ABOUT PEOPLE

Evening Post, Volume CI, Issue 19, 22 January 1921, Page 5

ABOUT PEOPLE

PERSONAL NOTES FROMJ.ONDON

<FROK OBR OWH CORRESPONDENT.) • . tiONDON", ,2ijd December. The newly-appointed vicar of; Qkafo, New Plymouth, the Rey. H. A. Cpleman, expects to sail for ,New Zealand by th« . ■ Remuera towards the end of February, accompanied by Mrs. Coleman and their "two children. Mr. Coleman'mayibo.'de- „; scribed as a sound churchman, keen on the principles and main essentials, of religion. At present he is vicar of\St.. j Mark's, Bolton, one of the large manuA : factoring centres in Lancashire, and, the day sefiool in connection with the church. has accommodation for over 800 children. Mr. Coleman is very keen about work among children, and he has had Bom» .-. experience .with Boy Scouts. and .the. ":■ Church Lads' Brigade. His.principal interest centres round his work, but he is very fondv of country life and poultryfarming; as a pastime-he particularly, favours Vowing. 'Mrs. Coleman is-'a. cousin of Dr. ;Harvey, of Napier.'.■ In 1918 Mr..Coleman served with the O.T.C. .. of the Artists' Rifles, He was educated . '•'. at St. Chad's Hall, Durham, and, was ordained in 1909. He has worked chiefiy in the-diocese of Manchester .and Liverpool..) . '■..'• „-, -Mr.. Robert Ellison, has now resumed) his work in London as representative of .. the National Dairy Association, 'and <■ _ since his recent return here he has been very busy arranging- the details in connection with phe new scheme, whereby, the recently constituted. Producers' Co- : operative' Marketing Association.will dis- ..' pose of its cheese for next season through, the Co-operative .Wholesale- Society. q£. this country. Mr. and' Mrs. Ellison, have' .. taken over their house again at Sid cup. Their family, the members of which' had been at school in various parts of" Eng- ... land,, they found all well. • . .'■'.'".. ' Mr. and Mrs. A..E. G. Rhodes (Christchurch) have booked their retuni.passages to New Zealand, via Australia, by. .. the Ormonde, which is to sail_on 18th. December. During-his short visit to' London . Mr. Rhodes has been visiting . some o{ the garden cities now in'course of formation."' , ' ...'.. Captain A. E. W. Salt (formerly .ssr-. geant, N.Z.51.C.). is nowa major.in. theImperial Regular Army,, having.' been. '■ gazetted to this rank in the Army Educa- :. tion Corps in the first list of appointments on 25th November. He ranks.9ifo ■ out of 29 majors iiv the corps. .-'■•• . The new. ..Chief of the .'Navigation '. School at 'Portsmouth—officially' known as H.M.S. Dryad—is CaptaftO. E.-Leg-.gett, 0.8., who commanded H.M.S. New Zealand during, her. last cruise^with Lord Jellicoe.. Captain G. R. B. Bkmnt, : D.5.0., from the Naval Oi'dnance De-partment-at the Admiralty, has been appointed to the Gunnery School aft. Devonport.' ■ ...

