PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2805, 24 June 1916, Page 8

PERSONAL ITEMS

His. Excellency . the Governor . and . the .Countess of. Liverpool' will 'attend . this evening's '. presentation. rof . .'.'Mother Goose" at the Opera Housed In the. Legislative Council . yesterday. Sir Francis 13ell said that all,the members of'.the.council would learn, with regret of the death of a daughter of the Speaker, Mrs. W. L. Levin, whose husband was a gallant major.in our Reinforcements, and one of the few men who , received theirdeath wound at tho. evacuation of Galiipaii. All the eons of tho Speaker,' with, one' exception, who was medically unfit, were now fighting at the front, so that tho present was. an «ui«oub time for the Speaker and his family. He proposed to ask the Council to ;mmediately adjourn as a mark of respect, after the passage of the following resolution: — "The Council has learned with deep regret of the recent death of .Mrs. W. L. Levin, a. daughter of the Honourable Speaker, .and desires to express to the Speaker and his family the sincere sympathy ivliich all members of the Council feel, tor them in their great sorrow and debreavement." Sir George M'Leau the motion, ■ which was' carried' in .'.silence! .• .: Mv. Vf. Hislop, who has held tbe position of Assistant-Land Registrar at Napier 'd.nring. the last four years; recently received notice of .his promotion'to the position of District Land Registrar for Marlborough! He has, however, refused ,the" position',, a),id:,has.' I .3:esignod .from the Public''Service' to' commence practice as a solicitor in , '".Second ";Lieuts.f ".it."' -'Chapman,. 21st and C. Deans, 20th M.R.;havo reported at Featherston for duty.'.' The death is announced of a very old Timani resident, -Mr. Alexander Mont- ■ gomery, who for. the past. 24 years held the position of Deputy Official Assignee, and also that of Eejistrar. of Births, Deaths, and Marriages. ■ ' , Second Lieut. C. C. Miles. Headquarters Staff! has taken up his duties as "Provost Marshal at -Featherston Camp. Mr. Lebbeus 'Hordern; a director of Anthony Hordern and Rons', Limited, is now an inmate of the Wandsworth Hospital (London). suffering from shell shock. A cable message was received recently by his brother, Mr.- Samuel Hordern, intimating that the 'condition of the young lieutenant was not'serious. Mr. Lebbeus Hordern left for England last year witli tho intention of enrolling in the Royal Flying Corps, bi.it lie subsequently joined the Royal Field' Artillery, with a commission as second lien-, tenant. In the early days of the war he presented his hydroplnne;. then a familiar sight daily flying over Sydney, to the Commonwealth Government, for ■use with the fleet.

A farewell, which "took the form of a coiicevT,' was given at Kaiwarra on Tues;day evening to Corporal. Hendle, Private Wo'nwrigli't, and Troopers "W. Crowe and E. Haw's, wlio are leaving with the Reinforcements. The 'Wellington Pipe Band, of which Corporal Hendle .'was a member before' joining the colours, was in "attendance during the evening: Tim playing of this "blind was.much appreciated by, the .audience, . as. were other' musical: items given by / Mrs. Maries, Misses Munro. E. Flaws, G. 7,. Flaws, and Messrs. R. E. Flaws. 'N. Wainwright, S.' Fraser, A: Short. nnd .T. S"npson. An appropriate address wag gV.-en bv Mr. A. W. Pnlropr (chairman of tlm Kaiwarra Patriotic Society), who moved, a motion expressing reeret.nt the deal!" of Lord Kitchener: This motion wats carried in filence, all those. present stWltng. On fiSfial? ,of the Kaiwarra residents, Mr. J. E. Fitzgerald (who presided over.the meeting) presented each of the guests with a small token of friendship, and expressed the wish that riiey would sooii'ts-rrbV. fo retilfn to New Zealand.