PERSONALS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 11009, 23 January 1926, Page 4

PERSONALS

Lord and Lady Alienor are passengers on the Llimaroft, which left Svdnev for New Zealand vesterdav.— IT.P.A.

_ Lord and Lady Allenby returned to Sydney from a tour of the Western part of the State, and sailed fur Auckland by the Ulimrrca yesterday— U.P.A.* Air. C. P. Skerrett, K.C.. has returned from Sydney. It is anticipated that he will be sworn in as Chief •Justice in succession to Sir Hubert Stout on February 1. Air. T. C. Lowry, who returned with the New Zealand cricket team from Australia, informed a Dominion reporter that he would probably be returning to Australia before long in order to take oyer the management of a property his family had acquired near Dubho. in New South Wales. A London cable states that Baron ■Carmichael was buried in tlie Old World churchyard, at Skirling, with the simplest ceremony. The oaken coffin was carried from the peer’s room to the grareside by a party of villagers. The mourners included Viscount Norar. There were many flowers.—A. and N.Z.C.A. The death occurred at Cook Hospital yesterday of Air. Arthur William Coham, at the age of 71 years. Air. Ooham. who was born in England, was the father of Air. L. J. Coham, ’bus proprietor of Gisborne, and was held in the highest esteem in the district. He had been in ill-health for the past fe'w weeks. Air George Barnes, well-known throughout New Zealand, which he has not visited for several years, has returned to supervise the_ presentation of ‘"The Iron Horse” in Mew Zealand. Ivlr Barnes has achieved remarkable distinction in presentation and production in Sydney and Alelbourne with a number of wonderfrt prologues, notably ‘‘The Queen Jyc Sheba.” " The Sea Hawk,” •'Chu thin Chow,'” “The Ashes of Vengeance,” “The Aferry-go-Kound,” “The Covered Waggon,” “Quo Aadist The Lost AVorld,” “If Winter Comes,” etc., which were unexcelled for artistic arid musical conception. The death took place at Greymouth recently of Air James D. Gillies, an old resident of the AVest Coast and a well known civil and mining engineer. He was recently associated with Alessrs AA*. Ferguson, F. W . Furkert and Blair Alasoh in preparing and submitting a report upon the Weymouth harbor, which was adopted and is now being given effect to and, last year, he was appointed to act on a commission to draw up and submit a report upon the Timaru Harbor, to the Government. Air Gillies was the third son of the late Judge Gillies, of Auckland, and was 6? years of age. He was educated at the Auckland Grammar School and Auckland allege. He was keenly iturtfsted in music and was exceedingly ; popular on the Coast.