PERSONALS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 11383, 8 December 1930, Page 4

PERSONALS

The death occurred at Christchurch yesterday of the Hon. .John Barr. M.L.C. after several weeks’ illnes^— P.A.

’Messrs. Geo Smith and W. H. Wesibrooke have been appointed to represent the P.B. Employers’ Association on -tlie Gisborne unemployment committee.

Squadron-Leader Charles Roderick Can*, of New Zealand, who crashed in the Persian Gulf in 1927 when flying to India, is affianced to Miss Phyllis Elkiugton,- of Amersham. states a London cable message.

A report from Amiens states that a dense fog impeded Mr. SeiilHn'tom* of the battlefields. He visited Poiziere-s cemetery and placed awreath in honor or the British troops and then visited Albert and placed a wreath on the French memorial.— A. and X.Z.C.A. •

According to a London P.A. cable, a crowd of New Zealanders and others. led by Sir T. Wilford, cheered thrice three times as Air. Forbes and Sir T. Sidey . their wives, and \stati departed- for France from, \ ictorin . Tliose present included Messrs Thomas, Hnnkey,- Bat-terby, Harding and Viant (representing Mr. AracDonald). Mr. Forbes is visiting the battlefields and Paris, catching the Ormonde at. Toulon. A later message states that Mr. Forbes lias left .Calais for the Ypres battlefields- .

Air.. Oscar- Garden, accompanied by Captain Haig, arrived at Timaru from Dunedin on Saturday afternoon. The airmen were met some distance south , by two; planes;, nf the Canterbury Aero Club and escorted to, AVaShdkye, ■ a * few miles north, of. the town. whei*e the aviators were welcomed* by several -hundred people... Air. Garden was then driven to Timaru where, in the presence of sev-' oral thousand, pople, he was / officially welcomed to the town, where ho resided a- number of years, -by .the Mayor (Air. W. Angland) . Air” Garden later paid a ;flying_ visit, to Te-. nuika and, in tho evening,, .was the <uiest of the Aero dub and municipal authorities at a dinner, which was largely attended.' He .proceeds to Christchurch early this morn-ing.—P-A-