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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18172, 17 February 1921, Page 8

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A London Press Association cable message states that Lord Milner has been created a Knight of the Garter. «... Mr S. Solomon, K. 0., left for Christchurch yesterday to defend Whitta in the Supreme Court on a charge under the Gaming’Act. Dr J. M. Liston, Coadiutor Bishop of Auckland to Dr Cleary, has returned to Auckland from the south. He is taking 1 over the parish of St. Benedict’s, as Monsignor Gillan is retiring for health reasons. Sergeant Maurice Buckley, V.C., D-C.M-, died recently at Melbourne after having been thrown by a horse. He won the 'V.C at the great advance on Le Vergnier bn September 18, 1918. ... The Rev. B. F. Rothwell, chairman of the Otago and Southland district of the Methodist Church, left Dunedin by the second express yesterday on his way to Wellington for the Methodist Conference, which will open there on the 24th inet. ’ A Delhi Press Association cable message announces that the betrothal of Muhammad Hassaij, heir-apparent and brother to the Shah of Persia, to Princess Melina is officially announced. A London Press Association cable message announces the death of Lieutenant-colonel Charles Robert Crosse, secretary of the National Rifle Association. The deceased was born in India in 1851, and served 20 years in the Indian army, retiring with the rank of lieutenant-colonel in 1892. Dr Charles Edward Adams, head of the Hector Observatory in Wellington, has accepted the appointment of Associate in Astronomy for Yale University. Dr Adams, who is the Government astronomer and seismologist of New Zealand, has agreed to co-operate with the Yale University in connection with photographing the stars of the Southern Hemisphere for compiling catalogues. A very old West Coast identity, Mrs Elizabeth Wilson, passed away peacefully on Wednesday last at the age of 82 yearn. The deceased, who was a native of Edinburgh, Scotland, came out to Victoria at an early age, and lived through stirring times at Ballarat. There she married, and subsequently left for New Zealand. Mr and Mrs Wilson remained in Otago for some time, and then went to the West Coast. The late Mrs Wilson (says the Greymouth Star) was a splendid type of the women who faced the hardships of the early pioneering days. Mrs Gladstone Ward, who, with her husband, arrived by the Moana, was Mademoiselle Sophie Harb, who had lived all her life in Jerusalem, and had seen no country but Palestine, before leaving for this far-off part of the world (states the Press). Mrs Ward and her family had had a very sad time during the war, for the Turks and Germans between them made life terrible. Monsieur Harb and his family were among the foremost to welcome the British forces when they entered the Holy City, and the excitement and' joy of the pro-British community was indescribable. Mr and Mrs Ward are settling down at a farm near Christchurch, and will make their home there. Mr A. D. M’Gavock, of the Department of Lands and Survey, has been appointed by the Public Service Commissioner to the position of Conservator of Forests for the Westland Conservation Region of the New Zealand State _ Forest Service. Mr M’Gavock, who •is a, native. of Invercargill, commenced his connection ■ with - the local department as a boy, and remained there for about 25 years, finally attaining to the position of chief clerk- and secretary to the Land Board. fHe has been in all 29 years in the service. A few years ago he was transferred from Invercargill to the position of chief clerk in Dunedin. Later he was secretary to the Pastoral Runs Commission, which sat in Invercargill during the latter part of 1920, and he was also secretary to a Umber Commission which took evidence in the_ North Island. He was then made a relieving officer, and when he received his present appoinment he was attached to the Wellington office of the department. Mr M’Gavock is 44 years of age, and his appointment to such an important office shows that he has developed into a most capable officer. During his years in Invercargill he was one of the best* known figures in sporting circles, being connected for many years with the Invercargill Railway Rowing Club and the South•4and Referees’ Association. ■ Mr M'Gavock will take up his residence in Hokitika shortly. -