ABOUT PEOPLE

Southland Times, Issue 18815, 7 May 1920, Page 5

ABOUT PEOPLE

A Wellington Press Association telegram states that owing to Mr Justice Hoi-king's illness, Sir John Salmond, Solicitor-General, has been appointed a temporary judge. Dr J. L. Blaikie arrived at Bluff by the Paloona from Melbourne, on Monday, and intends spending a fortnight in Invercargill amongst his relatives. Dr Blaikie has just returned from a trip to England. Mr David Dawson, of Woodlands, who died in the Southland Hospital on Tuesday, was gored by a bull about a week ago at Woodlands. He was then conveyed to the Hospital, and was making good progress, but on Monday suffered a relapse from which he did not recover. Rangitaha, a celebrated Maori chief, of the Tuhorangi tribe, died at Whakarewarewa on Monday morning. Volleys were fired from guns, and preparations begun for a great tangi. The father of Rangitaha was also a very big chief, and his remains are interned at a high point, just above the settlement at Whaka. Mrs R, T. Search, who has recently disposed of her property in Yarrow street, intends, accompanied by her danghter, Miss Gladys Searell to settle in Auckland. Mrs Searell is widely known in Invercargill and in past years took a great interest in ladies’ hockey, being chaperon to some of the travelling Southland teams. Dr William Allan died on Wednesday last in a private‘hospital in Dunedin, after a short illness . At Eastertide he played bowls in the Dunedin tournament, and it waa only on Thursday of last week that ha went to Dunedin. Dr Allan was a sou of Mr James Allan, of Hopebill. Other brothers are Mr R. S. Allan (engineer) and Mr Henry Allan (farmer on the Peninsula). The deceased was bom in Otago and educated at the Otago High School. He studied at the Otago University and continued the preparation for his professional career at Edinburgh University, where he obtained the M.B. degree in 1887. Shortly afterwards he returned to New Zealand, and in 1888 purchased Dr McCaw’s practice at MosgieL As a young man be was a well-known Rugby player, and was half-back in the Otago interprovincial teams, including that which, met Wellington in 1882. He held the position for a while of president of the Taieri A. and P. Society, was chairman of the East Taieri School Committee and in many ways buried himself in local affairs. Mrs Allan survives her husband, and there are four daughters and one son.