PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2776, 20 May 1916, Page 5

PERSONAL ITEMS

• The Hon. E. Heaton Rhodes"wwar. r ia. passenger for the south by; the. Ma ori last evening. ; ' : ' Mr. Justice Stringer was' a- passenger ■assenger for the south; by .the Maori-last .'.'evening.. The Hons. H. F. Wigram,-. M. V jt.C-.,- -Sir George Jl'Lcan, M.t.C., "and T.f-jiacGil}--bon, M.L.G., went south by t >he 'Maori I last evening .. j ■ Dr. C. J. Wood, Bishop of Melanesia 1 , and two lady missioned, Missc 5 Newman and Sunderland, left Auckland j yesterday for,: Norfolk Island bv the ;:Melanesian Mission schooner, Southern.C ;'ross.- ; air. B. Sunipter, of the'staf { of the Teinuka branch of tlio Bank' < if New Zealand, has been appointed : to .- j. position as cashier at,the. WaimatebraJ air: W. R.- Brugh has be en'appointed by/the Education Board tr i' fill the vacancy caused on the. Chris' Johurch Technical. School Board of Go\ fernors by the death of Mr. G.. C. Israel., if . air. A. ; E.': G;' Rhodes' /And! Mr. j.' J. Kihsey, of Chrislchurcl}, tv ;/ho are 011 their ■way to New Zealand, . expected, to' arrive in Auckland yeste - ifday. airs. L. H. Bailey, of ! Springfield Road, St. Albans, has receive? ,1 ivord that her husband,* Second Lieuter 'ant E. H. Bailey, who left with the Sevcnt Reinforcement's, has been promoted to a J:lieutenancy. Captain .W.-'H. Simp: fjon, R.A.M.C., who is at present 011 leave /•■ from'the .hospital Bliip Maheno, is in E (agland, doing operating work-in the.hos ./pitals beforo rejoining his ship 111 the .Mediterranean in a few months. His brv /ptheiY Captain S. J. Simpson, FJI.U.S., n formerly, of Wellingjxm/.Hospital and nn a surgical specialist in the military at Rouen, will . probably return; tfi/New* Zealand early next year. ■ _■ ■ ■ air. ~W. Tliurlov - /f of ' Dunedin, who lias been 011 a visit /1 '0 Wellington, left for. the south by .tho ,J faori last evonilig. _ air. R. W. Sh/ ill (crass, secretary of the Sports l'i'otecti<m- s :: league,has been appointed secretary : Slo tlio Advisory Board of the Patriotic " iVar Relief Societies. Mr. E. ai.' Rc! axier, of■■■ Wellington College, has been a secretary of the secondary schof ',Is' sliootiDg competition. Mr. J. Hallej -lirown, a member of the firm of Brown,. a nd Poison, Paisley, England v/a-s a by tho Maitai, which arrived -yesterday from San l-'ran-w.m, i'njTV.U;, ,;'and : Raratonga, Mr. a Government official at l'HWlonp)., a? rival in Wellington by the » da?,' St IV fa Telegraph Conference wit •;# presentation trai made lo Mr, A.- \')f „f ijiy 'jVilt-phwic i',xvUsmgg, w / ;\j> isih'tiK mi nmwunnmlw», (5W ;i(i @igt)rre4 at Whnmium »t Iw J-tevl- ■ jiviir.. V.-ifephnm, (if heart full,4' KngUmi, ami ■'■Xt WW! j'sfti l iiwaij 'fl»' ."Mfii; ttlWr. ill: ffiW : lliliwiu mftaightml tin llnmii,. tm W ims of hlx jilt;m « .MteVrfl fer 8?;s urittHty, Mi t>?4 !#•:#s• M-mtsm, After hi-' ,? mi jlji# ]\k forts. ehur-fH of Hi. Mcwyifp(VX'tijiiiii l ,. okm fm f«ir ,v,i)„ ,t>. /,<a|a»id, he ll iff ffe« Caiil'-rbury, - liUflffiV 'ifllf. plwwi. (hmtmikl, and T« Apt,! l .'('il 1 ilVilVjnt-.- p! im h' went to IV--' fill his -" fcy Mm. liispham, jfMv, IriWWiV ## pi indf-fatigabln iivt r xt Whangarci, and (fflljfcrtffie iW -and the other 1 AV

Mr. D. B. Russell, Resident Agent at Atill (Cook Islands), was iv passenger by the Maitai, which arrived from 'J)'risco, Tin. Papeete inul Karo tonga, yesterday.

Lieutenant-Colonel J. T. Burnett-Stuart, C.M.G., D.5.0., ltiflo BrijjaititV who has been 1 appointed n BrigacUer-Gcneral oil Jhe General Staff, obtained li is commission in March, 1895, and; in 181)7-98 saw servico with the Tochi i'iul.d Force on tho north-west frontier of lndja, tor which- he received the medal with 'clasp. In tho South African War he jjook part in the relief of Kiniberley, th<s * operations atPaardcberg, and tho aii'Jions at Poplar Grove and Driefontein, b?.ing awarded tho Queen's medal with four .iclasps, tlie King's with two, and the DJS.O. . Sinco 1905 Lieutenant-Colonel Bur mitt-Stuart lias served principally on staff, and from 1910 to 1912 was Director of Military Operations with the Nowv Zealand Forces. 'During the present war lao has l>eeu twice mentioned in dispntche 5,,-' and received the C.M.G. i

• Quite a number of firifends assembled to bid farewell to tho foViij representatives of the New Zealand who proceed to London to represent the New Zealand branch of 'tile Britishi Parliamentary Association/, says the Auckland "Star." The Hon;. !3ir James Carroll, M.P. for Gishorne„' aijrived by the Tarawera, accompanied' by Lady Carroll, and took rooms at tho Star Hotel. In the evening he held aatiitething like a levee, '6o many friends cil.llilig to see him: Next 'morning be met -a (deputation of Maori rangitiras, who. called to bid him farewell- and a safo let turn. The Hon.'Aparima IV(*atn, M.7?., arrived from Wel-lington-ior tho y.n:fpose of seeing bis old -colleague off. Wellington Commercial Travellers' A?|iociation, throngh Mr. M. A. Carr, presented Sir James with', a travelling clock! jvifch. illuminated dial, and at the sannj time wished him a pleasant visit to Gr»vil; Britain, and a safe xe,turn. The Ho'n. /W. C. F. Carncross, of Elthain, chairing in of committees of the Legislative Cojir-jci], arrived by the express to. join tiitViSriy. Mr. 0. J. Parr, C.M.G., was r«e 'mi off by tho DeputyJlaybr. Mr. A'. ,T. Entrican, who wished him "God spf.e< I" on behalf of the City Council, Mr, F/. P. Lee, M.P., for .Oamarii, also arrive 3. The death,-' h as occurred at K-oslyn of Mr. Eden Ba-,yl' ;r, a well-known and' much respected; busi?;ifessi man-in the stock and station.line. ?fie was auctioneer and submanager for 7ifosrs. Dalgety and Co., for nearly 18 yei trs. Owing to an accident 'which lie eti stained in a motor smash he was coinp elled to retire from business 18 months' i igo. He leaves a vtife and "lie daughteyv His . death will be deeply -.deplored by j-all who.knew him.'