PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 April 1921, Page 4

PERSONAL.

A Dunedin message says that the estate of Mr. Daniel Haynes has been sWorn as under the value of £250,090.

Mr. J. W. Tayler has decided to again contest the Eltham mayoralty. He will be opposed by Mr. I. J. Bridger.

Mr. -F. Carrington, chief draughtsman of the Lands and Survey Department, Taranaki District, retires on superannuation in June, and will, it is understood, be succeeded by Mr. D. M. Wilson. The latter appointment is, of course, subject to appeal. Mr. H. J. Lowe has arrived in New Plymouth from Marlborough and taken up' his duties as Commissioner of Crown Lands for Taranaki in succession to Mr. G. 11. Bullard, transferred to Christchurch. Mr. Lowe was some years ago chief draughtsman at New Plymouth.

Mr. Gordon Alexander Stevenson, brother to the Mayor of Port Chalmers, died at Mount Royal, near Palmerston South, on Sunday, from, the effects of a recent motor-cycle mishap. Mr. Stevenson fell off the cycle and in doing so broke a bottle of petrol in his pocket, which severed an artery, causing considerable bleeding. The Rev. Thomas McDonald, whose death occurred at Christchurch on Friday, had charge of the Hawera Presbyterian Church for six or seven years from 1594. Prior to that he had been for some years minister for the Presbyterian Church at Waverley. From Hawera he went to Waipukurau, and later was appointed to the charge of St. Peter’s, Christchurch. He resigned from the church recently, and at the time of his death was doing church work in the suburbs of Christchurch.

Mr. J. W. Proudfoot, one of Auckland’s oldest hamsters, died of double pneumonia at St. Heliers last week, at the age of 68. A member of the Inner Temple,, London, he came to Auckland when a young man. He practised at Kawakawa for some 25 years, and latterly has been connected with the legal firm of Messrs. Quartley and Thomas. Mr. Proudfoot was a typical barrister of the old school. He had a ready wit and a charming personality, and was widely esteemed.

On the occasion of his first appearance at the Auckland Supreme Court, Mp. Justice Adams was yesterday accorded a welcome from members of the local Bar. In acknowledging the welcome, His Honor said he came after a long succession of great lawyers and great men, who had shed lustre upon the bench of the Supreme Court in New Zealand. He paid a tribute to Sir Theo Cooper, who, he said, was a sound lawyer, a thorough gentleman and a most conscientious Judge. —Press Association. 4

A telegram from Wellington says members of the legal fraternity assembled to pay tribute to the Chief Justice on the eve of his approaching visit to Britain. Those present included Judges Sim, Hosking, Stringer, Salmond, and Reed, the Hon. F. R. Chapman, Sir Francis Bell (Attorney-General), and Mr. McGregor (Solicitor-General). On behalf of the Wellington Bar, Mr. O’Deary presented Sir Robert Stout with a portrait of himself in oils and a stirring eulogy of the work of the Chief ’Justice was delivered by Sir Francis Bell. Sir Robert Stout was overcome with emotion, being unable to reply, hut at length he feelingly thanked the legal men for their xlft.