PERSONAL

Gisborne Times, Volume LXX, Issue 11126, 8 February 1930, Page 4

PERSONAL

A London cablegram announces the death of the Earl of La thorn, aged 35 years.—P.A. copyright.

A London cablegram .record* the death on Thursday of Major-General Sir Henry Hodson. who shared Lord Allenby's campaign in Palestine with the Australian Mounted* —P.A. copyright.

The Rev. IV. T. Drake, a wellknown ex-resident oi Gisborne, and now organising secretary for the General Diocesan Eund. will preach at Holy Trinity C'liurcli to-morrow evening.

Afr. F. Chichester, the N.Z. aviator who flew from London' to Sydney. is a passenger aboard the Ataunganr.i, which left Sydney yesterday for Wellington. Several aeroplanes flew over the vessel as a tribute to the intrepid aviator.—P.A. copyright. Air. P. G. Lewis, headmaster <n the Cambridge District High School, has been appointed an inspector of schools in the Hawke's Bay district. Air. Lewis left tin* Dannevirke North School a year ago to take up his position at Cambridge. The engagement is announced of •Josephine Hortense Smith, of Wairarapa. only daughter of Air. Edward Smith and the late Airs Smith, of Staffordshire. England. to John Commons, of Hawke's Buy, only son of Airs, and the late Air. 4. H. Commons, of Christchurch.

‘/■You have a responsibility here which you will have to meet." stated Air. P. H. Harper. S.AL. in the Magistrate's Court yesterday, addressing Oswald Pitcher, who had admitted arrears of £'24 to January 9 ou a maintenance order. “You were foolish to incur this further responsibility. Aou had no right to get married when you had this child to maintain." Air! L. T. Rurnard

appeared for complainant. Defendant stated in evidence that his default. had been due to being out of work. Since incurring the responsibility. he had married and his wife _ had a child in August last. Stating that the best thing to do would be to give defendant a chance to obtain employment, the Afag' trate' adjourned the case for two months.

In investigating the circumstances surrounding tho use of machine-guns in the recent Sauioan trouble, the Chief Judge (Air. J. H. Luxford) who sat' as coroner, tackled a subject with which he is uncommonly well 'acquainted, says the “Sun.' By a curioUj. coincidence the man chosen to inquire into the shootings wrote “The Official History of Now Zealand Machine Gun Corps.’’ In addition to his legal career, which began at To Awaihutu- when he was --.•Air. Luxford has a distinguished military record, during the course ot which he gained administrative experience both as a territorial otfleor and ou active service. One of flip fruits, ol his military training which included specialised machinegun .work, was hi.s hook, which takes an important place among the recognised records of the New Zoa*aut* Expeditiopary Forces.—Special.