PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 83, 12 August 1913, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Air T. I). Sullivan, Borough Over seer, was last night granted his cus tomary annual three weeks’ holiday.

The appointment of Air Herbert Henniker Heaton, 8.A., as Assistant Colonial Secretary of Mauritius is announced. His father is Sir J. Henniker Heaton, Bart.

Mr Hiley, the newly-appointed General Manager for Railways, lelt Liverpool for Canada by the Empress of Ireland on Friday. He will join the Niagara at Vancouver on September 3, and reach Auckland on September 23.

Air C. Massey, manager of the Bank of Australasia at Stratford, is at present on holiday leave. Air F. H. Wilkie is acting-manager during Mi Massey’s absence, and Mr A. C. St. Paul is relieving Air Wilkie.

The many friends in this district of Air R. H. Skipwith, the 1 well-known sporting writer and starter, will be glad to learn that he has made a good recovery from bis recent attack of pneumonia, and expects to be present at the Grand National meeting to-day.

One hundred thousand people witnessed Cody’s funeral at Aldershot, states a London cable. Seven hundred troops, representing all units, marched in procession, and every aviation organisation was represented. The aeral league sent a wreath inscribed “in honor of a brave man who served the Empire well.”

Mr J. A. Patterson, one of the twelve men who penetrated Africa shortly after the death of Livingstone to found a mission on Lake Nyassa, now lives in Portland, Oregon, where he is an elder and charter member of Westminster Church. He was the marine engineer with the missionary party, having charge of a steam launch which was sent up the inland waters of the Dark Continent. The mission still serves as a • monument to the great explorer. Only two other members of the party are now living.

Mr R. W. Boon, who has done yeoman service for the Stratford Football Club, leaves on Thursday for Whakatane, Bay of Plenty, where he has decided to settle, after his rnariarge at the end of this year. Last night Mr Boon was entertained at dinner by the Stratford Football Club, the president of the Club, Mr T. C. Fookes presiding over a gathering of about forty. In the course of the evening tho chairman presented Mr Boon with an enlarged photograph of the team, and a travelling trunk, speaking, in doing so, of Mr Boon’s good Services to the club. Mr Boon .suitably acknowledged the gift. Other toasts proposed were “Taranaki Rugby Union,” proposed by Mr D. J. Malone and responded to by Mr R. Masters, and “The Stratford Football Club,” proposed by Mr C. Jackson and responded to by Mr Dewar, captain of the team.

The Queen of Spain has a preponderance of boys—three sons and two daughters. On the whole the thrones of Europe are well provided wdth male heirs. In England there are four sons and one daughter, in Germany six sons and one daughter, in Belgium tw’O sons and one daughter, in Denmark two sons, in Sweden three sons, and in Norway one son. The King of Greece has three sons and one daughter, and the King of Bulgaria two sons and two daughters. On tV other side may be set the case of Russia, with one son and three daughtrs; of Holland, with one daughter; and of Italy, with one son and three daughters; w’hile in Austria, where owing to the law of succession, male heirs are particularly important, there are only two daughters; the children of the morganatic marriage of the heir presumptive are, of course, ineligible.

Colonel Cody, who was killed recently while aeroplaning, was 51 years of age, and was a brother of Colonel Cody, of “Buffalo Bill” fame, whose retirement from the show business was announced last week. He was an American, and first came into prominence with his man-lifting kite, a device which was held to be of great value in detecting the manoeuvres of the enemy. The - British War Office engaged the Colonel in airship and flying machine work for the British Army at Aldershot. Since then he has designed and driven bi-planes. He had the distinction of making the first practical flying machine in Britain and was also the first man to fly in Britain. He was a competitor for the Daily Mail £IO,OOO prize for a circuit of Britain. He made a world’s record cross-country flight in September, 1909, and won the Royal Aero Club’s special brevet and silver medal. In August of last year he distinguished himself further by winning two first nrizefi of £4OOO and £IOOO in the War

Office aeroplane competition. Colonel Oodv was a naturalised Britisher and,

like Graham White, a careful airman never taking risks.