PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 155, 26 March 1919, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS

Coionel W. Bettington, R.A.F., has gone ymth in prosecution of hi? inquiries as to the aviation services of New Zealand in the future. The .Mayor (Mr. J. P. Luke) is to entertain the City Engineer (Mr. W. H. Morton) at lunclieon at the Royal Oak Hotel to-day,. prior to the tatter's departure for America and England, The staff of the "Wellington City Council is tendering Mr. "Morton a farewell social at the Concert Chamber on Monday evening next. Captain M. W. Horlon, A.S.C., who has seen considerable service, with the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces in France, is now en route to New Zealand, having left England on the Willochra on March 8. Prior to joining the Forces, Mr. Horton was traffic manager for the local office of the Union Steam Ship Company. Ai Press Association telogram from Dunedin states that the Mayor, Mr. J. J. Clark, has decided not to stand for re-election. Mr. Alfred Cooke, S.M., at New Plymouth, is about to retire from the Bench. The Rev. H. vnn Staveren has returned to Wellington very. much benefited in health by his trip to Hawke's Bay. Mr. John Fuller, sen., of Auckland, is a visitor to Wellington. Since his severe illness of throe months ago, Mr. Fuller has been recuperating at Rotorua, and now declares himself to be almost back to normal health.. Mr. E. J. Righton, secretary of the New Zealand Picture Supplies, Ltd., arrived back from a trip to America by ihe Moana yesterday. The death of another of Auckland's earliest settlers, Mrs. Jane Young, widow of Mr. W. J. Young, occurred on Saturday. Mrs, Young, who was in her 88th year, came from Scotland in the ship Royal A'dmiral, in IStO, landing at the Bay of Islands. The deceased had an eventful experience, for the family, which had taken up land at Whangarei, was forced by the Maoris to flee from there, reaching Auckland in an unaeaworthy craft. For years after this, and during her married life, Mrs. Young lived on the frontier, and had rr.any vnried and difficult experiences with the Maoris. A Press Association telegram from Dunedin states that the Mayor, Mr. J. J. Clark, has decided not to stand for reelection. A private letter just received in Wellington states that Mr. TT. J. Taperell, who was a well-known Wellington journalist some years ago, lias been appointed editor of the Sydney "Evening News." Mr. Thomas Mathews, who is well known in Timani, has been appointed manager and agricultural instructor of tho Queen Mary Instructional Farm, Tfnnmcr Springs. Mr. Mathews was a Main Body man, and is an old boy of the Timavu. High School and an ex-student of Lincoln Agricultural College.

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