PERSONAL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVI, Issue 16793, 22 February 1915, Page 6

PERSONAL.

Major Robinson arrived fr#m Wet-t lington yesterday.

Mr A. Kaye arrived' from the north, yesterday.

Mr D. B. M'Laren arrived yesterday? by tile Wimmera.

Professor R. J. Scott arrived froni Dunedin on Saturday.

The Hon J. Barr, M.L.G, arrived ' from Wellington yesterday.

Mr and Mrs A. E. G. Rhodes returns ed from the north on Saturday. Major Oockroft and' Major Francis arrived from Wellington yesterday.

Mr R B. Grange was a passenger bjfl the Maori from Wellington yesterday.

Mr D. Ritchie, of the Union Steam Ship Company, arrived from the north on Saturday.

Mr and Mrs G. E. Lane were passengers by the ferry steamer from Wellington on Saturday.

Captain Clift Roberts, of the Union Steam Ship Company's fleet, arrived from the north yesterday. Mr A. W. Bennett, manager of the New Zealand Shipping Company, returned from the north on Saturday, Dr R. W. Anderson, of Sydenham* who has been on a visit to Mount Cook, returned to the city yesterday.

Messrs C. S. Harper, J. C. N. Grigg, H. A. Knight, W. Murray, N. M'Betß and W. D. Stewart returned from th« north on Saturday.

The members of the Canterbury Swimming Association, who took part in the recent tournament at Napier* arrived from the north yesterday.

The Hon W. Fraser, Minister o? Public Works, arrived in Christchurch on Saturday morning, and left for th< south.

The Hon F. H. D, Bell. Minuter of Internal Affairs, arrived in Christ* church on Saturday morning from Wellington.

The name of Colonel R. Williams M.P., father of Mrs Wallis, wife of Bishop Wallis, late of Wellington, appears in the New Year Honours List, He has had a baronetcy conferred upoi| him.

Captain A. Cain, of the Union Com-i pany s fleet, has been granted leave or absence until the end of the war. He will leave for England next week in the Corinthic, and on arrival Home wilt join the Royal Navy Reserve, in which lie holds a lieutenancy. News was received in Dunedin by aj private cable message on Saturday o? the death of Mrs Woollcombe as a re-* suit of an accident at Singapore. Mrs Woollcombe was a daughter of Mr A. Michie, formerly general manager ofl the Bank of New Zealand. ' Mr Frank W. Roydhouse, who has for some time been publisher of the " Daily News" at Carterton, has accepted a» position in the Physical Instruction branch of the Education Department. Mr Roydhouse was a member of th 4 Fifth South African Contingent. Mr John Court, Auckland's r.Miio? councillor and Deputy-Mayor, has decided to contest the Mayoralty of Auckland at the unanimous request of the council members. Mr J. H. Gunson, chairman of the Harbour Board, hast also. consented to nomination.

Mr Eric Strawson Stubbs, an olcl High School boy who recently won the Gee fellowship in anatomy at Liverpool University, has also passed for degree of Bachelor of Science, with firstclass honours. Mr Stubbs is twenty-* one vears of age, and is a son of tn«fc Rev F. Stubba, F.R.G.S.

Mr W. E. Ham, of Motueka, father 4 of the late Private Hsro, fatally wounded in action near the Svisz Canal, was in Nelson on Sunday, and stated to a representative of the "Colonist" that, in addition to his son, he has losn two cousins and a nephew in the war* Two of his nieces are serving as nurses at the front.

A Press Association message from! Dnnedin states that Dr John Bell Thompson, Medical Inspector of Schools, died suddenly to-day while spending a holiday in Dunedin. Dif Thompson practised at Arrowtown fo* many years, and in his younger daya was a noted interprovincial Rugbj half-back, playing against Stoddaxt'a team.

Among the West Coast delegates tot the annual fire brigades' conference and competitions, to be opened in Timaru to-day are Messrs H. L. Michel, an old-time Fire Brigade enthusiast, E« Mulvihill, the Kuraara Superintendent, Frank M'Gregor, of Hokitika, who had been engaged in Fire Brigade work since 1867, J. Kennedy and P. Deere. of Grevmouth. R. Foster, of Boss, and E. O'Brien, of Westbrook. Mr A. J. Hainpson, the Labour can*' didate as been elected for the Ben* digo seai in the Federal Parliament, polling 42" votes more than Mr W« J. 1. Richards,, his Liberal opponent Tho seat was rendered vacant through* the death of the former member, the* Hon J. A. Arthur, Minister of Ester* nal Affa"s Mid the by-election was held last week. Mr Hampson was formerly a member of tho State Pa:* tiament, but he resigned his seat 1W; order to contest the Federal vacancy.?

The death is announced in th« "Guardian" of Prebendary William Selwyn, the last survivor or the party who sailed from Plymouth in 1841 with the first Bishop of New Zealand. Th«i deceased was born in 1840, ami was therefore only eighteen months of age when the party left England. When nine years of age he was sen* back to England in H.M.S. Dido. Ha was educated at Eton, and from 1873 to 1879 was secretary and treasurer ol the Melanesian Mission, of which htt vounger brother John was bishop in 1877.

News has been received in WeDinff* ton .of the death at CaulfiehL, Melbourne, on Tuesday last of Mr An*, drew Campbell, at one_ time a very prominent figure ill business circles ii* Wellington. Born in Scotland sirty< seven years ago, Mr Campbell camf to New Zealand when quite ; * young man, and landed at Dnnediu, where after a time he entered the •er*' vice of the National Insurance o»m< pany. On the retirement of Mr PG. Thompsou from the management of the company in Wellington, Mr Campbell was appointed branch manager—a position he held until seventeen yeara ago, when ho was promoted, to if* position of branch manager in Melbourne.