PERSONAL

Evening Star, Issue 18817, 16 December 1924, Page 6

PERSONAL

Sir John Roberts left this morning on a visit to 'Wellington. Ex-inspector M’Namara was a through passenger by to-day’s Invercargill express. Mr Keith Ramsay returned from the south to-day. Mr R. Hudson left for Christchurch today. Mr C. Rattray was a passenger for the north this morning, and will go on to Wellington. New guests at the City Hotel are Mr F. R. Wallis (Gore), Dr 'Yule and Messrs J. Yule, T. 1). Kingsland, and C. S. Mackay (Invercargill), Miss Burke-Wood (London), and Mr T. A. Rissell (Auckland). Members of tho War Pensions Board (Messrs D. G. A. Cooper, S.M., J. D. Harper, and Dr Hard) left for .Wellington today. Staying at the Grand Hotel aro Mr N. A. Duthio (Auckland), Messrs B. Tripp and C. L. Orhell (Tlmaru), Mr J. M. Tripp (Geraldine), Miss "Webster and Mr W. J. Webster (Arbroath), Mr A. C. Ross, Government dairy inspector, was a passenger by this morning’s north express. At a. meeting of the Mornington School Committee last night it was decided to recommend Mr Leslie’ D. Jack, of Rangiora, for appointment as fifth assistant at tho school. At the meeting of the council of tho National Coursing Association of New Zealand the secretary was instructed to write to Mr H. S. Irving, of Rosslyn Bush, Southland, .sympathising with him in his recent accident and trusting that ho would soon ho restored to health. Mr Cyril Roy Knight, an Australian, now of New York, has boon appointed professor of architecture at Auckland University College. Mr Knight is a native of Sydney, and i.s only 31 years of ago. Ho served with the Australian Field Engineers, and has studied in England, Paris, and America. He holds first-class honors in the degree in architecture of Liverpool University, and is an associate member of the Royal Institute of British Architects. Those staying at the Excelsior Hotel are Mrs J. H. Parkinson and Mr H. C. Mosley (Christchurch), Mr W. Eyton (Queenstown), Mr A. J). Latta, (Owaka), Messrs W. A. Brown, W. Hawthorn, a.nd A. Milno (Invercargill), Mr B. W. Pentycross (London), Mr F. A. Hickman (Ashburton), and Mr L. A. Poison (Wellington). Tho death oocnrred at Mat ahem (Poverty Bav) of Mr Paratene Ngata, father of the Hon. A. T. Ngata, aged between 70 and 80 years. Mr Paratene Ngata was one of tho foremost members of tho famous Ngatiporou tribe, and was a. keen supporter of any movement to bring tho Maori land on the oast coast under cultivation. He supported advanced ideas in farming. Deceased was known throughout the North Island as a Native agent and Land Court assessor. His wife, predeceased him many years ago. Deceased, who had been ailing for the last twelve months, leaves throe sons-—Renata, Hone, and tho Hon. Apiarana. Private advice has been received of tho death of Mr Frank Geoffrey Burton Waldcgrave. Born and educated in Wellington, he entered the service of the Stale in 1874, and was at first attached to the office of tho Colonial Secretary ns a cadet. Ho was private secretary to several Ministers at various times, and in 1881 was transferred to tho Department of Justice. In 1889 ho was promoted to the position of chief clerk, and _ was subsequently appointed deputy registrar of patents. In 1910 he was appointed Commissioner of Police, which position ho held with the office of the Under-Secretary of (ho Department of Justice until his retirement in 1912, after having completed 38 years of service. Following his retirement, he went to London, whore ho was a prominent member ol tho New Zealand War Contingent Association. Later ho was the Now Zealand Red Cross representative at the Genova Conferences. He was twice married, and leaves a widow (a daughter of the late Sir Harry Atkinson) a,nd two married daughters, all of whom reside in England. Mr William Coote, a Unionist member of the Ulster House of Commons, died suddenly at Belfast. Mr Coote, who was sixty-one years of age, achieved success as a manufacturer of woollen yarns in County Tyrone. An Invercargill message states that the death occurred’ suddenly at the Grand Hotel to-day of Mr Horatio A. Massey, a well-known saw-miller, who owned mills in various parts of Southland. Deceased, recently returned from Europe, which ho had visited four times since tho war. He is survived by his widow and daughter. Two sons, who held commissions, were killed in France. A Hokitika Press Association telegram advises’ the death of Mr Patrick Clare, a well-known settlor, aged eighty-four.

That New Zealanders dearly love a ramble is once more clearly demonstrated bv the fact that a sinsle Blenheim shop sold no fewer than 955 tickets in the big Dunedin Art Union (says a local paper).