PERSONAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 25 October 1943, Page 2

PERSONAL

Miss Jepson, Renall Street, Mastertno, is visiting Wanganui. Mrs E. P. Cameron, “Pahaua,” Hinakura, has returned from a visit to the South Island. The death occurred at Palmerston North on Saturday of Miss Annie Jane Beattie, daughter of Mr and Mrs R. E. Beattie, of Woodville, at the age of 47 years.

Miss Doreen Atkinson and Miss Molly McKenzie, of Wellington, were the guests of Mr and Mrs G. Daubney, Elizabeth Street, Masterton, during the weekend.

The many friends of Major Stone, who is in charge of the Masterton Corps of the Salvation Army, will be pleased to learn that he is recovering from illness.

Brigadier F. Birks and Brigadier E. Smith, training principal and side officer respectively of the Salvation Army Training College in Wellington, are retiring from active service after many years with the Salvation Army in New Zealand and Australia.

Mr David Lloyd George, aged 80, Father of the House of Commons, has married Miss Frances Stevenson, aged 55, who has been his secretary since the last war, a London cablegram reports. Miss Stevenson was known when she attended the Peace Conference of 1919 with Mr Lloyd George, as the “blonde bewilderment of Versailles.” Diplomats could not understand such a beauty being a statesman’s secretary.

Dr. J. C. Eccles, Sydney, has been appointed Professor of Physiology at Otago University vice Dr. Malcolm, who is retiring this year. Dr. Eccles is a present Director of the Kanematsu Memorial Institute of Pathology at Sydney University. An Australian, he studied at Melbourne University from 1920 to 1925 and won a Rhodes Scholarship, taking him to Oxford where he won many honours and prizes.

Mention was made at the last meeting of the Pahiatua R.S.A. of the fact that for the first time in the history of the Pahiatua Association, a father and son, Messrs W. Guy and Gavin Callender were fellow-members. Mrs W G. Callender, wife of Mr Guy Callendei and mother of Mr Gavin Callender, has been elected president of the women's section of the Pahiatua R.S.A. Mr Guy Callender is a member of the executive.

The death has occurred of Admiral Sir Reginald Hall, who was director of the Admiralty's famous Room 40 in the last war. a London message reports. He was 73 years of age. Room 40 was the headquarters of the Intelligence Division of ’the Admiralty War Staff. Sir Reginald retired from the Navy in 1919 and was Unionist M.P. for the West Derby Division of Liverpool from 1919 to 1923. and for Eastbourne worn 1925 to 1929. His most famous achievement was the capture of the German spy, Von Rintelen. who organised the sabotaging of Allied ships leaving American ports. An unusual feature of the most recent degree list of the University of New Zealand was the conferment of degrees on two prisoners of war in enemy hands. Mr J. H. Hall, journalist, of Wellington, who was captured by the Germans during the campaign in Greece, whore he was Public Relations Officer with the 2nd N.Z.E.F., received the degree of Bachelor of Laws at Victoria University College. He is already a Master of Arts of the university. The second prisoner recipient is Mr L. D. Lee. who received the degree of Bachelor of Commerce. He had completed the bulk of his study at Auckland University College before leaving New Zealand, and was granted a war concession pass in his final subject on receipt of his application. The diplomas of these degrees are in the meantime lodged with their next-of-kin, but the university is informing them of the conferment by air mail.