PERSONAL ITEMS

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 135, 12 June 1929, Page 11

PERSONAL ITEMS

- TICE-REGAL.

Their Excellencies the .<iovernor-Gen.' eral (Sir Charles F-ergussoii). and LadyAlice Fergussqni returned by the Tutanekai from "an official visit to the Chatham Inlands this afternoon. They landed at Waitangi on Saturday and visited various parts of the Islands, spending one day at Owenga. They were given a cordial recepti"Qp:j)y the inhabitante. They left the Chatham* m the return voyage on Monday afternoon. . ' ■ .

wT^ *Gnister"f Railwajs'(!he': Hoa. TV* Ta^ erner) Proposes to leave oa J-'udpy afternoon . for-; Blenheim; proeeedmg thence, to Christchureh via the .iiast Cogst on Saturday afternoon.. Ha will then go on to Dunedin. Mr :i Taverner_expects to return to Wellington on Friday week. On the way. "to Ghristciurch he wUI inspect tke route of the South Island Main Trunk line Sub-lnspectot J. Lander, ,who ha« been engaged in special police work in Samoa, returns to Wellington to-day ir,f ri N m M; Lean, who^hasbeen visitr- la?, a ' 'to Wellington by the Limited express to-day.,-' : The Hon. D. T. Fleming, M.£c' aeby the Maorr from the South to-day Mp. Justice Frazer was ■ among; tha

.Mi- G. BaJdon, Mayor, of. Auckland, will leave lor Wellington ttis'evening to attend^the quarterly; meeting o f the executive committee o^the': Muni&e^ ti°n- He^^^rn at

Sir .-William Hall-Jones, whpjias'been .maW .a holiday tour 'of the * North Mand returned to Wellington: by the Limited express yesterday^ .; j v"

.A/pnvato cablegram from London arian Old^Boy of .WelMgtbn College; ha£ been admitted to the Fellowship of the Boyal College of. Surgeons,' England

.-Mr. T . C Brash/-president of the New Zealand Fruitgrowers' -Federation, accompanied by Mr. H. E.. Napie? le& .l^tn lg 5t for Nelson : on .bnst'cob. .nected with the iruit industry;, . _ Lieutenant-Colonel John S. Bladfr of Salvation Army HeadquarteM,-has received notwe from London of M s tran£ for and promotion to the command of the Salvation, Army; operations Sa Ceylon, s ays the '.'New Zealand Herald." He was one of the Army's most :popn&r chaplains with.the New ZeaSiid Expeditionary Force. Hei »has 'seen nearly 20 years? Salvation Amy; service in the Dominion and. for >th* past eight years has been ;in:. charge -of the National Young People's worfc;i^Lieu-tenant-Colonel Bladin will sail from Wellington for Colombo on 21at JuneJ

The death occurred on Monday: at the age of 71, of Mr. -William Wright -try, who retired from his jpositionas draughtsman in the" Eailway .service eighteen .months ago. -.■■ The^late'. Mr' Fry was educated'in,:Fran§e,;a.n3;when le cams to New:. Zealand; joined the fcurvey Department, is-Chaimanr-Dur-ing, the Maori; IWar he enUsted I'm the armed constabulary, and finally joined the Eailway Department. His death was greatly regretted by' those" in ftie Department, as his was a. genial nature, and those associated with him\ valued his .work. Amongst; those who* attended his funeral: were the'/Mayor.(MK'G A. Troup),.formerly; hisvseitior: bfflVer in the Department; " Mr.' F. C. .Widdop. chief railway engineer; Mr. A.'S.^Wansbrough, designing engineer,', and' many other officers of the Department.. The deceased leaves a widow and''two daughters, Mrs. Toop and Mrs.."Soung. The deep regard in-which 7 the lata Mr. James Burnett tfasield by all connected with the Bed Crbss. Society was demonstrated;at yesterday's meeting of the war-time 'executive of' the^sffciety, of - which Mr. Burnett'" was chairman. A. resolution expressing profound'- sorrow at his passing and condolence with'Ma relatives' was moved by sthe-' iewlyappointed chairman, Mr. D. G. Clark, seconded by Mr. Galloway, :anA parried while all present stood in silence. Mr. Galloway recalled: the work; Mr. Burnett had done" in''londd'n Adaffng- the war for New' Zealand spldiefs.- He had been-offered the "charge;of BeS^Crosa activities in Mesopotamia, but; he felt that. a younger man should -take-' the position,' so he refused, land" "instead went to Middlesex Hospital. The keeping -bf records in hospitals was'ia a chaotic state at the /time, said Mr. Galloway, but Mr. Burnett- inaugurated one _of . the finest systems' 1 of hospital inquiry known in England at the' time, and a compliment was paid to 'his work when his system was later •introduced in all the hospitals throughout England. ■Mr. Burnett next went to fhe New Zealand Soldiers' Club in EusseTl' Square, and: regularly met members of tfi=^ NewZealand - Expeditionary Force's-on' their arrival in; London, and -gave them all the ,information they:' wanted;"; being affectionately known to them: "as^*'Old Dad:" At the club they, hanaiea'lsoo kitbags a day, and by ;his'-' erilrgies there Mr. Galloway said he thought Mr. Burnett, must have taken'"*attinber of years off his life: The' inspiration of :- Mr. Burnett's qmet,'.friendly, effective "way of dealing v with "things was also referred to by Mr': Hi Eose and Mr. S. F. Wright. -: :■■■■.■■.-:■'■

The Eev. Canon William Fanconrt, of. Palmerstott; North,, who has b&en appointed vicar of St. Mary's Pro-Cathe-dral in Auckland in succession to th» Rev. CanonxPereival Jam'ea, who-is coming, to St. Paul's. Pro-Cathedraly;, Wellington, is a son of the;late Arohdeacoa Fancourt, of Wellington,, and -was educated at Wahganui ; Collegiate ■■School. He went to England .and-studied at Cambridge University, -where he gained honours in the history tripos, and in- 1902 became a bachelor of arts; After..taking the degree he proceeded to <the> ■Clergy; Training Schoool, Cambridge, being ordained deacon in 1904: and priest in. 1905 by the Bishop .of..Liverpool.- He then served as curate of the parish of St. Jude, in the Diocese .of Liverpool. In 1907 he took the degree:of :miurter of arts at Cambridge. He then-returned to New Zealand and was appointed curate of-St. Thomas's parishj WelKmgton,' where he remained for ; two afterwards being appointed -vicar;jof -Island Bsty parish, which position he lielS-until 1912. He then returned to the-parish of St. Thomas, as vicar, remaining there for 12 years. His next appointment was to All Saints' parish, Palmeratoa^North, where he has: been for the past five years. Mr. Fanccrart has been one of! the chaplains of the Bishop of Wellington since 1919, and was. appointed ail honorary canon of the Diocese of Wellington in 1925. In' General Synod Mr. Fancourt has represented the Diocese of Wellington on two ■ occasions," being first appointed in 1925. He rendered valuable service in many capacities, more particularly on the Standing ■ Committee of the Synod.- His appointment,-itates the.(' New Zealand Herald,'' is regarded by church officials as distinctly fortunate. .'.'•■ ■ " • -•''■-:■