Personals.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 241, 25 September 1922, Page 4

Personals.

Mrs. H. C. Swan, of Hastings, left for Palmerston North this morning on a holiday. Mr. Benjamin Browne, one of the oldest residents of Matamata (Auckland), died there last week, aged 80. A London cable announces the death, at the age of 88 years, of Sir Charles Santley, once a famous baritone singer. Mr. G. F. Roach, chairman of the Hawke’s Bay Education Board, left for Wellington this morning to attend a conference of education boards. Mr. T. Mason Chambers, chairman of the Hawke’s Bay County Council, Ipft by the mail train this morning for Wellington on power hoard business. Auckland pnpers announce the death last week, aged 75. of Mr. Frederick M ililam Lallv. son of the late Rev. Meyrick Lally. The deceased gentleman, who was'a native of Auckland, was in earlier life resident in Napier for some little t»nie. Mr. A. Shrimpton, chief P. and T. engineer, was. in his youth, intended for a newspaper career. In the early days as a copy-holder, he had to take messages to the telegraph office, and the telegraph instruments so fascinated him that ho gave up his job and entered the postal service. His pet hobby is deer-stalking. Mdlle. Nadejda Stanicoff. eldest daughter of the Bulgarian Minister, in London, has been appointed First Secretary to the Bulgarian Legation in Washington, and is the first woman to hold an important diplomatic post. Mrlle. Stanicoff is 27 .speaks six languages. and was secretary interpreter at the Paris Peace Conference and the Genoa Conference. Dean M’Kenna. of Newtown, is seriously ill, and his condition is causing his friends much anxiety (says the “Evening Post”). The dean was to have left on Tuesday on transfer to New Plymouth, his successor at Newtown being the Rev. Father Cashman, who recently returned from a holiday -trip to Ireland. Last Wednesday night, however. Dean M‘Kenna was taken ill, and his condition has been serious ever since. Madame Winnie Fraser, who. in conjunction with Mr. William Watters, has recently given a most successful recital in Oaniaru. leaves Christchurch this week for Invercargill. where she will be soloist at the Male Choir’s concert. At the end of October, Madame Winnie Fraser will take the soprano solos in “Elijah,” which the Wellington Royal Choral Society is producing at the Town Hall, and she has also been engaged as soloist for the Bohemian Orchestra’s concert in the Auckland Town Hall in October. Mr. D. H. Black, M.Sc., has been selected as the Canterbury College candidate for the Rhodes Scholarship. The final selection was made by the Professorial Board of the college. Mr. Black was educated at Nelson College, completing a distinguished career there by winning a university scholarship. At Canterbury College he took a science course, completing the course for the B.Sc. in 1920 and gaining a senior university scholarship. Last year he qualified for the M.Sc. degree with first-class honours. He was awarded the Sir George Grey scholarship for research in science in 1921. Mr. Black took his full share in the athletic life of Nelson College, being prominent in shooting and football. He has represented* Canterbury College in athletics at the university tournament for three years, and is a very promising runner. Mr. Black was nominated for the Rhodes Scholarship last year, when it was awarded to Mr. G. G. Aitken (Victoria College).