PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2836, 29 July 1916, Page 9

PERSONAL ITEMS

VICE-REGAL. His 1 Excellency the Governor, patron of'the Orphans' Club, will be present at this evening's torero, to; be held in the Jfasonic Hall. ' ' : . ' Hisj-Honqur ,sfr.' Justicevfesking . la expected to arrive ' in Wellington l'rom Auckland to-day. '> '• •• Mr. David -Anderson, sen., 4>f ijlankey. Street! -has'been advised that liis sin; Lieiit. A. L.- Anderson, , Royal Army Medical 1 Corps, was wounded in Trance on July 20.' He left for London-last September.- ; •' •" ! At yesterday's annual meeting, of*the Wellington J u'vestment, Trustee, liu'd Agency Co., Ltd., a resolution of deep condolence was passed with the widow nf the late Mr. J., M. Richardson," who' -For; many years, was-a director"of the com-, pany. ... . • Mr. "\Y. .T. M'Donald, general'manager of the Kaiipokonni Co-operative Dairy C0.,-is in town on a short visit. Lieut. • H.' F. Mcikle,. N.'Z.S.C., is, at prdJent in' Auckland on instructional duty in connection with the' Auckland section of the New Zealand Railway Battalions. . ' ■ Mr. L.' W. D; Andrews, manager for New Zealand of' tire United Insurance Co., Ltd., will return to 1 Auckland-to-day. • ' ... Mr. Hugh IV.Ayson is'gazetted a Judge of the Native Land Court in the Cook' Group.. , , v The .late Mr. George Heron, J.P., whose death occurred suddenly in Mastcrton on Thursday night, was seventysix years of age. He'was born in. Forfarshire, Scotland, and went to the Wairarapa in ; .,the', ''seventies,' and . commenced business in/Masterton'as.a grain, merchant .in 1879.. In. 1880 he entered the Mastertou.:Borough Council,.and he became Mayor of the town a few years later," occupying the position for a' lengthy term. The deceased was an en: thusiastic member of the "SVairarapa Caledonian Society, and was for several years its president. ...

Mr.-Arthur Drake, who died in Wellington oil Thursday,. had engaged, in farming pursuits on the West Coast of this -island . since- boyhood.- -The late Mr. Drake was borri at Johnsonville . on ' March 10,-18.50. • His. parents arrived nt ; Wellingtoa on the day of the foundation of the province, January; 22, 184(1, making . thex voyage to .New-Zealand in "the Aurora. On September-23," 1885,.Mr.. Drake married a daughter of the late • William Halse, and-for,a long time held interests-in-grazing 1 properties afc-Patea - and Manakau;.-eventually making the latter place his permanent home—at about the time of the opening of the-railway line from Wellington to-Longburn.. The late M.r. Drake, was very well "known in the Horowheiiua ,district, and. held in high esteem by- pa.kcha and Maori alike, i He-was also closely identified with local movements for the progress of the local: ity,; so that 'his death -.will . be - regretted by a-wide-circle, of friends'and acquaint- , ance&.r De-is survived by-a widow,, four sorts (Messta., Glayton,-Roland,. Ivan/.and I?4y...Dfake)-flnd rthree-,. .daughters.. (the Miss^S'Loeta ; '-May,- and Marjorie .Drake). • Messrs; Clayton', and-Koland--Drake arumembers of : the i Sixteenth ..-.Reinforce-• ments. . •

Mr.'C. P. Powles, ■secretary.of the .Wei-, lington . ; .College Board of. Governors,; was :at - ;yesterdtfy's- meeting--of the 'board? on having:got' over.:his. serious illness.-: and''being-' able' to "take''Sis place at "thfr-meeting again. ; •. ■■ •••-.

1 . The resignation of Mi;..;E. ,G. Jones frOsv.the>staff of the.Wellington College was nccCpted.at the meeting of the.Board' of Governors' held yesterday morning., A-. .Low," the well-known thea-tricaj-mahager,l is in . Wellington; making arrangements.-for, the appearance of ' the picture "Jane Shore." • - - Sergeant H:--W. Cannington;'who was killed in- action, inPrance., on.-July- 11,-. was particular]yT.well knowa:in this eity; Although- born - in-Christchnrch, ,-ho spent • . a ;large -part- of his-life: in-Nelson,-, where he attended the public school,' and later- / the Nelson College... While at 'college he took a very active .'part in all branches of.the school-life,- and-was a very keen Rugby player.-'.-After lenving-col-: • lege fie- ]'qined/:tlv&' Public -Trust-'-OfficPi-.-Wellihgto'n. -''He.'played.-Rugby- football for sonie/rears for'.the; St.- John's Club,-, subsequently for thiS .Wellington Club, He enlisted' for active, service imniedia.teljr. on' the-outbreak: of the war,' and left ICew Zealand with the '"Canterbury; section' of. the Main' Body as -a corporal". He received his' prnrn'otion'in Bgypt,' and. took part in the fight on -tho-Canal,'and x was also present afc the-landing in Qal- ' lipoli. "After serving-for'some months' ori' the Peninsula he "was invalided to r,emnos. He always evinced a deep interest in niilitary life, -and when sickrefused Hie offer to be invalided' back to New' Zealand. Afr. Kenneth Marshall, formerly of tho Press Association-staff, haspassed-through file Sydney officers' school at the top' of class,' and has : been :gazetted lieuten-■ ant.—Press Association. : ' : A Press Assofciation'message'from Lon : don states that . Colonel C. M, Gibbon (Royal. Irish F.usiliers), Chief'of .tlis Now Zealand GeiieralJS.taff./ha.s teen gazetted a General Staff-VOfficefr-'of- the first grade while, acting as Chief- of-: the General Staff : in New Zealand; .. . . Trooper lValentiiie 'Barber- : (killed- ill . France)."was .the third -son 'df-'ilh H'.' J. A.' of Tiritea, Manawatii; -The , deceased was farming- in: the. King' Couiitry, Vi'hen-' lie enlisted. '-.He was "a member of the oid Palm'erston-Hides,'-and''left lor the'front Vith- the "4th'' Reinforcements in the" Cahterbui'y' Mo'unte'd 'Rifles: He fought'right through the.' GallipOli . campaign with thei. "Wellington Mounted Killes,' and'was on the Peninsula at the , timfe • it : was -evacuated. Later,' ho was transferred to' 1 the ' 2nd Infantry. Bri-' gade, Wellington Battalion, aiid' left .Bgypt for France'. Lieutenant' : K 'R. lie'ary . . (died of wounds on July 21) was the youngest son of Mrs. D..Corrigau, of Remu'era, Auckland. He. was born at Palnierston North 21 years ago,.arid received his 'education, nt Paliiierston' North .High. School, Weir ■lingtou ■" Collegej arid . Waifaki High' School. ■ After . returning from Samoa, with the main'body iii May. of last:, year, he left for .England,'aiid "was accepted- as a. member of' tho special r<v serve l of-'an Imperial regiment.