PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 251, 17 July 1920, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr. J. S. Ross, a memlwr of the firm of Messrs. Ross and Glendining, Lid., who has resided in London since 1905, returned to the Dominion by tho Guanine, which' arrived at Auckland on Wednesday. He is accompanied by Mrs. Eoss and fnraily. Mr. Ross will iu future reside at Dunedin,

Mr. E. J. Hnlbert, of tho Treasury Department, Wellington, lias been loaned to the Satnoan Treasury for three years, and will leave by the Mokoia from Auckland ou July 24.

Captain J. C. M'Killop, of Masterton, and vice-president of the Wairarnpa A. and P. Society, is at present lvine seriously ill, at the Lister Hospital, Wellington. Ho has recently returned from service abroad.

Mr. Jack Cullinane, eldest son of Mr. David Cullinane, of Tangawai, 'Main Trunk, met with an accident while shooting at Taihape on Tuesday last. He was standing on a log with his gun in his hand, when the log rolled and ho fell to tho ground. The charge m tho gun exploded, with tho result, that the four fingers, thumb, and part of one hand were blown away. He had to walk two miles before he could get assistance, and was in' a bad way when removed to Dr. Sinclair's hospital. Mr. Cullinane is now reported to be showing signs of improvement.

Colonel R, J. Collins, C.M.G., has tendered his resignation as a member of thn War Pensions Board, a position which lie has held since March, 1016.

Dr. A. 11. Green, eon of Mr. Henry Green, of Christchurch. returned to New Zealand, accompanied by his wife and little daughter, by the Euahine on Wed' nesday. Dr. Green was in England when war was declared, and immnrliately offered for service and went to Franco with the Hampshire Regiment. After a year's service there the War Office urged the great need for mcdie.il men at Salonika, and, with a number of other members of the K.A.M.C. he proceeded there and remained until a short time before the armistice was declared. Dr. Green lias received several decorations, among them the Trench Croix do Guerre. Prior to leaving for New Zealand he was on the staff of the military hospital at Bath.

Dr. Herbert M. Goldstein returned to Auckland by the Hu.ihine, which arrived from London on Wednesday afternoon. Dr. Goldstein, who is the! son of the Rev. S. A. Goldstein, away in 1915 with the Seventh Keinforeements, and served right through the war. In addition to being awarded (ho Military Cross Dr. Goldstein was mentioned in dispatches. He was one of the last of the New Zealanders to be demobilised in Enirl.ind. and 6inee then he had been specialising in eye work. After spending some time nt Moorcfields he was resident surgeon in the London Central Ophthalmic Hospital.

Mr. T. W. Lonsdale has resigned tho management of Moumahaki State Farm and has purchased land in tho Auckland district.

Mr. M'Lcod (Hasting*) is visiting Wellington.

A Press Association cablegram from Darwin, Australia, gives sumo details of (he death by drowning of Sub-Lieutenant Alexander li. Ferguson, eldest son of Mr. A. M. Ferguson, of Auckland. It states that he was returning to the minesweeper Veronica lato at night, when ho slipped on the gangway and fell overboard.

Mr. r ran k Felix Rcid, of Blonhelti was yesterday admitted as a sol'citor tjj the Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout).

The deatli has occurred iu Soutfci Africa of Mr. Robert Moncrieff Cuthbcrlson, <i New Zealander, 6oldier. sportsman, and journalist, who passed away on May 12 at his residence iu Uitenhage, Cairo Province. The late Mi'. Cuthberlson had suffered for some considerable timo past from lung trouble, and several months previously, had on this account relinquished his appointment of editor of the "Uitonhage Times." Mr. Cuthliertson went to South Africa as an officer in- the N.Z. Contingent during the Boer war, nnd was on the staff of General Long. Residing after the war at Capo Town, Johannesburg, Durban, and other towns,-he settled down at Uitenhage, which is an important railway centro ilenr Port Elizabeth. He identified himself actively with tiie public life of the place, and became very popular. He was nn excellent journalist, and ' was editor of the "Uitenhage Times" for two years. A keen sportsman. Mr. Cuthberlson was in his young days a firstclass cricketer, and is stated In have on one occasion captained a New Zealand' cricket team against Australia. Hi* two sons served in the late war. Mr. J. H. Ollivcr, of Lyttelton, well known in sporting circles, died on Thursday morning after a liiigsring ill< ness. ' '