PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2799, 17 June 1916, Page 9

PERSONAL ITEMS.

" Sir James' Wilson is at present in Wellington; ' The body of the lato Captain A! Beek•man, New Zealand Engineers; who was accidentally killed while engaged in bomb-. throwing at Trentham on Thursday, will be interred with full military honours at Duutthil. Tho body was taken south, by steamer Inst night. Captain Bell,! Assistant' Camp Adjutant, will represent Headquarters and Treutham Camp at the iuneral.

■!Captain. J. Email Smith, Under-Secre-tary for Immigration, died suddenly yesterday. Mr. Smith becaino ill,at an early hour in the morning, and died .it 1 o'clock in' the' afternoon'. -The immediate cause of death was- tho bursting of a blood vessel on the brain. Captain Smith'was a native of Wellington, about 53 years of,agei and unmarried. ' After finishing his education in this City he entered the Treasury Department, and was there for manyryears. Later he becamo Registrar of Old-Ace Pensions, and whilst holding that position he received the appointment of Resident. New Zealand Government Commissioner for the Cook Islands Group. ; iMr. Smith, in liis yonnger days, took a prominent part in outdoor sports. ,He: was a member of the Wellington Football Club,' and also belonged to the Star Boating Club.

Mr. H. A. Wright,; M.P., will be a candidate for' the" additional Wellington City and - Suburbs seat on the Education ■Board. .......

The Commandant of the New Zealand forces (Sir Alfred Robin), in a General Order,< regrets to have to l-eport that 'Lieutenant 11. H. Goodfellow, G Battery, ,Neiv ■ Zealand., Field Artillery, who was serving: with tho 28th Battery, K-.F.A., and Lieutenant A. C;' Boyes, New Zealand Expeditionary Foirce," havo been killed in action..'

■A Napier correspondent statesthatMr. Arthur .Goodwin, Mr. Frank Armstrong's private trainer, who took the racehorses Morning and Sleight-of-Hand to Australia, died in Sydney yesterday morning. Tife cable messages yesterday morning also announced the death ot the raceliorso Morning. Mr. Goodwin, ■ who - was for many years previously Mr. T. • 11.. Dowry's private trainer, is well known throughout New Zealand. A Press Association cablegram received in Wellington last evening gave the cause':of deathas meningitis." . . ■

The many friends of Mr. Henry W. Kirlcwood, of-the Eighth Reinforcements, late oi trie - Justice Department, Wellington, .will' be glad to hear, that; he is recovering from the effects of his wounds 'in'-'the. ankle received at Gallipoli. 'After .being 1 wounded -lie. was removed to the Seconil-Western,.;Hos[pital,.. Manchester, EngTajid, and .was-discharged from there in the beginning' of the present year. He is now .stationed in the New Zealand base eamp, Hornchurcli, Essex, and although his ankle-troubles him at times, his general- health is good. During his eight • weeks' furlough, .after his ■ discharge from, the hospital, Mr. Kirkwood' tou'red'England, Scotland, and Wales. He took .part in the Anzac Day celebrations in- London. The crowd, ho says, was immense—Nearly as great as Coronation Day. - The -people went wild with enthusiasm a's the Anzacs marched to the Abbey. ' Mr.-Edwin Hall, of Auckland, has been on a visit to Wellington., ' Mr. W. D.-; Stewart, manager for Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Christcliurch, has been appointed Superintendent for-New .Zealand, in succession to Mr. A. who has intimated his ihiention to retire, from active w - ork in the course of. a few months.. : .

' Commissioner Hodder,.:6f the Salvation Army, left for Nelson, : Blenheim, and Motnefca by yesterday's boat, accpmpamed by Mrs. Hodder, Brigadier Gist, and Major, I'ag.e. Special services will"be conducted in each centre.' ; | ■ Lieut.-Colonel and Mrs. Powley, of the Salvation Army, have veturned to Wellington, after a successful tour in the South Island ; in ,connection with , the •Army's salvation siege. . Mr. Chas.- Haines; of Wellington,- returned froiu Sydney by the Niagara .this week, , and is spending a few days ' in Auckland. , Mr;' .H'.-: S.'. W-. > King,' who was. the first chairman of the Rotorua County Council, has resigned liis seat on the -council.., - :■ HMrctß-K-G.-Jordanyjwho has been teller' -n't-the-Bank' of' -Neyr- Zealand, -Rangiora,' : for" : nearly' two years, has been transferred to'.- ChristchuTcU. . By permission of-the" bank ho will join, the Reinforcements at Tre'ntham about the end -of ■July.• ' 1 . . ' The Auckland Presbytery on Tuesday evening passed a resolution and some strictures on.' the Auckland; Racing Club for. holding a race meeting ■ at Ellerslie on-the day the news of Earl Kitchener's death-arrived; and when so many Brit-ish-sailors hud lost their lives in the -.'North Sea. The Rev. R. Ingliß moved: "The Presbytery of Auckland deeply deplores : flie, fact that during the recent crucial, experiences through which tlie Empire has.been passing, at a time when it was called to mourn over -the loss i,f #*) many brave men and ships in the North:. Sea, and more especially; at the time -when the news of the tragic death of ;greatest soldier, 'the- lata. Earl. Kitchener, was received, the Auckland Racing-Club and its patrons should have shown such callousness and. ,utter' indifference to public decency in proceeding with the recent race meetings at ' Ellerslie ;as. if nothing had happened. The' 'Presbytery, . therefore, , urges upon '.the .Government', the duty, of ' curtailing -horse-racing '.'during, the'currency of the : .iviir.-' J ''.- The facts were; notorious, ' Mr. •inglis . 'said...' He. .understood that the" "action .-of - the.-. Racing- Club, had; been taken.'in 'spite. .of the protest of some of 1 its members. . The club, therefore, must itselfv'take.;. the.' full responsibility for whutV.had, iiapi?ened.. What, made-the vaction/so; deplorable, and full of horror •Iwas the fact that. it 1 lihd taken place at a;, time when the Empire was in' a death-grapple, with a powerful enemy. At.the .time..news of Earl Kitchener's death received, thousands of citizens of Auckland. were gathered, at Ellerslie. ..If that type of men represented Britain it would'be a poor look-out, but happily that was not the case. He believed the overwhelming mass of the .community of New Zealand were heartily ashamed of' what had taken place. He believed, too, that the better class of racing men themselves were somewhat ashamed of it. The, Rev. Alexander Millar seconded the motion, which, was carried. ', '.