a gratifying evidence of the interest which the older countries are taking in the development of new demccrncie* under the TV-fish flag. He Intends later, after he has got again into touch with Australian affairs, to bring his history up to dde, and to cover the extremely interesting uoTfical events of the last few ycn-s, Sir Time thv ; who is the author of a long serb-l of statistical and political’ works. . has also several other hooks in contemplation, but. does not wish at present to say anything about them. Hi= aims, however,, rite n'most entirely literary! and ho states that ho has no intontioi' of re-entering political life.

Ring up Stanton and Evans fphon* •2240): they will do .the rest.' Op«» and oiosed-in cars at shortest notic*. accommodation and repair!, •