PERSONALIA

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10610, 8 June 1920, Page 3

PERSONALIA

VICE-REGAL. Their Excellencies the Govcrnor«3e»» oral and the Countess of Liverpool will leave New Zealad bv the s.s lonic for England towards the end of this month. Mr Gavin Hamilton, private secretary, will proceed to Great Britain a week or two later, after completing the settlement of His Excellency’s affairs in the Dominion. Mt A. O. Day, official secretary, will remain in New Zealand, and will act in a similar capacity on the staff of Viscount Jellicoe, the new Governor-Gen-eral. Mr A. D. McLeod, M.P., .has been elected president of the Wairarapa Ladies’ Hockey Association.

Colonel Porter, C. 8., who has been laid aside for several weeks, is now making a good recovery.

It is again reported that the condition of Mr A. W. Hogg, of Masterton. is causing his relatives much anxiety.

An old resident of Auckland, Mr William Parr Baker, died at his residence, Mount Eden, at the end of last week.

The death occurred in Napier towards the end of last week of Mr J. F. Winterbottom, in his eightieth year.

Out of 1G applications Mr H. ,A Blako. of Trentham, has been appoint cd caretaker for the Tauherenikau racecourse.

A cable message from London states that the Pope gave a private audience to Archbishop Redwood, of New Zealand, on Sunday.

The Hon. J. G. Coates, Minister for Public Works, at present visiting tho East Coaaa of the North Island on departmental business, is expected back in Wellington on. Sunday' next.

The Hon. W. Nosworthy, Minister fop Agrciulturo, leaves Wellington this morning for the purpose of opening the Taranaki A. and P. fcihow at New Plymouth to-morrow. Ho is due back in Wellington on Friday morning.

General Sir William R, 'Birdwood and Lady Birdwood and daughter left Wellington for Christchurch last night in commencement of a tour of the South Island. The party is expected to return to Wellington on July 13th.

Tho funeral of the late Mr G. V. Shannon took place yesterday afternoon. Services at St. Paul s proCathedral and subsequently at the Sydney street cemetery were conducted by the Yen. Archdeacon A. M, Johnson.

Tho death has occurred, at Welling* ton, of Mr David Kennedy, an Army veteran formerly of Dundee, Scotland. In his younger days Air Kennedy saw active service, abroad, with the 42nd Highlanders. He leaves a ‘ widow, three daughters, and three... sons.

The following have been elected to the committee of managers of Knox Church, Mastcrton:—Miss G. E. Haggett, ili.se Lois McGregor, Sergeant Miller, and Messrs R. Church, Alex. Donald, Dudd, James Millar, H. L. Pearce, and J. G. Wingate.

According to a cable message froin London, the Prime Minister’s list of birthday honours includes Sir James Elliott, Engineer Adviser to the New Zealand Government, who has been made a Knight of the "British Empire. “

Mr Geonre S. Buckland, newsroom manager of the ‘‘Waikato Times,” ia at present on a holiday visit to Wellington and renewing acquaintance with a number of friends here. Mr Buckland returns to Auckland at the eud of the week, travelling via Napier.

Mr H. Booth, who was formerly a captain in the N.Z.E.F., 11th Reinforcement,, and left Now Zealand:' on ac/tivo service with that body ia 1916, is at present- in Wellington. Mr Booth is now occupying a prominent position iu connection with the vocationaL training of soldiers, and in that capacity has don© excellent work.- H© was recently mentioned in dispatches and recommended for a decoration.

Lieutenant A. E. Byrne, of th* Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F., is at present visiting Invercargill in connection with the history of the regiment that h(v i s writing. The coat of the work is being borne by the regiment with the aid of a subsidy from the Government, and it is intended that it shall cover the doings of the three battalions, so that both Otago and Southland will have a keen interest in it. Lieutenant Byrne is an experienced journalist and he has,been, devoting tho whole cf his time to the compilation of this history which is expected to he ready for publication shortly.

Of ex-Judge Martin, who prosecuted in the Auckland murder case, the “Observer’’ says: “Mr James Crosby Martin discarded his . dungarees, his fishing-lines, his beach, and, his bushland at Russell to re-enter the legal swirl in the Gunn case., It is notable that a man may live in Lotusland, find go back to nature without duninishiug his mental energy. The brilliant incisive cx-iudge was born in England and educated at Riccarton, and at Christ’s College. Ho served articles in Christchurch, and was admitted in 18S1, joining the firm of Duncan and Cotterell. Ho became a stipendiary magistrate in Wellington, and was late Public Trustee, being exalted later to the Supreme Court bench, a position ho ultimately resigned. Among other things, ‘the King of Bussell’ was for eight years captain of the E Battery. N.Z.F.A. It is supposed that now he has done his job for the King he will return to his fastnesses, issuing occasionally to do his duty to tho kingfish.”

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