PERSONAL.

Gisborne Times, Volume LV, Issue 6204, 8 October 1921, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Mr J. Kinder left for the South by the Arahura last evening. Mr C. A. de Lautour left last evening for the South. Mr W. F. Cederwall was a passenger for the South by the Arahura last evening.

The Hon. A. T. Ngata was a passenger for the South by the Arahura last evening.

Mr L. T. Buraard, who has been in Wellington during the past week, is expected to return by the Arahura this afternoon.

Colonel R. H. Potter, O.C. Northern Command, and Captain Peacocke return to Auckland by the Arahura this afternoon.

The Mayor (Mr Geo. Wildish), returned to Gisborne yesterday after attending the conference of the Municipal Association. Mi* E. B. Boland, chairman t>f the XJawa County Council, arrived in. Gisborne from the South yesterday morning. Sir Jamet* Carroll, M.L.C., arrived in Gisborne from Wellington yesterday morning on business connected with the Maori Soldiers’ Fund Council. Superintendent Wright , officer in charge of the Auckland Police District, is at present in Gisborne on Departmental business. Mr Edward Armstrong, son of the District Engineer, accompanied by his mother, left yesterday on a short visit to Wellington. Brigadier-General Richardson, G.O.C. Defence Administration, left for Wellington last evening, after spending two days in Gisborne during which time he inspected the local cadets and territorialsThe announcement was made at the Nationalist caucus that Sir Joseph Cook had been appointed High Commissioner for Australia and would, take up his duties at the end of December.— TJ.P.A. The Japanese Imperial household has issued a bulletin, declaring that the Emperor’s health is unfavorable. He is experiencing difficulty in talking, and is losing his memory—A. and N.Z. Cable Assn. The death is reported of Mr James Malcolm, for many years engineer to the Horowhenua County Council, at the age of 70 years. The deceased, who was a native of Scotland, leaves a widow and family of five sons. The Chief Comml3oioner for the Dominion for the Boy Scouts has forwarded to Commissioner King the presentation watch 1 won by Scout Samuel English, of the Mangapapa Troop, for best photograph for inclusion in the Scouts’ Gazette.' The presentation will he made on Friday next on the occasion of the inspection of the troop. The Presbyterian . parish of Westmere is extending a unanimous call to the Rev. William McNeur, of Whakatane, Bay of Plenty. All thte five sons of the McNeur. family are Presbyterian ministers, the eldest being the Rev. George McNeur, pioneer missionary of the N.Z. Presbyterian Church in the Canton Villages Mission. Mr George P. Mountain, one of the oldest settlers of the Bay of Islands, has died at the age of 84. He was born in Australia, and came to . New Zealand 56 years ago, settling in- Purerna as storekeeper' and gum-buyer,. where he started a fish cannery, still in successful operation.’ He married Miss H. ■ Lethbridge, daughter of the first white woman horn in New Zealand.