PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3038, 27 March 1917, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

. THo Hon. A. M. Myers, -Minister of Finance, goes to Auckland to-night to remain there until the end of the week. Tho Mayor (Mr. j. P. Luke) and the City Engineer and Tramways "Manager (Mr. W. H. Morton) left for the south last evening for the purpose of inspecting the Government electrical works at Lake Coleridge. ' They expect to re-• ,turn to Wellington on Thursday, morn- ■ ing. Tho visit .is. tieing made at the invitation of the Government expert on hydro-electrio power, Mr. Ewan Parry. ■ \ Mr. J. M. Coradino has (sftys'our Masterton correspondent) ..fconssntea in response to a requisition, to .again offer , liimsolf for- the ' Mayoralty of Masterton. ! ; Archbishop O'Shea. is at present on a visit to STasterton. ~ Mr! H. A. Ward will he a.'candidate ■ for the Lower Hutt Borough Council at the. coming election. Councillor J. Ball will be a, candidate for the Mayoralty of the Lower'Hutt next month. . . ; Mr. Haydn' Beck; vthe violinist, has resigned his- position: at Everybody'sTheatre, and lias joined J. C. William6ou, Ltd.'s orchestral forces. Mr. Percival Clark has been engaged to replace. Mr.. Beck at Everybody's . Thejat're. • . • .. ■■■ >s Advice has beeu'received that Major A. G. M'Kensrie, of Clevedon.has been promoted to the rank of colonel,, and has been awarded the D.S.O. for con-■ spicuous gallantry in the battles on the Somme. Colonel M'Kenzie was born and brought tip in Ness Valley, Clevedon, and was an enthusiastic member of the old Franklin Mounted Rifles. Ho left New Zealand in command of a reinforcement draft. On one occasiop ho had a narrow escape from death, being blown into, the air by a shell. Recently he spent a short furlough visiting relatives in Scotland.

. At the. opening of tho. Court of Appeal sessions yesterday morning, reference was made by Sir Francis Bell, K.C., to; the distinction-recently conferred upon His Honour Sir ,John-Den-; nisto'n. On behalf of . the Bar he expressed great -satisfaction at the knighthood ■ conferred by His Majesty, and also expressed a sense of the long and honourable service which had earn- . ed the distinction. The Chief Justice, Sir Robert Stout, added the congratulations of the Bench. In reply, Sir John Dennisfon said that he looked , i upon the honour as 'one conferred not merely upon himself, but upon tho Benc.h,of which he was a member.

'Sergt. F, J. Dawsorf; jun;, Specialists' Company, Twenty-third Reinforcements, was presented with a wristlet watch and fountain pen, with. wishes of good luck, by' the members of "Truth" staff last week. ! Mr.R. Fox, the sewerage engineer of the ;Petono Borough Council, who has' terminated his engagement. with the borough after four and a: half years', service, . was last evening presented with an illuminated testimonial signed by the Mayor and councillors. Trooper C. T. .Hanson, of - the* Twenty-fifth Reinforcements, was yes-' terday morning removed to a 'Wellington private hospital in order to undergo an internal operation. Trooper Hanson is the owner of tho Waiourou;6ta- • tion of. 90,000 acres. Mr. Jones, 3 Dufferin Street, lias been advised by cablegram that.his son, Riflenian S. Jones; was wounded In Franco on September 16, but has now recovered from his wounds, and is in. Codford Convalescent.Camp, England. Captain E; Stott, marine superintendent at .Wellington for the tJnion Company, is about to transfer to Auckland in place of Mr. Thomas Birch, who is about to retire: Captain R.- S. Walton, marina superintendent at Lyttelton for; the company, will succeed Captain. Stott . at Wellington, and Captain F. S. Horn.' will take up the duties" of marine superintendent .at Lyttelton.. Captain M'Killop and Messrs. .T. Jordan and D. Hebonton, who are about to enter camp, were entertained at n farewell "kororo" by the members' of the Masterton Savage Club on. Satur-' jay night. . ' J Mr. J. F. Hcckler, 'an old and respected ssttler of the Masterton die-? t.riot, ■ died suddenly yesterday, afternoon from heart disease. 'Deceased,: ■who resided at Mangamahoty leaves a. widow and grown-up. family. One son is on active service. • : Lieutenant J. A. Duffy! who is leaving with the Twenty-fourth Reinforce-: meats, Was on Saturday night given a.i farewol! Bocial by tho n.c.o.'s of the Technical College Cadet Corps. ■' Lieutenant Duffy was for some/time O.C. , of that company,' and rendered valuable service. As a mark" of appreciation for his untiring work the company presented Lieutenant Duffy, with a radium-faced compass.