PERSONAL MATTERS

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 108, 3 November 1923, Page 8

PERSONAL MATTERS

,'jj . Mr. Leonard L. Grimwade, of Staf- !| fordshire, England, will be the chief I guest and speaker at-a New Zealand 3 -'■■' Club luncheon next Wednesday. 4 \ . According to a Press cable from Lon;i : don, Commodore Albert P. Addison, ■„ commander of the Australian Navy, has :{■--■ been appointed Bear-Admiral. ■■% A private telegram from Sydney reports ?]■ the death of Captain T. Langley Webb' \] a. director of Huddart, Parker, Ltd., and ■;. a very prominent figure in commercial .1 circles in Sydney.

;1 The funeral of Mr. William Wilson, ■> chief clerk and Inspector of the Trea•Jy- Bury Department, took place at the Kar- ;\ '. ori Cemetery this morning. The ser;j" vices at the Kelburn Presbyterian *J Church, .of which the deceased was an /[■ officer, "and at the graveside, were conf\ ducted by the Eev. W. Day. There 'J^was a large gathering of relatives, friends, and representatives of Govern"l ment Departments at the cemetery, '^ amongst those present being Mr. P. % [Verschaffelt, Public Service Commisjj eioner, Colonel G. F. C. Campbell, Con"Q trpller and Auditor-General, Colonel Esg son, Secretary of the Treasury, Mr. R. § E-.Hayes, assistant secretary of the h Treasury, .and. Messrs. Highet, Welsh, if| Witherford, and other officers of the 9 Treasury Ifepartment. The pall beari ers were Messrs. Webb, Stock, W. Tay- % lor,' and Colonel Esson,. of the Departi> ment, and Messrs. H. Langdon, Haw- % thorne, E. Tait, and A. D. Paisley. Eegj > latives present were Mr. Eobert Wilson, H of Dunedin, a brother of the deceased, '"i Mr. Ronald WHson^a son, and Messrs. i''Hpddinott ? - of- Christchurch, father-in-g law and uncle of the deceased respeca—tively>"' ..The Kelburn ' Presbyterian i§'''.'Churcb- -was represented by Messrs.. C. |=-S.-Maore7-E, T-.-Hay, J. E. Smith, Q.