PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2298, 31 October 1914, Page 7

PERSONAL ITEMS

T7is Honour Mr. Justice Hosking will be on tho Bench when tho Supreme Court criminal sessions open in Wellington on Monday week.

Tho local branch manager (Mr. King) has been notified that Mr. Thos. Albert Cook, one c-f tho partners in the firm of Thos. Cook and Sons, tourist agents, died on Soptombor 4.

Mr. E. A. Airey has beon ohoson- as the Auckland candidate for, the New Zealand Rhodes Scholarship.—Press Association.

At a largely attonded meeting of the Heforjn League held at Napier yesterday evening, Mr. 6. W. \enables, of Napier, was unanimously selected as ■ tlio Reform candidate for Napier at the general' election.

Many will sympathise deeply with Mr. H. MO6S, manager for Messrs. Johnston and Co., Ltd., who met with a 6orious accident whilst motoring in Napier on Thursday evening. Ho was proceeding along-the Marine Parade when a child crossed the road, and in endeavouring to avoid running it down he turned the car sharply, and it swerved and capsized, throwing Mr. Mo63_ violently to the ground, breaking his right leg just above the knee and injuring his left leg. He was at once taken to the privato hospital in Napier for treatment. The' accident is additionally lamentable, as it is only about a year ago that Mr. Moss mot with a serious accident whilst driving into Wellington from Karori. His dog-cart came into violent collision with Messrs. Wardell Bros.'s motor-van, and Mr. Moss was thrown out and his right leg was broken at the hip. He -.was in a private hospital for three months, and ever 6ince then has only been able to get about.with the aid of two sticks.

The death occurred at his residence, Glasgow Terrace, Auckland, the other day, of Mr. David Jackson,, aged 83 years. Mr. Jackson arrived in Auckland when quite a young man, and saw service in the Maori War. He married a daughter of the Jato Mr.'James Sims, who, with his family, arrived here in -the Duchess of Argyle in 1842. He leaves six childrou, Mr. R. Jackson, of Auckland f Mr. 1?. Jackson, resident in Sydney; Mi-. David Jackson, of London; Mrs. W. E. Baxter, and the Misses M. and J. Jackson, of Auckland. Mr. Jackson' was very highly respected and possessed many friends.

Cable advice was received in Wellington yesterday by Mr. 0. S. Watkins, secretary if the Rhodes Trustees, 'to the effect that Major Robert Masefield, of the Shropshire Light Infantry, and eldest brother of Mrs. Watkins, was killed in action in France on October

Mr. Arthur Alexander, who lias just .returned to Dunedin after a successful career at the Royal Academy, gave a highly successful pianoforte recital on Thursday night, says a telegram from Dunedin.' The "Star" says, .in a notice: "Mr. Alexander has the whole academy Reparation at command. It entrenches him firmly at 'every point and brings him through critical positions with rareiiess and ease. The real .surprise in store for the audience at this recital was Mr; Alexander's marvellous appreciation of {he feeling and the spirit of the various compositions he sat down to play. Ho is a musician, and that is much more,than being a piano player. His versatility is quiterare for a young man."" He has evidently made a special study of tone and in every piece he gave us something different in the matter of toucfc and thus got a wide range of tone, all of exclusive quality.' Moreover, he is never for a moment dull or formal. Ho possesses. a fine reserve of power, yet never descends to the sledge-ham-mer style. He seems to delight in soft music, but there is in his playing no sign of feminity or flabiness ; He ism short a- very capable solo pianist, singularly interesting iii all his doings, and one of whom Dunedin may well be proud." Mr. Alexander is an old Wellington College boy.

The death is recorded of Mr. Lawrence 3. Dempsey,'who many years ago figured as a professional musician in Wellington, and was instructor' of shorthand at the Queen's' College, Auckland, when the late" Dr. A. -M'Arthur was principal. The deceased, who was 72 years of age, was bom in Manchester, and camo out to Wellington in 1866 in the ship Lady Jocelyn.