PERSONAL

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 41, 17 January 1929, Page 7

PERSONAL

His Excellency the Governor-General (Sir Charles Fergusson) and Lady Alice Fergusson arrived at Dunedin from the north yesterday, afternoon, and were met at the railway station by the Deputy-Mayor (Mr J. S. Douglas) and members of the City Council and Civic Committee. His Excellency’s visit on this occasion is unofficial. He will remain at Dunedin until the morning of January 25.—Press Association.

Sir Maui Pomare underwent a slight operation in a private hospital in Wellington yesterday. He is rej>orted to be making satisfactory progress.

The Leader of the Opposition (Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates) lias been visiting Wellington on business in connection with his electorate. Mr. Coates expects to return to Dargaville to-night. Rev. Padre Salza, a distinguished priest of Italy, is visiting Auckland and is the guest of Bishop Liston. The visitor served with the Italian forces during the war and was decorated three times.

Resolutions of condolence with Mr T. U. Wells in the loss of his wife, and Professor Hunter in the loss of his daughter, were carried at the meeting of the Massey Agricultural College yesterday, members standing in silence. A Press. Association telegram from Wellington states that an arrival by the Corinthie to-day from Home was Mr W. H. Dixon, who has come to the Dominion to (take charge of the Christchurch Royal Choral Society. He is accompanied by his wife and their two little girls. Mr R. L. Tritton, son-in-law of Mr and Mrs Arthur Duncan, of Wellington, died on Tuesday through injuries received in a motor accident in England. He was engaged in farming in the Wairarapa for about two years up .till a year ago, when he returned to the Old Country.

Mr D. Pollok, of Auckland, was during his recent trip to England and the Continent, elected a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society of London. To obtain this degree Mr Pollok compiled a thesis on “Co-operative Economies and Savings.” Only four other persons in New Zealand hold this degree. A London cable message announces the death of Major-General Sir Reginald Talbot. Sir Reginald was a son of the 18th Earl of Shrewsbury, and heir-presumptive to the Earklom. He was born in 1841. He was Governor of Victoria from 1904 to 1908, and commanded the army of occupation in Egypt from 1898 to 1903. Rev. J. F. Goldie, founder of the Solomon Islands Methodist Mission 27 years ago, is due in New Zealand shortly as president of the Methodist Conference. This will be held in Auckland at the end of February. He is one of the most influential men in the Islands and a member of the Governor's Council of Advice, being highly esteemed both by the natives and by Europeans. The death has occurred of Mr William Parker at his residence, New Lynn, Auckland, aged 90 years. Mr Parker was born in England, and came out to New Zealand in the ship Queen of Mersey in 1863. At first he engaged in gold prospecting at the Thames, later living at Hokitika and at Albany. . In 1883 Mr Parker took up land at New Lynn, and resided in the district from then until the time of his death. He was the oldest inhabitant, and was one of the first settlers in the district.

The late Mr L. 0. Atkinson, who was killed in the motor accident on the Carlton-Gore Itoad at Wellington, was a well-known city public accountant and. company secretary. He was a prominent athlete, having for several years been an active member of the Y.M.C.A. senior Association football team, and he held the position of secretary of the New Zealand Football Association for some time. In this capacity he successfully organised the tour of the Canadian soccer team through the Dominion. Deceased was a native of Wellington, and was educated at Kilbirnie School, of which he was dux in the final year. He completed fliis education at Wellington College which he attended from 1913 until 1915. He leaves a window and two children, a girl aged two years and a boy. of four months. Ho was a member of the Hinemoa • Masonic Lodge, and also a member of the AVellington College Old Boys’ Association.