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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19198, 14 June 1924, Page 10

PERSONAL.

Vice-Reg an A Thames Press Association telegram states that Viscount Jelliooo is visiting there. The local bodies gave him a public reception yesterday afternoon, after which ho officially aliened the new maternity annexe to the hospital. In tho evening a conversazione was held. This morning no will meet the school children, pensioners and old identities, and present the Weekly Press Shield and medals to tho lligu Jchool Cadets. Mr W. H, Dagger (Conciliation Commissioner) will return to Christchurch to-day. -Mr R. J. Penrose, of this city, loft for Wellington on Wednesday on a trip to England, via Australia. A London cable message .a-.*-- (.hat Oenoral Booth has arrived at Southampton Tom Sydney. M# A. E. Harding was re-elected provincial president of the New Zealand Farmers' Union (reports an Auckland Press Wseciation telegram). Mr William Patrick Ilartstongo was ad pitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Cour yesterday morning by his Honor Mr Jus • ice Sim. Mr D. Harrison, who has been telegraphist at the Port Chalmers Post Office -inco he returned from the war, has receive* notice of his transfer to Temuka. He n ■rn active member of the local Soldiers' Club. The Rev. E. H. Came, who is at present in _ the hands of Chinese bandit* was born in Melbourne, and went to th* r ;nited States for training under the Chris t:an and Missionary Alliance, of which the Rev. W. Jaffray is tho head in the Soul’ hina section. Mr and Mrs Game (whr vas also born in Victoria) left Melbourne some months ago to take up their work in China after furlough, and latest news received by mail was that they were waiting at Wuohow until the conference in -’.llo them to their now country centre. Evidently at the time of their capture they were proceeding to Pinglo to take up a new station in consequence of tho murder of the missionaries at Twollm. Mr Noel Annersley Bagiev, a son of the late Mr R. P. Ba.gley, of Dunedin, died at his residence, Alexandra, on Monday last, at the ago of 35 years. The deceased was born in Dunedin, and served his time '>■? a chemist in this city, later p-oing to New Plvmonth. After some years spent in the North Island he went to live at Alexandra, where, for the past five years, ho was in business. He was a member ot the Borough Council, and took a kern in ter eat in bowling and angling, having been secretary of the local Angling Club since, its inception. He is survived by his wife and two young daughters. The death occurred suddenly on Wednesday of Mr J. R. Jopp, a prominent and well-known sportsman, at his residence, Lincoln road, Christchurch. Deceased wa* the eldest son of tho late Mr John L. Jopp. of Arrowtown, and Mrs Jopp, of Crorabie street, Gore. The late Mr Jopp was for .many years in business at Gore, and was one of those responsible for hastening the erection of the Gore traffic bridge. Ho later took up his residence at Invercargill, subsequently going to Christchurch. The deceased retired from business about eight months ago. At tho time of his death he owned, among other horses, tho well-known trotter Lottie Direct, and was also the owner of Revenue at tho time that trotter broke the Australasian record. Deceased was 53 years of age, and leaves a wife, but no family. His mother also survives him, as well as two sisters and three brothers. The Toronto Globe of May 8 reports that Mr Eric Ross Arthur, described by it ‘‘as an architect and designer of great reputation in Europe and Great Britain,” who has been appointed an Assistant Professor of Architecture in the University of Toronto, returned to England a week previously for the summer vacation, to resume work with Rii Edwin Lutyens, the distinguished architect, and to make studies on the Continent. Mr Arthur, who is a son of Mr F. Arthur, of this city, was born in Dunedin, and showed a marked aptitude for draughtsmanship when he was a- pupil of the Otago Boys’ High School. Ho went overseas with the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces, and, after war service, went to the Liverpool School of Architecture, from which he graduated with tho degree of B.Arch., and first-class honours in architectural design. After his graduation he entered tho office of Sir Edwin Lutyens. The list of awards and prizes which he has won include tho Lord Lcvorhulmo prize in Architecture, tho Lord Lcvorhuhne prize in Civil Design, and the Holt Travelling Scholarship in Architecture. In addition, he was Lord Kitchener Memorial Scholar, and three times finalist for the British Prix at Rome, and he obtained a first-class certificate in townplanning. In collaboration with Mr W. N. Adams, who, like himself, is an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architecture, he won the Dewsbury (Yorkshire) war memorial design in competition with 142 other architects and designers.