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of Labour and Mines, came from the South and went Xblrcsllll! Saturday night. Ho wa« aettt&ArcSffill by his secretary. Mr J. T. The Hon. J. O. Coates, Public Works and Bailvr&rs v> through from InvcrcargiH 00 ByM§E||f|| night and went north by ttw>" steamer. Speaking to a remriralraini said that ho would visit soon as ho could. With him S E. Fay, Operation and Assistant for the Railways, H. Balneavis, private F. W. Furkert, the Publie Works Department. ;*^^SB Sir William Tyrrell has bee* od to succeed the late Sir as Permanent Under-Secretary <rif for Foreign Affairs. * I^HkR Sir Joseph Ward, was a MQWHfrai from Inverrargill hy S*turd»vjsS§|§||£ express. He went on to W«lftfrjjjj}SßJlßli Messrs W. G. Compton, W. ors (InvercargilO, F. A. Goodwin. J. S. H. Payn*. J. &I§H§«| win, and L. Boyes (WclUntfattf|Pßl|B|| J. V. Nunn (England) ar? at tW^gflPmi Dr. Tootsy. the Dutch who spent several days in CWMmnnS last month,"is paying a retttrtt week, and intends devoting's£jftig|nSffl^ •followed in Canterbury. . * liiiipl Recent arrivals at the Qs&BHlffli Hotel include: —Messrs S. C?. tmßKffliKgi (Auckland), C. It. BotsweU fJlipMWil 0. B. Howden (Wellington), H» L. McPhie (Toowoomba, K. G. Mitchell and JR. C.VS(SH^ Some light on the ehriaUattt*j|fwß||P notable Rugby player was jymMMBBB[)B| the Poneko Rugby Club's foffiffiHlKf honour of the AH Blacks, tl ing the. toast, "The 1924 AH BjjgMHHf Mr Marcus F. Marks iactedAp|P«Ml godson'' amongst those to w!kAtK,i)JH&Hi Uressctl his remarks,, and as M!|HhH all bnt one of tho members of IliSflHH Black party present, it wsi mSMMK that the claim to kinship apataßMHl Mark McboUs. This player &SHH«§ it when, in reply, he adfrcs*sif|B«|| Marks as "tny godfather." $tMHp a term used in the game at cxcells, Mark Nieholls's comes from Mr Marcus Mifti, fjßfpi .friend of the founder of toe JftJMBMp Club (Mr Sid. Nieholls. fatlte>lffi|§pl prominent present-day playett).)^^H^ffi At the last meeting of the s|lhHshJj Committee of the Diocesan SwBpBMKp which Archbishop Julius aUelji}lj|wj|Bl the motion of Dean lowing resolution was **rHjj|im&BHH this, tho last occasion ou wfSwM|ffl Grace -will preside 6vcr our we, the members of the mittee Of the Diocese Of Wish to oxpress to you oik ffirjtpßjHiß for the strong and fsitufoj t^mfljjMirW which you have cxerelifM sfcoafcwalptgl so many years, our "tilt ImßjH a actite Iroik ot Church has reached its close, and ottjfffij earnest desire that "yon mil carry \riftNH you into your period of retirement assurance of our deepest pclritilal^n^H At the annua) inertias of Zealand Rugby Union held at ffflH ton on Thursday, Mr B. HL FftliMßiS Timaru, was appointed president ensuing year. M* Fraser closely identiJied with football, *HHHf| and, racing -in South many years, and his Sporting men of all branches ***|9Hh expressed in a sheaf of telegrams he received on Saturday, Besides bfing on SsHHH agoment Committee of spotting body in his nofite 'JSBHH9| Fraeer has been a delogiU hHHH Dominion confercneoa and illHffl| tied to fill the post, as head iniori's national spOrt. 3f£|9Hffira secretary of various athl6ttteH|HßßM of the South Canterbury jaHMBBHSB and finiaru Trotting Cta&, The memorial service for Charles Murray, who had Of St. David's Sydenham, 'for. fourtefla jCInHaMH|Hg ducted by .the Bcv. J. D. IHnH day morning. The rcftnirelMlHlMß| in addition to friends filled the church. TnC and the decorations tterafj|!gfflH|| OhOir, strengthened by in suitable Kymns and *mg£sHM anthem "Crossing tho J. Francis Jonfis sang Address dealt with the atid service, and strefatM adequate and acceptable fested itself in renewed coiMHHH the work so fftithfnHy hte in Whose hoflOttf the lii^9BHH