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Southland Times, Issue 18844, 9 June 1920, Page 5

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Dr Marshall Mac Donald has announced Ills candidature for the Otago University Council, standing as the graduates’ candidate. The election takes place this month. Lord and Lady Liverpool will leave New Zealand by the lonic towards the end of the month. Mr Gavin Hamilton, private secretary, will leave a week or two later, afjer completing the settlement of his Excellency’s affairs in the dominion. Mr Cecil Day, official secretary, will remain in New Zealand, and act in the same capacity on Lord Jellicoe’s staff. The Y.M.C.A. Board of Directors met last evening to bid farewell to Mr D. Cox, who has for the past nine years been caretaker of the local association, and who leaves Invercargill shortly to return to England. Mr C. S. Longuet (president) in making Mr Cox a presentation on behalf of the directors of a cheque and an illuminated address, referred to the excellent service rendered to the association during the term he had been with them. Other speakers endorsed the president’s remark? and spoke highly of the faithful work done by Mr Cox, and an wished him Godspeed and many happy days in his retirement.

Two visits were paid by the late Dr G E. Morrison to New Zealand (says ; he ]-V»t t. The first lime he came he was on bis way to Australia on an indulgence parage. That was in the time when he had much adventure, but very little money. His funds on this occasion, indeed, amounted to 2s 6d, and it needed some little scheming on hia part to arrange for the transfer of his luggage from the steamer which had brought him here to the Australian boat. The next visit was paid only a few years ago. The man was the same, but the years between had given him his reward, and the penniless man had become the most famous white man of the East, political adviser to the Chinese Government, and an authority whose opinions were eagerly sought after by leading men in world affairs. He himself then recalled with pleasure the first acquaintance iie had with New Zealand.

Recently London lost its oldest inhabitant in Mrs “Granny” Lambert, of Gloucester road, Upper Edmonton, N. On January 6 lasl she celebrated her 106 th birthday. Mrs Lambert was born in a ship in the Mediterranean. Both her parents died before she was five, and she had lived at Edmonton since she was 16. She had more than 50 descendants. Her husband died 50 years ago, and she outlived most of' her children. One of her daughters died at the age of 74. Site always gave a Christmas party, and last .year, entertained four generations of her family, including a great-great-grandchild of 10 months. “Granny” Lambert was the life and soul of the party, and made a great pet of the baby. Five generations of her family lived in her house. Gntil a few weeks ago she enjoyed good health. She fell and broke her leg five years ago, and thai accident stopped her practice of helping with the family washing. During the air raids Mrs Lambert took things very philosophically, ami always made a practice of going into a corner of a room until the ‘‘all-clear” was sounded. She had no special long life rules, unless the regular consumption of three glasses of stout per day can be regarded as such, hut latterly she had to forgo such luxuries on account of the high Cost of Living.