PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 32, 1 November 1919, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS

His Excellency the Governor-General and tlio Countess of Liverpool will attend tlio opening performance of tlio "Mikado" at tins Grand Opera House this evening. Mr. W. G. Foster, managing director of the Wellington Meat Export Company, if retiring after over twenty years' association with tlio company. Lieutenant Edgar Jenkinson, eldest son of Mr. J. E. Jeiikinson, of Oriental Bay, lias returned recently from active service. A New Zealaudcr, Mr. Andrew Rule, son of the Hev. I'. Hule, of Cliristchureli, lias just been appointed Professor_ of Philosophy at Wichesta University. Kansas, on tiio completion of his divinity course at Princeton University, of which he holds the degree of B.D.

The funeral of the late 111'. Francis Allwood Oxley, which took place at Pic ton on Monday morning, was very largely attended. The late Mr. Oxley was barn in London 02 years ago, ami came to New Zealand when a boy, being educated at Nelson. On leaving school lie entered a merchant's office, and then joined the Post, and Telegraph Department, being stationed tiuccessively at Dunediii, Nelson, Wellington, on jtlio West Coast, and at Picton. While in Pit-toil lie married, and subsequently took over the Pier Hotel from Mrs. Oxley's father. He was also for some years the owner of the Terminus Hotel. Mr. Oxley tool: a full share in the business and local-governing activities of Picton during his long residence there. He was a member of the Borough Council and the Hospital Hoard for some, years, ) relinquishing the latter position only at the last election. Ho wa,s a director of Iho King Solomon Gold Mines and of the Picton Building Society. Associated with the late Mr. (I. A. Snvith, lie was a mainstay of the flowing Club at one period of its existence, and, sltlio.igli not a player, lie look an activn interest, in the <i flairs of the Bowling O'ub. For some time lie held oflice in Lodge Waitolii. No. 111. Mr. Oxley is survived by a. wMoiv and a family of four—Mr. A. 1?. Ox'ey, of the Bank of New Zealand. Wellineloii; Mr. F. T). Oxlry, Bank of New Zealand. To Aro; Mrs. 1?. G. Dawk'iis. Picton; and Airs. Wilfred Walton, Blenheim.

Captain J. J!. Don. at present military enuippient and instructional ol'icer in the New Zealand Air Service. who has de--1 i<;hted thousands nf neoule by his aeroplane "stunts" over Chrislchureb. is reliiiqii.ishing' tliat appointment at liisown mptest. as lie desires to return to private life (stales a ProftS Association message). Captain Jlen Kill lie succeeded by Captain T.. M. Isitt, who recently returned from active and who is {lie son of Mr. T,. M. Isitt, M.P. I-oavinu A T ew Zealand'as a sereennt in the Ist Hifl" Brigade. Contain Isitt was wounded in Franco. ]T» then lra'"-'foiT"d In the J?oynl Flying Corps, in which lie obtained <i commission.