PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 January 1920, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Stewart, of Eltham, returned on Wednesday night, after spending a holiday in Australia. The Mayor of New Plymouth (Mr. James Clarke) and the electrical engineer (Mr. R. H, Bartley) have been appointed to represent the Borough Council at a conference of tramway controlling authorities in Wellington, to consider the question of a Dominion award for employers. The conference takes place on Wednesday next. The following honors for New Zealanders are announced in a cablegram from London:—Order of the Nile, second class, A. F. Batchelor and A. G. Powlea (Wellington); Order of the Nile, fourth class, P. M. Acton Adams (Canterbury), A. C. Hineman (Machinery Corps), H. C. Hurst (Canterbury). Among the New Year honors conferred by the King is the title of Knight Batchelor given to Mr. David Ernest Hutchins in recognition of his services to forestry in the Empire. Mr. Hutching, who resides at Khandallah, Wellington, has been engaged for some time preparing a report for the Government upon forestry in New Zealand.—Press Association. Mr. P. S. Seamon, manager of the National Bank of New Zealand, Ltd., Invercargill, has been promoted to the position of senior branch inspector with headquarters at Wellington, and expects to leave Invercargill shortly. Mr. G. P. Thomson, accountant at Wellington, and formerly in the Invercargill branch, succeeds Mr. Seamon as manager down south.

An old resident of Auckland, Mr. William Beaumont, died at his residence, Ponsonby, after a very brief illness this week, aged 74 years. Mr. Beaumont was for very many years an active member of the Methodist Church, and in his earlier days did good work as a local preacher. He was associated with the late Mr. W. H. Smith in founding the Helping Hand Mission in Freeman's Bay, which subsequently was taken over by the Methodist Church. Mr. Beaumont wa9 a native of the North of Ireland, and came to Auckland in the early 'sbjties. After being employed in various business capacities, he was engaged by Messrs Reed and Brett in 1871, on the staff of the Auckland Star, and continued in the capacity of business manager until failing health resulted in his retirement on superannuation at the end of 1913. The death is announced of Mr. William Edward Frazer, who had been manager of the head office of the Bank of New South Wales since November, 1908. A native" of the North of Ireland, he spent his early years in Kingstown, and joined the staff of the bank in July, 18438, on probation, in London, entering the service in Australia three months later. Up to 1889 Jiis, service was confined to Victoria, in Ballarat, Melbourne, Moama, and Rochester, where he was manager. He then proceeded to Napier, New. Zealand, as manager, and eight years later to Adelaide in the same capacity. His nevt transference was to the head office in Sydney. Mr Frazer entered on sick leave at the commencement of the present year, and death occurred following on an operation. The deceased banker, who was in his 69th year, is survived by a widow and two daughters, Mrs R. E. H. Hope, of Wolta Wolta, Clare (S A.), and Miss Frazer. His only son was killed at the front, and from the shock caused by his loss Mr. ' sm«r never fully recovered.