PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2792, 9 June 1916, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

_ Brigadier-General Sir A. W. Eobin, Commandant of the New Zealand Forces, visited lreutliam Camp yesterday. He was accompanied by Messrs. S. ICirkcaldia and Monson, members of the Munitions Committee.

Sir Rider Haggard will leave Welling, ton for Auckland by the I*lo p.m. express to-day, from which place bo will leave for Vancouver.

Commodore C. F. Henderson, who is in charge of the naval establishment in Sydney, was a passenger to Auckland by tlio steamer Westralia, which arrived on Tuesday. Ho will be in New Zealand for a month on leave. Captain C. 11. Morgan. R.N., commanding officer of the Naval College, Jervis Bay, lia.s assumed temporary conti'ol of the Sydney .naval establishments during Commodore Henderson's absence.

Mr. C. H. Troadwell, of Wellington, has received a cable message stating that his son, Second Lieut. C. A. L. Treadwell, has been promoted first lieutenant and nppointeil adjutant of tho Second Wellington Regiment. Ho left Wellington in November last with tho Bth Reinforcements. When lie enlisted ho was associate to Mr. Justice Sim.

His Excellency tho Governor has received information from, the. General Officer Commanding, Colombo, that LanceCorporal 6. J. 10. Smith, lato of.Termilta, 'South Canterbury, died in Colombo Military Hospital of double pneumonia, on .Tuno 4, and was buried, at Boralla cemetery on June 5.

An election to fill a vacancy on .tlie Mastertou Trust Lands Trust, caused by the resignation of Mr. G, H. Perry; was held on Wednesday, and resulted in tho return of Mr, A. Rippon, who previously held a seat on the frust.

A Press Association telegram from Dunedin states that Sergeant Binham, officer in charge of the police district in. Central Otago, died suddenly at Clydeon Wednesday night. He had a bad attack of riicumr.tie fever eighteen months njo, which affected his heart.

The death occurred iii the Stasterton Hospital <m Thursday morning of Mr. J. S. ICXran, •.'■'ho hud been overseer of the Masterton borough for a number of years. The late Mr. MXean, who v:as 53 years of age, leaves a widow, two sous, and one daughter.

Mr. Malcolm Campbell, a very old resident of. the -Kaikoura district, died on Sunday, 'aged eighty-two. He was born on the Shetland Isles, and had resided in Kaikoura for over fifty years. He i& survived by a wife and several sons and daughters.

Mr. C. A. Piper, _ railway traffic,superintendent for the North Island, is at present on a visit to the South Island. ,

The death is reported of ■ Mr.- Georgo Hicks, formerly editor and manager of the Patea "Press," and subsequently on the* literary staff of the "Otago Daily Times."

At the monthly meeting of the Mount Cook School Committee on Tuesday reference was made to, the fact that Lieut. Stainton, of the Maori Contingent, a teaclier oil the 'staff of the school had been ■ awarded the 'Military Cross and the D.S.O. medal.

Mr. P. F. Hiscooks, who for over twenty-five years has been choirmaster at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland, has resigned. Mr. Leo Whittaker, 'of Devonport, has been appointed to the vacancy.

Several important changes are announced in. connection with the Land and Deeds Department. Mr. W. Johnston, of.Nelson, has been _appointed District Land* Registrar at Napier, in place of Mr. F. L. Aspinall, deceased. Mr. K. H. Bourke, of Auckland, lias been appointed District Land Registrar at Nelson, vice Mr. Johnston. Mr. C. R-. Keeble, of Auckland, has been appointed firstassistant Registrar, in Mr. Bourke's place. Mr. A. H. Fletcher, of Auoklund, has been appointed Deputy-Registrar of Deeds, in place of Mr. Keeble, and Mr. J. Caradus, also of the Auckland office, has been appointed second-assistant Registrar in the place of Mr. Fletcher. Mr. Haire, of the Wellington office; has been transferred to Napier as assistant Registrar. . .:, At the meeting of the Hutt River BoaTd on Wednesday a motion of sympathy with Mr. T. Kershaw, the overseer, cd the death of his wife, was carried.

At the Lower Hutt District High School on 'WeAncstlay, Mr. W. J. Melody, a teacher, was presented with a handsome clock by the headmaster (Mr. A. N. Burns), on behalf of the football boys, on the occasion of his marriage. Mr. Melody-also received a silver-mounted bread-platter from tho pupils of his class. .

At the Peipne Municipal Fire Station last evening members of the local brigade and their friends assembled to bid God-speed to Fireman D. Lepper, son of Superintendent Lepper, of tho Petope l'iro Brigade, wlio' has enlisted in the Mining and Tunnelling Corps. Councillor Forsyth, of the Petone. Fire Board, presided. A programme of son<rs, etc., ivas given. During the evening the guest (who is the third member of the Xepper family to enlist) was presented with a wristlet watch by the chairman, on behalf of the brigade.

Mr. S. M. Stone's resignation as a councillor wa6 accepted at last night's meeting of the Mimniar Borough Council. The Mayor (Mr. F. Townsend) asked Mr. Stone to reconsider his action, and pointed out that the council had power to grant liim three months' leave of absence. Replying, Mr. Stone said that he had been a member of the council for five years and ahnlf, and during that time he had only missed three meetings. He felt that it would not bo fair to the ratepayers if he. did not resign, because owing to having obtained another position in the firm ho represented, he would not bo able to attend any more meetings of the council in future. The Mayor paid a high tribute to the work Mr. Stone had done for tho borough, and his remarks were supported l>y Councillor Underwood and other councillors. Tt is the intention of the residents of the borough to tender Mr. Stone a complimentary concert ill. tho Miramar Town Hall shortly. ■

Among those who perished in the German torpedo attack on the steamer Sussex in April was Enric[uo Granadas, tho eminent Spanish composer, and his wife. Only last'season Granados's fino opera "Goycscas" was produced at tho Metropolitan Opera House, New Jork. , On Sunday evening, May .7, a concert was given in aid of tho orphans of the distinguished couple, and, as showing tho esteem in which they were held," the artiste who volunteered their services included the names of I'aderewski, John M'Cormack, Ivreisler, Julia Culp, and I'ablo' Casals.

, Mr. P. W. Brougliton, District Lands Registrar, Blenheim, who has been promoted to Invorcargill. was * ns '' we ,, . p F e * sented on behalf of the Lair Society, with a purso of sovereigns, and by tho Civil Service with a case of pipes and a silver matchbox.