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Evening Star, Issue 20136, 28 March 1929, Page 7

PERSONAL

■—Ministerial. — The Prime Minister (Sir Joseph Ward) loft by the first express for the north this morning. Sir Joseph, who is accompanied by his son (Mr Vincent Ward), will cross the strait to Wellington to-night.

Professor J. MacMillan Brown has postponed till next year his trip to Europe owing to the'prevalence of influenza making this a bad time for continuous travels. The Rev. A. M. Finlayson travelled from Dunedin to Timaru by train today. Pastor W. D. More went by the 11.34 train to-day, bound for Wanganui, for tiie conference of , the Churches of Christ, and is planning to be back next Friday. Mr J. E. Moody went off this morning for a brief visit to Wellington. The Superior-general of the Marist Fathers throughout the world, Dr Rieu, arrived in Wellington by the Hangitiki. The Marist Fathers have been established in New Zealand for some ninety years, members of the Order having been the first Roman Catholic priests to set foot in the young colony, and to-day they constitute one-third of the Roman Catholic clergy of the dominion. Father Rieu was welcomed by Dr Kennedy, Provincial of the Society of Mary in Australia and New Zealand. He is to visit all the houses of the society throughout the dominion.

Consequent upon the transfer of the head office of the Victoria Insurance Company, Ltd., to Auckland, Mr W. Johnstone, Assistant manager in Dunedin, has been appointed manager of the Otago and Southland branch. Our Christchurch correspondent telegraphs that the death has occurred of Mr Arthur Charles Nottingham, head of the linn of A. C. Nottingham and Co., merchants, aged seventy-one years. Mr Nottingham was born in London, and received his education at the Whitgift School,, Croydon, Surrey. He served an apprenticeship at the Haematite steel works, Barrow-in-Furness, and-came out to Melbourne in 1876. In the following year ho arrived in Lyttelton and joined the firm of Miles and Co. as a clerk. He continued with it until its dissolution in 1595. Later Mr Nottingham founded the linn of Nottingham and Co. As a musician he was well known, and was for many years a member of the Orchestral Society. The death lias occurred of Mr Bertie Cecil Rutherford, of Brackendale, Hororata. Mr Rutherford was the son of Mr George Rutherfqrd. About a_ year ago he marred Miss Derrett, of Hororata, and lived at Brackendale, where be was engaged in sheep farming. Mr Rutherford was a keen and very populai sportsman. —Christchurch correspondent. The Rev. James Burns, accompanied by Mrs Burns, arrived by the afternoon express yesterday. Mr Burns will take up his duties in Knox Church on the first Sunday in April. A largely-attended representative and enthusiastic smoke concert was tendered in Gisborne by political supporters and registered athletes to Mr A. E. Davy, chairman of the United Party, who, prior to his departure for Wellington, was a resident of Gisborne. Tributes were paid to Mr Davy s organising ability (says a Press Association telegram), both in the political and the athletic world, and the guest was presented by the Gisborne Centre of the New Zealand Cycle, Athletic, and Axemen’s Union with an illuminated address, expressing appreciation of his lengthy association throughout Now Zealand with professional sport. An Invercargill message states that the death is announced of Mrs Menzies, widow of Dr Mcnzies, who was Superintendent ol Southland, aged oightythroc. The deceased was a daughter of Dr Featherston, Superintendent of Wellington and first Agent-General of New Zealand. Tho deceased was noted for her philanthrophy and public spirit.