PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2801, 20 June 1916, Page 5

PERSONAL ITEMS

' Captain E. 0, Bovey, ff.Z.S.O; who has been Camp Adjutant at Trentham for the past cloven mouths, wiH leave for the front in command of the 15thr Rein* forcomenta. Captain Dovey,. who received Imperial Army trajnmg, in tho Scots Greys, came to New Zealand soma yeara ago_ in connection with the Territo'rial Saining sohemo, and' was station* ed at Palmerston North. He becamo nssooiatod with the Reinforcements training camps in July of' last year; when the Tenth Reinforcements went into a temporary camp at Waikanae. The establishment, of this camp was undertaken by Captain Dovey at a few hours' nottto. later, he was assietant_ad]utent at Trentham, and when LieutenantColonel Adams was . made Commandant of Tiuiheronikau (jimp, Captain Dovey took Lis place as adjutant ut Trentham. ,Sir Joseph Ward, who went south on Saturday night, will ■ return to Wellington this morning* Mr, James Marohbanks lias returned from a holiday vMfc to Australia. Tho funeral of tho late Captain James Bman Smith look place on Sundav afternoon, tlie Rev. A. if. Johnson; >M.A., vicar of St. Paul's, officiating .at tho gravesldo. The Government' was Tepiesonted by Sir Francis BelL Mr. Frank Andrews, Secretary to the Cabinet, and leads of the various Departments were ulso present, as. well as representatives of the Wellington Football Club and the Star Boating Club. Among tho many .wreaths were those from tho Hon. Dr. l'omare, the Old Age Pensions Department, the Star Boating Club, and the .■Wellington Football Club. Mr. 1. R. Partridge has. been elected one of the Industrial Association's repre. eentatives on ; the Teohnical Education Board, in tho plfyco of Mr. D. Robertson, who resigned recently. The Industrial Association resolved last evening to thaik Air. Robertson for his services to technical ', and as : a mark ofappreciation tho members decided <untLni-fnously.-to elect him a'life; member, of j tho association. • , I

Mr. J. D. Smith, who is leaving Cartcrton shortly for tho South Island, was on ITriday evening 'presented, with a liqueur-stand /bearing 'the following inscription: "J. D; .Smith, Esq.; from the executive of the Wairarapa Automobile 'Association, in of his valuable services, June 16,.1f)1G."' Reference ,was made by several present to the, in. torest Mr, Smith Had'always taken in tho affairs of the association^■ The gift was suitably acknowledged. Mr. 0. Bubb, of Carterton, intends leaving ■■ shortly on a' visit to the Old Country, for health .reasons.

Captain J. B. Davis, who left New ZSaland with the Main Expeditionary Force, has cabled trom London to his father, Major H. F. Davis, V.D., that the Medical Board has granted, him five montho' leave of absence on account of a wound in his ankle, and that ho proposes to take a trip .to New; Zealand, f

