PERSONALS.

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10735, 5 November 1928, Page 4

PERSONALS.

The many friends of Mr. S. Williams will regret to learn (that lie is at present an inmate of a private hospital.

According to a London cable, General Booth is suffering front nervous prostration, and bus been ordered several months’ rest.

His Majesty is conferring the Order of tlie "Garter on the Emperor of Japan. The Duke of Gloucester will prol Vtbly convey the honor to Tokyo in 1929.—United Service.

Mr. M. McLeod, of the staff of the district telegraph engineers’ office in Napier, has been temporarily transferred to Gisborne. He is secretary or the Hawke’s Bay Gricket Association. r

“I am not leaving London,” declared the Bishop of London, in reply to Dean Inge’s suggestion. He added that all speakers at the Synod expressed their willingness to obey directions and these will be issued in January.—Aust. Press Assn.

Mr K. Butters, of Wellington, who lias been transferred .to Gisborne, as manager of the National Bank of New - Zealand, was farewelled by his colleagues recently on whose behalf the manager, Mr. Thompson, presented him with a travelling rug, the recipient suitable acknowledging tne gift.

Three Sussex cricket professionals arrived in Sydney by the Maloja en route to New Zealand, where they will, act as coaches. They are J. Langridge nad E. H. Bowley, for the Auckland Cricket Association, and G. R. Cbx. for tlie Auckland Suburban Association. Commenting on the forthcoming Tests, they all expressed tlie opinion that the English bowling would prove a revelation to the Australians. —Aust. Press Assn. Tributes to the founder of Wesleyanisin were- paid by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Prime Minister at a meeting held in London in support of an appeal for funds to renovate Wesley’s Chapel in- tlie city. The archbishop observed, that John Wesley did more than-.-any other- person to promote the religious life of England-. Mr. Baldwin said Wesley was a great Englishman, typical of a great century. If any one single person stood lietween England and the monstrous upheavals on the" Continent, it was John Wesley. Wesley’s supreme legacy to this country was his conception of practical religion for the ordinary man and woman.—British Official'Wireless.