PERSONAL ITEMS.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 15222, 9 March 1915, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

x * • I Mr C. I\. Pollen, Commissioner of Crown Lands, went Korth last iligho jon .Departmental business. . His Honour Mr Justice Dcnniston t lea res for the West Coast this jnorn- i .ing. s . Mr Eric D. lleid Las been advised ■" that he has passed the first section of I.' the 13.A. degree examination of tho o University of JN'cw Zealand. c St. Paul's Church. Oainarn, which r( has been without a minister since tho ° retirement of the Rev. K. J. Porter, Bl lias decided to invite the Rcr. W. W. Brown, of Mataura, to fill tho pastorato. Mr and Mr.s Green and family, of the Excelsior Hotel, were the recipients of a handsome present on Saturday night from their staff and friends, prior to thoir departure from the hotel. . ' Lieut.-Kenneth Sinclair-Thomson, of the 21st Indian Cavalry, /who was killed in action last week in Persia, was an enthusiastic polo player. Ho visited Now Zealand on loavc about M eighteen months ago, and had some or New Zealand ponies and a charger sent out to him shortly afterwards to Poona. 01 "While obituaries were being con- ' , sidered at the Methodist Conference oc ' yesterday, special reference was made N by several members of Conference to wt the death of the Kcv. .1. N. Buttle, <]c and his work in connexion with for- ~' eign inissionß, of which ho was secretary for a number of years. It waa re! stated that his chief interest in life to the time of his death was foreign missionary work. He was the son of one ; of the earliest pioneer missionaries of the Waikato, and was born in that part of the Dominion. I>r. Thomas Mill, of Geraldine (who was in practice in Christchurch a few years ago), has determined to offer his services at one of tho Base Hospitals at tho front, an he feels that r -' ,a members of his profession are. needed in I there (says the Timaru ''Hera Id' r ). In ha srder that h.o may reach Europe in wa May, he wili leave Geraldine in about a m* Fortnight, and sail from Sydney on April 7th. He "will be accompanied as P Ol far as England by Mrs .Mill. At the He meeting of tho Geraldine High School th; Committee on Saturday Dr. Mill in- tht timated his intentions, and tendered reß his resignation from the committee. It q* was resolved, on the motion of tho chairman (I>r. Patersonj. seconded by Mr J. Kennedy, that while regretting tn < the loss of Dr. Mill's services as a colleague, the committee desires to ex-iire-ss its admiration of the course which he is adopting, and wishes him Gcdspeed and a safe return to Geraldine. Mr Hughe* and other members also spoke to tho motion, expressing their nex appreciation of the services which Dr. rat< Mill has rendered, and their good tha ivishfs. oug Tlie deatli occurred at Nupior on Sat- Ina ; Lirday of Mns Mahalath DabneyKins. relict of the late Mr G. L. King, ot pm Napier, and mother of Captain W. S. SUft King, of Christchurch. well Known in der Dominion band and military circles. ITie deceased lady, who was" seventy- Brie [ive years of age and a native of Hastings, England, was a keen enthusiast Ligl ,n musical matters, and she was par- Fire :icularly interested in singing and band work. Uiree of her sons, Messrs W. 5., H. H.. and H. A. King, have been & connected with Dominion bands for '» < many years, while her youngest l4d.

laughter. Mrs J. A. Bosewarne (nee Miss Adele King), is well known as a mezzo contralto vocalist. The late Mrs King and her husband, who died lbout three years ago, came to New Zeainnd in 18/4 with three young children, and they lived for several years in Dunedin. later they removed to 3amnru, and for ninny years past the whole family, with the exception of Mr W. S. King, has been living in Napier and about the Hawke's Bay province. The deceased lady leaves tour sons, two daughters, and many iloscendant-s to the fourth generation to mourn their loss.