PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mataura Ensign, 26 January 1914, Page 5

PERSONAL ITEMS.

The death of Sir D;. , :u (Jill, the as tronomer, is uiiuou.icx J *. ;.:i Loudon. f \r 0 ?>\ irom Sydue of Air Darnel 0 Connor, General. A London cat>!o .stated chat Mr Ben nett Burleigh, the fa mo us war corros pondent, is critically ill. President Poiucaire attended an im pro&sive State funeral of tiio •;>.,> ,\i I'icquart at Pcro le Chiso ceiiietcrr. CV.ptain Dreyfus was also present (slat. > a Paris message). Sir Joseph Ward is spending the week end at Auckland. He will take part in a Liberal rally at Te Aroha on Friday. A 'Gazette' notice announces the reappointment of Hons. John Barr, of Clirktchurch, and John Thomas Paul, of Dunedin, to the Legislative Council as from January 22.

Sir \V. F. Morrison, who was accountant in tho local branch of the Southland Farmers' Co-operative Association, Ltd., for somo time, has resigned. The 'Lyttelton Times'states that Mr Russell, formerly Mayor of Greymouth, now a settler on the Hatuma estate, is mentioned as a possible Liberal candidate for Waipawa, in oppositioft to the sitting member, Mr George Hunter. Sir J. Forbes-Robertson (tho famous

actor-manager) was farewelled on th& stage of the Manhattan Opera House am id a storm of enthusiasm. H© received innumerable floral and other tributes (says a New York Press Association cable). A purse of 200 sovereigns was pro .'euied at Hastings to Mr 8. fr\ h:isy.ard, until recently postmaster in that town, who is to become ln;-<*-tnr of Post Offices for Ota go (states a Press Association message). Mr Thos. Hutchison, who has been Stipendiary Magistrate for the Oamaru district for some years past, has been appointed relieving magistrate for Invorcargill during the absenco of Mr G. Cruickshank, S.M. Mr Hutchison's duties at Invercargill will commence on March 1, and will extend over a; period of 12 months. ' I On Friday the appointment as assist- : [ ant mistress on the staff of the South-: I land Girls' High School was announced r of Miss Henrietta Smith, M.A., of Melbourne. Misa Smith is an ex-pupil of the Southland Girls' High School, having entered in 1903 with a Junior. Education Board Sheolarship. There 12 applicants for the position. The death occurred at Christchurch i on Saturday afternoon of Colonel W. A. Day, who for many years was closely 1 associated with defence matters in Can- j terbtiry, and for some time commanded 1 the North Canterbury Infantry Bat-1 talion. He was born at Lyttelton in 1861, and was educated at Christ's College, Christchurch, and at tho King's College School, London. He was for 14 years a member of the Christ's 001-1 lege Rifles, and was elected captain of the corps m 1892. In June, 1897, he was promoted to the Staff, and gazetted i a major, and on August 1,1901, ho was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel jn 6ucces- i sion to tho late Lieutenant-Colonel' Francis. He will bo buried with mili- | tary honors this afternoon. I