PERSONAL

Grey River Argus, 20 June 1925, Page 4

PERSONAL

Mr F. tSouthcran, of the local P. ;md T. Department, has received notice of his transfer to Nelson, on promotion He will leave on Alofiday. The death is cabled uf one ot America’s best known political personalities, Senator La Follette, on Wednesday, from lieart failure due to a general breakdown and a fresh attack of bronchial asthma. He was 70 years of age, and was a central figure in United Stages controversy for over a quarter of a century. He began life on a farm in Wisconsin, and climbed his way through most State offices to a Senatorship of the United States, which he held for 20 years. The climax of his career was reached when he entered the last presidential campaign, polling five million votes, against Mr Coolidge and Air Davis, as an Independent, for which he was later ousted from the Republican Party and deprived of seniority honours. Since then his health had gradually failed. It is agreed that the strenuous campaign hastened his end. Senator La Follette was the instigator of the sensational “Teapot Dome’’ oil leases investigation, in which the oil kings were indicted with corrupting Federal officials and ministers. La Follette was pro-Labour at the end oi his career. The Leader of the Indian Nationalists, Mr C. B. Das, who died at Darjuling, had a vas4, funeral, says a Delhi cable. From dawn at Calcutta, crowds began to gather, and it is estimated four hundred thousand awaited the arrival of the body by train. A procession of thirty thousand people followed along the seven mile packed rou*te to the burning ghat, where the last rites were performed. The body was completely covered with flowers. A number ot accidents occurred owing to the crush, but otherwise everything was orderly. Das, who headed the Swaraj (self-government) movement, succeeded Dr Ghamli as India’s National Leader when the non-co-operation movement, failed, but the Swarajists and the Non-co-operators had the same aim—they were both intent bn wrecking the operation ot the system of administraftjon granted to India ns a first instalment, of self-govern-ment —but the Swarajists thought the system would be destroyed from within and the Non-co-operators pbt fheir trust in the power of a boycott. On December 24th last, the Executive of the Indian National Congress by 160 votes to 19, approved of an agreement between Gfiandi and Das by which iibn-co-operatiou would be suspended and Swarajists allowed to sit in the Legislative Assemblies and participate in the activities of the Law Courts and the schools. Das was always more acceptable to die Imperialists than the more direct Ghandi. The death of Mr A. C. Benson, master of Cambridge Magdalene College removes an author well-known all over Hie. Empire. He was a C.V.O ; H D., At.A. (Cantab-, F.R.H.S., F.R.S.L., and was head of his college for a decade. He was a son of the late Archbishop of Canterbury, was educated at Eton and Cambridge, and was a master i t Eton from 1885 to 1903. He nearly 50 titles to- his credit as an author, including books of history, poetry, and fiction, but ho is most widely known for his essays and letters. To a series of biographies he contributed lives of Rosetti, Walter Palter and Edward Fitzgerald. He was a brother of th? late ATonsignor R. H. Benson, a 'convert to Catholicism.

The many friends of Mrs I’. Ho gan. High Street, will be pleased to know that she is up and feeling well after her successful operation at the public Hospital. Mr K. T. Thompson, of the Bank of New South Wales, Westport, is spending the week-end in Greymouth prior to proceeding to Dunedin on annual leave. Mr and Airs J. R. Leitch, of Shakes, peare street, hate returned from Christchurch. Air A. J. AlcCrecdie, District Railwar Engineer, Christchurch, is visiting Grevmouth. Air and Airs Peter Daly, of Port Crai<r (Southland) are visiting Grey. mouth. The of Mr A. H. Paterson, fnrmerlv of Greymouth, and now of Christr-hnrcli. to Miss Ada Craip. of Fendalton, v.ill take place at St Paul’s Presbyterian Church on Thursday next. Mr J. Canning, of Lyttelton, who has been engaged by the Greymouth Harbour Board to carry out diving operations in the Grey River, will commence duties this morning. Airs AL Phillips, senr.. of Tainui street, is at present confined to her home through indisposition. Air Daniel Reece, of Christchurch, F ’ iqitlno- th? West Coast. Air Allan Adams, of Shakespeare Q( ref”rned from Christchurch. A Press Association telegram from Christchurch states that, th? health of the Governor-General (Sir Charles Fer. cusson) has greatly improved. His Excellency and Lady Alice Fcrgusson left for Wellington on Thursday night.