PERSONAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 May 1921, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Mr. Justice Reed, accompanied by his associate (Mr A. Hamilton) leaves for Wanganui by the mail train this morning.

A London message reports the death of Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Arthur Knyvet Wilson, and also of Admiral Sir James Bruce.

Lord Inverforth, acting on medical advice, has resigned the chairmanship of the Munitions Disposal Commission, Sir Howard Frank succeeds him. )

Miss Clive Catherine Clapham, of the Middle Temple, has achieved the distinction of being the first woman to pass the final bar examination in England.

Sir Edward Grigg has succeeded Mr. Philip Kerr as one of Mr. Lloyd George’s private secretaries. He will be engaged in work relating to the Dominions.

Major O’Toole (Taranaki), Dr. J. A. plineh (Auckland), Dr. ..East (Auckland), Messrs. W. H. Humphrey (Taranaki) and W. H. Tripe (Wellington) have resigned their positions as district commissioners of boy scouts. The Rev. H. W. Austin, M.A., Queen’s College, Cambridge, Curate of the Cathedral, Nels oh, has been appointed Chaplain of the Collegiate School. Mr. Austin served as a Chaplain in the Imperial Forces, 1915-1919 and was mentioned in despatches. General Smuts, Sir Thomas Smartt, and Colonel H. Mentz have sailed from Capetown to attend the Imperial Conference. Owing to the absence of Colonel Mentz, who is Minister of Defence, the Defence Bill has been dropped for this session. The death took place at Auckland yesterday of Mr. Frank C. Robertson, formerly of New Plymouth, and a brother of Messrs. R. W. D. Robertson and F. H. Robertson, of New Plymouth. Deceased had been ailing for some time, and his death was not unexpected. He was a well-known cricketer, having played for the old Carrington Road Club/and a kindly natured man whose early death will be generally regretted.

Thursday’s Gazette contans notfication of the appointment of the following as members of the Board of Health: Dr. Donald Johnston McGavin, C.M.G., D. 5.0., F.R.C.8.; Dr. James Sands Elliott; Dr. Henry Lindo Ferguson, C.M.G., F.R.C.5.1.; Sir James Geotge Wilson; Mr. William Ferguson; Mr. Murdoch Fraser; Mrs. Jacobina Luke, C.8.E.; the Hon. William Henry Triggs, M.L.C., and Mr. Thomas Frederic Martin.

The death took place recently in England of Miss .Sarah Selwyn, second daughter of the late Bishop J. R. Selwyn and Mrs. Selwyn, of Cambridge. Born at Norfolk Island, Miss Selwyn was sent to England at the age of two years, and she and her elder sister grew up mainly under the care of their grandparents at Lichfield—-first at the Palace, and, after the death of Bishop G. A. Selwyn, at Mrs. Selwyn’s house at the Close. Misa Selwyn’s health began to fail in 1910, and she passed away at Bournemouth on March 12 last, after years of intermittent and increasing suffering. Miss Selwyn was assistant secretary in the Melanesian Mission’s office for some months when there was a difficulty in getting help, and later she became honorary secretary of the Melanesian Association at Lichfield.