PERSONAL

Feilding Star, Volume 3, Issue 552, 29 December 1925, Page 5

PERSONAL

The death is announced from London of Sir George Ooltlmrst, aged To, the owner of Blarney Castle, near Cork, Ireland. The Crow a Prince of Annum has been recognised as king in succession to Khai-Dinh, who died last month. AI r A. Shelton, superintendent 'of mails at the Wellington Chief Post. Office, has been promoted to !*o relieving officer 'for the General PostOffice. Lieut-.-Col. S. E. Thomas, an exImperial Army officer, who intends settling permanently in the Dominion, arrived from England hv the Ruapehu. He was accompanied by members of his family. Dr. George Bomlficld (brother of Miss Margaret-. Bondfield, ox-M.P.), and for 18 years agent in China for the British and Foreign Bible Society,, died at Bournemouth at the age of 70 recently. Air Peter B. Tvyno, the American novelist, has written to his cousin, Afr AL J. Tvyiie, ;nf Gisborne, (,n the effect that he is .leaving America early next- year on his visit to New Zealand and hopes to spend at least a month in Gisborne with him.

Air Ben Till oil, ox-ALR., of London, has relinquished the chairmanship of the National Transport Workers’ Federation, of which he was the founder.

The Prince of Wales was installed as Afaster of Alagdalen Lodge of Freemasons at the Cafe Royal, Regent street, London, a few weeks ago. Alagdalen is the i college where the Prince studied while at, Oxford University..'

The Rev. Father Cahill left Feilding to-day on a well earned vacation of three weeks, which lie will spend in a comprehensive tour of the South Island. As its chairman he will represent the Feilding branch of the S.P.O.A. at its Dominion Conference in Dunedin on January 14.