PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2958, 22 December 1916, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS

A Press Association messago from Sydney states that Mr. Wade, a member of tho New South Wales Legislature, and who lias been offered the Agent-Generalship of that State, is a passenger by tho Makura for New Zealand.

Surgeon-General Henderson, RiiectorGeneral of Medical Services, and members of his staff, who have been visiting Auckland in connection with the arrival of sick and wounded soldiers by the Maheno, have returned xo Wellington.

Private information has been received by Mr. H. D. Nelson, that his jorngest son, Roy Nelson, who left with the Bth Reinforcements, has been appointed on the field to lieutenant. Before he left for the front he was at £amoa.

Mr. D'Arcy Stuart Ferguson, local managor for Messrs. Burns, i'hilp, and Co., Ltd., left' last evening per s.s. Riverina on a business trip to Sydney. Ho expects to return early in the New Year.

Major (Dr.) Barclay, who has been on duty on tho medical staff of the hospital ship Maheno, has returned to Wellington. It is expected that be "will resume bis duties as Superintendent of tho Wellington Hospital shortly.

Messrs. H. Baldwin and Campbell are to represent the Wellington Hospital Board at the Conference of Hospital Boards on January 10.

Captain J. Jones, who was admitted to the Wellington Hospital a few days ago, is still in a serious condition.

Mr. Robert Armstrong Yerburgh, Conservative M.P. for Chester, whose death has just been announced, had been president of the Navy League since 1900. He was born on January 17, 1853, third son of the Rev. Richard Yerburgh. Ho became a major in the 2nd Volunteer Battalion of tho Cheshire Regiment, after being educated at Rossall, Harrow, and Oxford. He was a barrister of the Middle Temple, private secretary to Mr. Akers Douglas, when. Patronage Secretary, 1885-86; assistant private secretary to Mr. W. H. Smith when First Lord of the Treasury 1887; president of the Agricultural Organisation Society, president of the Urban Co-operative Banks Association; lion, secretary Recreation Evening Schools! Association, vice-chairman National Home Reading Union. He published articles advocating national granaries for storage of com to complete our system of home defence,, and articles on British Imperial interests in China, and pamphlets on t.gricnltural banks. He was a fine cricketer, and played for Harrow first eleven.

Yesterday afternoon Mr. L. Goltzlof, head machinist at the Wellington Cooperage and Box Company, who is to be married on.Saturday, was presented by the staff of the company with a dinner service. The presentation was r/.ade by Mr. A. Mitchell, the manager.

Mr. G. H. M. M'Clure, Commissioner of Crown Lands, has received news that his son, Lieut. Gordon Leslie M'Clure, who has been on the Western front since April last, has been promoted to the rank of captain, and is r.ow attached to General Johnstone's Headquarters Staff as grenade officer. Capt. M'Clure left with the 7th Reinforcements.

The Frenoh Consul, M. Julien Rigoreau, who has represented France in New Zealand for the last live yeaTS, with residence in Auckland, is about to retire from the service of his Government, and will be succeeded by ,M. Leon Hiffeau, who is now on his way from Sydney to Auckland. Some months ago a change in the status of their New Zealand office was decided upon by the Frenoh authorities. Instead of being a Consulate as heretofore,. the Auckland office, which is still to be the head office of the service in New Zealand, is to rank as a Vice-Consulate. The. position to which M. Hiffeau succeeds will therefore be "that of Vice-Consul.— Press Association.

At its meeting yesterday, the Wellington Hospital and Charitable Aid Board placed on record its appreciation of the very able services rendered by Dr. C. G. Morice, acting-medical superintendent during the absence of Dr. Barclay since January last year. The resolution was proposed by tho chairman, and was unanimously supported by tho members present..

Mr. Arthur Newbold, of Messrs. Briscoe and Co., Wellington, has been advised that his son Trooper Norman T. Newbold, of tho 7th Canterbury Mounted Rifles, who has been in hospital at Cairo suffering from dysentery, has been invalided back to New Zealand, and will arrive in tho Ki v erina due in Wellington about January 8. He was in Egypt for thirteen months. His younger brother Frank went away with the 19th Reinforcements.

Mr. J. F. W. Dickson, of the firm of O'Regan and Dickson, who has been in indifferent health for some time past, is dissolving his partnership and going to Nelson for some months.

At the Petone railway workshops yesterday afternoon, Mr. J. A. M'Douald, Wellington branch secretary of tho A.S.R.S., who' has been promoted to leading hand at the Hillside paint shop, received a presentation from the society of a dinner set, an afternoon tea set, and a set of cutlery. The presentation was made by Mr. R. Moore, who spoke of tho valuable_ services of the recipient as a trade unionist, a member, of the staff, and a citizen. Messrs. W. Taylor and C. Strong also made eulogistic remarks.