PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 130, 26 February 1919, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

His Grace Atshbishop Eedwood has returned to New Zealand from Australia. He is at present spending a few days in Auckland as the guest ot Bishop Cleary.

The Rev. Canon C. 11. Nelson, formerly vicar of St. Paul's Church, Auckland, and ex-Registrar of the Auckland University, underwent an operation on baturday, and is reported'to be progressing as favourably as can be expected.

Word has been received by Mrs. Gordon Glassford, of lhakara that her brother, Captain Norman Marshall Halcombe, of tne Royal Air Force, has died at Cairo ol -.nfluenza. The late Captain HalcomJjß was a son of Mr. A. l'ollett Halcombe, one of the founders of the Manchester settlement, the district of which Feilding is now the centre. Captain Halcombe was married only a tew days before his death.

Advice has been received by Base Records Office, that 11/SlOa Kenneth Arthur Hankins, a discharged soldier, died on February 14, 1919. Deceased was 31 years of age and single, his next-of-kin being his lather, Mr. J. H. Hankins, solicitor, Palmerston North.

News of the death from influenza of Sergeant F. W. England, New Zealand Field Artillery; of Wellington, has just been received The late Mr. England was for some time connected with tne staff of Messrs. Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd, in the merchandise dopaitruent, and left New Zealand with the Fifth Reinforcements, serving on tne Peninsular and in France. He contracted the influenza in England, and died ui London on February 20 At he meeting of the Karori Borough Council last e\ ening a motion of condolence was passed with Mr. and Mrs. England.

At the annual m ± r uHifkeu last evening, the Hon. J. G. »• Altke!l ■roe appointed life honorary president or the association,

At yesterday's meeting of «» WdHwton Eepatriation Board, Mr. 1. enaiiei AVeston was appointed chairman. The death occurred at Nelson, last week, of Mr. M. E. Hams who for the past twenty-five years had ten an «- hcer of the Lands Department tor the last fourteen years he neld the position of Crown Lands Eanger lor the. Nelson district. Aβ a young nan he .took a piominent part in athletics, being a w ellknown ■ footballer and cyclist, In later years he took a ■ very keen interest in horse-racing, particularly trotting, and at the time of his death was a member oi the committee of both the kelson Jockey Club and the Nelson Trotting Club. He leaves a widow and five children. Mr. G. F. Ferguson, superintendent Addington sub-station, has. accepted the position of assistant electrical engineei, Hydro-Electric Department, Tasmania, and leaves for Hobart at the end of nest month. ' ''

Mr. M. ,J. Eeardon has been unaniniously re-elected secretary of the A\ellington Freezing Workers and lvelated Trades Industrial Union of AYorkers. On severing his connection with Messrs. Levin and Co., after twelve years' service, Jlr. J. AV. Stevenson, ot loxion, was on Saturday morning made a present.ation from tho employees of the Alanawatu Kiver service.

Mr H. A. Hurley, for eighteen'years ■past manager of the Bank of NevrSouth Wales at Hastings, has taken up his residence at Island Bay.

Mr P Verschaffelt, who has been secretary to tho Public Service CsmmisBioner for the past five years, lias oeen appointed controller of the wills division of the Public Trust Office. Consequent upon the war and the recent epidemic, this tench cf the Public 1 rust Office has had to cope with a heavy flood of work, which has pressed hard upon the. staff. So far there has been no announcement made as to who will succeed to tho position of secretary to the Public Service Commissioner. At the meeting of the Karori Borough Council last evening, leave of absence was granted Councillor Jamas Mackenzie, who is proceeding to England next week. Mr G. AY. Anderson, of Preston Hill, Long Acre Valley, died at his town residence in AVanganui East on Saturday morning, after a long illness. Mr. Anderson for many years represented his district on the Head Board. He is survived by his only sister, Mrs. Alfred Burnett, and leaves a widow and daughter. Mr. A. E. Shepherd,':representing Mr. E. J. Carroll, of picture fame, has arrived in Wellington in connection with some new pictures to lie shortly submitted to the public.