PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 47, 19 November 1926, Page 10

PERSONAL ITEMS

Vice-Regal His Excellency the GovernorGeneral, who will be in Wellington for a few davs next week, will visit Lower Hutt on Friday afternoon, November 26, and will open the new Kiddiford baths there, and later will lay the foundation stone of the new Methodist Church in Lower Hutt. The Minister of Public Works (Hon. K. S. Williams) returned yesterday from tIK West Coast, where he had been inspecting the recent flood damage. The Minister of Lands (Hon. A. D. McLeod) will return to Wellington tomorrow from Auckland. The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice and' Defence (Hon. F J. Rolleston) will leave to-night for 1 intaru. He is to return to Wellington on Tuesday. While escorting a party of visitors over then Karitane Home, now in the course of construction. Sir Truby King yesterday suffered a severe fall through some loose woodwork, and it was .believed that he has fractured two ribs. With characteristic courage he insisted on going right through with the inspecticc. atid later in the afternoon attended the meeting of the Rotary Club committee.

Councillor W. 11. Bennett has been appointed representative of the City Council’ on the special committee of the Wellington Automobile Club, which is to go into the matter of camp sites and parking places. Friends of Captain W. 11. Cottrell, C.M.G., O W B.IL, R.N.V.R., will regret to learn that he passed away at an early hour on November 18 in a .private nursing home, after.a short illness. The late Captain Cottrell served in the Gallipoli campaign, and was the recipient of a number of foreign decorations, including the Legion d’Honneur. Captain Cottrell was a visitor to this country, this being his second visit within the past two years for the purpose of being near his daughter, Mrs. M. L. A. Axworthy.