Personal.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIII, Issue 186, 24 July 1923, Page 4

Personal.

Mr. Arthur Porritb, New Zealand Rhodes scholar for 1923, will leave for England to-day. Mr T. Charles Weston arrives in Napier from Wellington to-night. He will visit Hastings to-morrow.

Mr. A. A. Thomson ,of the teaching staff of Scots College* has been appointed headmaster of the Kakaou provincial school, Fiji.

The Rev. J. J. North is leaving EngLind by'an earlier boat than previously arranged, and is expected to reach Christchurch early in September.

Tlie Hon. C. J. Parr (Minister of Education and Justice') has been confined to his bed with illness during the past few days. Dr. Ritson, the senior secretary of th© British and Foreign Bible Society, who intended visiting New Zealand this year, will in all probability not make the trip until next year.

Miss Alice Pickett, who has been visiting her parents, Mr and Mrs J. J. Pickett, of Southampton street, Hastings, left for Waipawa this morning en route to Wellington. The Mayor of Hastings (Mr G. A. Maddison) is expected to arrive in Hastings to-night, after attending tho Municipal Conference in Christchurch and transeating municipal business in Wellington. Mr. J. H. Richardson, who has just retired from th© position of New Zealand Government Insurance Commistogether with Mrs. Richardson. Miss Richardson and Miss Clarke, sailed for the Islands by the Tofua on Saturday. Mr. C. J. W. Barton, of Hamilton, holds the singular distinction of having attended the first municipal conference held in New Zealand a> Hamilton’s representative 29 years ago. Mr. Barton again represented the Hamilton borough at the conference last week in Christchurch.

A large dwelling house in Blenheim occupied by Mrs A. M. Michalanney was the scene of an outbreak of fire. Three adults and three children made a hurried exit. Four rooms were (pitted and the furniture was a total oss. The insurance oh the house was £6OO in the Phoenix Office, with a cover of £3OO in the Commercial Union.

The Rev. E. A. Gillespie, M.A., Trinity College. Dublin, has accepted the position of vicar of St. Peter’s Church, Pahiatua. Mr. Gillespie served as chaplain with the Imperial Forces from 1915 to 1918. He was also chaplain to the Air Force from 1918 to 1920. Mr. and Mrs. Gillespie expect to leave London for New Zealand in October.

A New York cable message reports that the Rev. Cyril William Emmett, dean of University College, Oxford, died in a local hospital from pneumonia after a wek’s illness. The dean and Mrs Emmett arrived recently, the former intending to deliver a series of sermons in America during the summer.

The elevation to Cabinet rank of Mr. 11. F. Bollard, the memlier for Raglan. leaves open the position of senior Whip to the Reform Party. It is understood that Mr. J. 'S. Dickson, the member for Parnell, who acted with Mr. Bollard as second Whip, will now be made senior Whip, and Mr. W. S. Glenn, the popular member for Rangitikei. will be second Whip.

Mr. Albert Mallinson. F.T.C.L. the eminent song writer arrived at Auckland on Saturday bv the Makura from Vancouver. He haa been appointed examiner for th© Trinity College of London for tho North Island of New Zealand. Owing to the large number of candidates in New Zealand jt has been necessary to appoint two examiners.

The death of one of Hawke’s Bay’s leading native women, in Tipoia Nikera. occurred at hm- horn© at Puketapu yesterday after zTlong and painful illness. She was one who always took a keen interest in th© welfare of the Maori people. and anv movement made in their inteerests always had her very hearty support, and wherever sickness wap to Imj found sh© was always there to assist by every possible means her people in their adversity and undoubtedly eshe will be greatly missed by all who knew her.

A veteran of the Indian Mutiny died last week at Newstead, Waikato, in the person of Mr. Robert Bevon Lye. He was aged 85 years. Mr. Lye was a member of a well-known county family, and was born in Wiltshire, England. At an early ago he joined the army from a adventure. He was at that time the youngest soldier in his regiment, the Rifle Brigade. He rose to the rank of serjreant-major, and served through the Indian Mutiny, being present at the relief of Cawnpore and Lucknow, and at tjie taking of Delhi. He came to New Zealand 38 years ago. He was the father of Mr. IF. Lye, M.P.