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Evening Star, Issue 19699, 28 October 1927, Page 6

PERSONAL

The Governor-General has received the following from the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs iu reply to tho message sent in connection with tho death of tlio Marquess of Cambridge Her Majesty tho Queen desires me to convey to His Excellency and to the Government and people of New Zealand her grateful thanks for their expression of deep sympathy in her bereavement.” A notice in the Gazette announces the posting of Major J. G. Coates (Prime Minister), of the North Auckland Regiment, to the reserve of officers.

In the Gazette a notice stales that Captain Lionel Victor Wells, D. 5.0., lias been appointed to the command of H.M.S. Diomede, to take effect from the transfer of the broad pennant of Commodore Swaboy, commanding the New Zealand naval section, to H.M.S. Dunedin. Mr and Mrs R. T. Sirapsqn left for Wellington yesterday to connect with tho Marama en route for Australia, where they propose to spend a two months' holiday. Mr R. J. Hoffman’s death, announced in yesterday's paper, is sincerely mourned by the members of the Otago Anglers’ Association as well as others. He was an enthusiastic fisherman, and a worker iu the interests of (be sporl. Mr F. 0. Bridgeman returned lu Dunedin the night, before last after a. trip to England, on which he started siic months ago. It was his first sight of the Old Comilry for forty years. He saw six of the matches played by the New Zealand eriekolcv-, including (bo great match on the Oval. Mr John M'Jmioc and hi; wl'c are home again.- They spent a, very pleasant time, at Tahiti, whither they went to visit Mr M'lndoe’s mother, now residing there, and still pursuing her art studies, of which half a dozen samples have been brought bacic for the Otago Art Society’s exhibition.