ABOUT PEOPLE

Southland Times, Issue 18825, 19 May 1920, Page 5

ABOUT PEOPLE

A Melbourne Press Association cable r©» ports the death of Mr Montague Stephen, who recently married a daughter of Mr Justice Hosking, of New Zealand. Captain T. M. Wilkes, M.C., and Lieutenant L. G. Goss have been appointed to the Palmerston North Defence Headquarters. Mr L. J. Fairbrother, of Dalefield, Wairarapa, who recently returned home after four years’ active service, is now visiting his sister, Mrs H. W. Browne, Gladstone. Mr J. M. Somerville, chief chemist for the Colonial Sugar Refining Company of Auckland, has retired after 32 years in the service, of which 27 were spent at Chelsea. The Town Council last night, on the motion of the Mayor (Mr John Stead), adopted a resolution congratulating the Hon. G. J. Anderson on his elevation to Ministerial rank. Mr P. L. Chevassus, formerly a well-known New Zealand journalist, is at present visiting New Zealand. Mr Chevassus has been for some time past on the literary staff of the London Times. A Press Association cable from Suvn states that the Governor of Fiji, Sir Cecil Rodwell, will leave by the Makura for New Zealand and Sydney, accompanied by Captain Clive Joske, A.D.G., and Captain West* macott, private secretary At yesterday’s meeting of the Red Cros* Society the chairman, Mr R. A. Anderson, made appreciative reference to Mr S. Craig’* activities as a member of the committee. Other members made similar references and it was decided to record the Society’s appreciation of his work. Mr G. A. Noble-Campbell, district manager of the Government Life Insurance Department, has been promoted to the position of head-officer of the correspondence branch at the head office, Wellington, and expects to leave Invercargill towards the end of the month. Mr Campbell has been in Invercargill since August, 1917. The death occurred at Christchurch yesterday of Mr William B. Cowlishaw, solicitor, aged 54 years, says a Press Association telegram-. He finished his education at Oxford, and qualified for the law, being admitted to the Inner Temple. He was for some years in the local legal firm of Garrick, Cowlishaw, and Fisher. He leaves a widow, two sons and two daughters. The death is reported from Newcastle (New South Wales) of Mr Dugald Thomson, who did a deal of racing in the dominion some years ago. Among the horses owned by him were: Evening Wonder, North-East, Kremlin, and Black Reynard. For several years prior to his death Mr Thomson was hotelkeeping in Newcastle, Deceased was at one time a resident of Palmerston North and Feilding, being in business in each town as an hotelkeeper. Mr T. G. Brickell, who has resigned hi* position as commercial master at the Southland Technical College in order to join the firm of Messrs R. Hudson and Co., Dunedin, was met by the students yesterday afternoon and presented with an electro-plated thermos flask and some stainless cutlety. The presentation was made by one of the boy students, who referred to Mr BrickeU’s popularity with the pupils and expressed the hope that good fortune would be with him in his new position. Afterwards Mr Bricked was entertained at tea by the staff, and presented with a bronze table standard.