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Taranaki Daily News, 18 June 1921, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Rev. O. Blundell, of New Plymouth, is at present in Auckland, having been . summoned north owing to the illness of his father. A London cablegram states that Dr. Addison, who was reported to have resigned from the Ministry, denies having done so. Mr. Justice Higgins has resigned his position as president of the Federal Arbitration Court, but is retaining; his position in the High Court. The Prince of Wales sustained a bad spill while playing polo at Aidershot on Wednesday owing to his bridle breaking. He resumed the game, but limped when walking. It is understood, says a London message, that the .Viceroy of India strongly recommends a visit from the Prince of Wales to India in the autumn as likely to assist the political situation. A Paris message states that Mademoiselle Suzanne Lenglen, the tennis player, announces thqj, she is going to America in July and that she is also going to Australia. Mr. J. Paton, who recently resigned the managership of the New Plymouth branch of the New Zealand Insurance Company, leaves on Tuesday night for Auckland, where he and Mrs. Paton will reside in future. The appointment of LieutenantColonel (temp. Brigadier-General) William Meldrum, C. 8., C.M.G., D. 5.0., to be colonel and to command the Wellington Rifle Brigade is announced. Mr. Alexander Sangster, who died in Invercargill a few days ago, was one of the oldest residents of Southland. He came to New Zealand in 1873, and in his earlier years was active •in local politics, at one time unsuccessfully contesting the mayoralty of Invercargill against Sir Joseph Ward. Mr. W. T. Jennings, & member of the New Zealand House of Representatives, called on the Acting-Premier of Queensland (Mr. W. H. Gillies/, says a Brisbane paper, bearing letters of introduction from the Minister for Internal Affairs. Mr. Jennings proceeded to Ipswich in the afternoon to visit relatives. At a lecture at Christchurch Mr. “Cairo” Bradley paid a glowing tribute to the memory of Samuel Forsyth, a New Zealand V.C. He said that he was one of the whitest of men and worked like a trojan in the line and out of the line. He was a man that all New Zealand should be proud of, a man who served his country and his God. A Press telegram from Wellington says that Mr. T. W. Kirk, on his retirement from the Agricultural Department, where he served 42 years, was the recipient of a handsome solid silver entree dish from the New Zealand fruitgrowers’ conference. His services were eulogised, speakers saying he had proved a highly capable and considerate officer and had done splendid work for the Dominion.