A Press ASSociatiou' felegram. from Dunetun announces. • the death' of . Mr. WiUiam Barron, who represented tlie CavorsEam 'electorate' in tho House of Ijtepresontatives from .1979 to 1890. He was born at St. AnTTrows, Scotland, in 1837, and after Mug educated in Scottish parish, and public schools received a training for commercial life in Edinburgh. Mr. Barron ' arrived in Port Chnlmers'in .January,, 1861, and after trying life in the Otago goldfields for u yesr or so entered into business as schioi partner in the to orDarroii and Campbell, subsequently Barron, Grant, and Company; merchants and runholdera. Ho retired from; business in 1874, and after making a voyage to' Great Britain entered public life in-Dnnedin. In l'arliament ho was an Independent Liberal, and an advocate, of free-trade and tho freehold tenure of land. He was, also, with Mr. Vincent Fyke,. largely instrumental in securing; tho'construction of the Ota»t> Central railway. Mr. Barron was a Freemason of long standing, and' had occupied the position of' Grand, Master of the New. Zealand Grand Lodge. He was married in, 1870 to Miss Banks, of Clutha, and'had a family: of five sons und six daughters., , . : An Auckland Press- Association gram states that Captain Arthur John ' Ketley, aged soventy-seven, died' suddenly in tho street,■■oil' his way to church, on Sunday. Tho cause of death- was heart failure. Deceased served'in the' Navy before arriving in Now Zealand in 1862. Mr. James.A.- Allan,'known as the millionaire Socialist, died ,at Glasgow a few weeks ' ago at tho age of 53. '■ Ho was formerly a director of, \the. Allan Steamship . Line,' and several! years ago took a .prominent pai;t in the Glasgow Socialist ipovement. ■ Ho was chairman of the, Glasgow Independent Labour Party, a Fabian and Clarion scout. He endeavoured, to secure election to the Glasgow Town Council as a Socialist; but was always unsuccossful. In theosophical circles he was also prominent,: and he frequently aoted as cliaii'man at'meetings. He had strong musical ■ and artistic I sympathies, , and was: one of the most generous supporters of the Glasgow Choral and Orchestral Union and kindred organisations. .. i ■• I Pew people, perhaps, had so world-wide nn experience as the . late Mr. Richard Harding Davis. ' the ,• famous American i war correspondent, who died recently. He_ saw, in one year, war in Greece, in i In ' n tho Coronation of tlie Tsar, and millennial celebration in Budapest.. and .the ~Queen's Diamond Jubilee. In fact, he contrived to see nlmost everything that • the world had to offer.. He was in Oubaand in Greece, in Moscow, Washington, and London at the moments of conflict or jubilation, as the case might he.

Capt. Stapley, N.Z.M.C., lias reported' or , dl,t 3"' Liei »t E. 3?. Mitchel (0.M.E.), Main Bdtly, has also reported for duty, and has been attached to the 14 th Mounted Kifles.

The . Central Chamber of Commerce reBolved yesterday: "That this Chamber hereby places on record its deep sense of sorrow at the untimely, death of 3?ieldALarshal Lord Kitchener, while engaged in the service of _ his country. The -ivholemanner in which, throughout his llte >. at 4 the dis* m l 6 Empire his .marvellous ability, both as a soldier ■'and' adminisJ 1 . a £* r , stand as a living memorial to Jus greatness of mind, Lis singleness of purpose, and his devotion to his country. In cotamon. vrifcli every corner of our vast Bmpiro we placo on record our grateful acknowledgment of his colossal achievements, , particularly. during the present war, m building "up the mighty armies which to-day are at Britain'sW yiee.

_At a meeting of-the Army .Service Corps ot the National Reserve, held in No 1 committee room of tlie Town Hall last evening, it was decided to make a pre. filiation to two of their number, Can. tain Willis and Lieut. Drake,' who are departing with the 14th Reinforcements Captain Mac Donald, Marine Snperin. tendcnt for ttm Union Company, arrived ii'om the south' yesterday morning.

A shipping record for . Wellington wag established yesterday. 'Practically every available berth, including that at Jliramar, was occupicd, there being, inoluding the few vessels laid up in tho Btream somewhere about 11 ships in port of a ™kl registered tonnage of approximately 8-1,G31 tons. This included eleven. ■ overseas vessels, three of which—the Nimiro, u hakarua, and Port Hardy—are of the i -^' ne - '^' 10 problem of finding berths for tho ships was very successfully solved by the Harbourmaster (Captain Dawson) and his staff, who, however, liave had aiairly busy timo of it. But for the fact that the West Coast ports have beon unworkable for the past e aw days, there would have teen six mote f>fnp3 to accommodate. It was decided at a meeting: of tho lloscneath Ratepayers' Association, held last evening that a canvass of Oriental Bay and Koseneath bo made, witli tho ob. ]ect of soliciting donations of seats to bo placed along the Oriental Bay Esplanade now in course of construction. This is an ago of specialisation. Business men find it pays to utilise experts, and hundreds employ tho New Zealand Express Co., Ltd., to do . their Customs work. Saves them time and money Try this plan yourself. Office: 87-91 Customhouse Quay.—Advt. Farmers will be intorostod'to know that 'the well-known Bilston basic slag is now o&toinablo, a limited shipment arriving En Wellington in July. . Fall particulars will bo found in our advertising columns. Sir. Gladstone cice mado a speech at •Sinningham, tho opening sentence of jfhioh oontainod 176 words.