PERSONALIA

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12042, 21 January 1925, Page 3

PERSONALIA

VICE-REGAL. His Excellency the Governor-General, Sir Charles Fergusson, will be the < hicf guest and speaker at the New Zealand Club’s luncheon at--the Concert Chamber. Town Hall, to-night. MINISTERIAL The Hon. A. D. McLeod ‘Minister tot .Lands) left Wellington last evening for hf© northern and ea’st coast inspection tour, the itinerary of which was announced in Monday’s paper. Sir Heaton Rhodes (Minister for Defence) returns to Wellington from the South Island to-morrow morning. He will be accompanied by Lady Rhodes. a. . Thb Hon. W. Nosworthy (Minister for Agriculture) is expected back in "Wellington from tbe Sonth Island this morning. ThaeHon. J. G. Coates (Minister for Public Works and Railways) left Wcll- , ington by the midday Main Trnnk express yesterday for Auckland and tbe north. He expects to be away a week or ten days. Sir Maui Pomare (Mi-sister for Health) leaves for Te Kuiti by c’,<- midday express to-day.

The Hon. Sir Walter Camoross is at present in Wellington.

The Hon. E. W. Alison is a visitor to Wellington.

Mr and Mrs J. Linklater, ef Wellington, axe at Auckland.

Mr J. Wright, of Wellington,- ia at Auckland.

»Mesere W. .H. Simmons and T. T. Hugo, of Wellington, are at Auckland.

Sir Joseph Ward is at present at InInvercargill.

Messrs T. Tucker, R, E. rmuimykais, and A. Cornelius, of Wellington, are te the north.

Messrs J. Card (Mayor-'of Featherston) and H. Card, of Wellington, returned from the South Island yesterday.

- The Him. J. Gnugie, M.L.C., arrived in Wellington from tbe south yesterday; morning., r

Sir EH win Mitehelaon,', ef Auckland, arrived in Wellington by the Manure 'from Sydney, accompanied, hr Lady Mitchelson. '' . .

Captain -/L. W. Pearce, fssw Tsalsnd and Australian representative of tli Port «f London Authority, is a visitor tc Kapifer.

, Mr,C. OL. the" Mastsrton nils way stan. has received notice of-transfer tq .W®Biußton. -and will leave Master-tour next week.

Mr F. S. £hell, the jnvenOe probatiou officer, leaves for• Hamilton to-day ou ’holiday. He will be relieved daring tbs ■ "next three weeks by Mr C Ballivant. at : Nelson. ■» Dr R A. Shore has, been appointed Assistant- Medical Officer of Health for Otago and Southland. For the ..past H , yean" l)e has' teem in practice at prom-

■ Mr Bidney Thompson (Christchurch) has gtme to Lske'Taupo for the purpose of -sfcetdning. He is accompaiued by Hi W. Wauchop, assistant librarian at th< General Assembly "Library, and Hr Man ray Fuller, of Wellington.'

Advice tes been received by Mr R: B Bunt, ehairmpn of the Canterbury Football Association, that H. E. Chang had left Brigbaneron his m home to China, and .was making good progress in, health. Cffahg was a member of the CMnea Soccer .team, and was talniE in Christ dfarch.l . ' " ' v

The death .is announced at John Mel Ellis, metaphysician, at the age'of*sß ' He wfis Fellow of Trinity Collree, Cambridge, the anther of many tfwtmeg on tiiilosophy, particularly tho system of . " : He married, in 1838, Mias Mar. { J caret Bird, of Auckland. ..- Mr W. Russell, who, after five yfcara* service on the testate, railway btalf, has been transferred to nulid <m" the . ,Whangiarei sdotfon, was mrewellsd by thb» staff and friends at' at social. Mr RfisseU,, who leaves RovdSy for the north, was presented with a: suitcase, as a token of the osteqm ia which ho was held hr . n)ft - %■ ~

Hr Q* C. Godfrey, secretary to'tfes Marine Department, returned Cram the •north, yesterday, where he had been making investigations regarding new trawling nets, which are being intro* duced. It is understood that Die new net. is mostly used in shallow water and interferes with pleasure and. boat fishing, driving the fish away.

.Mr William Francis, the weD-hnown All Blade and former senior player for the Wellington Football Club, -haa been nominated by Messrs P. Robertsop, JJP.. and G. A. Campbell (chairman, of. pro* vioua town boards) for the vacancy on 'the Upper Hutt.Town Board, caused by f the resignation of Mr W. Greig. Mr Francis bha done valuable heivjce on the Upper Hutt School Committee.

Sdma friends .and weß-wishers at tho Bluff took the opnortunity, on the eve of Senior-Sergeant Martin’s departure for ' Wellington, where he has been transferred. to present him ’with a handsome travelling bag. In making the nreggnta* tioh, Mr R, A. Crulcksbank. stressed the fact that Bluff had never been in a more satisfactory state thhn at 5 the present time, due solely to the capable manner in which Senior-Sergeant Martin had carried out his dhties.

The Hon. W. Downie Stewart, accord* intr |o a Press Association message from Dnnedin. will leave New Zealand-on a visit to America br the Bimutaka, which is scheduled to leave Auckland on Januarv fifith. Mr Stewart stated yesterday Tuorning that he contemplated a trip to America, hut he would not know definitely for a couple of dacs Whether bs was going or not. as it depended -pon certain information he was now await* ing

The Bey. : Father Marlow.- whe d'ed es ♦he result ef a motor accident in South’* land, was 30 veer* of ace. »He Wfc* rdueated at Sonth Dunedin Convent. Chri«tian Brother®' School, the Holv Cro*« College at Mosgiel. He w*« ordiiined about five years aeo. and for three years was attached to St. JosephV tester he relieved at Pivevsdale and Wfmkiwr. Invercargill* At the time of the a evident he wa« relierinc* Father James O'Keill at Wmfciwi. He was a very keez ’ Bugby supporter.

Mr- Edward Bobert*. consulting envinee.r, who died *t Dnnedin. was born in Cornwall in ISM. One of the cutatanding enterprises in which he enVtfed was the constrnrtion of the Dunedln .ond Baikoriii mWe tramway. Durin- the mining Jjoom he_was engineer to over sijriv dredging .companfea. and r as to the front in improving the type of *dant in H<* a member of the Otago Harbour Board for «**vera! years, end also a member, of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

At the »uf*eHn* of the executive council of r the Dominion Bowlir«r he'd ».t ♦he Wellington Bowlin* Clob'g narilion le«t night, vote* of condole*?*©; trer* passed, on th« motion of the Dominion prerir’ent (Mr F Meadowcrrvft). v with the relative*.ef the following;—Th© i*te Colon*»l B. J. Collins, of Thorndon / Bowtiog Club! * Tvast president of th# dominion Association: the late Mr R. ■Wyi»e (Kaiapoi)? a*»j| th<» late F«ther v MarW (son of Mr J. V, Marlow, a T**«t president of the Dominion Association **nd e member of- the present Domlniou Council)* .