PERSONAL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17661, 13 December 1917, Page 6

PERSONAL.

Mr J, H. C. Bond, general traffic manager to the Union Steam Ship Company, was a passenger by the Mararoa from tho north yesterday. Sir Robert Stout, the Chief Justice, arrived from Wellington yesterday to preside at sittings of the rrison Board. The death of Sir Charles Bowen has reduced the number of life mem.bers of the Legislative Council to two—the Hon W. D. H. Baillie, appointed in 1861, and the Holt C. J. Johnston, appointed in 1891.

An enjoyable afternoon was spent at Wlvarenui School on Friday, when Miss Armstrong, who resigned some months ago owing to ill health, was entertained by tho staff at afternoon tea and was presented with a case containing a set of ebony-backed toilet brushes and mirror, suitably inscribed. ; x A tangi in memory of the n late Miss Ritoa Vv atson. was commenced . yesterday at Raupaki and will be kept up until this afternoon,, when the funeral will take place at Raupaki Cemetery. A large number of Maoris are present from the Ivaiapoi h and Port Levy Pas. Miss Watson, who was twenty-three yeavs old, died in the Christchurch Hospital on Monday. The licensed land brokers of Canterbury mob yesterday for the purpose of bidding farewell to Mr J. A. Ambrose, late assistant District Land Registrar of Canterbury. Speeches eulogising the guest’s good qualities both in business and private life were made by Mr J. R. Evans- and other speakers. On behalf of those present Mr Evans /presented Mr Ambrose with a .cutlery canteen, and expressed tho hope that lie would enjoy his year of leisure to the full.