PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2218, 3 August 1914, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS

The Hon. Gilbert Carson was entertained'ou Saturday afternoon by the Mavor of Wanganui and many citizens and representatives of local public bodies, in recognition of 'his elevation to. the Legislative Council.—Press Association. The funeral of the late Sir. Caleb Lusty took place at Petone yesterday afternoon, and was largely attended. The cortege left Mr. Lusty's : late residence, Britannia Street; for. the Taita cemetery, and representatives of--,tho Foresters' Lodge, besides . employees of the Petone Woollen Mills, (where the deceased was engaged), and many. friends followed. The pall-bearers were: Messrs. J. and A. Lusty (brothers of the deceased), and Messrs. Carrington, Reeve, Jenkins, and Mockeridge. Tho service/at the graveside was conducted' by the Rev ."J. J. Lewis. On Saturday Mr. Herbert Bloy was approached by the committee of. the Royal Choral Society to take the' musi- ■ cal directorship of the society,, in'-'suc-cession, to Mr. Christian Hellemauu,'resigned. Mr. Bloy consented to take the .post offered him and will at. once take up the control of , the rehearsals of Saint-Sa'bl3s-6' ; 'bt)^ril''':- l 'Siih\sbn and Delilah." . ( A most /enjoyable evening was spent at the Masonic Hall on Friday evening last, when "Major J. A. Cowles, who has recently been transferred to - Carterton, was entertained by the 'facers, past and present, of the Fifth (\,filing- ■ ton) Regiment, lato Ist Battalion Wellington Aides'. Advantage was takenof tho occasion to present Major Cowles wit'h a handsome token of the esteem: in which he is lield by his brother' officers.. The New Zealand bowlers left Sydney on Saturday for Wellington, states a. Press Association message. . A Press. Association' message from Napier states:—"A cablegram received reports the death at the Brisbane Hospital of : Mr. C. M. Whittington, chairinaii of the Education Board, and pro- t prietor of the Waipawa 'Mail.' Ho w«9 on a hcalth-recruitim; trip." ■ Mr. N Whittington Whi tho oldest son of' the late Mr. Len. Whittington. of , AVai- 1 pawa, and only surviving' brother of Mrs. A. A. Corrigan.. - " Mr. E. Short, the well-known breeder of Romncy, Marsh sheep, has received a communication from the Panama Exhibition Commission asking him.to accept . the position: of Commissioner of.Stopk at the Exhibition,, the management of which will be entrusted to representative men. / Captain Pearse, editor of . tho-''Pastoralists' Review," is acting for Australia. Mr. Short'has accepted the offer, and sails next August—Press, Association. . Those from Wellington who intend to be present at tho congross"of the Bri--" tisli Association in Australia this month ' will include Mr. George Hogben (l;i----spector-Geueral. of Schools), Professors Picken, Laby, and Cottoii, of Victoria College staff, and probably Dr. Cockayne, and Mr. A, H. Cockayne (Agricultural Department). Dr. Cockayne was to have acted as secretary-'of tho New Zealand Congress duriug'Professor Laby's absence, but now that tho former gentleman has all but decided to no to Sydney, another acting-secretary, will, have to bo appointed. The Wellington party will leave for Sydney on Friday next, if not prevented by developments in Europo. Among the group of , distinguished scientists to visit Wellington next month will bo Professor F. W. Dysour Astronomer-Royal, the Director of the Greenwich Observatory. His chief object in visiting New Zealand is in conuoction with the Cawthrou Observatory, in connection with which he will probably pay a visit to Nelson. Mr. Beachani, manager of thpj'Smart Set," who has ]ust v arrived .from Christchurch, is leaving to-day for Picton and Nelson. ! A pleasant ceremony took place at tho Wellington Education Board offices on Saturday morning, when Mr. H. 0. Davis, A.N.Z.1.A., who is leaving Wellington to coilimencc practising architecture on his own account, was the recipient of a token of regard from the staff of the Education Board. Mr. G. L. Stewart, secretary of the board, made the presentation, and Mr. '1\ R, Fleming, the Chief Inspector, also spoke in appreciative words of Mr. Davies's \|-ork w'hilo with tho board.