PERSONAL

Evening Star, Issue 22783, 4 May 1931, Page 11

PERSONAL

Cable .advice of the death of Flyingofficer Sinclair S. M'Kay in a flying accident in England, on Saturday morning was received by his mother, Mrs L. Le-Coeq, of Hackthorne road, Cashmere, yesterday. In conveying tho| news the Secretary of State for the Air extended the sympathy of the Air Ministry.* Mr M'Kay was well known and popular in Christchurch. He went to England three years ago, received his training at the Flying School in don,, and joined the Royal Air Force, of which his elder brother, Mr U.}S.: M'Kay, is also a member. —Christchurch correspondent. Mrs M'Kenzie, who was killed in the Stratford crossing smash last week, was the wife of Mr Jack M'Kenzie, formerly of Wellington, and a 1913 and 1914 All • Black. He partnered Cliff Ramsden, the Petone pair being one of the best combinations in dominion club football. Mrs M'Kenzie was also a stepdaughter of the late Horn J. A.: Millar, formerly Minister of Railways. A Lisbon Press Association cable states that Mr E. Ashmead-Bartlett (the well-known war correspondent) is gravely ill. He is suffering from congestion of the lungs. Mr W. C. Denham has been recommended by the Labour Representation Council as the party’s candidate for the Invercargill seat (says a Press Association telegram). A very old and esteemed resident of Dunedin died at Roslyn on Sunday, morning—the widow of Thomas Walter Sime. She had been ailing for the past two or three years. A native- of Edinburgh, she arrived in Otago by the sailing ship Oamaru in 1875, on which vessel she met her husband, who was a nephew of Mr Walter Guthrie, of the firm of Guthrie and Lanrach. Mrs Sime left seven of a family—five sons and two daughters. The boys are Thomas, Andrew, David, Harry, and Alexander, and the daughters are Mrs Carmine and Mrs Early. Of the boys two (Thomas and David) were professional runners, and Thomas played wing three-quarter on the opposite wing in the Kaikorai football- team- to ‘ ‘ Barney ’ ’ Armit in the season when, that player met with a fatal accident on the field. Mr Alex. Sime is a New, Zealand amateur, golf champion, and will be well remembered by Dunedin golfers as a St. Clair champion who went to Greymouth to win from there the highest golf honour available. Among those persons staying at the Grand Hotel are Mr C. A. Copeland (Sydney), Messrs. J. Vickery, P. J.-, O’Regan, and D. H. Scott (Wellington). Mr and Mrs T. A. Vickery, Mr, J. Cruse (Christchurch), and Mr T. Meredith (Invercargill). Staying at the Excelsior Hotel are Mr L. Learoyd (London), Mr J. Perrington (Colombo), Messrs F. Baker and R. Crocombe (Auckland), and Mr J. Parcell (Cromwell). City Hotel guests: Mr V. Birtwhistlo (Melbourne), Mr R. Morson (Wellington), Mr .R. M'Cormack (Christchurch), Mr and Mrs D. Griffen, Mrs Hannah. (Oamaru), Mr W. Jardine (Balclutha), and Mr and Mrs A. G. Gifford (Invercargill). .