PERSONALIA

New Zealand Times, Volume XLV, Issue 10450, 1 December 1919, Page 3

PERSONALIA

YICE-RKGJIL. Tho GovcjT.or-UoiTiv.y.l, tho E:irl of Liverpool, .Lady Liverpool, and audio, r.rriwd at poison ou u farewell visit on Saturday morning. A holiday was oLu-crved, and during i'he morning o vorv l.n-go gathering ot citizens at. t"iid"d a°«ivic welcome at the* Church steps. The Vice-ilegal party afterwards made a round of visits to the colleges and other institutions, and wore" entertained at luncheon by ' tho City Council. Rain in the afternoon ■necessitated Ithe abandonment of _ a .projected motor run through the orchard, district and receptions . at ...the county centres. Tho .party sailed m tho Tutnnekai on Saturday evening-'lor TTest'port.—(Press Association). .The Bishop..of Watapu is making r-r; extended tour of tho various parishes in the Poverty Bay district. Councillor W. Perry has been elected chairman of tho 'Waira-rapa. Uo-iuty Council for the) fifteenth year. Mr W. Dalziell has been elected unopposed to the vacant seat on t';'.a Masterton County Council, caused by the resignation of Mr It. O. Smith. Sir George Fenwick, who passed through Wellington tlio other day after completing Prisons Board business, has proceeded to the Hanmer district. Mr Walter Cole (Cole's Cash. Drapery Company) and Mrs Colo are-duo back in Wellington by., this.. weok'a, steamer from Sydney after an extended tour of the United Kingdom.' - Captain and Mrs J. McCracken, well known in Wellington, who arrived from China about five years ago, and settled in tho Christchurch district, are for England shortly .. ..., An old pioneer miner of the _ West Coast, Mr James Cowen,' of <Jfeensßone/ recently' died at Ktiriiara*. "" The™ deceiiai ed was a very old resident and 81 ycari of age. Mr A. C. Moore, of Timaru, is .al| present on a visit to Wellington,, .preparatory to proceeding.to Queensland, where lie has purchased an estate ot 10,009 acres, and intends going in for fruit-growing, . Tho Ven. Archdeacon Richards will be consecrated Bishop of Duuedm nein Tuesday, which is tho Feast of tha Epiphany. It is provided that tlio'corisecration of a bishop'must tako placo either on a. Sunjlay or a feast day.^ Cable advicehus been received at Gisborne tout Mr r. Jcx-Blake, who under went a serious operation in England a short time ago, left London by the B.s.Kigoma on- Novembr 20 foi New Zealand, ". .-■■--.- • Lieutenant A: Johnson; • who -served in the Australian forces on Gailipoli and in France, is paying a visit to relations in Wellington. Lieutenant Johnson, who was wounded at Messines, j has jus* recovered from a long' and I serious illness. Recent promotions in the Railway service • includes.- 'Mr Br' J'. Simons/- tss-sistant-'station' master, Wellington; • "SB be stationmaster at Invercargill, and Mr E. J. Lezard, traffic inspector, Wellington section, to bo audit inspector. - '' Mr A. Marris, of Clydevalo. (Qtngo), arrived at Wellington on Saturday, and proceeds to, the Rotorua district on Wednesday. Mr.. Marris will also visit Tauherenikau, whero he will examine into some special Government .departments estatblished there for the bene* fit of returned soldiers.■■■• --v-■.-•:--'■ Mr. J. Laurenson, assistant secretary of tho Wellington Waterside Workers" Union, and Mr R. J. Upson, of Port Chalmers, have been appointed inspectors of ships' gear. Mr Laurenson has? had considerable experience' in'"' sea fa rI uiog and has written manyV'iuterestirjg | articles en cargo-working gear. '1 I ' ..... '.'. . j Captain Bertram Fox Hayes, of. ..tha White Star liner Olympic, has , been' awarded the K.C.M.G. for war sorvices's Ho -commanded the Olympic when' th« "U-boat 103 was rammed and sunk i« tho Atlantic. Ho was previously awarded tre O.M.G. and D. 5.0., and appointed an additional Aide-de-Camp to the King, representing the Royal Naval Reserve. . ... -. Members of the Christchurch staff ot tho Publio Trust Office assembled tha other day to hid farewell to."Mr \\".' G." Baird and Mr F. E. Duncan. Mr Bair3 leaves for tho head office, Wellington, to take tin tho duties of relieving ofii,cer and"(Mr Duncan proceeds to Timaru as local Deputy Public Trustee. Both officers were the recipients of handsoma. gifts from their. fellow officers, {yhi'cir were accompanied with congratulation*' on their promotion, best wishes .fori their success, and sincere regret at their departure. Lieutenant-Colonel William Templo, V.Cv, whoso death was recently announced, won the Victoria Cross at tho attack on Rangiriri, Waikato, November 20th, 1563. It is recorded that Assistant-Surgeon William Templa and Lieutenant Arthur Pickard were awarded the .OrosSi for gallant conduct ' during the assault on. Rangiriri,-• ■j-ji* exposing their lives to imminent dan--ger, m crossing tho entrance of tha Maori keep at a point upon which tho enemy had "concentrated their fire, with a view to render assistance to th« wounded, .and more especially to the - late Captain Mercer, R.A., who haul led a party of 30 nrtil]orynien in nnl assault on the centre redoubt to Bangiriri. .„ ■, ■ '.-..• An old resident of Wellington rjassopf* away on SaturdaV last, Mrs" Jiarrietf Odlin, wife of Mr Jolifi' 03lin, for-, merly a well-known builder in this city. Mrs Odlin arrived in New Zealand with her husband ;:nd young family in the ship Campordown in. 1876, and has resided in Wellingtonsinco that year. • Tho deceased wna.born at Brighton, England, in IKJI*.Having been in poor health for lorna months her death wiv* Jiot unexpected*--Her husband survives her. also throe sons and two daughters, namely,' Messrs George E. Odlin,' builder, of Brooklyn; C. C. and A. E. Odlin, of" tho C. and A. Odlin Timber rind Hardware Company; and Mesd.Tmos L.- - Pound, of Island Bay, and .7.- Wilkin'-'* son, of Newcastle, New-South—-AYales."*

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