PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 194, 12 May 1919, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

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His Excellency tho 'Governor-General and the Countess, of Liverpool and party are now in Auckland. They will leave on tho steamer Tutanekai on Wednesday to visit Whangarei and Thames, as it will bo the last opportunity for them to do so before sailing for England. Their Excellencies will return to Wellington by train from Auckland in about a week's time.

Dr. William Creser has been appointed examiner for New Zealand for tfie Trinity College of Music. He is booked to leave Vancouver for the Dominion early in August.

Mr. H. A. Young, S.M., who has presided over many sittings of the Court in Dunedin and in various parts of Otago and Southland, hns left to take charge of the Hamilton district.

Lieutenant H. Heyhoe, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Heyhoe, 32 Adams Street, Brooklyn, returned to Wellington by the Northumberland on Saturday. Lieutenant Heyhoe went away us a private in> the Fifth Reinforcements, being attached to the Otago Regiment.. He served through the Gallipoli campaign, and afterwards proceeded to Frnnce with the New Zealand Division. Invalided.to England through sickness, he returned to Franco before the signing of the armistice, and was with the Division at the occupation of Cologne. Two other brothers of Lieutenant Heyhoe also participated in the 1 war. One of them, Mr. J. Heyhoo, was invalided home ' some weeks ago, and the other, Trooper Fred He.vhoe, is still with the New Zealand mounted troops in Egypt.

Mr. Hugh C. Thomson, a journalist well known to .the older pressmen of the Dominion.' died at his residence, 56 Wright Street, on Friday morning at the age of 74 years. Born in Downpatrick, County Down, Ireland, he emigrated to Australia as a young man, engaging in journalism there for some years, finally coming over to Now Zealand over fifty years ago. With Mr. J. Ivess he started the "Inangahua Herald," Reefton. and after a few years on the West Coast came to Wellington, and shortly afterwards assumed the editorial chair of tho "Independent." On the merging of that paper into the "New Zealand Times" he still retained the position of editor. When the "Chronicle" was started in Wellington ho accepted the editorship. Leaving the ''Chronicle," his next venture was the launching of the "Waipawa Mail." After leaving that journal he became editor of the "Christchurch Telegraph.". Ho was also associated witii the "Timaru Herald" and the "Ashburton Mail." After editing lha "Poverty Bay Herald" for about seven years; he purchased tho "Hunterville Express," from which he retired about twelve years ago, to reside ( in Wellington. The deceased was a cousin of the late Lord Kelvin. A widow and family of ten survive the deceased—Messrs. H. W. Thomson (GiebornA H. A. Thomson (Eketahuna), P. Thomson (Wellington), G. A. Thomson.(postmaster, Eastbourne), and A. C. Thomson (District 'Railway Traffic Office. Wellington), and Misses A. and M. Thomson (Wellington), Mrs. S. Mooro (Wellington), Mrs. P. Box (Ormondville), and . Mrs. C. Vail (Melbourne). The remains were cremated on Saturday morning. The Rev. Mr. Shirer conducted the funeral rites. .

Mr. S. J.,Harbutt has retired from the position of president of the Auckland Industrial Association after seven years' occupation of that position.

Gunner C. V, Little, N.Z.F.A., youngest son of Mrs. C. Lecse, of Owen Street, is returning to New Zealand by the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company's liner Pakeha, which is due here about May 28.

Major W. A. Chappie, R.A.M.C., is about to -visit New Zealand on a business trip.

Mr. Joseph Ivess, who has been an inmate of the Wellington Hospital for some time past, is slowly making progress towards recovery.

Mr. R. Anderson, of Lyttelton, has received news that his .youngest son, Stanley Norwich Anderson, has died from pneumonia <it Melbourne. Soon after Hie outbreak of war, deceased joined the Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train. He saw service at Gallipoli and Suez, and returned to Australia about twelve months ago. , Before leaving New Zealand he was engaged as second officer on the collior Ivittawa. He was sitting for his first officer's certificate when he contracted the disease which caused his (loath.