ABOUT PEOPLE.

Southland Times, Issue 14095, 29 April 1909, Page 6

ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mr C. S. Longuet, who was yesterday elected Mayor of Invercargill, served as a Councillor on the Invercargill Borough Council from 1897 to 1900. He has previously occupied the Mayoral chair, having been elected In 1901 and served then for two consecutive terms. An Auckland telegram sa; . that ExJudge Wilson, of the Native Lan-v Court, died yesterday. The deceased, who was born in 1829, arrived In New Zealand in 1833, his early days being spent In the Bay of Islands dl; trlct. R. Arnst (says a Wanganui telegram) arrived In town last night to prepare for the race with Webb for the sculling championship. He and Fogwell were met at the station by rowing enthusiasts and driven to the hotel, where their health was drunk. Mr N. D. Cochrane, mining engineer, of Dunedin, has (says a P.A. telegram) accepted the position of mining adviser to the Government of Fiji. He expects to be absent from the Dominion about twelve months. Mr J. C. Blackmore, Government Pomologlst, who has been paying an official visit of inspection to the fruitgrowing districts of Southland, returned to Christchurch from Invercargill on Monday. A Melbourne cable announces the death of Lady Janet Clarke, widow of the late Sir William Clarke. Mr James McConell, who is leaving Invercargill for the north, was given a send-off at a social gathering on Monday evening, and was presented with a fountain pen. Kindly speeches were made and musical and other items were added. To Jhe programme Misses D. Williams, M. Groves and Messrs Milligan, McConell and others contributed. Miss Nora Lots Becke (the eldest daughter of Mr Louis Becke), who holds an important secretarial position in London, is visiting the Dominion and the Australian colonics. Miss Becke is a most accomplshed linguist, and out of 300 applicants for the position she now holds she was given the appointment, despite strenuous opposition on account of her age. She has obtained six months’ leave. Miss Becke is now only 21 years of age, and was born at Townsville, North Queensland. A cable states that the Hon. Ronald Ramsay, brother of the Earl of Dalhousle, committed suicide aboard the Hamburg-American liner Cleveland In mid-Atlantic. Mr W. K. Morris, acting secretary of the Post and Telegraph Department, has been appointed Acting-Commissioner of Stamps. Mr P. C. Corliss, who recently arrived from Dunedin to take up duties In Wellington, becomes Deputy-Commis-sioner of Stamps. Captain T. W. McDonald, Assistant Adjutant-General of Wellington military district, succeeds Colonel Loveday In charge of school cadets with the rank of major.