PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 30, 28 September 1912, Page 5

PERSONAL.

' ; ,Sir Rudolph Slatin, of Soudan fame ' lias been decorated with the Lrand .Cross of "the Victorian Order. * ;■;', Nurse Blewitt, late of the staff of ' ~ /the>Stratford Hospital, left last night •V. for Auckland. ■ , •'■'• ■■■■''Mr. CVE. Seabright, stationmaster . at- Midhirst, resumed duty this after- ■ noon, after a fortnight's sick loave. : Mn Fred. Kirby, associate editor of ..the. "New Zealand Times," has purchased 'the "Northern Advocate, , .'* Whangarei. "■ Mi\ 0. M. Smith, of Palmerston, has accepted a position as associate editor bf-the' "N.Z. Shipping and Commerce ~-\ • Gazette.", } "' - . / '.Mr.C. J. McKenzie, engineer.in the Public Works Department, return- : ' ed to • Stratford from Wanganui last evening.. ■ Mr A. C. Bell, of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. s land agency staff, returned last night ' from a ten days' visit to the Waikato district. . ... .•'.- .Captain: Young, of the Veterinary ■+< .•Division of the: Agricultural DepartAu on an official visit to Strat- .,', ford to-day. '■" '. ••'iM 'J'The i; EeV< John Hutchiri, of the Lon- ■ (!! don" Missionary Society's Station, at ■ l! *Rara.tongay died in''Wellington yester- ■ •• ! ' day affcerrioonVHe had been a resident •I''-'of-the l Cook Islands for thirty years. ,!■/. iQwihg' to'ill-health he came to New -'■ ■< Zealafid in'tlie 1 Aorangi on her last trip; ■'-I ' aCcbrirpanieJd by Mrs. Hutchin. He was m\'\ fifte-fiv©''y'eatS;of age.', V'.,,'; ' n'. / Tli'e 1 death occurred at'Ka'ppriga yes--1 '■' tefday' of Mr. A. 'Bitchier, scnoolm'as- ' I 1 "-'ter ■ hi. Te ' Kiri: He was' proceeding 'to '-- : the Hawera Hospital in a cab at .the time of his death. Deceased had a ,lonf> 'and successful career as a teacher.' A ; son (Mi ( ; L ; o\y.en Buchler),is h.eadmas : '-."'ter-'at AshhuTst, and another son (Mr. ; ' L. Buchler) is in Stratford on the staff of the school. '. Mr A. M. Southam, of Stratford, ~ nine years has ioccupied the Sosition of secretary of the iarainaki [apt.er Tailprs' Union, was on Thursi;'i\ day the- recipient of a presentation. '' J , ll 'Th.'e, -testimonial, which was il" silver '['', /watch bearing an appropriate msenpI 'tion,,was presented by the president " on beha;f of die ~' Tarariaki Master Tailors, as a mark '.''of esteem and a slight recognition of . liis' Services to the union. .* A welcome home was extended to • : the Mayor of (Mr. W. -WV ■ McCardle) by- the citizens last even- , < ing, upon the occasion of his return , ■ from Australia, after having. underV ? gone a successful operation. The wel- /.,- come took the form of a social (says a ,;; wire this morning), when the Mayor was presented witn an illuminated address,, and Mrs. McCardle with a handsome silver tea service and a purse of .Sovereigns. Mr. McCardle has been identified with borough affairs for the ; "' past twenty years, having seived seventeen years as Councillor and three years as Mayor; ,; Commissioner Henry T. Howard, who has been appointed chief o_f the ' ' staff of the Salvation Army in succession to Mr. Booth, has been ; an officer of the Army for thirty-one .'years. He progressed rapidly as a man of sound ideas and quick executive ca- ' pacity, and in 1884 was appointed Commissioner for Australasia, a position he: retained until 1892* He then be- ; .' came Director of 'Field Work in {Great Britain and Principal of the Army's ', International Training College at Clapton.' Many interesting stories are told of the young Emperor of Japan to show : -his'democratic leanings. Walking is one of his favourite exercises, and he ; ' is.Wellknown for miles round his country seat, Hayama, as he goes tramping over hill and dale in pursuit of '"- ' health. On one occasion', when miles away from home, he overtook an old ! woman trudging 'painfully up a>, mil. ;.;,; The .Emperor went up to her, and, with a smile, "lianded his walking-stick ..' to her to assist,' telling her at the same time to keep it as a present from himself. ,At St. Eval Church, Cornwall, on , ~ | August 7,' .a stained-glass window was ; ■ decucated;hy the-Rev. C. Bridgewater, rectpj- -, of.' St Tudy, in memory of John and Mabel'Lock, vicar of St. Broward, who lost their lives by drowning in New Zealand on February 13, 1912. ~,', The sad occurrence will, be in the recollection of many. Much sympathy was felt in the parish in which : ' : they spent their young days and where their father-was vicar for many .years, jpfgjid a desire was expressed that some Wi memorial should be placed in the Church in which they so 5 often wor■Eihipped.—Church Times. ;- Dr. P. W. Menzies and Mrs. Merizios, left, by (he mail train this morning en route for Auckland, where they , : intend to remain for some time.' Yesterday afteraoon-at the Stratford Club : members met Dr. Menzies to wish him .. farewell. The president (Mr. A. W. '■''Budge) expressed the verv general regret felt at Dr. Menzies' decision to leave this district, and the reason /which had prompted him to do so—viz. •the continued, indifferent health of

HtS.'/'Menzicis, and presented him with a token of the high esteem in which he ,* Ja hold. The gathering was a very large one. It is pleasing to record that Dr. and Mrs. Menzics have heeii receiving other pleasant proofs .of : their popularity here. Mrs. Menzies '■■■ was presented with a gold bangle as a hy a'll timber of her lady ■ friends' at a recont gathering.