PERSONAL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18752, 4 January 1923, Page 6

PERSONAL

Mr D. Tannock left by the second express yesterday on a visit to Westport and district.

Mr A. Slingor, who is now engaged on the Waikokopu Harbour works, returned north by the second express yesterday. Sir Joseph and Lady Ward, who have been visiting Christchurch, returned to their home at Heretaunga yesterday. Mr P. S. K. Macassey, Crown Prosecutor at Wellington, is at present on a holiday visit to Dunedin. The Mayor (Mr J. Si. Douglas) will leave for Wellington to-day on a brief holiday, lie intends to return on January 10. Mr A. P. Harper, secretary of the Welfare Ijeague, is a passenger by the Rimu(aka on a six months’ business visit lo England. A Wellington Press Association telegram says that the Rev. H. E. R. Fry, vicar of Porchester, Hampshire, has been appointed vicar of St. Marks, in succession to the Rev. C. F. Askew, who removes lo Nelson and becomes a donn. Mr Ernest White, M.A., 1.L.M., formerly of Dunedin, now of the Christchurch firm of Messrs Johnston, Mills, and White, solicitors, has returned to Christchurch after a fortnight's holiday in Outram. The funeral of Private Albert Sinclair, Otago Infantry Regiment, N.Z.E.I I '., took place privately yesterday, the place of interment being Anderson’s Bay Cemetery. The Revs. A. H. Wallace and R. Fairmaid officiated at the house and the graveside. Lieutenant S. N. Gillman represented the Defence Department. News has been received by Mr names Mac Gibbon. of Christchurch, of the death of his cousin, the Rev. Dr .Tames Mac Gibbon, minister of Glasgow Cathedral. Deceased. who was 57 years of age, served cs a chaplain during the Great War, and was awarded the Military Cross and was also mentioned in despatches. He was appointed minister of the Glasgow Cathedral in April, 1916.' During their stay in Dunedin the Queensland bowlers presented their president (Mr R. J. Archibald) with a case of pipes, and his wife with several small articles in greenstone for the table, as a memento of their New Zealand tour and a token of their regard for him. The visitors left Dunedin by the first express yesterday morning, when a representative number of bowlers assembled to give them a fitting send-off. They intended to spend the interval between the two north trains on the Oamaru bowling green, and will also meet the Palmerston North bowlers before proceeding to Rotorua, Auckland, and home. The death occurred at her residence, 14 Helensburgh road. Kaikorai, a few days ago, of Mrs Elizabeth Huddart, aged £0 years, an old identity and a native of the Orkney Islands. She ’and her husband, Mr John Huddart. landed here 44 years ago, being passengers in the ship Oamaru. In her younger days she was a woman of untiring energy and great kindness of heart. F’or the past 20 years she has had very indifferent health, but was always ready with a word of good advice and sympathy. Mrs Huddart is survived by her husband, one son (two other children having died), and three grandchildren. Mr W. Henderson Pringle, who resigned a week or two ago the Chair of Economics in the University of Otago, was a candidate for the Berwick and Haddington seat in the House of Commons at the general election at Home in November. Standing as an Independent Liberal, ho received 4422 votes, and was third on the poll, the successful candidate, a National Liberal, receiving 6342 votes, while a Labour candidate obtained 5842 votes, and another National Liberal, who was the retiring member, 5300 votes. The death occurred on Tuesday (wires our Auckland correspondent) of Mrs Catliarina Myers, widow of the late Mr Louis Myers. Deceased, who was 80 years of ago, had been in failing health for some months past. As a young girl, Mrs Myers went to Australia to join her brothers, who then were in Melbourne. After a year or two there she crossed to New Zealand, living first nt Dunedin, and then at Invercargill. She afterwards returned to Australia, living at Ballarat for some years. After that she went to Thames, subsequently going to Wellington, and finally coming to Auckland. She married her late husband at Dunedin in 1862, end he died in 1874. She leaves four sons: —The Hon. Arthur M. Myers, Mr Leo Myers, Dr Bernard Myers, and Mr Benjamin Myers, and one daughter (Mrs Coleman).