PERSONAL MATTERS

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 24, 29 January 1924, Page 6

PERSONAL MATTERS

VICE-REGAL.

The Governor-General, Lord Jellicoe, accompanied by Lady Jellicoe and all the members of their family, excepting the Hon. Lucy Jellicoe, who is still in Sydney, left Auckland on Friday in the Government steamer Tutanekai to visit various Rorts on the east coast of the North Auckland district. His Excellency will visit Kawakawa and* other places by motor. After a few days have been spent in fishing off the Bay of Islands the party will go on to Mangonui, being due there to-morrow.' Visits will be paid to Kaitaia, Awanui, and the Ninety Mile Beach. On Thursday evening Their Excellencies will rejoin the Tutanekai at Whangaroa, and Friday will be spent at that port. The steamer is due at Onerahi on the morning of 2nd February. Their Excellencies will spend the day at Whangarei leaving in the evening for Port Fitzroy, Great Barrier Island. The steamer is due back in Auckland early on 4th February. Their Excellecnies paid visits in April, 1921, to the various places mentioned; with the exception of Mangonui and Port Fitzroy.

The Earl and Countess of Harrowby, and their daughter, Lady Trances Ryder, arrived in Wellington by the Maunganui last evening. Lord Harrowby, who is a partner irTCoutts and Company's Bank, .London, is the fifth earl, the title being created in 1809. The Earl of Harrowby was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and has held a commission in the Staffordshire Yeomanry. He was M.P. for Gravesend from 1893 to 1900. During the Great War Lord and Lady Harrowby won the regard and high appreciation, of New Zealand and other overseas soldiers by the hospitality they extended to the men in England. Thedistinguished .visitors, during their stayin New Zealand, will tour the principal scenic resorts. They were the guests of the Government in South Africa, where they travelled-7000 miles in Rhodesia. They made a brief call in Australia, visiting Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney, where they were entertained at luncheon by the State and Federal Governments. They intend returning to • Australia, to visit the soldier settlements. The. party received a' cablegram from Mr.' Massey welcoming them to New Zealand, and were met on arrival by the Undersecretary of Internal Affairs (Mr. J. Hislop)/ <Slie Rt. Hon. the Prime Minister has accepted an invitation to be the chief guest and speaker at a New Zealand Glub luncheon in- the Tow N n Hall on Friday. The Minister of Education (the Hon. C. J. Parr) returned to Wellington from Auckland yesterday. The Minister of Customs (the Hon. |W. Downie Stewart) returned to Wellington from Dunedin on Sunday. . The Minister of Labour and (the Hon. G. J. Anderson) will leave' Wellington on Thursday night for'1 Takaka, where he will open the local A. and P. Show on Friday. On Saturday he will open the new wharf at Motueka. Mr. E. J. Howard, M.P., is confined to his home suffering from a severe at-' tack of influenza? and was reported to be seriously ill on Saturday (states the "Lyttelton Times")'. He is also' still suffering from the effects of the injuries he received in a recent motor accident at Geraldine. On Sunday night it was reported that there was no change in Mr. Howard's condition. The Wellington Cricket Association has been notified, that Mr. W: P. M'Elhone ; president of the New South i Wales Cricket Association, will be visiting New Zealand during February, and will probably travel with the New South Wales team during part of its tour. " He would be accompanied by his wife. Other ladies travelling with the team will be Mrs. C. B. Cochrane (wife of the manager) and Mrs. C. G. Macartney. Archbishop Mannix, of Melbourne, and Bishop M'Carthy, of Sandhurst who have come to New Zealand to' attend" the golden jubilee celebrations of Archbishop Redwood, which will begin on Sunday, 24th February, arrived in Wellington last evening by the New Elymouth express. The visitors, who came to Auckland from Sydney,' have spent some time in the north and have made the Wanganui River trip. After a tour of the South Island they will return to Wellington for the golden jubilee celebrations. They leave for Christchurch by the Maori this evening. _ A private message received in Wei-' lington yesterday announced the death at Waikanae, Gisborne,- of Mr. Christopher J. Parker, a well-known farmer and breeder of racing stock. He was in his eighty-fifth year. The late •Mr. Parker arrived in New Zealand with his parents in the early 'sixties, and took up farming' in the Rangitikei district, where he took a keen interest in local affairs. About twenty-five years ago he took a farm in the Gi^borne district, and he remained there until his death. He bred such well-known horses as Indian Queen and Our King, the first of which was sold to an Australian owner for a very handsome price. The late Mr. Parker's wife predeceased him some ten years ago. The late Mr. Albert Edward Co'stall, whose death occurred at Makawhai, Rongotea, on Saturday, was a native of Wellington.. He was born in Wellington and educated at the Bowden School which was ' situated in jTeatherstoii 'street. Subsequently he engaged in pioneering in the Rongotea and Pahiatua districts, returning to the Rongotea distrct a few years ago. He was the third son of the late Mr. James Costall, of Eastbourne, and was 61 years of age A widow, four daughters, and one son ] are left to mourn their loss. In his early days the late Mr. Costall was a keen sportsman, and he took an active interest in military work as a member of the Rangitikei Mounted Rifles.

Messrs. Vine and Wilson will sell furniture and effcots on the premises, 52, Kent terrace, at 1.30 to-morrow; also pianos general furniture, and sundries at the Mart at 2 p.m..

Messrs. E. Johnston and Co. -will E ell household furniture at their , Mart at 10.30 to-morrow. . On Friday, at 10.30, taoj will cell buildinsr ra»teriil it Ghusnet street.