PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 234, 28 June 1920, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

General Sir William Birdwood with Lady Birdwood, arrived in Wellington from the South Island on Saturday evening. They «re leaving for Napier tomorrow morning, to travel to Auckland, via Taupo and Eotorua.

On Saturday Mr. J. J? : Andrews, secretary to Cabinet J>nd Clerk of the Executive Council, celebrated his 12nd birthday, aud the end of liftv years' public Berviee, of which 32 years wcro on tho stall's of Cabinet Alin'isters. Ho was secretary to six Primo lliuistem.

Mr. I'. W. Crauoh has resigned his position with Messrs. Cruickshunlc; Miller and Co., Auckland, to take up an appointment as Dominion representative of Agricultural and General L'ngiiwers, Ltd., a group of large British iunnufnchirinjs firms associated with over .£3,000,000 capital, for tho marketing cf Hieir engineering products at Home and overseas, ior New Zealand the head office will be in Wellington.

Mr. W. G. Morpeth has been compelled through pressure of business to resign from the executive of the Wellington ltcturned Soldiors' Assoiiiitioa. At the last meeting of the executive a record -f his services was included in ihe minutes, Mr. Morpeth was also a member of tho Wellington Returned Soldiers' Association Land Bureau Sub-Committee, aud his placß on this has been f.lled by Captaiu W. Hardhaiu, .V.C.

A hero of the Maori War, Mr. Crosslett Johnston, died in tho Hawaii district on Wednesday at the age of years. He was born in the County Wexford, Ireland, and at an early age joined tho Royal Irish Constubulnrv, in which service he remained for three years. He then tried his fortunes in Australia, subsequently coming to New Zealand in response to a call for volunteers lo suppress the Maori War. Mr. Johnston was one of the five survivors of the historic fight with the Natives inder Tilokowaru, at Turuturu-Mokai. He leaves a widow, ono daughter, and two sons. One of his* sons fell in France, gaining s, posthumous M.M., and one daughter predeceased him. Mr. N. H. Maekie, district valuer, Palmerston North, accompanied by Mrs. Maekie, returned from Samoa by the Navua last week.