PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 31 October 1919, Page 4

PERSONAL.

The friends of Mr. A. It. Staudish will regret to learn that he is suffering from an acute attack of gastritis.

President Wilson is transacting some official business, and his condition is improving.

Mr G. F. Pearee, the Australian Minister of Defence, is a passenger on the Osterley, which has, arrived at Fremantle from London (says a Fremantle cablegram).

Mr. Andrew Quinlan, J.P., who was well known and highly respected throughout the Wairarapa and FortyMile Bush districts, died in the Pa'lmcrston Hospital last week, at the age of 70 years.

Dr. H. W. Cleary, Roman Catholic Bishop of Auckland, is still in the Mater Hospital. His health shows no improvement, and his condition still remains low.

Mr Thomas Chegwln, a well-known resident of Wellington for many years, died on Tuesday, aged 79. He was connected with the furniture trade, and was at one time a member of the Melrose Borough Council. He was prominently connected with the aiethodist Church.

Mr 18. D. Chisolm, who has been associated with Levin and Co., Ltd"., Hawera, for about ten years, this morning left on transfer to Napier, and he in future will represent the firm in Hawke's Bay. Mr B. C. Kirk, formerly of the Patea office (now closed) will succeed Mr. Chisholm at Hawera.

Mr Henry Mouldey, a well known resident of Palmerston North, died recently at the age of 80 years. Mr Mouldey was one of the early settlers in the Canterbury district, having arrived some 60 years ago by the ship Cressy at Port Lyttelton. Thirty years ago he settled in Palmerston North/and was actively engaged as a building contractor, retiring a few years since.

Assistant-Paymaster Arthur N Field son of Mr T. A. H. Field, M.P. for Nelson, returned by the lonic after several years' service in the war. He was seriously wounded in France, and on recovery discharged as unfit for further service. He volunteered for service with the Admiralty, and after some months of office duty at Portsmouth secured a position at sea on H.M.S. Spenser, leader of a destroyer flotilla engaged in patrol worn in'the North Sea.

Mr. T. Shatter Weston was on Wednesday re-elected president of the Ifew Zealand Employers' Federation for the sixth time. Mr. .A. C. Mitchell (vicepresident) said that Mr. Weston intended shortly to join the ranks of the Benedicts, and it had heen decided to mark the occasion by making him a small presentation, which would serve as some recognition of the valuable services he had rendered to the Employers' Federation during the past ten years. A piano had been purchased, which he hoped would prove an acceptable gift. The delegates present joined in wishing Mr Weston and his future wife all pos° sible happiness. Mr. Weston replied, thanking the delegates heartily for their handsome gift and good wishes.

Professor Thomas Hill Easterfield M.A., Ph.D., F.1.C., F.C.S., who will be the first Director of the Cawthron Institute, is a native of Yorkshire, and is fifty-three years of age. He was educated at Doncaster Grammar School, Yorkshire College, Leeds, and the Universities of Cambridge and Wurzburg. He was Brown Scholar of Leeds and a Foundation Scholar of Clare, College, Cambridge. He represented Cambridge in the inter-university sports from ISM to 1888. He was a lecturer an'd examiner at Cambridge from 1892 to 1890, and during part of that time was also science master at Perse Grammar School, Cambridge. In 1899 he was selected by the Victoria College Council for the Chair of Chemistry at Victoria College, and lie has occupied that important position up to the present time. Professor Easterfield has taken a big interest in tho Cawthron Institute since the inception of the project. At the invitation of the trustees he acted as a member of the Commission of Scientists who framed the scheme of operations for the institute, and he is a member of the present board of advice. In 11)17 Professor Easterfield delivered the Cawthron Lecture.

An old resident of Auckland, Mr Isaac Wilson, who conducted a grocery business in France street, Newton, Auckland, was found dead on Friday in a room at the rear of the shop. Mr. Wilson, who lived aloue, was about 70 years of age. He was formerly a sea captain, and was at one time well known in connection with overseas and coastal shipping. Since his retirement from the sea, about thirty years ago, he lived mostly at Onehunga, before moving to Newton. He had been under a doctor's care for heart trouble. Mr. Joseph Nicholas Flower, an old resident of the Dominion, died in Christchurch last Friday. He was born at Bath, Somersetshire, 82 years ago, and educated at the Eath Grammar School. Ho left England for New South Wales under engagement as classical master at King's School, Parramatta. In 1863 he went to Auckland, where he had charge of the Commercial School for •three years, subsequently joining the late Dr. Kidd in organising the Auckland Collegiate School, later merged into the Auckland Grammar School. After remaining there some years, he entered the service of the Bank of New Zealand. Mr. Flower was closely associated for many years with the work of St. Paul's Church "at Auckland. In 1575 he was transferred" to Foxton as manager of the "Bank of New Zealand there, and in 1880 acted in the same capacity at Kaikonra, where he resided permanently until he went to Christchurch some few weeks ago.