PERSONAL ITEMS

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 9, 10 July 1931, Page 9

PERSONAL ITEMS

m — i Mr. X \V. Ackland is leaving by ..the Wahine for the South to-night. Messrs. E. L. Button and J. W. Henderson were yesterday elected by the Anglicanl Synod to bo members, of the Diocesan Fire Insurance Board. ' ■ Mr. 11. P. Young, of Westport, is leaving by the ferry steamer for Lyttolton to-night. Mr. W. S. Sparks, of Auckland, Who has been on a trip to England, arrived by tho Kangitata this morning from Southampton. Sir Thomas and. Lady Sidey, and Mr. T. E. K." Sidey,,. are leaving for th» South by the Wahine to-night. Mr. H. E. F.. Perry, - Christchurch", returned to Wellington this morning by the Eangitata after a trip to England. The Diocesanl Synod yesterday passed a resolution expressing regret at tbe> , death of the Ecv. W. T. Weller, vicar of Aramoho, and of sympathy with his , widow in' her bereavement. Tho Eight Horn. Jl G-. Coates and. Mrs. Coates will be among the passengers leaving for the South by the Wa- , hine to-night. Mr. A. L. Issard-Davies, until recently a student" at tho Oxford.' University, England, arrived iir Wellington this moi'ning:b'y thel Eangitata from , Southampton. Da vies intends' entering the Lincoln Agricultural College in Canterbury. Mr. G. A. Mills-, of Wellington, was a passenger by the Eangitata,l which arrived from Southampton this morning. Mr. J. M'KCjlvie, tho retiring secretary of Scots College Old. Boys' Asßoci- , ation, received a. presentation at tho hands of Mr. I. M. glimmer afc tho annual reunion of. the association last evening. Mr. Pliinmer spoko, of Mr. M'Kelvio's excellent work, and Mr, M'Kelvie, who was greeted with musical honours, replied. Mr. A. C. Higll, a member of thY - firm of Goode', Dnrrant and Co., Ltd., merchants, London; arrived by the Eangitata this morning from Southampton on a visit to New Zealand. Major o.' Masters, of tha Indian. Army, was a passenger by thO' Eangitata, which arrived'in Wellington • this, morning from Southampton. Major' Masters, who is at present, on. leave, is accompanied by his wife. On the motion of the Eev. E. M. Cowie, the- Diocesp.ii-Synod, yesterday passed' a, resolution: expressing- . sym<pathy with Mr. G-. GK Bridges in. his illness. It was stated by the Eev.. Mr. Cowie that Mr. Bridges- had been a vestryman for about , half a- century, and had also been a. member of tho Synod for a number: of years. Mr. H. Y. G. Henderson, of'the. firm of Elliott, Henderson; and .Co., Sydney, was a' passenger by the' Eangitata, which arrived in Wellington to-day from Southampton. Mr. Henderson. has been on a trip to England; A Press Association message from Dunedin announces the death of Mi-. W. G. Hay, barrister;, aged. 53 years. . He was prominent iiw New Zealand^' bowling circles. Amongst other military postings iii last night's " Gazette "'are the follow- , • ing:—Major "W. 3?. StilWell, M.C., commanding the Ist Fieldl Brigade, Regi- • ment of New Zealand Artillery, to be Lieutenant-Colonel; and; Major-General Sir "Edward Chaytor,, EC.M.Gf.,, K.C.V.0., C.8., of the reserve of. officers,.to ' the retired list. , Dr. A. Owen-Johnston,, superintend" ' ent of the luvcrcargill! Hospital^. a]> rived in Wellington this morningl b.v ■ the Eangitata. ■ During his time abroad -_ Dr. Johnston, who is accompanied.; by ■ hid wife and daughter, made a study - tour of the hospitals in England- and. on the Continent. Dr. Jo&nsttm. is lea.Tr ing this evening for the Souths A resolntion, moved by the Tani. Archdeacon Johnson, was; adogtai by; ' the Diocesan Synod, yesterday plac- - ing' on record its high esteem ail tho ' life and work of the lata Mr.. Joan Kebbell, for many years a. member of the Synod; a member of the Borirua •• Trust, and the holder of "many other offices in the church.. Eegret at.the death of Mr. E.B. Eollings, an ex-master of the'college, and of Mr. C. Steele, an old pupil, who lost their lives in the yacht Windward,, is v expressed in the annual report of Scat* College Old Boys' Association. Mr. F. W. Fisk, who tfiasr. retired from the Customs Department after-twenty-six years' service, wasl presented with a silver tray by tho shipping, companies ycbtorday evening. The-, presentation, which took place in tlio Union Company's wharf office, was made by Captain S. Holm. Eepresen-" tatives of the various shipping- companies were present. A military funeral was aecoidcoL tha .late SergeantjMajor Eoberfc. StaJchau, who died recently at BotoruavSergeauit-^, ..' 'Major Meechan joined iho K«w Zealand Permanent forces' in , 1913.- and; served in Samoa after the; outbreak' ' of war. On his, return to the- Domiii- . ion he was appointed musketry iii> structor at TrenTham and latcE-attFea--. , therston, where he trained lecruits: un* _~ til .the end of-tho war. y Mr. J. Grattan Grey, a well-knowa author and journalist, anfl at' former, • resident of Wellington, has dierL in) ', Melbourne, aged 84 years. Ha wasslinrji' ' in County Down, Ireland, and; came", to New Zealand when a yonng manitoo jpih the staff of the "Lyttelfcom Tiinesc" Subsequently he -was correspondent in New Zealand for tho "Melbourne , Age" and for the "New York: Times." Mr. Grey was appointed to' the New Zealand Hansard staff, and later lie became chief. When he retired: from that position, Mr. Grey travelled* ex- . tensively abroad, and later lived, in. , London. Eeturning to Australia,, Mr. Grey was successively editor of tho "Perth Eecord," "Perth ..Morning Herald," and the "North Coasftßaily^ Times," Lis,more, New South* Wales. He was the author of several! b'ookßi on the history of Australia and; New Zealand. . '