MAINLY ABOUT MEN

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12503, 20 July 1926, Page 6

MAINLY ABOUT MEN

VICE-REGAL Her Excellency Lady Alice Fergus son will be present at the concert to be given by the Society of Musician* Orchestra in the Town Hall on Thursday, 22nd instant. The Governor-General will officially open the biennial general conference of the Plunket Society on Tuesday, 27th instant, at 10 a.m. Dr Frengley arrived in Wellington yesterday by tho Maori from Lyttelton. Tlie Prime Minister (the Right Hon. J. G. Coates) is still confined to his house, but it is reported that he is progressing satisfactorily. Mr J. Maughan Barnett, Auckland city organist, who has been on a visit to the Old Country, returned by the Tainui, and left by the Main Trunk express for Auckland on Saturday. As the result of an accident on Friday evening last, occasioning injury to his back, Mr E. A. James, general secretary of the New Zealand Reform I/cague, has been confined to his room, but hopes to be about again in the course of a few days. A Press message from Auckland states that the passengers hv the Aorangi include Major Arnaldo Cipolla, special correspondent of tho Italian journal, “La Stnmpa,” who speaks enthusiastically of Mussolini’s rule in Italy. Major Cipolla will spend ten days in New Zealand, and will first visit the principal resorts in the North Island. The death occurred yesterday at Hataitai of Mr Jay Porter, who for many years was stage manager at His Majesty’s Theatre, Courtenay Place. Mr Porter was an employee of John Fuller and Sons when the present theatre was erected. He was popular and well known among hosts of Fullers’ artists, who will learn of his death with deep regret. Mr J. D. Bruce, the South Island representative upon the Main Highways Board of the New Zealand Counties’ Association, who has been laid aside with illness for some months, has tendered liis resignation as a member of the board. Mr Bruce was one of the foundation members of the board, and on account of his untiring efforts and knowledge of country administration, was a most valuable member. Humphrey F. Parker, formerly of Gisborne, an old Nelson and Canterbury College boy, returned bv th« Aorangi from the United States' where, as a result of his researches, helium instead of hydrogen has be«m generally adopted as the inflating content of airships and dirigibles. He perfected what is known as the water recovery apparatus, which was a deciding facto1 * * n rendering economical and prao tical tho use of this gas for aeronautical purposes. He hopes to remain in New Zealand for a month or two before returning to America, where ho will resume liis actvities in technical laboratories.—Press Association. The Wanganui “Herald” reports tht death on Thursday of Mr Robert Mcßeth, at Highfield road, Feilding, Deceased was tho fifth son of the lat< Mr and Mrs John Mcßeth, of Marton, who came to New Zealand in the saiC mg shin Bengal Merchant in the early days. Tho late Mr Mcßeth was born in Wellington in 1847, and in 1855 travelled from that city with his parents along the coast to Rangitikei. In 1876, accompanied by the late Hon. John Bryce, of Wanganui, he took up land at Kiwitea, which he held until his death. He was for many years a member of the Kiwitea County Council, and was prominent in public affairs. Deceased is survived by a widow, two daughters (Mrs Dr Beadie, of Dan novirke, and Mrs E. C. Short, of Feilding), and one son (Mr George McBeth, of Kiwitea).