PERSONAL ITEMS
The Hon. W. Fraser, who has been in the Taranaki district for the past two : days, • returns to Wellington from Hawerato-day. . : -The Hon. J..AV Boyd; M.P. for Henty ■'". iiuthe Australian House of Representa- ■■'. tives, and an:cx-Victorian State: Ministor, of the party, with the Hon. 1 Andrew Fisher, Prune' Minister of Australia, is a Liberal, and, consequently, an opponent of Mr. Fisher. But the : two came from the 6ame town in Scotr • land, and once outside the Chamber ... political rivalry ends and friendship •'■'..' begins. .-.-.' Rear-Admiral 1 Edward Shortland, a ■Son of tho late Dr. Shortland, at one time Native Secretary of New Zealand, has'left the retired list and has been , Appointed to an important position.. Ho is a brother of Mr. F.. W. .Shortland, of Taumarunui. While the Russo-j •>■. Japanese War, was proceeding, Rear- ■ - Admiral Shoftland, then Commodore on the China Naval Station,- had under his command the battle-oruisers Aboukir, Hogue, and which were .lately sunk in the North Sea..'After that war was over the Commodore was presented, with his officers, to the late Mikado, and was personally decorated , by the Emperor of Japan .with the Order '~:' of?tho Rising Sun., Admiral Shortland joined the Navy : in 1868 as, a cadet on r' • ■ H.M.S, Britannia.- at Dartmouth, and ~ . Vice-Admiral George Edwin Patey, now ■ Commander-in-Chief on the' Australian ■'■ Naval Station, was a schoolfellow of his. Mr. G. R. W. M'DonaJd, Labour :''member'for the Bingara in the New ; South Wales Legislative Assembly, ar- --; rived by the Makura oh Monday in /order: to spond'a : few .weeks in New '! Zealand. - Commissioner and Mrs. Hodder, of ' : j- the Salvation Army, accompanied by the .Chief Secretary and Mrs. Powleyj and : Brigadier Bray, loave to-morrow to conduct meetings in ohri6tchurch and further south. • • Mr. W. Fisher, of Moss Vale, N.S.W., Mr.;F. M'Mullen, of Sydney, N.S.W., ... and Mr. G. N. Ehgels, of Harrogate, - England, were callers at the Tourist .' Department's bureau this week. 'The "Southland v NeW announces the death of, Mr. James Macgregor, of . Invercargill, at. the age of fifty-nine years. : Mr. Macgregor /was known ' ■:. throughout the; district as drum-major of tho.Southland Pipe Band, of which for years he ; . was a prominent member, and in-addition he had taken a . loading'part in the Highland,and Cale- ' donian Societies. He had been in New Zealand about. thirty-five years. . He arrived at Oamaru from Scotland, and . Subsequently. went . to Invercargill, where he. was on the staff of the Raili .vay Department, from which he resigned to take up the duties of traveller for.Messrs. Mitchelland'Co. Later ' he entered into business \. for himself as a public accountant. , The late Professor J. G. Black, formerly of the Otago University, states '.- the Du'nedin "Star," was a teacher of eminence. : "Iu his own way, sometimes abrupt, but always* fitting the individual ".'student, he'.gothis young men to work, .':■ and he earned, their respect and affec- " tion. • He.gSve them something of his own .'thoroughness. .During his lengthy occupancy of the Chair of Chemistry at the University of Otago—the position' in which he made his fame—he turned out hundreds of scholars, and'they are- , .everywhere in the Dominion.. He retired from this chair in March of. 1912.' Though not cultivating the,6ooial graces Professor Black was really a very sociahlo man. It was'out'of their liking for the man that the '. students made him practically the , permanent presi- '.' dent of the University Football Club. He confessedly revelled in the 'honour, and attended,: not only the club's '■• matches, but also their practices." '■"■"•'Mr.' Charles Herbert, one of the pioneer settlers of Danhevirke, is dead, •'•■ aged 70.years.:.. Deceased was horn in "^Wellington'.and left here with, his parents for Hawko's Bay when he was 10 years of age. In conjunction with his : brothers he took up a large tract of -, bush country, and improved 3000 or, .'"' 4000 acres of ,it. In 1878 the township . • of Herbertville, called after the pioneer . settlers, was founded, and now has a population of about 150,"a 6tore, and a post office. Mr. Herbert was for many years a member-of the Porangahau. Road Board and School Committee, and / an enthusiastic, bowler. . He has loft three sons and five daughters. ■ > Captain C. L. Hawkins, who was invalided home while: acting as adjutant of the Auckland . Infantry Battalion, reached Auckland by the. Makura on : Monday. The returned officer-.is in a low state of 'health, having suffered' ' from a severe attack of neurasthenia and a general breakdown following upon the strenuous work of organisation prior to departure. Captain Hawkins was transhipped at ; sea when within a few hundred miles (£ Aden to a vessel , which'was bound for Colombo. After a „stay 'of. a week in hospital at the latter place, Captain Hawkins proceeded, to Australia by the Maloja. r
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