PERSONAL

Evening Star, Issue 19349, 8 September 1926, Page 6

PERSONAL

The Prime Minister is expected to return to Wellington to-morrow from his northern trip. He will leave for London via San Francisco on September 14 by the Makura, and is due in London on October 15. The Imperial Conference will be opened on October 19. It is expected that Mr Coates will return to New Zealand early in the year, in which case ho will bo here for the visit of the Duke and Duchess of York, who are expected to reach New Zealand in February. Mr W. H. Dagger (Conciliation Commissioner) loft for Invercargill to-day to deal with the claims of the Southland cheese factory managers. _ Mr De Spong went south this morning to adjudicate at the eighth session of tho Winton Competitions Society. Mr P. R. Angus, locomotive engineer at Christchurch, has been appointed assistant chief mechanical engineer at Wellington, and will leave shortly to take up his new duties. This position was advertised at Home and in Australia. Mr Angus (.started his career with the Railways sixteen years ago as a mechanical engineering cadet.

A Greymouth Association message announces the death of Adam Blair, aged 75, the oldest member of the Grey County Council, a prominent sawmiller, and the oldest member of the Greymouth Jockey Club. He arrived on the Coast in 1860.

Mrs Elizabeth Mathewson, whose death took place at Blenheim yesterday in her 78th year, was one of tho early settlers at Port Chalmers. Sir A. H. Robinson, well known here in connection with school music, who is returning by the Manuka to-morrow, and who went Homo under the exchange of teachers scheme, has latterly devoted his time to the study of the voice in all its branches. He was fortunate in getting into touch with some of the greatest authorities on the subject in London. Tho course proved very extensive, and even included a visit twice a week to St. Thomas’s Hospital to see how voice troubles are dealt with. One of the lecturers at tho Royal Academy of Music took an interest in Mr Robinson, who was also invited by Dr Aikin, a famous authority on phonology, to attend his special lectures to London teachers of music.

It was decided at last night’s meeting of the Otago Athletic and Cycling Club to send a letter of sympathy to the relatives of tho late club member, Mr John Plank, A Palmerston North Press Association telegram states that tho death occurred fast evening of Mr Charles A. M. Hirtael, a veteran of the Maori Wars, and a survivor of the engagement, Te Ngutu o Te Manu, in which Major Yon Tempsky was killed. Deceased had been curator of tho museum for many years. / At tho meeting of the Dunedin Presbytery last evening the Rev. H. H. Barton introduced Mr W. Cron, organising-socretary of tho Otago Bible Society. Mr Barton _ said that the society had been initiated by the Presbytery in 1864, but it was nondenominational. The Moderator (the Rev. D. M'Cosh) briefly welcomed Mr Cron. Mr Cron stated that he had only retired from school teaching on Monday, and added that he would do his best to deserve tho kind words that had boon said.

Recent arrivals at the Excelsior Hotel include Mr F. Falconer (Melbourne), Mr A. J. Duncan (Sydney), Mr and Mrs Watson (Auckland), Mrs Murray (Rotorua), Mr and Mrs Reid (Wellington), Mr and Mrs Stevens (Timaru). Guests at the Grand Hotel include Mr H. M'Dougall (Sydney), Messrs E. Boucher and W. Truscott (Auckland), Mr H. Heinrann (Hastings), Mr J. B. Brown (Wanganui), Messrs H. A. Brown, J. Coats, J. Norswood, and L. Duncan (Wellington). Staying at the Hotel Carlton are Mr Mitchell (Edinburgh),_ Mr J. Ross (San Francisco), Mr Richardson (Wellington), Mr J. D. Hays (Waimato).