PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 43, 14 November 1919, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS

Tho Minister of Defence (Sir Janice Allen) is expected to return to Wellington from tho south to-morrow. Mr. Ernest Joyce, who is to bo second In command of tho new Antarctic Expedition, visited tho Mayor yesterday, lie has received many oft'ers of support for Ilio expedition, which is to mako its headquarters in Wellington, Captain M. M. ITocken, of the New Zealand Medical Corps, who for some lime past was on duty at tho Auckland Military Hospital, has been transferred to tho King G'eorgo Military Hospital at liolonia For duly in place'of Captain .1. J). (J. 'Duncan, recently demobilised. Dr. Duncan Jins taken up duly under the Tourist Department as balneologist in place of J/ieiit.-Coloncl A. S. Herbert. Mr. A. A. Win/slow, Consul-General for the United States in New Zealand, who is at present absent from Auckland on a visit to his own country, is returning to New Zealand by the Niagara, due about the middle of next month. According' to a letter from the Mayor of Auckland, Mr. J. H. Gunson, received from San Francisco by tho DeputyMayor, Mr. A. J. Entrican, Mr. Winslow is likely to receive promotion on his return to this country. His future headquarters will probably be at Wellington. Brigadier-General D. J. M'Gavin, Di-rector-General of Medical Sctvicre, who lias been on a visit to Auckland, has returned to Wellington. Tho appointment of Mr. John Smyth to tho position of secretary of the Prisons. Board is gazetted. At a large meeting of the congregation of St. John's Presbyterian Church, Qreyniouth last night a unanimous call was mnde to the Hcv. T. N. Cuttle to the Grevmouth pastorate. The liev, Cuttle, who is an N.Z.E.F. returned ohaplain, was formerly minister at St Andrew's, South Canterbury.—Press Assn. Engineor-Lieutenant-Commander Earnshaw, lately demobilised from tho Koyal Navy, lms returned tp Wellington from Auckland. ■ At the Theatre Eayal, Taiimarunuf, on Wednesday night, Mr. Jennings, who has been M.P. for Tauinarumii, was farewelled at a banquet by the citizens prior to standing for the new electorate of Waitomo (states a, Press Association _ message). The Mayor and leading citizens spoke of the hard work done by the member in fifteen years' representation of his electorate, which included three education Itoard drstricts. The member had assisted to establish seventy-six schools. Dr. J. P. L. Jamieson and Mr. S. Blomfield have tendered to the Nelson Hospital Board their resignations from the positions, respectively, of resident surgeon and secretary. The lato Bov. Alexander Whyte, whose death occurred at Queenetown on Saturday was accorded a military funeral at Port Chalmers on Tuesday. The deceased minister was chaplain to the Forces for a number of yeara. The service was conducted by tho Moderator of the Presbytery. Mr. A. J. Ching has been appointed clerk of tho Licensing: Committee for Stratford and Egmont. Major H, E. Goddard, the British Trade Commissioner, arrived back from tho south yesterday, and will leave for Australia on route to Japan to-day.

On account of difficulties in connection with transport, the Wellington City Engineer (Mr. W. H. Morton) ie not expected to reach Wellington until-the end of next month. Tho Hov. H. T. Stealey. vicar of Petone. hopes to leave for EngUud betore the end of'the year. His successor will be tho Rot. H. A. Walke, at present vicar of Shannon. The position of registrar of marriages and of births and deaths for Kanßitikei has been conferred on Mr. George Hawke. The death occurred in Wellington on Wednesday of Mrs. Baillie, wife of tho Hon. Colonel W. D. H. Bailhe. M.L.C., in her 89th year. Mre. Bailhe had been seriously ill for 6ome weeks, and anxiety had been felt concerning her condition. Mrs. Bnillie, who had a particularly charming, bright personality-, will. Hβ greatly missed 'by a large circle of friends. Mrs. Bailie arrived in New Zealand with her husband in 1857. .They settled first of all at "Erina," Wmrau, and later, for many years, their home was at •Vara, near Picton. The death occurred suddenly at Palmerston North yesterday morning of Mr. John Bandall Foreter-Pratt, a well-known sheep fßrmer of the Manawatu district. The deceased, who was about 60 years of a«c, came out to New Zealand in the early 'eighties, and engaged in sheep formin" pursuits in the Manawatu district until two or three years ago. when he retired and took up his residence mralmeraton North. He took n prominent part in tho affairs of hie district, and was well liked and admired by a wide circle of friends, wlio will greatly regret his deafh. Mr. Forster-Pratt mained a daughter of tho late Mr. G. S. Cooper, of Wellington, and was a brother-in-law of Mr. D. G. A. Cooper, S.M., and of Mr. Harold Cooper, of Palmcrston North. Ho leaves a widow and two eons, one of whom resides inPalmerston North.