'. Lieutenant A. W. Mildenhall, the offi« cor of the N.Z.E.F., who has.been at*'".' Gallipoli working with the Imperial .War; Graves Commission, and< who came" to London six weeks ago on leave, has nov Rone back to Ghanak, Turkey v ..Whifeint England Mr. Mildenliall was mairied. ad. 'Flexton Pai-ish Church, en. 11th.November, to Miss Gertrude A. Stott, daughter of Major Stott, V.D., and Mrs. Stot/fc, of . Abbatsford, Flexton. Tlie ceremony" was performed by the' Rev. J. Jolly, Rector of-the parish. Mr. Mildenhall,..who is-; a' son* of Mi\ A. Mildenhall, o£ Johnson-.vill-e, mat, his wife when she was commandant of a Bad Cross hospital during ■the war/ . She-has gone out to -Turkey, with her husband. A suggestion) ■' has been made that there.should be erected!--' at Chunuk Bail-'a special membrial.to the. Nero Zealaudeis.' In the opinion ■?<?£ ilr.' Mildsnhall, thissj>ot'would be an ideal one, marking as it dote 'the pointf. of furthest advance gained by the jJJew! Zealand- men, and commanding a magnificout view.,ova-the Narrows. It'would! ' b© a landmark for-many miles in alii ■ directions. Up to the present. Mr. Mildenhall lias been the only New • Zealander attached to the imperial. Watf Gra-v.es' Oommission in connection with! . the work at G-allipoli, but he is'presently to be joined by another New Zeaknden . —Mr. E. T. Mair, A.R.1.8.A. (Auckland), the holder wf an N.Z.E.F* Aichi- - tectural Scholarship. . On talcing his discharge in England,.Mr. Marr nrsfejoiiiedl . . the. well'-knowu firm of "Messrs. Mewes and Davis, after some time with,.-whom) he i-eturned to the Architectural -Association, 35, Bedford-square. ■ lie theii-ob-tained an entrance.into ike office' orSir J. J. Burhet, F.S.A.,' F.R.1.8.A., iwho: is principal architect for.-Gallipoli andl Palestine war memorials.- and cemeteries. . The experience which Mr. Marr. has. ihus* i gained has been of great value, and it is in connection with the work of the war memorials' that h© is """going out to Chanak. He recently was successful'im , i taking his. associates-hip at the Royal In.-" . stitution of British Architects, Condiiitstreet. .. ■ ' ■■• ■ : . '

Captain D. B. N. North, C.M.G:, C.V.0., R;N,, has been •.appointed to .■•". H.M'.S. Malaya, additional, as: extra equerry to 'H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught in connection with the.-latter's. v visit to India. , . ' ' : • ' Dr.- William. FitzGerald (Dunedih), ; •who was for some considerable time in the Department'of the.Ministry of Pen- ? sions at Liverpool, has been transferred ' to the headquarters of the Ministry .in \ London, and has been promoted *o therank of Assistant-Director of the Medical Intelligence branch of the Ministry |. at Millbank. 11l recognition of his services during the war Dr. FitzGerald has been awarded the 0.8;E. ' -<\ "•■. '[■ .'.-.V ' Mr. and Mrs. Frank Armstrong;-with'■ ', their two daughters ■ (Akitio, .'-Bannevifke),_ will be returning by the' Naldera, joining ■'the vessel at- Marseilles. They have lately had a very interesting .' tour through Scotland. With his daugh- ' ters,, Mr. Armstrong went to Cambridge . for a'few days and had some most enjoyable runs with the. Cambridgeshire" hounds. They were well mounted ; and had one kill. t In the 20 years which. ' have-elapsed since Mr. and Mrs.: Armstrong were last in England,- they find many changes have taken place, and they are both .struck .with, the:.apparent effects of the war,- conditions irf'thls ' country being in marked contrast -with. ■ I those in New Zealand. ■ ■ ' . . \ Mr Samuel Figgis, ' the well-known ,' produce broker, of Samuel Figgis and , Co.* who died recently; left'estate of the - I gross value.of £165,565, with net. personalty £164,572.. His bequests, all free / of duty, amounted to £11,000, and included £1000 each to the Presbyterian Church of England, East India. Avenue,/ I and the Kilburn Presbyterian Mission. Alderman J. B. Tunbridge,' J.P.-j- has been .givjng a series, of.'very interesting; lantern lectures.on New Zealand il3,"<Jif- "' ferent parts of Kent. He- has--always ■ told his audiences'that for people with ■ the time and the money a visit to tho Dominion would be well worth their while. ' Mr. Tunbridge will be remem? ' ■ bered as the Commissioner of Police in. New Zealand from. 1897 to. 1903. .

Mr. B. C Boyd, who is about to leave Dundee for > Tew Zealand, will be'well-jj remembered by'ttia-ny of "the boys"'who knew him as a good •. friond Aili'.. f.ho : V.M.C.A. motor-hut, at Le Havre. Oa the five of his departure- for-the-^Bo-minion Mr. Boyd was presented by* £he\ minister and members of the'-Martyrs' Unit-ed Free Church, Dundee, with »"' Bible and bank draft for £100 ) .\vliilethe.'.:; women of the congregation gave' T\[rs. :■ Boyd a brooch and a tartan-tied basket of flowers. For ten years" Mr. Boyd has i been one. of the missionaries cbirtifebted ■with-the church. " ''■'['■ :.y-'- ■ ■::■/■ ■■"■■\.-