PERSONAL ITEMS

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 47, 24 August 1931, Page 9

PERSONAL ITEMS

Trrr.: —.—.'JR., ' . , VICE-REGAL. Tteif.Excelleneies'. the.Governor-Gen-eral and Lady;Bledisioe,-Tvhb have spent the past six days at Nejsonj where His Excellency has been recuperating .from his recent-indisposition, -will arrive at Wellington to-morrow morning.' Mr. Heliry Wright, of -.Wellington, who has been on a holiday visit.to Tahiti, returned to-day by the Maunganui. The death ■ occurred recently at -the Wellington 'Hospital,";.of N&el ■ Pplenphant Robinson; late"; 'of .Redcliffs,-Clu-istehurch, at- the 'age of. 24 year's. He was the- third .son, qf: Mrs, E. -M. Robinson and the late MiC Frink .Robinson, and was assistant managed of Hulston 'a Furnishing Co., Christchureti. Mr. Robinson, who was a:great lover of amateur.athletics and a keen, tennit player, will be missedby a large, circle of friends. He was to. have beeii married very'snortly, ■'■'■' ■'■:■ ' ' ;■■' 'Mr.' W. H. Shepherd,'managing director of the Bell Tea Co.^Bunedin, ii spending a few days in Wellington. . Mr. and Mrs.R. Liverton and family, of Masterton, who have spent several months touring Canada- and America, ■ returned to' Wellington to-day by- =tlie Maunganui from San FranciscW'--'■■ '•.'• Mr. and. Mrs. F.. T. Clarke.-of lington,; were passengers..-Bjry the Maunganui .which, arrived to-day, from San- Francisco. Mr. and ■ Mis. Clajk* have ben" on a holiday' visit to Tahiti.. Messrs. H. Smart, P~ 'Paton>;( Auckland), W. J. Clark (33dieValeyj ».-"A. Wall (Martinboro-ugh);: E. H.- Hill (Christchui-'cn), ■ ■ w ; : ■■ Shepherd, -'-. W. Smeatonj .A. Pratt (Duiiedih),, Ji "JJ., Jacobs, H.. A. Smith ■ (Sydney), !-:: W. Charter; A. Cassin, W: J; Wiikins (Ep«-: don ; , and D. Doyle. (England)' :ari» guests-at the Hotel 1 St.'-George:'.- <■■ . ;: Mr. W.- Russell-Wdodj of.-• Anekland, after spending a: brief h6liaayvin:; Wellington, leaves by thei>'ferry;' steamer' this.ievening, :; ehV-rputfe :to - Ashburt6.il, irhere he will; adjudicate at ■ the^Cbmpetitions.. festiyalj',.-/"commencing: td-inor-row.: -.'■■.■' ■". ■-/ ■•;•■-." ; ■*■;; *"■-;■..'■':';■ A Press . Associatibn telegram-"from Auckland states, that. '.Mr; 'T; 8.~ Goiiigaltpn, .accountant, of AackUhd;' has beea appointed: clerk of :'th;e. A'M^t^-Albert; B6rough; Council :iiovt : , 87' applicants?:'^"' .■; Mr, Harry- Marsden,ywho^ .'bis. '. J)Bei .managing at Whangaiei' for- t&'S i]ill(Br^ Hay ward. Theatre.Corpdwti<)ni : ljtcl>,.*fof the "pasfeV'ls; months,^has icbme; tb.;?W«l« lington:-.-. : Before leaying. Whangatei h» was met _t>y-a niiinber; of patrons of^ th.« theatre; business people, anoLrepresenlitives of the Regent sCheatreian'a;smai ■Mrs.: Marsden, -was.;Jhe ; recipient; of tokens of esteem^^^v \ p ■'. ,_V ./.^-.' i : Mr.ll)onaM-:Butler^/ a ''^rellj«iaw«. officer of the .Customs JJepartmentv-W-el-lington, died "at his ihome, Kelbunv e» Saturday, nighty aged- 47. r Hev^pineA the staff, of-the Department .aslaiyonng man,-.and- after periods-of setvie©; at Christchurch and-Gleymouth, Was transferred to Wellington in 1908: ■ ■ ?Mr> Butler," who had been?iit ill-hJealth^for along time, issu>vivedby.a*id(M?itand a -son. Senior^Sergeant ?H. Butler, ~6t the police force,; Petcihe, is S-brother. The funeral; will .take plaice; tp-inorrbww Requiem Mass will be celebrated :at the Basilica of the; Sacred Heart,-"^HiH stree* r at 9 o^clbck iii'the morning; ■'"

I; afn.-: Gordon -M/- M'.Kenzie, B.A.V, 'a, member.yof■- the i staff of ' tie Cathedral Grammar-School, ehristchurch.ias been appointed, curate of St. r Paul's. ] Proi Cathedral, ••WeUingto^ apposition'- ren- ! dcred vacant by the departure;of ~th« Bey. W. G. Parker for England. Th« ordination of the new curate yiill talc* place later in the year.' Mr.- M'Kenzi* has been prominent in religious' youtk work throughout-New. Zealand, and'last year was appointed a meniber.'of!'-.th« Bishop of i; Ghristehurea % ., comntfssioii ,6n religious ■,educati«^.:'; jfe'l^is'ibfeesi for sonielyearsisecretajyiqrfyOthei'Ne^^ Zealand-HistgricaliAssopiatien^n^bas since ■iS2Bj]Seen-a-jm'e#bei: .of Jtjfcifc-JBbard of Historical -EecordsVo? ;th.e: ASglicajx Church: ;■ in- • .^Tewi',' Zealanil- Bjssjdes writing.; a- .iistorical;; sketch ;>»f: :tha Chiistchuirclv; Cathe^raij - he has published two.-books fox-, study circles,-. on» for rVboysV.-asdV >ono '-:'>i or-: uniTerjity. studentSjr ■. Mr s M' : Kenzie• has .beea^promirientjin seWr^J,branches =0/=;sport, and: is .a,,me.mber'--.pf the .■ goyisriiipsr bodies .of ? Eugby 'fooibal^- cricket , kini swimming in Canterbury. , .-.-.

Mr. Thomas Ashton Ganatt, a wellknown" chemist and optician, passedl away at~his residence in Brooklyn on Wednesday last. The late Mr. Ganatt, nho was in his 67th yeai, came to Next Zealand with, his patents at the"age of 12. His father, Mr. William Thomas Garratt, commenced business as a- chemist at the corner o£ Viviaa and Taranaki streets, this business afterward* being carried on by his son, who was at different times in business ln.Fejlding, Lyttejton, and Taihape. After * brief period of farming in lh» King Country ho re-entered business in Well* ington abo,ut 1922, and was latterly at Miramai. He was twice married, "and leaves a widow and two daughters -and one sen.