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Taranaki Daily News, 10 April 1922, Page 4

PERSONAL.

The Rev. Dr. Watt, one of the earliest Presbyterian ministers in Otago, died on Saturday, aged 87 years. An official message cabled from London states that Viscount Lascelles and Princess Mary intend to reside at Goldsborough Hall, Knaresborough.

Mr. W. L. Kennedy has been appointed the representative of the Tahora Settlers* Association on the Taranaki Chamber of Commerce.

Major H. Cayzer, M.P., Her Excellency’s brother, is deer stalking at “White Rock,” Featherston, being the guest of Mr. William Barton.

Colonel G. F. C. Campbell, who has succeeded Colonel Collins in the position of Comptroller and Auditor-Gen-eral, is at present on a visit to New Plymouth. A London cable reports the death of Professor A. V. Dicey, Vinerian Professor of English Law; also of Mdme. Arabella Goddard (Mrs. Davison) the celebrated pianist, who was born in 1336.

Sergteant Martin, who has just returned from Samoa, has been appointed to the New Plymouth police force, and will take up duties to-morrow. The appointment makes an additional officer on the staff at New Plymouth.

Mr. Charles John Johnson, founder and principal of the firm of C. J. Johnson and Sons, builders, of Wellington, died a few days ago, at the age of 76. Mr. Johnson, who was a native of Sweden, arrived in Wellington upwards of 48 years ago, and had resided there ever since.

A London cablegram says v that Sir W. Sutherland, formerly secretary to Mr. Lloyd George, and now a Lord of the Treasury, has been appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Earl Crawford, First Commissioner of Works, has been invited to join the Cabinet.

Dr. Charles E. Hercus, D. 5.0., M.D., Ch.B., 8.D.5., D.P.H., acting professor of bacteriology, has been appointed, to the chair of bacteriology at Otago University. He is the Government Bacteriologist for the Otago and Southland health district, and is 33 years of age. Dr. Hercus, although quite a young man, is lughly thought of by his medical colleagues, who will greatly miss him if he decides to accept the professorship. At New Plymouth on Saturday evening the death took place of Mr. Frederick Austin, aged 73 years, after a short illness. The late Mr. Austin arrived in New Plymouth nearly 50 years ago in the ship Hawera, and liad resided here ever since. By kindly deeds lie had gained the respect of a large circle of friends. He leaves a widow, four daughters, and six sons—Mrs. Fred Fetch (New Plytaouth), Mrs. W. Cqplev (Wanganui),' Mrs. Harry Autridge (Westown), Mrs. R. O'Donnell (New Plymouth), and Messrs. Fred and Edmond (Wellington), Harold (New Plymouth), Charles (Wanganui), Gordon (New Plymouth) and Harry Austin (Eltham). There are twenty-two grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

Mr. H. A. Anderson was admitted as a barrister of the Supreme Court by Mr. Justice Reed, on the motion of Mr. Quartley, at Auckland on Tuesday (reports the Auckland Herald) Mr. Anderson has had an unusually brilliant scholastic career. After winning a succession of Education Board scholarships as a pupil of the Stratford District High School, he gained a University National Scholarship when 15 years of age, but could not take it up, being too young to be entered as matriculated student. He subsequently gained a Junior University scholarship, and commenced his studies at Victoria College in 1918. In 1920 he graduated LL.B., being then 19J years of age. Since that time he has been in Auckland. He is a son of Mr. J. Anderson, of Stratford.

If to New Zealanders Anzac is as Thermopylae to the ancient Greeks, it is simply because the men who fought at Anzac held their lives as cheap ana their honor as precious as did Mr. Moore-Jones when ho found that in the burning hotel at Hamilton were still women to be rescued (says the Auckland Herald). There was an Englishman who, some nine years ago, walked out of his tent in Antarctica into a shrieking snowstorm to give up his life for his friends. He is remembered by the whole world as Captain Oates, a modest British hero. Remembering how Mr. Moore-Jones walked back into a raging fire to give up his life for strangers thousands of New Zealanders will to-day turn in spirit to the smoking ruins of the Hamilton Hotel and repeat Captain Oates’ epitaph: “Hereabouts died a very gallant gentleman.”

At a meeting of the New Plymouth Repatriation Board on Friday, Mr. A. S. Allen intimated that he had severed his connection with the department and that it would be necessary for another representative to be appointed. Mr. T. Furlong took the opportunity, as that was the last meeting which Mr. Allen will attend, of expressing the board's appreciation of the attention Mr. Allen had given to the work as secretary since the inception of the board, and of the value of hie work in an official capacity. The 'bulk of the work had fallen upon him, and he had discharged his duties in a manner which was greatly to his credit and to the entire satisfaction of the board. He had won the appreciation and esteem of the board, and been commended by the head of the department. A resolution embodying these terms was moved by Mr. Furlong and seconded by Colonel C. H. Weston and carried unanimously. It was also decided to forward a copy of the resolution to the department. *

The new chairman of the Bank of New Zealand (Mr. George Elliot) is not known to many in Wellington, but in Auckland he is well known as a capable business man. Besides being chairman of the Bank of New Zealand, he is chairman of wllson's (N.Z.) Portland Cement Company, Ltd., chairman of the South British Insurance Co., and a director of the Auckland Gas Company, Leyland-O’Brien Timber Company (of which he was at one time secretary). and Milne and Uhoyce, Ltd. Mr. Elliot was appointed a director of tlie Bank of New Zealand in succession to the late Mr. D. J. Nathan on March 31, 1920. Mr. Elliot has filled some public positions also, for he was chairman of the Trade Commission which visited the Pacific Islands in .1920 to investigate the possibilities of establishing trade between New Zealand and the Islands. It 1913 he was chairman of the Auckland exhibition, and a large measure of the success of that exhibition was due to his excellent organisation and direction. Mr. 'Elliot was also chairman of a tribunal set up in 1920 to examine into the conditions and wages in the railway I service. 1