PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 105, 29 January 1924, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS

Sir George and Lady Fenwick leave by the Maunganui to-day for San Francisco en route to the Old Country. The Earl and Countess of Harrowby, and their daughter, Lady Fiances Ryder, arrived by the Maunganui last evening, in continuance of their tour of the British Dominions. Lord and Lady Harrowby entertained 16,000 officers of the Dominions’ forces in London during the war vears, and are visiting New Zealand to renew acquaintances formed then. They were the guests of the Government in South Africa, where they travelled 7000 miles visiting Rhodesia. They made a brief call in Australia, visiting Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney, where they, were entertained at luncheon by the State and Federal Governments. They intend returning to Australia; to visit the soldier settlements. The party, who received a cablegram from Mr.’ Massey welcoming them to New Zealand, and who were met on arrival by. the Undersecretary for Internal Affairs (Mr. J. Hislop), intend visiting General Russell, at Hastings, and making a tour of the principal centres of the Dominion. The Hon. Edward Newman, C.M.G., M.L.C., and Mrs. Newman, leave for England by the Rotorua on February 9. Mr. Newman expects to be back in the Dominion in August. The president of the Navy League (Mr. R. D. D. McLean), and lion, secretary (Mr. R. Darroch), of Wellington, will attend the Dominion conference of the league, at Auckland tomorrow'and Thursday. Mr. Robert Bell, of Christchurch, will be a passenger bv thb express for Auckland to-day, where he will attend the Navy League conference as a delegate of’ the Canterbury Navy League. Mr. J. B. Finlay has received the thanks of St. John Ambulance Association for his services as secretary, a jiosition he has resigned after holding it for nine j'ears. Mr. A. McCarthy, Crown Solicitor of Western Samoa, who is on three months’ furlough, is at present in Wellington. Mr. Frank Tait, a director of J. C. Williamson, Ltd., arrived from Sydney by the Maunganui yesterday. He has come to New Zealand partly on business and partly on pleasure. He will leave to-day for Auckland to witness the “Tutankhamen” revue, (written by Mr. Leary, of Auckland), which lias been pronounced to be a very clever entertainment, and has been offered to the Williamson firm for production. On Saturday last, Mr. A. E. Costall, a native of Wellington, died at Makowhai, near Rongotiea, at the age of 61 years. It must be nearly forty years since Mr. Costall (who was born in Wellington) and his brother, Mr. Fred Costall, took up. land in the Campbell Settlement (now known as Rongotea), felled the bush,.and turned the land into a good farm. Thirty years ago the brothers separated, and Mr. A. E. Costall went to I’ahiatua, again to face bush-clearing and making a farm out of virgin forest. Four years ago ho returned to the district in which he started, and was farming at Makowhai till his death. Me was the third son of the late Mr. J. Costall, superintendent of the Government Printing Office, and married Miss Carter, 8.A., principal of the Okorire Training College. Besides the widow, four daughters and one son survive him, the eldest being 19 yo:Js of age-