PERSONAL.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 77, 7 May 1914, Page 14

PERSONAL.

Mr T. M. Wilforti, M.P., left for Wellington last evening. The Rev. Mr Banks was a passenger by last night's ferry steamer for Wellington. ' The Misses Little, of Dalmenv Park, Woodgrove, are staying at the Clarendon Hotel. Mr Edmund Claile, of London, is in Christchurch. He is at present at the United Service Hotel. # Mr J. B. M'Ewan, of Wellington, who is on a visit to Christchurch, is staying at the United Service Hotel. Mr James Little, of Dalmeny Park, Woodgrove, is at present in the city, and is staying at the Clarendon Hotel. Mr Robert Ferguson, a well-respected old identity of Little River, dropped dead in an outhouse on Tuesday. New arrivals at Warner's Hotel include: —Dr and Mrs H. C. Barclay, Waimate; Messrs H. E. Corrigan, Melbourne; A. F. Sincoelc and B. Bavley, Dunedin. The Rev. 11. G. Laing, of Hyderabad, will arrive in Christchurch on Friday, and will be entertained at tea by the members of the Y.M.C.A. Mr Laing is secretary of the Indian branch of the Association. Mr J. J. Hammond, the well-known aviator, has left Feilding for Auckland, where he will join the A'ancouver boat. He goes overland from there to j Montreal, and on to England. He in- j tends to sign on with the Aerial Corps again. Mr F. S. Candy, who has been in the employ of the Canterbury Frozen Meat Co. for the past twentv-tiree years, and who has been manager at Timaru since the company started the Pftreora works, has been appointed manager of the Hawke's Bay Freezing Company. Mr D. J. Gilbert, a well and very favourably known Australian journalist, has been appointed editor of a new Labour paper, "The World," which will make its first appearance in November, in Sydney. For many years Mr Gilbert was on the literary staffs of the Sydney "Daily Telegraph" and the "Morning Herald," but for a time lie gave up newspaper work to follow commercial pursuits. It is intended that 75,000 copies of "The World" shall be issued daily at first, and the annual expenditure is estimated at from £120,000 to £150,000.

Last evening's annual smoke concert of the Canterbury Rowing Club, which marked the jubilee of the club, happened to coincide with the fiftieth birthday of a very well-known rowing enthusiast in Ghristchurch, Mr F. D. Kesteven, who is captain of the l T nion Club and President of the Canterbury Rowing Association. As a token of the regard in which Mr Kesteven is held by oarsinen in general, a number of members of the Canterbury Rowing Club decided to mark the occasion, and la.st evening, on their behalf, Mr R. .J. Hobbs presented him with a case of pipes. On rising to respond, Mr Kehtev«-a was received with such enthusiasm as left 110 doubt as to his popularity amongst the oarsmen of Ghristchurch.