PERSONALIA

New Zealand Times, Volume XL, Issue 9092, 10 July 1915, Page 3

PERSONALIA

VICE-REGAL. ■ . Their Excellencies the Governor and the Countess of Liverpool entertained the. staff of the hospital ship at Government House on Thursday evening.— Major and Mrs Kay left fof tbS north by the Main Trunk express last flight. Recent arrivals at the Hotel Windsor include Mr .1. Clark, of Hamilton, and Mr W. R. Menha.m, of Feilding.. The Mayor of Dunedin, Mr J. J. Clark, is on a visit to 'Wellington, and is staying at the Hotel Cecil. Messrs S. E. Ferrett and W. U. Lambert, of I’uhncVston North, Icff'by the Manuka yesterday for Sydney, on a business visit. Leave of absence was yesterday grantto to the following members of the Legislative Council The Hons.''G.'Jones, S. T. George, and T. Parala. Among the visitors lo the hospital ship yesterday morning were the Mayor and city councillors, who were shown over the vessel by Captain Post. Mr G. Pearson, of the reporting staft of the “Timaru Herald,” will leavo to-day for England, where'lio intends offering his services for duty in Flanders. The Rov. H. P. Tracy, who has been relieving at Upper Riocartou,. has been advised that, he is to be the next chaplain to accompany the troops-from New Zealand. Hr. Bernard Myers, of Wimpolo street, London (youngest brother- of Mr Arthur M. Myers, M.P.), has received n commission as major in (,h®.. English Medical Service Corps. The Rev. C. McHouall, who was alt one time resident in the Christchurch disease, htus returned from North China, where he has been working for'the last six years. Mr McDouall is at' present) on a visit to Oauiaru. .. . - , Messrs C- F. Powlca and R.; E. Rawnsley have been elected by the DiocesanSynod as members of the Wellington Diocesan Pension Fund Trust Board, in place of Mr .1. M. Butt (retiring by rotation) and Mr J. S- Jameson (resigned). Visitors to town, are staying at the Empire HotoV- include Messrs G. D. Wright (Dunedin), XS. Payton (Master-ton), H. H. Norton (Auckland), A. Nioholls. Black and O. Brown(all. of Christchurch). Intending passengers by Ilia Main Trunk express to Auckland . this afternoon include Mr aud Mrs E. Riddifonl, Mr and Mrs Clarkson, Messrs. Lawson, Cardston, Arlow, Fuller, Neale, Phipps. Grant, and Alien. Mr and Mrs Lyons, Mr and Mrs Tarr, Mr and Mrs Gibbons, Messrs Holdsworth. Gray, Lunn, Witherby, Ponder,, MoCrae. Burberry, Dick, Blascheck, Skerrett, and Court were among the passengers by yesterday’s outward Main Trunk express'^. Included in the arrivals from the norib by the Main Trunk expresses yesterday were Messrs L. Q. Mahon. J,_S.. Moore. H. Williams, S- H. Crane, , Shullcrass. Ashton, Webster, McDonald, Wjthorford, Spencer, Wickham, tussling,. and Adams. , , The Diocesan Synod yesterday, oh the motion of the Rov. A. M. Jolnfs6il,*!passed a resolution expressing "its -heartfelt sympathy to Mr J. Kebhcll and Mr E. Halcomb© Brown, members df ’ Synod, who have lost sons in the cause of King and Empire.” It was mentioned in th© Legislative Council by Sir Francis Bell yesterday that Hr L. Stow© (clerk of Parliament), who lias recently been incapacitated by illness, is progressing satisfactorily and ivill bo able to resume his aHHes'next week. ; 'Tho executive of the Patriotic# “Society, at its meeting on Thursday night, uMani. mously elected Mr P. Hereford, of th© "Times” staff, a member of the executive as a mark of appreciation of the' valuable assistance he had rendered tho society. j Temporary-Captain G. A. M- Buckley, late of Lagmhor, Ashburton, hae transferred from his old regiment, the j 12th Hampshires. to command a- battalion and to bo Temporary-Lieutenant-Cdonel of (he 7th Leinsters. Lioutenant-Colonol - and Mrs Buckley have lived for jsomo years in England at The Hall, Mjprtb, Sussex. —...—>' Mr; Walter Empson, formerly -head-' master' of Wanganui College, who went to England with the intention '"of-' offering his services to the British.''War Office, was. declined on account <>l”liik age. ; and. is now understood to be 'filling a temporary mastership at Uppingham School in. order to free another .master, for active service. Private Clarence McLeod, who has; ' been awarded tiro Distinguished Conduct Medal, as a son of Mr and Mrs Robert McLeod, of Tuapeka Mouth. Otago.Ho is only 19 years of age, and temdiTW get away with, the main body, bpfc-didwnot succeed. Subsequently, however, lie was ! accented, and left with the—lst Rein-, forcemeats. , r- • , Mr John Brown, B.Sc. (Agr.), N.D.A., has taken charge of the Fields'and ! Ex-j perimental Farms Division of'tlle Agri-j cultural Department as D i visiona IDj roc-, tor. The scope of the division: remains as hitherto, but for tho nake- pf convenience the official designation baa been abbreviated to “Director of -the Fields Division.” In notifying the staff of tho appointment the Secretary of"T’he Department (Mr F. S.' Pope) exffWßses appreciation of the work of Mr J. Duncan, who has carried out the'duties of, acting director, in addition to*bis own' work as assistant dii-ector, during tho past -eighteen months. <w . Mr W. A. Bain, well knowb , ''Tn com-, mercial circles in Chrischurch ‘ondthroughout New Zealand, died OH Wednesday, after a short illness! The late Mr Bain, who was a native of Victoria, came to New Zealand and joined* th*. Farmers’ Co-operative Association . an manager of the draper}’ department. He resigned that position in,_,lj)s3. .and shortly after joined the Kaiapor Woollen Company. He leaves a widow) three daughters, and two sons. One of the sons loft with the first New Zealand Ex-; peditionary Force, and took part_in the Dardanelles operations, and 'was ’ reported missing. ‘ ; Mr J. B- Clarkson, of Christchurch, accompanied by Mrs Clarkson, will join the Niagara at Auckland next week, on route to Vancouver. From Vancouver Mr and Mrs Clarkson will go to iSan. Francisco, and swend about a week in visiting the Panama-Pacific Exposition. Ultimately they will go to . England., where Mrs Clarkson intends to offer her services as a nurse. Mr Clarkson- Intends to cross to Europe, and.to get ne. near to the front as he possibly can, in order to observe tho. conditions.,there. While in England he hopes .to„.bc able to inquire into tho treatment of wounded soldiers, as an unofficial observer, and to communicate tho result of h:r inquiries to friends in New Zealand.