PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 63, 19 March 1913, Page 5

PERSONAL.

The death of Sir Richard Nicholson is announced from London.

The Rev. B. Hutson and his soil; Dr Hutson, are on a visit to Stratford.

Sir W. Hall-Jones will leave Lon don for New Zealand on March 20

Mr Broadhead, a Christchurch student, has won an open senior scholar- '» ship at Trinity College, Cambridge.

Dr. Steven and Mrs Steven return to Stratford this evening by the mail train.

The Mongolia’s passengers for New Zealand, states a Sydney cable, are: Mr Cotter, Mesdames Cotter and Begg, and Misses Cotter and Begg.

Mr Justice Sim will, it is stated, shortly retire from the Arbitration Court duties. Judge Sim’s successor has not been announced, but it is believed that Mr Hoskings, K.C., of Dunedin, has first option on the appointment.

Detectives Fahey (Timaru), Ward (Dunedin), Connolly (Dunedin), Cameron (Invercargill), Hollis (Auckland), Kemp (Napier), and Hunt (Dunedin), have been promoted to be detectivesergeants as\ from March Ist.—P.A.

The death is announced of Captain Lyon, R.N.R., at London, for many years master in the P. and 0. line. 111-health necessitated his retirement, and he was appointed nautical assessor under the Board of Trade and was a member of the Titanic Enquiry Board.

The captain of the steamer Naming, which had such a marvellous escape from foundering in a recent Atlantic hurricane, has been presented by Lloyds with a watch and a cheque for £llOO. The first officer was presented with a cheque for £125, and the boatswain with one for £SO.

Mr J. W. Jackson, a very old respected colonist, who for many years was landlord of the Pier Hotel, Wanganqi, died on the Bth inst. in that town. The deceased was a great turf enthusiast, and was well known for his love of sport and his integrity. For some time he resided at Normanby.

Miss Gill, of Cookham House, Dunedin, won the first prize in the art union

in connection with the Citizen’s Gar-

den Fete in Dunedin. The prize was a gold nugget equal in value to a ; round' trip to Australia. The second prize, equal in value to a trip through New Zealand, went to Mr W. H. ( Simpson, of Sjelwyn College.. i

The, death is announced, from Wan- • • ganui of' Mr 'Joseph Chadwick, aged ‘•f! 88'years/ > A‘Press Association' mes-i sage to-day states that deceased was a well known old identity and took part in the Maori wars. He was at one time a Borough Conn nil or, and was prominent in local affairs until his retirement twelve years ago. Formerly he was in business as an auc•m tioneer.

j ,: f r t T ,i'j ' ' r i ) . _ ■ ? . 1 , Miss Grace Watson, writing to the Sydney Daily Telegraph from London, expresses herself as delighted with the great city, where she hopes to spend some years. She was a guest at the annual dinner of women journalists and thoroughly enjoyed the function. After dinner she says: “We adjourned to the smoking lounge, and fully 50 per cent of the guests smoked.” There was but one man present.

Captain M’Callum, a well-known figure in Port Chalmers for many years, died at his residence at the age of 80 years on Sunday night. Captain M’Callum was born in Argyllshire, Scotland, and came out to Victoria at the time of the gold rush in that State. When the Gabriel’s Gully field started in Otago he sailed for Port Chalmers with a mining companion, but instead of going inland to the diggings he remained at the port. He was shortly afterwards appointed as captain of one of tho first of the Union Company’s boats, trading between Otago Harbour and Hokitika, in which position he remained for several years. He was gazetted as railway piermaster for Port Chalmers in 1873, and two years later he was appointed by the Otago Harbour Board as deputy harbourmaster. In 1893 he became harbourmaster, in which position he remained until his retirement about six years ago. Captain McCallum had been in poor health for the past 12 months. He leaves a widow, throe daughters, and two sons.

Brigadier-General Sir W. H. Manning, the new Go/eir.or of Jamaica, baa had a remarkable career ,says the Daily Sketch). There is probably r.e one alive who has ?■ cn more lighting in tropical Africa than he. Sir William is a short man, spare of figure, and with light grey-blue eyes. He is in appearance—as he has proved to be in fact—an ideal commander of native troops. Before ho was married —an event which occurred in 1910 -

Sir William upon one occasion, when

questioned why he remained a bachelor, gave as his reason chat he could never find a lady who could bring herself to like his town house. * Why, what is the matter with it?” asked his questioner. ‘‘Nothing whatever, I assure you,” he replied, “only, you see, it happens to be situated in the heart of Africa.”

Household drapery and furnishings are largely stocked at A. Spence’s store, Broadway, Stratford. Blankets, sheetings, table damask, serviettes, d’oyleys, tray cloths, runners, duchess sets, apron dowlas, glass cloth, honeycomb and Marcella quilts are shown in great variety and marked at lowest prices,