Mr. Henry Holden Halliday was appointed secretary of the Hokitika Benevolent Society in October, 1901. He was born in Nelson, where he was educated, and was afterwards for thirty years in the Telegraph and Postal Department. In the year 1880, Mr. Halliday had charge of the telegraph branch at Nelson, and subsequently served in Wellington and district as relieving officer for about twelve years. He retired from the service in 1895. Mr. Halliday married a daughter of the late Mr. George O'Connor, of Hokitika, in 1893, and has three sons and one daughter.