PERSONAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19256, 21 August 1924, Page 8

PERSONAL.

VICK-IIEOAn. A Napier Press Association telegram states that the Governor-General and Viscountess Jollicoo arrived in Hawke’s Bay yesterday and attended a Maori ceremony nt. Omahu. later coming on to Napier as the guests of Mr R. D. U, M‘Lean. They will leave this morning by car for Gisborne. Mr W. R. Sinclair, who has been on a short visit to Timaru, returned to Dunedin by the express last night. Mr De Spong, of this city, has been appointed judge of the elocutionary section in competitions to be hold at Gore in October. At yesterday’s mooting of the Otago Education Board a vote of condolence was carried with Mr J. H. Wilkinson, a member of the board, in the death of his brother. A Press Association message reports that Professor John Adams was accorded a civic reception In Christchurch yesterday. At yesterday’s meeting of the Otago Education Board the Hon. D. T. Fleming congratulated Messrs J. Wallace and K. H. Todd on their re-election to the board. Messrs Wallace and Todd suitably replied. A Christchurch Press Association telegram announces the death of the Rev. T H. Griffin, the well-known Methodist minister, The deceased was 71 years of age. Mr L. H. Goddard, of Hawora, who has been appointed organist and choirmaster of ■St. Matthew’s Church, will commence his duties on Sunday. Mr Goddard arrived in Dunedin last week.

On Sunday morning last there passed away Mrs Caroline Hensley, at the age of 83 years, 62 years of which had been spent in Duneslin. the deceased lady having arrived with her husband by the Derwentwator in 1862. Mr Joseph Hensley (who died 18 years ago) went into business as an ironfounder in Dunedin. They were among the earliest settlers at Mornington, where Mrs Hensley resided for 57 years. She took an active part in starting the local Methodist Church, of which she was a warm supporter. Four sons and two daughters survive, these being Messrs J. Hensley (Invercargill), A. W Hensley (Dunedin), Victor (Oteramika). Albert (at Svdnevl Mesdames Jowsey (Dunedin) and Sim (Auckland). _Mr Mark C. Gilchrist, of Vancouver, Canada, who is on a holiday tour of New Zealand, is at present visiting Dunedin. He is a. New Zealander by birth, and was a pupil at the Union Street School from UPS till 1902.

A Press Association message from London states that Mr Malcolm MacDonald, son of the Prime Minister of Britain, has been chosen as one of the representatives of the Oxford Union Debating Society who are going on a tour, including Australia and New Zealand, in order to debate with the students of overseas universities. The resignation of Mr R. A. Rodger was accented by the Southland Power Board at its meeting on Tuesday. In conveying his decision to the board Mr Rodger sugjgosted Mr William H. Lusk, of Crookston. as a suitable person to fill the vacancy. Prior to the opening of the sittings of the Supreme Court in Invercargill on Tuesday morning, the members of the Southland Law Society assembled for the purpose of extending to .Sir William Rim their congratulations on the honour whicli had recently been conferred upon him. At the monthly meeting of the Otago Home Economics Association last night the president (Professor A. G. Strong) referred to the approaching departure of their 'secretary (Miss Olga Glov), who had received a fellowship from the Rockefeller Foundation, and who was goin<r to attend the; Columbia University, New York, for 12 months. On behalf of the members, Profajsor Strong wished Miss Gloy every success and a safe return.

Our London correspondent records the death of Mr William Aubrey Willes, who passed away at his residence, Elmwood. Cranborno road. Bournemouth, on July 12, in his eighty-fifth year. Mrs Willes survives her husband. Although many years have elapsed since Mr and Mrs Willes lived in New Zealand, Mr Willes’s name was still prominent there, ii only by reason of the immense scientific interest he took in connection with fishing and with salmon scales, on which he hod 1 expert knowledge. Mr G. R. Cooper, chief postmaster at Invercargill, arrived bore by the south ex-tDO-ese yesterday to relievo Mr A. E. M‘Gregor (chief postmaster at Dunedin), who to-day intends spending a holiday in the North Island. Mr W. Broadbent, senior superintendent at the Invercargill Post Office, will act as cnief postmaster during Mr Cooper’s absence. The Rev. John Pringle, M.A., who is leaving BdendaJo for Dunedin, was tendered a social evening in the Island Church by the congregation of Mntaura Island, the Rev. J. E. Lopdell presiding. Messrs John M'Leary, W. T. Davidson, and J. Dunlop, representatives of the Kirk Session and Management Committee, spoke in appreciation of Mr Pringle’s work, and Mr Frank Christie presented the guest with a wallet of bank notes. Master Frank M’Keown, who spoke on behalf of the Sunday School children, presented a fountain pen to Mr Pringle, who suitably expressed his thanks. Dr C. S. Hicks, of Dunedin, the holder of a Beit Research Fellowship, at Cambridge, haa (our London correspondent wrote on July 19) gone to America for part of the vacation. Ho crossed to New York as medical officer of one of the vessels of the Atlantic Transport Company. He take* every opportunity of meeting men eminent in the medical world, and of seeing the big institutions and hospitals. He wUI visit the Mayo Institute while he is in the United States, but the main purpose of his trip is to carry out a mission on behalf of Sir William Dunn, of the Cambridge School of Bio-Chemistry. He _is going to bring back a strain of special mice that spontaneously develop cancer. During the Easter vacation Dr Hicks spent a short time on the Continent, whither ho went mainly on behalf of Messrs O. W. Gregg and 00., of Dunedin, to report on some Special chemical machinery. While he was making Hamburg his centre ha stayed with a family who had been repatriated from Fiji. He was very much struck with Hamburg, which was obviously recovering from the fall of the mark. He visited the University there, and the Bambeck Krankenhaus—one of the biggest hospitals in Germany, with a capacity of 2800 beds. The director of the hospital, Dr Sohlappe, made arrangements for Dr Hicks to see all that he wished, and he thus met a number of men of note in the German medical world. From Germany he went to Switzerland, and hero again he made a point of visiting universities and hospitals and ho had very courteous recent ions from medical and scientific men. Dr Hicks met among others Professor Miss (physics), Professor Hodinger (patholo.rist), Dr Nagler (chemistry), who had been at Oxford, and who has a great love for England. In Switzerland the subject of goitre interested him. In London, too, Dr Hicks has met a number of men who arc specialising in goitre work