PERSONAL

Taranaki Daily News, 3 April 1922, Page 4

PERSONAL

Mr. T. A. B. Bailey, S.M., is at present an inmate of a Wanganui private Hospital. A Brisbane cable message announces that Mr. Justice MeCawley has been appointed Chief Justice. The Rev. J. G. Castle, of Eltham, who has accepted an appointment on the staff of the Palmerston Northx Boys’ High School, leaves to take up his new appointment just after Easter. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Bone, of Hawera, left on Saturday for Wellington, en route to England via the Tahiti. The death occurred at Wanganui on Saturday morning of Mr. John Robertson, well known in Taranaki. He leaves a widow and two daughters. Mr. P. Scott Leggatt, a principal of the firm of Thomas Summerson and feons, Ltd., of Darlington, has acquired an interest in the New Zealand Iron Oro Smelting Company, and has Joined the board of directors to fill a vacancy caused By a resignation. Mr. Leggatt left on Saturday for Wellington. Mr. S. Percy Smith, of New Plymouth, who has beer in ill health for some time, was reported yesterday to be maintaining a slight improvement. Mr. James Doyle retired on Friday after 32A years of active work as chief sanitary inspector to the Wellington City Corporation. Mr. A. B. Charters, who was inspector of schools in the Wellington district, and left the service about 18 months ago to take up farming in the Auckland province, has rejoined the Education Department with headquarters at Auckland. Mr. H. M. Gore, a member of the “Hansard” staff, who has completed 42% years' work in the public service, has notified the Government that he intends to retire on superannuation as from June 30 next. Mr. Gore entered the public service as a cadet in the Lands Department so long ago as 1879, and later was for six years private secretary to successive Ministers for Lands under different Administrations.

Lieutenant-General Sir A. J. Godiey, Military Secretary to the Secretary of State for War, ' has been appointed General Officer Commanding-in-Chief British Army of the Rhine (writes The Post’s London correspondent under date February 17). Commenting on this appointment, the Morning Post remarks that he did good work in the Dardanelles, Egypt, and in France, was repeatedly “mentioned,” and received the K.C.8., as well as promotion to Lieuten-ant-General. He also gave a good account of himself in the South African War in 1899-1901. His successor at the War Office is Lieutenant-General Sir W. E. Peyton, who was for two years Military Secretary at general headquarters in France during the war. General Godley succeeds on the Rhine LieutenantGeneral Sir T. L. N. Morland, who is coming to England to be General Officer Commanding-in-Chief at Aldershot. It is noted as a coincidence that all three officers have been on the Rhine, as Sir A. J. Godiey commanded the 4th Corps, Rhine Army, in 1919, and Sir W. E. Peyton the cavalry division in the same year.