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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10294, 31 May 1919, Page 3

, Temporary-Major- de Castro, of tbt> 4th (.Waikato) Mounted Rifles, one of the members of the A .M.R. football team in England, which team is to rapresent the , Egyptian Expeditionary Force at,, the military tournament in April* was at Gallipoli; for,,a,short time,' and has been through the whole of tuo Egyptian and Palestine campaign.' a keen . enthusiast... for football, he has always organised afoothall team wherever ho has been located, behoving that- by - diverting the mind from the- lighting : the. game should help to keep the then fit. The A.M. football team has never - been beaten, and has won two gold medals. The last one was presented to -the team by the wile of the Comm.mcef-in-Chief, Lady Allenby, bolero leaving fpr : England,' their comrades wishing them luck as their representatives.

• Mr George Grovillc Bridges, Regis-trar-General of Laud and ’District Lund ivegistrar- at Wellington, will retire on superannuation to-day; Mr Bridges was born at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire-, England; 'and educated'St.aou ih 11 nip ton College. Arriving in'Duiiedm in 1670 by the ship Warrior yucca, -Mr Bridges was articled to the late '.Mr dahies Mncassey, and six years later was admitted a barrister and solicitor 0f... the, Supreme C'oun. In IB7h he jenned. the Land Transfer Department as Exit miner,, of Titles at Christchurch After ho had filled that position ' lot eight years, he was transferred to Dim edm, where, in addition to being Exam incr ol Titles, ho was also Dcputy-Gom missioner of .Stamps. From Novcmbei, 1802,’ until October; 1 '181W; he wt.n De 1 pnty-Land Registrar at. ‘Wellington; and was then appointed District Land Be gistnir ; and Deputy-Commissioner -a Stamps for Hawke’s Bay. He .-nib.sequentiy held a similar appointment in .Christchurch. Six ‘or seven years ■■ago, bo came back to Wellington froni' Christchurch to become Registrar-Gen-eral of Lands and Wellington. District; Land Registrar. He has been on three months’ leave prior to his retirement Mr W. Wyinks, formerly. District Land Registrar in Christchurch, will succeed Mr Bridges, and Mr-Gr-B.—?7vdder,- now stationed at Dunedin, will fill the vacancy in Christchurch. -

Tlie death occurred at Palmerston North on Thursday-night of Mr Uokcu Gardner, formerly Government hand Valuer for Manawatu. Deceased was one of tut pioneers gt the fla.tinuliii" industry.

Mr 'Harold W. Tidnian, secretary of Snicetons, Ltd., Auchland, has been appointed to a Government position in .Wellington, and will bo leaving lor 'be south shortly to takpup his new duties.

• The first attempt to transport tbo mails by ,air is credited to the British’. under-whose auspices the experiment whs made with varying success in India in 1911.