PERSONAL.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 928, 29 January 1924, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Mr J. O. Batchelar is at present on a holiday visit to Rotorua.

Mr \V. J. Howell, of Paraparaumu, who, for some years, was a member of the Hutt County Council, passed away at Otaki on Sunday, aged 54.

Colonel Barclay, grand secretary of the Masonic Lodge for* New Zealand, who was a visitor to Palmerston North yesterday, proceeded to Wanganui to-day.

A Sydney message announces the death of Mr Fred Woods, the famous Wallaby scrum half, who died while at work at Darling harbour. t

Messrs G. Russell (Wellington) and Bingham (Christchurch), who attended the consecration ceremonies of the , new lodge ‘ Awatea’' last night, proceeded to Auckland to-day. Archbishop Mannix, of Melbourne, arrived in Manganui yesterday afternoon by the river steamer, and proceeded to Welhtigton in the afternoon. The Archbishop will be in the city to attend the jubilee of ArcriDishop Redwood on February 24.

A cable message received in Wellington from the Hon. James Craigie, M.L.C., who is making a world tour, states that he is spending a few days in Jerusalem. He will proceed to Egypt and then to the Continent and Britain.

A visitor to Palmerston North on Saturday last was Mr L. Birks, chief electrical engineer to the Publio Works Department, who, during his short stay here, was conducted over the Manawatu-Oroua Power Board’s area by the chief engineer, Mr W. A. Waters.

The general committee of the Manawatu and West Coast A. and P. Association today decided to forward a letter of sympathy, coupled with best wishes for a speedy recovery, to Mr Arthur Lancaster, of Kairanga, who is at present indisposed.

The Hon. H. L. Michel, of Hokitika, accompanied by Mr Teagle, of Wellington, participated m the consecration ceremonies pf the new local lodge Awatea last night. 'lhey left for Wellington bv this morning’s express.

A Press Association telegram from Wellington announces the death of Mr William Gardiner,- builder and contractor, aged 58 . He was a native of Auckland and was formerly provincial representative at Rugby football for Auckland and at cricket for Wellington. During his life he built several wharves and bridges.

Mr F. H. Bake well, senior inspector in the Wellington educational district (says the Christchurch Sun), is to take up his duties in the Otago district for three months from April 1 next. Mr 0. W. Garrard, of Auckland, was previously announced to take the Otago inspectorship, but the decision has been altered.

_A well-known settler of the Thames district, Mr Henry Christian Wick, died at Auckland at the age of 86. Mr Wick came to New Zealand from Australia in 1866, and commenced pioneering work on the Thames goldfields. He later engaged in farming at Paeroa, where he took a keen interest in the social affairs of the township. Dr. R. G. Barnett Sinclair has been appointed resident assistant medical officer at the Hawera hospital. Dr. Sinclair is an old Taranaki boy, having been educated at the New Plymouth Boys’ High School. He 6erved with the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces from 1917 to 1919. and completed his examinations at the Otago University last December. Major D. McAulay, officer in charge of the Salvation Army home on Roto Roa Island, whose transfer to the position of manager of the men’s industrial home at Addington was recently announced, was for a period of two years stationed in Palmerston North as young people’s secretary for the central northern division. Major McAulay left here in December 1921. A candidate for Ayr Burghs in the recent British elections was Mr \V. H. Pringle, who was for a short time professor of economies at Otago University. The Conservative candidate was re-elected, with a Labour candidate second, and Mr Pringle, who stood for the Liberal Party, third on the poll. Mr Pringle was rn unsuccessful candidate for Berwick and Haddington at the general election of 1922. At to-day’s meeting of the general committee of the Manawatu . and West Coast A. and P. Association, votes of sympathy were passed with the relatives of the late Messrs A. E. Clausen, H. R. Waldegrave and T. Edlin, and the late Mrs Manson and Mrs Spelman in their recent bereavements. A vote of sympathy was also passed with Mr J. Collins in the recent sad death of his son by drowning. Mr Ronald William Saint-Clair, formerly of Auckland, who died at Thames Ditton, England,' in November, was widely known in Auckland business circles. He was one of the founders of the Auckland Accountants’ Association, and an original member of the Pacific Club. He was also a member of the Auckland Golf Club, and belonged to the A Battery Volunteers. Until his departure for Canada, Mr Saint-Clair held in Auckland the position of ViceConsul for Norway. Mr Charles E. E. Childers, consul for His Majesty’s Government at Pittsburg, U.S.A., who has been paying a visit to New Zealand, left Wellington during the week-end for Sydney. During his stay Mr Childers visited the South Island, and spent some time at Mount Cook. He is on his second world tour within the last three years. Mr Childers is a son of the Right Hon. Hugh Gardley Childers, who was Chancellor of the Exchequer, and held other offices under Mr Gladstone. The Rev. J. Alfred Sharp, D.D., who is an outstanding figure in British Methodism, will arrive in Auckland on February 1. Dr Sharp, who has had a long connection with the Methodist Church, did 25 years pastoral work, and in 1906 was placed in charge of the temperance department, where he remained for five years; subsequently he controlled the book department, which is an important branch of the Methodist Church in Britain. It in connection with bookroom affairs that he is making a world tour. He will visit all the principal centres of the Dominion, and will attend the Methodist Conference in Christchurch, which takes place at the end of February. Advice has been received in Christchurch that Mr G. L. Owles, third son of Mr A. W. Owles, of New Brighton, has died from injuries received in a motor accident at Nairobi, British East Africa. Mr George Owles was an international footballer, having played in the King’s Cup service competition, which was decided after the armistice. He was also an ex-Otago representative. He was formerly in the permanent artillery and served at the Wellington and Otago barracks for over five years. He was at the Great War. In November, 1922, Mr Owles joined his brother at a coffee plantation in Metetei Valley, inland from Nairobi, British East Africa. A short time ago he was appomteu inspector of native police at Nairobi.