PERSONAL MATTERS

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 110, 10 May 1923, Page 8

PERSONAL MATTERS

Councillor W. J. Gaudin was appointed by,the City Council to-day as the council's representative on the Wellington Carnival and Advertising Committee.

Mr. Walter Fennell, of Hawera, hag been awarded_ an exhibition as the result of his examination in singing by the Associated Board B.A.M. and R.C.M. last year. This exhibition is tenable at the Royal Academy of Music, London.

At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Orphans' Club on Monday, the resignation of Mr. Herbert F. Wood, hon. secretary, was announced. A resolution was passed thanking Mr. Wood for his valuable services to the club.

A private cablegram has been received stating- that . Sir Harry Lauder, accompanied by Mr. E. J. Carroll (of the firm of >E, J. and Dan Carroll), is to leave Sydney for Wellington by the Marama to-morrow.

Messrs. Charles Rhodes, W. J. Holdsworth, W. B. Leyland, and A. Eady, members of the Auckland Rotary Club, left' by the Niagara on Tuesday, as 3 delegation to the International Rotary Convention to be held in St. Louis, Missouri. Mr. Hugh Paton, representing the Melbourne club, also left by the Niagara.

At a funeral ceremony, impressive in its simplicity and surroundings, the remains of the late Mr. Walter Dinnie were interred at Karori yesterday afternoon. A short service was held at deceased's residence, Fairview crescent, Kelburn, the Ilsv.-J. Gibson Smith and the Rev: W. Day officiating, as they also did at the graveside. At the lowering of the coffin into the grave Pipers Donald Scott and Robert Haddow, stationed in a hill nearby, played a Scottish lament, an ancient custom adding much to the impressive nature of the ceremony. The gathering at the graveside wag one representative of all avocations in life, chief amongst those present being relatives of deceased and the higher officials of the New Zealand Police Force, with which deceased was intimately connected as Commissioner some years ago. These'included: The Commissioner of Police, Mr. A. H. Wright, Mr. J. O'Donovan, exCommissioner of Police, Inspector W. B. M'Uveney, Inspector C. R. Broberg, Senior-Detectiveßoddam, Superintendent P. Norwood, .ex-Superintendent J. A. M'Grath, Senior-Sergeant M. Gaffney, Sergeant H. H. Butler, Sir John Luke, M.P., Messrs. Mackenzie Forbes, P. M'Coll, A. Dinnie, E. Tait, and C. Martin. Representatives were present also from the Federal Steamship Company.

Mr. G. L. Jenness, who died this morning at the family residence, Belmont road, Lower Hutt, was one of Wellington's oldest business men. Uorn in Wellington 77 years ago, he served' his time at the watchmaking trade,' and afterwards founded the . business now carried on by Messrs. Rash and Gooder, which was at that time conducted on the site now occupied by Cooper's Buildings in Willis street. The .late Mr. Jenness retired from business in 1891, and had since been living quietly at the home he established in Lower Hutt. A prominent Rechabite, he had the honour of being the oldest member of the Order in the Dominion. He is survived by a widow, five daughters, and five sons. The daughters are: Mrs. H. Whitehead, of Palmerston North; Mrs. A. Ballantyne, who spent several years on the mission field, and now residing at Lower Hutt; Mrs. D. Hartley, of the Rotorua< district; Mrs. S. P. Skinner, of Woodvine ; and Mrs. H. B. Bobinson, of Whakatane. The sons are: Messrs. G. A. Jenness, of Lower Hutt, in business with his brother in Wellington; W. L. Jenness, in business in Petone; Fred Jenness, of Lower Hutt; Diamond Jenness, the well-known scientist, who took part in the Steffenson Polar exploration expedition , and is now at Victoria Museum, Canada; and Leonard Jenness, in business in Petone. The late Mr. Jenness had been ailing for about a fortnight.