PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 71, 17 December 1928, Page 13

PERSONAL ITEMS

The Earl of Liverpool, who was Gov-ernor-General of New Zealand from 1912 to 1920, and the Countess of Liverpool are on board the s.s. Remuera, due to reach Wellington on or about December 30. They will be the guests of Their Excellencies the GovernorGeneral and Lady Alice Ferguson for a week or so, and will then leave for visits in the South Island, returning to Wellington during the second week in February. Subsequently they will visit Rotorua and other parts of the North Island, leaving Auckland on March 12 on return journey to England.

With the rising of Parliament, most of the members of the Ministry have left Wellington for their electorates. The Minister of Lands (Hon. G. W. Forbes), the Minister of Railways (Hon. W. B. Taverner), and the Minister of Internal Affairs (Hon. P. A. de la Perrelle), are in the south, the Minister of Marine (Hon. J. G. Cobbe), is in Feilding, and the Postinaster-Gen-eral (Hon. J. B. Donald), and the Minister of Health (Hon. A. J. Stallworthy), are in Auckland. The Minister of Labour (Hon. W. A. Veitch), who paid a brief visit to Dunedin, will return to Wellington to-morrow, and leave for Wanganui during the week.

An act of courtesy was performed by the Governor-General, Sir Charles Fergusson, before his departure from Dunedin for Wellington, when he personally called upon the Very Rev. Dean Fitchett, at his residence, and handed him the insigna of the Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, together with the warrant. 111-health had confined Dean Fitchett to his room, and he was unable to go to Government House. Sir Charles Statham, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Hon. T. K. Sidey, Leader of the Legislative Council, left for the South on Saturday evening.

Sir Harry Lauder arrived in Christchurch from Wellington on Saturday morning.

Mr. Roy L. Curthoys has been appointed editor of the Melbourne “Argus” in succession to Dr. E. S. Cunningham, who held that position for twenty-two years (states a Press Association message from Melbourne). Mr. Curthoys is aged 36 and gained his journalistic experience on the “West Australian,” Perth. The death is announced in a Press Association message from Sydney of the Hon. Frederick Flowers, president of the New South Wales Legislative Council, at the age of 64. The late Mr. Flowers had been President of the Council since 1915. He first entered the Legislative Council in 1900, and was Vice-President of the Executive Council and representative of the Government in the Legislative Council from 1910 to 1915. In 1911 he was Secretary of Lands and Acting Chief Secretary and Minister of Public Instruction, while from 1913 to 1915 he was Minister of Health. Mr. M. E. Denniston returned to Wellington from the south on Saturday morning.

Major R. S. Watson, D. 5.0., secretary of the Wellington branch of the Returned Soldiers’ Association, was the recipient of a presentation at the annual meeting of the South African War Veterans’ Association on Saturday night The chairman (Major P. de B. Brandon) spoke of the many kindnesses for which the association was indebted to Mr. Watson.

Mr. M. J. Earle, LL.B., of Wellington,and Mr. C. R. Barrett, of Lower Hutt, have been admitted as barristers of the Supreme Court by Mr. Justice MacGregor. Mr. T. A. Hart, of Carterton, has been admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court. Mr. D. A. Strachan, of the Education Department, and Mrs. Strachan, will leave by the Maunganui this week, on a holiday visit to Australia.

Mr. W. B. Cunningham, manager of the Union Steam Ship Company’s Greymouth office, who has been on a visit to Wellington, returned to the south on Friday night.

In chambers on Friday last, His Honour Mr. Justice MacGregor, admitted Mr. Charles Edward Huia Ball, LL.B., as a barrister of the Supreme Court of New Zealand. Mr. J. B. Christie appeared in support of the motion for admission.