PERSONAL MATTERS

Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 91, 14 October 1920, Page 8

PERSONAL MATTERS

VICE-REGAL.

His Excellency the Governor-General will hold a levee afc Government House on the afternoon of Monday, the 18th inst.

Mr. L. A. Rogers, of Napier, is in Wellington on Supreme Cotirt business..

Mr. Vincent Ward, second son of Sir Joseph Ward, is a passenger by the Marama to-uay for a trip to America and England.

At the last meeting of the Wellington City Council, Mr. C. A. Lawrence was appointed to fill the vacancy on the Wellington Technical Education Board caused by the death of Councillor Frost.

The Rev. M. A. Rugby Pratt, of Trinity Church, Dunedin, left by tlio Moana to-day, to attend the centenary celebrations of the Methodist Ctiurch in Tasmania.

Mr. and Mrs. H. M'Kcowen and family leave this evening by the ferry steamer for Lyttelton, to connect with the Otira express, en. roiite for Greymouth.

Mr. P. 0. P. Beck, of the firm of P. Beck and Co., Palmerston North, has left Wellington on an extended trip to England and the Continent.

A Press Association message from Dtinedin states that Mr. Watson Shennan, formerly of Conical Hills Station, a well-known exhibitor of purebred sheep at the A. and P. Shows, is dead.

Mr. J. E. Wallace, editor of the Greymouth Star (formerly a member of the literary staff of the Dunedin Evening Star), is lying dangerously ill in the Greymouth Hospital. He had a breakdown a few months ago, and has been in poor health ever since.

Mr. Ep. A. Kenner, formerly of the HteraTy staff of the Auckland Star, but now genernl secretary of the Christchurch V.M.C.A., left by the Moana today for Sydney, a,s a 'delegate to an Australasian V.M.C.A., Convention. He is acoompanied by Mrs. Kennler.

The death is announced of Mr. H. Parker, one of the best known of Auckland's citizens. Born seventy-five years ago, he came to* New Zealand with his father (an Imperial soldier) and his mother when he was a. boy. Hb was at one time boarding inspector in H.M. Customs at Auckland, and for many years was in command of a revenue cutter on duty in the early days when smuggling was rife. In thie very early days lie was a prominent volunteer, and for many' years was commander ot the Auckland Naval Brigade and the Devonport Submarine Miners. He retired with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. In his younger days he was a fine oarsman and yachtsman.

Mr. Walter Bond Young, whose death in the Hamilton Hospital at the age of s®venty-three is announced, was for many years a member of the Police Force, and had a long experience, chiefly on the West Coast. In his later years hie was orderly in the Supreme Court, where he wasa well-known figure. Mr. Young was a great enthusiast for self-education, and made remarkable progress in his own studies, which he carried out with the aid of blackboard and chalk in truly pedagogical manner. After his retirement from long service with the Police Force he visited the Northern Territory of Australia, with the intention of settling there, but, finding the climate did not suit his health, he returned to New Zealand, where he spent his declining years. He was never married. His strong character has left many memories.