PERSONAL ITEMS

Nelson Evening Mail, 21 September 1916, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr I. I. McGregor, of the Nelson Telegraph 'Office has received notice of his transfer on pro-motfons to Dunedin. \ Mr J. H. Cock to-day received a cable from his son, Lieutenant Cock, stating that Flight Suib-Lieutenant Harkness (son of Mr G. A. Harkness, of Nelson) had had to make a forced descent in Holland, where he had been interned. : Lieutenant Harkness was awarded the; Distinguished Service Cross quite recently.

The Right Rev. Stefplhen Reville, whtese death was .recorded yesterday j was appointed Titular B|sho.p of Creamis and Coadjjutaitor Bishop of Sandhurst »by Paipai brief on 27th January, 1885, and succeeded! to the see in 'October, 1901. He was •borm.at Wexford in 1844, and accompanied Dr. Crane, Bishop of Sandhurst, to Australia in 1875,. and afterwards became Vicar-General and Administrator of the diocese.

[ Mr Thos. Edwards, J.P., Mount-street, has been appointed'by His Excellency the Governor to be official visitor to the Mental Hospitals and Homes for Defectives in the province of Nelson. The appointment was announced in Wednesday's Gazette.

The death in Sydney recently of Captain A. J. S. Gibbs, the Obest-known yachtsman in New Zealand, recalls the fact that he was owner of the Spray, the largest yacht prize winner in the Domin'on, if not in Australasia. The New Zealand! Yachtsman states that the Spray was designed fey Captain Gibbs and Mr H. Green, of Dimedin, and was built there 'by the latter in 1877. She was 32ft. 7 inches long on the water line and a draught of 6ft. In all her races she was sailed 'by her owner. She won the chamipkmship at Lyttelton six years in successicn, and was also successful at some regattas at Dunedi'n and Auckland. Her cash winnings totalled £1054, and she also won numerous trophies, one of them beimg valued at £IOO. A remarkable- thing about her was that she never required caulking. A few years ago she went ashore in Auckland during a gale, and was broken into matchwood-

The sudden death of Sir Arthur Markham, M.P., on August 7th, caused a very painful impression in- English political circles. He was only forty-nine, and for months lie had been a "doomed man," and it was the fatal malady from which he suffered which probably accounted for the bitterness with -which he constantly assailed his personal friends in the Government, says an English paper.

The Tsarina is playing her part splendidly in the great war. At its outbreak she was grieved because her only brother, the Grand Duke of Hesse, and her sister's husband, Prince Henry of Prussia, -were taking un arms against the Tsar. But she soon threw off these feelings, and the vast amount of per--1 sonal care she has bestowed on the wounded has had the effect of a bracing tonic. To-day she is the idol of her subjects, and displays more active sympathy •with her people than at any time in her reign. The Tsarina's mother was the late Grand Duchess of Hesse, Princess Alice, daughter of Queen Victoria. 1

In a letter to the South Canterbury executive of the New Zealand Farmers Union, Lieutenant-Colonel Cossgrove, Dominion Chief) Scout Commissioner, stated that the Boy Scouts were willing to assist for harvest puilpioses, provided that they were looked after by the farmers. The boys were all keen and willing to help. The chairman; of the executive said! that the idea was a novel one, 'but it would mean perhaps that the •boys would moke themselves generally useful. If anything: could ibe done in the direction indicated it might be good. Mr 'Garland thought the Btey Scouts were too young, unless they bad! farm experience. Mr Hart thought the association should' 'be thanked for its offer. It was pointed' out thaX J3ie Scouts might be used' for pickinig aip wool during the •shearing time. It was decided to thank Colonel Cossgrove for his offer,, and' ask each -branch to get into touch with the Scout-master in its district.

.Mr Cecil John Ryan, whose death 10courred at Nelson Hospital on Tuesday, •waa one of the best known running men in Tasmania. He came from) Hobart last February as an apple packer for Messrs Bnxton and Co., I«bd. Filling ini the off •season he was bush felliriig at Tokonoro, and on Thursday last was taken seriously ill. He was taken to Motneka where he was found to he suffering from meniri)gitfs. On Mondiav he was brought ito the NeLsoni Htospiital and diedi next day. Deceased was a single anan.and his parents reside at Hobart.

One of Pallmerstoni's old identities, Mr J. W. De Blois, who for the past 25 years has 'been a familiar figure in this town (says a palmierston North paper), passed away at the hospital on Friday at the age of 72. The late Mr De Blois came originally from Nelson, and..was for some years warder in the New Plymouth) gaol. He removed to Pa toner-s-ton some 25 years ago, and for a long time occupied/ the jplcsition of Health Inspector under the Borough Council. After giving uipi that position, he left Palmerston for a few years, returning; more recently. He leaves a 'faimaly ox •seven to mourn their loss, including Sapper W. De Blois (now with the New Zealandi Forces in France).

Second-lieutenant J. Maxwell Quiiley, who died of "wounds received' in action in France, was a son of Mr J. M. Sunley of Westport andi a native of Nelson. He was 22 years old. He left with the New Zealand l Artillery as a sergeant, and •wag at Gralliipoli .until the retirement. Subsequently he wast promoted to rank of second-lieutenant . A month ago his parents were advf.sed that he had been slightly -wounded flay shrapnel, having been buried' by the explosion of a shell and had suffered from/ shock. Afterwards he (rejoined) his company, and was "wounded again. Before he enlisted he was employed) :by the WestiportJ Harbour Board. He took a prominent part in atheletic Sports.