PERSONAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 January 1939, Page 4

PERSONAL

Mr C. A. Greenwood, of Renall Street, Masterton. who has been holidaying in Hastings, as the guest of Mr and Mrs J. Logan, has returned to Master ton.

Mr T. C. A. Hislop, mayor of Wellington. returned to his office yesterday .after a vacation, part of which was spent at the Fulljames fishing camp, near Taupo. Mr W. G. Sheppard has been successful in passing his final examination for his L.L.B. degree. Mr Sheppard, who is visiting Masterton. is the younger son of Mr D. E. Sheppard, and is an expupil of the Wairarapa College.

The death occurred yesterday at Waipukurau of Mr Thomas Ward, eldest son of the late Mr and Mrs Thomas Ward, of Ward’s Line, Wairarapa, and brother of Mr F. Ward, of Martinborough, at the age of 67 years. The funeral will take place at Waipukurau on Wednesday afternoon. The funeral took place yesterday of Mr J. T. Hills, leaving the residence of Mr H. H. Hills, of College Street, for the Masterton Cemetery. Services were conducted at the house and graveside by the Rev E. J. Rich. The pall-bearers were Messrs B. Hume. T. A. Russell. B. Lumley, H. Emerson, M. Sutherland and P. Emerson. Among the many floral tributes received was a wreath from the Excelsior Hockey Club. Mr Eric Ramsden, former New Zealand journalist, now on the staff of the Sydney ' Sun,” arrived at Wellington yesterday by the Awatea to carry out historical researches for a book he is writing on early New Zealand history. Mr. Ramsden, who expects to be in New Zealand about a fortnight, formerly resided in Masterton, where he was a member of the literary staff of the “Wairarapa Age.” The Very Rev. Dr. Dugald Macfarlane. ex-Moderator of the Church of Scotland, who has been visiting New Zealand with a commission to the Presbyterian Church, has been unexpectedly recalled to Scotland, and will be leavihg the Dominion this week. Dr Macfarlane was to have addressed a public meeting in Auckland on Thursday, but he has had to forgo his visit there and also a visit he had planned to Australia.

Lord Dormer’s appointment as aide-de-camp to the Governor-General, Lord Galway, is reported from London. Lord Dormer is expected to arrive in New Zealand shortly. Lord Dormer, who is the fifteenth baron of his line—the title was created in 1615 —was born on December 29, 1903, and educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He is attached to the Life Guards, holding the rank of captain. He succeeded to his father’s title which carries also a baronetcy, in 1922.

The temporary appointment of Mr Justice Quilliam as a judge of the Supreme Court has terminated and he will retire from the Bench, according to an announcement by the AttorneyGeneral, Mr. Mason, yesterday. Mr. Justice Quilliam was appointed on May 13 last to relieve Mr Justice Ostler during the latter’s illness. Mr. Justice Ostler, who, as the senior puisne judge, was created a knight bachelor in the New Year Honours List, is now restored to health. Formerly well-known as a lawyer in New Plymouth, Mr Justice Quilliam retired from practice some 18 months ago, and from then till his temporary appointment to the Bench he resided in Auckland. As a judge he officiated largely in Wellington.

The death has occurred of Mr C. C. Warner, former superintendent of the Christchurch Fire Brigade, who retired after 25 years’ service in December, 1936, says an Auckland Press Association message. He was born in Hull, Yorkshire, in 1878, and was educated in England. In 1902 he joined the staff of the Wellington Fire Brigade, and later became superintendent of the Christchurch brigade. He was one of the founders of the New Zealand Institute of Fire Engineers, and was an ex-president and member of the examining board. He was also ex-president and secretary of the United Fire Brigades’ Association and president of the Fire Brigade Officers’ and Members’ Institute.

Mr Mortimer P. Reddington, F.R.C.S., M.C.0.G., has been promoted to the rank of Surgeon Lieutenant-Com-mander in the Royal Navy. Mr. Reddington, who is a specialist in obstetrics and gynaecology in Harley Street, London, is also consulting surgeon to the War Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, the Cecil Cragg Memorial Hospital, Wrotham, and the Royal Waterloo Hospital. When still quite a youth in addition to gaining an entrance scholarship to the Military College, Duntroon, he was the holder of the gold badge awarded by the New Zealand Navy League for its selected essay, "Why Does the British Navy Tend to Keep the World at Peace?” Mr Reddington graduated at the University of Otago. He is the only son of Mr M. W. Reddington, Lower Hutt.