PERSONAL

Evening Star, Issue 17327, 15 April 1920, Page 6

PERSONAL

.r and Airs T. IL Ringland and Mies J. Ringland, of Napier, who have been .spending a few days here, left by the second express yesterday for Christchurch. The Bishop of Dunedin will leave for Lawrence to-morrow, and will spend the week-end in the Roxburgh and Miller’s Flat parish. Ills Lordship will return to Dunedin on Wednesday in order to attend the social and presentation to Bishon Nevill.

Tha ‘Wanganui Chronicle’ of a recent date says: “Mr J. Crow, sen., of Dunedin, is paying a brief visit to Wanuaani, having come up from Wellington for the purpose of peeing the Durie Hill elevator, of which his son, Mr Ed. Grow, was the designer and engineer. Mr Crow, sen., who Ls in his eighty-ninth yeaiv came up from the south to Wellington in order to say farewell to another of his sons, Mr Mm. Crow, for many years a Ministerial private secretary, who has just left to tahe up an important appointment in the tehee of the New Zealand High Commissioner, London.” Mr Crow has now gone to Auckland to visit 011101' members of bis family. The Dnrie Hill elevator is the only one of the description and height south q{ the line. It serves to convey residents of the hill and others to and from their business or for Measure. .Mr F. Bodle, manager of the.Auckland branch of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., which position he has held for 23 years, ia about to retire from the conipa.p.y’s service. He has been with the eonreany for over 40 years. Air Docile will bo succeeded in the management of the Auckland branch bv Air IT. 0. Nolan, at present manager of the_ stock department of the companv’s business in Auckland. Afr Bodle was at one time accountant in the Dunedin office of the company.

The Rev. W, F. Scott, R.N., Chaplain of the E.AI.S. Renown, is a son of the late General Sir Charles Scott, K.C.8., BA. Educated at Harrow, New College, Oxford, and University College, Durham, he was ordained in Hill, he'entored the Navy in 1913, and served throughout the war. As Co a plain in 11.A1.5. Agamemnon, Ah- Scott was present at the loss of H.AI.S. Bulwark, by explosion, in the Rng!ish_ Channel, in 1914, and at the torpedoing of 11.A1.5. Formidable in the same year. Going out to the Dardanelles Air Scott was present at all the chief naval actions in February and March. 1915, and at the landing of the army on Gallipoli Peninsula on April 25. ’ As chaplain he often administered to the wounded and dying of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, and he remained on duty there until the final evacuation in January, 1916. From April to .Time of that year he w?.s at Salonika. Returning to the Grand Fleet in September. 1916, ho took part in several operations off the enemy’s coast, and was present at the surrender of the Hteh Seas Fleet on Novemebr 21, 1918. Air Scott accompanied the_ Prince of Wales to Canada and the United States as Chaplain of the Renown.

Mr _ Henry G. Grcatbatch, assistant supervisor of telegraphs, who died at Auckland, was regarded as a most able and energetic officer. He was 69 rears of age, and was contemplating retiring from Ho service (having been over 40 years in tne department) when ho v.-ns overtaken oy an illness. An operation was perfoimed from wlncb be failed to recover.