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PERSONAL ITEMS

■ The BpeaEer of the Legislative Counfcil (Sir Charles Bowen) resumed liia Beat in the Council yesterday afternoon , after an absence of several weeks on . account of an accident. The Leader of ' tie Council (the Hon. H. D. Boll) congratulated the Speaker on his recovery and said that all wdre delighted to see him amongst them once more. ' The late Mr. John Newton wns a generous patron of art, and possessed ■ an unusually fino private collection of . ' pictures. Mr. Newton left three pictures to the Wellington Permanent Art Gallery, of which tho New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts has dharae. Tho three paintings, all 'of exceptional merit, , are a fine study of a Maori woman and ohild, by Miss Francos Hodgkins; "A Head of a Monk," by Signor Dattilo Rubbo, an Italian artist long resident' in Sydney, and a charming study of 'Australian bird life, "The , Adjutants," Mr. H. Garliok, a New South Wales artist whose work is well known and much esteemed. At the last meeting of the Council of the Academy of Fine 'Arts a resolution of condolence with tho family of tho late' Mr. Newton was passed; together with a second resolution expressing the thanks of the council to Mr. Newton's executors for the generous gift made by them in accordance with 1 the wishes of th'e deceased ■gentleman. • ... . A military funeral was yesterday given to Trooper Cecil Alexander, of the Otago* Section of tho Expeditionary Forco, ,who died in the Hospital. on Saturday, night, from'pneumonia. The hoarso left, the undertakers. Buckle Street,"shortly after,2 o'clock for Ka-. rori, a. firing party'consisting of a dozen men and a sergeant from the sth Regiment marching in front. The casket was draped with the Union Jack.' The Minister of Defence (the Hon. Jas. Allen) and Mr. JR. Scott, member for the district from which the trooper came, attended the funeral. At the graveside the burial service of the Presbyterian Ohuroh was read, by Chaplain-Major W. Shirer; The Defence, Department was , represented by Lieutenant Liardet. Troooer P. S. 'Bullard, who died in the Hospital on Tuesday, will bo accorded v& military \fiineral torday. • SympatJhetio reference was made to the illness of Mr. James Trevor by the chairman of the Harbonr Board (Mr. It. Fletcher) at last night's meeting of the board. Mr. Trevor was granted leave of absence until he is able to resume his duties as a member of the board. At the Harbour Board's monthly meeting last evening Mr. R., Fletcher (chairman) reported the death ,of Mr. T. Kennedy Macdonald. On Ms motion a vote of sympathy and condolence with Mrs. Macdonald was passed. Professor Laby, of Victoria College, who has been appointed Professor of Natural Philosophy of Melbourne University, came to Wellington in 1909 as Professor of Physics. He was educated et the Sydney University and at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He was demonstrator at the Sydney University; was Science Research Scholar/of the Exhibition of 1851; Joule Student of the Royal; Sooiety;' Research Exhibitioner and Gudbury Handyman Prizeman, Cambridge; and president for 1911 of Section A, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science. During the time Professor Laby has been connected with College he has taken an interest in university reand was secretary for New Zealand for the British Association's Congress, of the present year; Mr. John Gibson Kelly, formerly of the' Lands and Survey Department, died at his residence in Pirie Street on Sunday, aged 60. He retired from the ,iim« Public".Service four: years-ago, and from' that time until a few months ago, }vhen r his health began to fail, he was in private prabtice in Wellington a draughtsman. His funeral , took place on Tuesday, the burial service at KaTori being conducted by the Rev. Father Barra, S.M., assisted by the Rev. Father Hurley, Administrator of St. Joseph's parish.. . " i - jtfr. James Marion, secretary of the Now South Wales Alliance, who is to assist in the New Zealand No-Licenso campaign, arrived in Wellington by the Moeraki from Sydney on Tuesday. Hβ left for Grejmouth, via Christchurch, last evening; Mr. A. M. Taylor, of Swansea, Wales, has been, appointed to succeed" Mr. C. B. Norwood on the managerial stafE of the Wellington Gaa Company. ■'■: Mr. J. H. Helliwell, secretary of the iWeUington Gas Company, has returned from a- visit to the Old Country. A Christehurch Press Association telegram states that at a meeting of diTectors. of the New Zealand Shipping Company, Ltd., held on Tuesday, Mr. A. W. Bennett was appointed General Manager for the Colonies. , •: At last nigJit'fl reunion of the mem-, fcers of the First Contingent, a motion . of condolence was passed to the widow and relatives of the late C. L. Heenan. The annual report also . referred in eulogistic manner to the late member of tho "First." Mr. Gordon Ray M'Kenzie has been appointed manager of the Union Com- : pany's branoh at ApiaP Mr. M'Kenzie, who has lately been attached to the Christohuroh. branch of the company, •• was purser on several of the company's steamers, inohiding the Maori. . Mr. P. E. Quin, formerly a member of : the New South Wales Parliament, and ■ well known in Australian journalistic circles, who has been Acting-Commis- . monerin San Francisco v and 'on the Pacific Coast for Mb native State for some years, was a through paesengor foe Sydney by the Makura • from Vancouver, which arrived at Auckland on Monday. Mr. Quin is taking a holiday trip, and -will spend. a month or two . in Sydney. . : / ■'■• • ■"" The annual quartet competition of the Wangamri Liedertaf el was held on Tuesday night. Seven parties' compet,ed, the winning four being Messrs. C. . Heinold, H. J. East, W. Rees-Jones, and A. J. Tucker, with 33 points out of 36. The second place was filled by Messrs. Seddon, M'Beth, JameSj and M'Lean, with 32 points. : "RHEUMATIC GOUT. Rheumatism in any form is painful, but for downright torture Rheumatio Gout fs about the worst. Eheumatio Gout can be cured. It hae been cured by that marvellous medicine RHEUMO. Horo is the proof:—Mr. James Gordon, Wellington, writes:—"l have been a eufferer ;from Bheumatio Gout for a great many ' years, and was advised to try RHEUMO. Its notion ia amazing. It is quick in relieving the pain and removing the swelling. I shall not be without it in my house." And if you have Rheumatism you'should not be without it. Sold by oil chemists ..and stores at '2s. 6d. and 4s. 6d. per - bottle.-Advt.

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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2287, 22 October 1914, Page 5

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PERSONAL ITEMS Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2287, 22 October 1914, Page 5

PERSONAL ITEMS Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2287, 22 October 1914, Page 5

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