PERSONAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 January 1939, Page 4

PERSONAL

Mr R. Brisco, of Masterton, is on a visit to Makuri.

Vice-Admiral F. A. Sommerville. D.S.O. (retired), who was at one time attached to the Navy Office, Wellington, is a passenger from London on the Rimutaka, which is expected at Auckland on January 12.

Dr C. Morice, Wellington, Returned to Auckland by the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company’s motor-vessel Waipawa. after spending five months in Britain. Dr Morice was ship’s surgeon on the outward voyage of the Waipawa.

Mr William Henry Ferris, formerly chief hemp grader for the Department of Agriculture, died suddenly in WelIngton on Monday at the age of 71. He had been connected with the flax industry since 1883.

The appointment of Mr Frank Mui’phy, the retiring Governor of Michigan, who is an active supporter of the New Deal, as United States AttorneyGeneral, is confirmed, a New York cablegram reports. The death occurred unexpectedly in Auckland recently of Mrs Ethel Dorothy Humphries-Davies, wife of Captain G.' Humphreys-Davies, the well-known sheep farmer and authority on Oriental art, of ‘Freshwater, Clevedon.

An old and respected resident of Hastings, Mr William Hart, died in Hastings last week. Mr Hart, who was aged about 75 years, was "well known in the printing trade throughput New Zealand. Mr Hart was mayor of Hastings during the war period. Sir Duncan McKenzie, British Resident in Hyderabad, Deccan, India, and formerly assistant private secretary to the Viceroy of India, arrived at Wellington on Monday by the Awatea on a fishing trip. He said that he expected to spend some months in the Dominion, touring in both islands.

Professor Stuart McDonald, who has been appointed by the General Medical Council “visitor” to the Otago Medical School, will arrive at Auckland by the Rimutaka on January 12. He will spend some time in the North Island, and will reach Dunedin early in February.

i The death occurred in Onga Onga on Monday of Mr Edward Macfar-lane, aged 70 years. Mr Macfarlane came to New Zealand as a young man, and was a very well-known man in the Onga Onga district, where he had identified himself with every movement for the betterment of the district.

A very well-known old resident of Wellington, Mr Thomas Garland, of 39 Waipapa Street, Hataitai. died at his home recently at the age of 88 years. Mr Garland’s connection with Wellington goes back nearly 70 years. He was born in Wolverhampton, England, in 1850. He arrived in New Zealand in 1870.

At the annual convention of the New Zealand Methodist Young Men’s Bible Class movement in Wellington, Mr E. Masters (Wellington) was elected president for the ensuing year, and Mr G. James (Wellington), secretary. The opportunity was taken to farewell the Aev -E. P. Blamires, who had attended the convention for 17 years.

Mr F. J. A. Brogan, Assistant-Secre-tary to the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, left Wellington by the Awatea yesterday en route for Canberra, where he will represent the department at the jubilee meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science. He will also visit Melbourne on behalf of the department. Mr W. O. Campbell, general manager of the New Zealand Refrigerating Company. Limited, with headquarters in Christchurch, returned to the Dominion by the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company’s motor-vessel Waipawa after a six months’ visit to Britain. Mr Campbell arrived at Wellington by train yesterday from Auckland. The funeral of Colonel R. W. Tate, C.M.G., C.8.E., took place at the crematorium, Karori, Wellington, on Thursday. The service, which was attended only by relatives and intimate friends, was conducted by Canon J. H. Sykes, Greytown, and the Rev C. H. Isaacson, Khandallah. The New Zealand Army Board was represented by Captain Maxwell, the External Affairs Department (Samoa Administration) by Mr Ross, and the Justice Department by the Under-Secretary for Justice, Mr B. L. Dallard. Mr W. H. Field (Wellington), Mr T. E. Maunsell, S.M, (Nelson), Mr F. Stubbs (Wellington) and J. F. Thompson (Greytown) were also present.