PERSONAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 February 1940, Page 4

PERSONAL

Mr R. Smith (Auckland) was a guest yesterday at the Empire Hotel (Masterton».

The Hon W. E. Parry. Minister of Internal Affairs, left Wellington for the north by the Limited express last night.

Mr A. A. Congalton. formerly a pupil of the Wairarapa High School, has been successful in passing his second B.A. examination.

The official secretary to the Gover-nor-General, Lord Galway, wrote to the meeting of the Masterton A. and P. Association’s committee last night stating that his Excellency and Lady Galway would not be able to attend the Masterton Show.

The Prime Minister, Mr M. J. Savage, wrote to the meeting of the Masterton A. and P. Association last night thanking the Association for the invitation which had been extended to him to visit the Show on February 13 and 14, and stated that owing to other engagements he would not be able to attend.

Captain W. J. Melville, a soldier who saw much service in the Great War and afterward settled in New Zealand, died recently in London. Captain Melville was farming for some years near Hawera and was later attached to the Magistrates’ Court there. ■ He then settled in Castlecliff, leaving there to go to Wellington. He sailed for London about nine months ago. Captain Melville was the son of a former superintendent at Scotland Yard.

At the meeting of the general committee of the Masterton A. and P. Association last night, feeling reference to the death of a former president and patron in the late Mr David Guild was made by the president, who stated that Mr Guild had always taken an active interest in the affairs of the association. Mr Lee’s remarks were endorsed by' Mi - W. F. McLaren. It was decided to send a letter of sympathy to the late Mr Guild’s relatives, members standing in silence as a mark of respect to his memory. It was decided that the services rendered by the late Mr Guild be recorded in the association’s minutes.

Sixty-six years’ residence in Hawke’s Bay was brought to a close by the death of Mr Arthur Herbert Lys, Hastings, at the age of 74. He came from England to New Zealand with his father when only eight years of age. He landed at Napier and had resided in Hawke’s Bay till his death. For a time he lived in Napier, and then in Havelock North. Later he settled in Hastings, and entered the tailoring trade with his father, carrying on the business after the death of his father till 1911, when he retired. Mr Lys leaves a widow, one son, Mr G. A. Lys (Hastings), and three daughters, Mesdames J. C. Kelly (Hastings), J. Howe (Masterton), and J. Turich (Auckland). There are also a sister, Mrs J. D. Rivers (Wellington), and a brother, Mr Ernest Lys (Wellington).

A lifetime which included service on practically every local body in’ the district, and also a long term in the House of Representatives and the Legislative Council was brought to a close on Thursday with the death, after a short illness, of Mr Richard McCallum. aged 76 years, reports a Press Association telegram from Blenheim. Mr McCallum was born near Blenheim in 1863, educated at the Blenheim and Renwick schools, and r.t the age of 21 passed his examination as a barrister, then entering into partnership with the late Mr W. Sinclair, then Crown Solicitor in Marlborough. In 18S9 he began practice on his own account and at various times during his long career as a barrister had a number of other members of the Blenheim Bar in partnership with him. He was in parliament from 1911 till 1922, and was a member of the Legislative Council from 1930 till 1937. He married in 1892 Miss Winifred Grady, daughter of the late Mr F. F. Grady. Wellington.