PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 305, 20 September 1919, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS

Major-General' Sir A. IT: Russell, who commanded the New Zealand Division nr France,- is at-present, in Wellington as a member of the Hoard of Selection'tor candidate? to'.the New Zealand Stall. C'bi'nS,' w.hiclr commenced fitting .at I)«-' ■fence' Headquarters" '.Yesterday. ••.■ •. ' Colonel A. : V. Bettington.of jließ'.A.l''.. who. has Been in New . Zealand lb report on aerial matters for, the New Zealand •Government, will leave ior Luclam! by the Athenic to-morrow. Colonel Betlington has presented his report to the Govei'iunonl, and it will be. made-pub-/ lie in due course. Reference-'to- the,' death of "Mr.. -.Tallies Macintosh.was made-ill last-night's meeting of tlic'AYellin'glon Returned SoldiersAssociation. The -chairman, M.v. -J. ■*>• Earner, said that. Mr. Macintosh had been associated with the club ever since it-was started. Ho was treasurer of. the cluli,' and not 'only liad 1)6 given -financial assistance but he bad bestowed much time and energy to I lie club's activities.; Mr Harper moved: "That it be recorded in the minute's that tin? tisociation appreciates the service rendered to the J>eturned Soldiers' Club by the late Mr. James' Macintosh, and that a vote ot sympathy bo. accorded Id' his relnliv.es. The motion was carried in- silence, the members standing. Mr. G.'W. Basley, a well-known resident of Auckland, died at his residence. Mount Eden, on Sunday, at the age of t.i years. Ho was a. barrister and solicitor iiv profession, and was .elected Mayor • of lWhell in 1906, vacating the post in 19(19. when be did not seek re-election. ..He leaves a widow and family.. . ■ The Rev. H.'L.'B. Goerl.z, formerly vicar of Fort Chalmers, lias been appoint; ed chaplain of tho Anglican Soldiers Institute at'Rotorua. Ho recently re turned from active service. ' . • Mr. S. ; S. Williams has received a cable message from his son; Captain A. G. Williams, stating that lie will leave England for .Now Zealand on October 3. Captain Williams has been on duty m Egypt for four years, and is at. present on a four weeks' furlough, in the Old.Country. Major Hugh Vickerman. who has been in charge'of the New Zealand Tunnelling Corps in France, sailed from England for New Zealand-by the transport Remuera a few days ago. Major Vickerman had been Hnvcstigatine various engineering projects in the Old Country, including light, railways, with a view to determining their suitability as a means of transport in New Zealand. Captain J. M. Hunter.' of the Aiistrailian Infantry Forces, who was attached to'a.special mission operating in. Italy and Serbia, is at.present nn a holiday visit to New Zealand. Mr. .T. Nestle, local traffic manager for the Union Company, who has been on a holiday visit-to the Islands, will return to Wellington by the Mokoia this morning.' The death occurred iu Blenheim a few days ago of one of Marlborough a pioneer settlers, Mi. Frederick Smith, formerly of Tua Marina. The deceased, who was 59 rears of age- emigrated to New Zealand in 1857, sailing' in tho John Mastermau, and arriving ai kelson in February of that year. Mr. Smith settled in the Tua Marina district in IS3B. He assisted in the original survey .of the various farms in the Tua Marina, district, and resided in Hint locality until 1898, when he retired from farming, and took up his' residence in Blenheim, the deceased-is survived by a widow, t\yi! eons (Mr. F. Smith and Mr. W Smith, of- .Tua Marina,), and four, daughters (Mrs. F. Mohring, To Aroha. Mrs. L. A. Browno, Ngaio, Mrs. (i. Wilkens, Wakelield, and Mrs.. H. Oldham, Rapaura). The deceased -was. keenly interested, m public affairs, and in his earlier years did valuable work in the various local bodies ih tho Wttiraii district, his extensive local knowledge' and intensely practical nature reiiderin" him a most useful member. Mr. Smith was a member of tho Methodist Church, and Wesley Church, Blenheim, has cause for grateful ircmeuib'ranee of his benefactions, Hie pipo organ in that building being one result of his liberality. -