Personal.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IX, Issue 80, 19 March 1919, Page 4

Personal.

A London cable reports the death of George William Russell, intei national aviator.

Bishop Sadlier, of Nelson, is expected to leave England for New Zealand about the end of this month.

Captain D. McLean, formerly master of the hospital ship Mabeno. left Auckland for Sydney on Friday.

Mr. H. Holland, M P.. for Grey, has been umiuimoii'ly by the West port Labour Ihnons in contest the Buller setrt. al ihe general election.

Lieutenant E. T. Rowl’ings, N.Z. S.C., lias been appointed to the ternporarilv command of the Hawkes Bay area iiroup. with Ihe temporary ra-ik of eafiiain whilst so i mploved. The Rev. Father O'Bei.ne, who left Carierton twelve months ago on a health-recruit ing trip to the Old Country, returned to the Dominion by the Makura. TVI,. FJwo„l 1-ndhrook, Mr, Edi a d Man (ft b n 9, Mr David Str (o N i ) Mr. William Mh 1 ( I In e), and Mr. It p M I (f M llington), have been elected lelluwss of the Royal Colonial Institute.

Tigr i 1 I e vas receive 1 cn Tu d y by Mr H. P. Grey, Auckland agent for Wise’s Directory ot tne aeafon in Luuedin ot MrHarry H. Wise, secretary for Zealand for H. Wise, and Co., Ltd. Deceased was a married man with a family, and was approaching midlife. He w'as well-known in Auckland.

Mr. Wm. Heslop, the well-known Hastings veteran rifle shot, met with an accident to one of his eyes whilst he was shooting at the Dominion Rifle Association meeting at Trentham. A cartridge blew back, and the cordite hit his eye, causing him to retire from the match. Although the eye is painful, the eyesight will not be affected.

The remains of the late Mr. J. H. Sinclair were laid to rest in the Napier cemetery yesterday. A very large number of friends and sympathisers attended the funeral, including members of the various lodges, Napier Bowling Club, Commercial Travellers Association and representatives of local firms. The staff of J. Vigor Brown and Co. acted as pall bearers' and the Rev. J. A. Asher conducted the service at the graveside. His Grace Archbishop Redwood celebrated on Monday the fortysixth anniversary of his consecration as a Bishop. He told the Hibernian Society at their annual Communion breakfast yesterday that he had to get a special indult from the Holy See to be consecrated on St. Patrick’s Day, which he had desired on account of his long association with Dundalk College and generally w’ith Irish people in their own country.

Mr. J. Bronte Gatenby (Welling ton), late Exhibitioner of Jesus College, Oxford, and Senior Demy of Magdalen College, who has been lecturing in histology in the School of Medicine at Oxford, has been appointed (senior-assistant in zoology and lecturer in cytology at University College, London. Mr. Gatenby, w’ho was a student at St. Patrick’s, Wellington, and Wanganui College, and went to Oxford in 1912. is a son of Mr. Gatenby, chemist, late of Hastings.