PERSONAL MATTERS

Evening Post, Volume XCIX, Issue 126, 28 May 1920, Page 8

PERSONAL MATTERS

■ Mr. C. M. Bowdeni has been appointed Acting Vice-Consul of Sweden at Wellington. Mr. T. St. H. Eaddy has been appointed an Assistant Inspector of Seamen, under the Shipping and Seamen Amendment Act, 1913.. Mr. F. J. Rolleston has been elected" chairman of the Timaru Harbour Board for the ninth consecutive term, states a Press Association message. Mr. W. E. Jackson left for Melbourne by the Ulimaroa yesterday, to attend a conference of the Australasian managers of Messrs. Gordon and Gotch, Ltd. ' Mr. H; J. B. Tomlinson, of the Royal Insurance Company, who has been transferred to the Sydney office, left by the Ulimaroa yesterday, accompanied by his wife and. little son. . ■ Mr. Arthur Alexander,.an old Wellington College boy, has been elected a professor of the Royal College of Music. He has made a great success of two re-cantly-perfortrned; Irish folk songs for violin and piano. The. resignation of Professor Easterfield as a member of the College Board of Governors was accepted with regret at a meeting of the board to-day.. It was decided to place on record the excellent work done by Professor Eaeterfield, and to assure him that his advice and knowledge had been of great assistance on numerous occasions. • ;

The remains of the late Mr. Henare Kaihau were interred in the family vault at Tahuna Kaitoto, Waiuku. There was a large^ gathering of Maoris, the following tribes being represented: Maniapoto, Waikato,' Tainui, and Mahanga. Among those present from the /Waikato was Marae Mahuta, mother of.King Rata; also her daughter, Princess Puea, 'three brothers of the present Maori King, and his uncle, Haunui Tawhiou.

The musical world of Wellington will be pleased to hear that Mr. Herbert F. Wood is doing exceedingly well in Australia. Melbourne Punch of 13th Maysays :—"Mr. Herbert Wood bowed his first acknowledgments to an Australian audience at the Auditorium on Saturday last, after receiving a wonderful ovation. Blessed with a charming tenor voice of great brilliance and temperament, well trained, and a natural knowledge of throwing himself into the song he is interpreting, the vast audience soon realised what a grent artist Mr. Wood is, and gave him one of the greatest receptions ever.given a singer in the auditorium. After singing four numbers, which included "A Wandering Minstrel," "Take'a Pair of Sparkling Eyes';'' "Beneath Thy Window," "And I Like You in Velvet," he. was obliged to bow many times ere the audience would let him go. He soon.;, established himself a firm favourite. It can. truly be said 1 Mr. Wood is one of'the finest tenors in Australasia, and his future success is assured. New Zealand, may well be. proud of such an artist. Australia welcomes him." The Melbourne Age of 14th May remarks :—"The picture show at the Auditorium has a tremendous attraction in Mr. Herbert F. Wood, a New Zealand tenor. He has a very .fine voice, and ho knows how to use it with ease and- effect. Moreover, his choice of cones is i admirable. Anyone wno wants to know how the delightful pongs of Gilbert a-nd Sullivan ouq-ht to be sriinsr need only go and hear Mr. Herbert Wood. Double and' triple encores are the order of the day."