PERSONAL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16567, 3 June 1914, Page 10

PERSONAL.

The Hon R. H. Rhodes, PostmasterGeneral, arrived from Wellington yesterday. Mr L. M'Kay, tho well-known amateur champion pole-vaulter, who has been seriously ill, is making a satisfactory recovery. The Associated Board of the Royal Academy and Royal College of Music,? London, announces that Mr William Devenish Meares has been appointed honorary local representative of the Board for Christchurch. An old resident of Gisborne, in the person of Mr William Reginald Robineon, barrister and "solicitor, died on Sunday. Ho was in his seventy-eighth year, and had resided in Gisborn© for tifty-eix yeara. The Hon George Fowlds ,late Minister of Education, who is now holidaymaking in Britain, represented New Zealand at the Empire gathering of the Colonial Missionary Society, which was held at tho City Temple-—the late Dr Parker's famous church in Holborn — on May 12. A Press Association telegram from Wellington states that it is understood that Dr William Anderson, at present Assistant Inspector-General of Schools in New Zealand, will succeed Mr Hogben, who retires presently on superannuation from the position of Inspector-General. Mr C. J. Reakes, Director of tho Live Stock Division, and Mr James Duncan, Acting Director of the Fields and Experimental Farms Division of the Department of Agriculture, arrived from Wellington yesterday morning and left to attend the Dunedin winter show. Mr J. 0. Gardner, of Vancouver, who has been in Christchurch for the past two months, left last night by the Wahine, en route to Auckland to join the R.M.S. Makura for Vancouver. During his stay in Christchurch MiGardner made many friends and he received an enthusiastic farewell.on the Christchurch railway station last night. A Press Association telegram from Wellington states that Mr P. H. Hickey, secretary of the United Federation of Labour, has received advice from Mr James Larkin, the Irish Labour leader, that he expects to ar- < rive in New Zealand in September next on a lecturing tour organised for propaganda purposes ana for the purpose of raising funds to extend cooperative labour activities in Dublin. American newspapers record the death at Chicago on April 7 .of Cyrus G. Warman, known as " The Poet of the Rockies." He made his reputation by writing the 6ong, " Sweet Marie." It was written in honour of Miss Marie Jones, a convent school girl at London, Ontario, whom he afterwards married, and who sued him for divorce in 1912. Mr Warman was a railway engineer by profession. Dr William Robinson, M. 8., 8.5., of Christchurch, has concluded his appointment of house physician at Guy's Hospital, and will now be senior physician for three months, and " president of the residents" at Guy's, writes tho I London correspondent of the "Lyttel- ! ton Times." He hopes to get some ! general practice during the summer, I and in the autumn will sit for the final I F.R.G.S. examination.

Mr Frederick Seed, who has just retired from the position of Inspector for. the Wellington Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, states a Press Association telegram from Wellington, was yesterday presented by the committee with a travelling rug and illuminated address. Appreciative references were made to. his. fifteen years' faithful service. Mr Seed in his reply mentioned that since he had been inspector in Wellington over' 500 decrepit and worn-out horses had been destroyed. .

Mr Arthur Myers, M.P. for Auckland East, was the guest of honour at the dinner of the Maccabean Society at M? Great Central Hotel in London in April, when he was accompanied by his brothers, Mr Leo and Dr Bernard Myers. Amongst those present to meet Mr Myers were Lord Emmott. Minister for the Coloniil Department, Mr Israel Zangwill and Sir John Anderson, Permanent Under-Sec-retary for the Colonial Department, w-o was attached to the staff of the King and Queen when they visited India,

I Another of the early settlers of Soiithj land passed away at his residence, Ythan Street, Invorc&rgill. on Friday in .the person of Mr William Adam- . son, aged eighty-eight years. De- | ceased was born, in Dunfermline, Seotj land, in 1826, and prior to leaving for ' Melbourne in 1858 was occupied at carting work in connection with a colliery in his native town. Arriving in Victoria, he sought employment in the country, where he was engaged on a sheep .station for a time, and later in a foundry. After four years' residence in Victoria, Mr Adamson came to Dunedin, was for a short time at the Otago diggings, and then tried his fortunes in Southland. At first he engaged in waggoning to Kingston and Nokomai, afterwards to Switzers,' supplying Messrs Skene and Hast with their re- ! quirements, but seeing better prospects in the farming industry, purchased 160 acres at Chatsworth, for which he paid £5 an acre. Dairying claimed his attention, and for years the deceased was one of the largest suppliers of milk in luvercargill. He increased the area of his original farm by acquiring 118 acres adjoining, and just before he retired, two years ago, sold 240 acres at the rate of £9O an acre to a land syndicate, whose intention is to cut it up for residential sites. Mr Adamson leaves a widow and four of a family— Mrs George Weavers (Christehurch), Messrs H. Adamson and J. Adamson (Invercargill) and W. Adamson (Ida I Valley). *