ABOUT PEOPLE

Southland Times, Issue 16844, 21 September 1911, Page 6

ABOUT PEOPLE

The “Ensign” states that Mr A. H. Kitto loft for Invercargill yesterday morning, where he will practise his profession as an architect. It Is Mr Kltto's Intention to visit Gore bi-weekly In future, and he may be consulted at the Southland Hotel. The Ashburton "Guardian” states that Rev. E. Vv hltehouse, who has been vicar of St. Stephens’ Anglican Church, Ashburton, for close on ten years, has forwarded his resignation to the Bishop of the Diocese and has asked to be relieved of the cure on April 30 next on the ground that he feels the work of the parish lias grown beyond his strength and needs the energies of a younger man (says a Press Association telegram). Old friends will be pleased to hear (says the "Lake County Press") that Mr Walter J. Stanford, formerly manager of the Glenrock Company,. Macetown, Is still in the land of the living. In a letter to a friend in Queenstown Mr Stanford says he was in. Africa in 1905. He went to Siberia in 1907, and bought Into a machinery business in one of the large towns, and now makes Russia his home. Mr Stanford Is also consulting engineer to a big mine In Central Siberia. It Is entirely a Russian company, and he is the only foreigner engaged. District residents will be pleased to hear Mr Stanford l ls holding such responsible positions, and no doubt he will have their best wishes. During tils residence in this district Mr Stanford took a keen interest In many local institutions, particularly the Arrow District Hospital. His present address Is Bogomdarrovnnny Mine, Post Station Ujour, Atchlnsk District, Yenisei Government, Siberia. .

Says a Hokitika telegram ; The Hokotika School Committee to-night (Wednesday) appointed Mr L. F. De Berry to the position of headmaster of the Hokitika district high school. Mr De Berry, who is to take up his duties In the early part of next month. ,is at present headmaster of the Cobdeh school. Grey district.

Says a Sydney cable : There was a great gathering of prelates, clergy, and representative men at Saint Mary s Cathedral for a celebration In connection with the death of Cardinal Moran. Bishop Verdon, of Dunedin, celebrated high mass. Archbishop Kelly delivered a panegyric. A London cable states that the Maharajah of Coochbehar, who was a visitor to the Coronation and was seized with illness during July, is dead. At the Dunedin Competitions on Tuesday, Miss L, H. Bruton (Invercargill) was awarded first place in the piano solo competition. The solo was Mozart's "Fantasia and Fugue' in C. In giving his decision the judge. Professor Ives, of Melbourne, sahV: —"I am glad that the first public award has to be given by ,me on a subject well worthy of these Important competitions, for a prelude or fantasia and fugue holds highest rank amongst musical compositions. It is a work .that appeals to the intellectual more than to the emotional, one of its chief characteristics being dignity of thought and dignity of treatment. You will know that Bach was the father of fugue, that lie elevated it to the highest rank in temperament, and wo have here an instance of Mozart bringing into play his rich vein of melody and applying it to this somewhat serious form of composition. As you have listened to it you have seen how the two thoughts have been blended. I must compliment each of the young ladies on her manner of treatment of the work. It is not one to be treated in a trivial manner, and they have only differed in degree of seriousness. The first young lady (Miss Bruton) perhaps gave greater breadth and less emotional treatment than either of the other two. We don't quite look for emotional treatment on the part of a lecturer speaking to us on a scientific subject, and so I must compliment her for having got a little nearer to the right treatment than either of the other two.” Sir Joseph and Lady Ward gave an “at home” at Awarua House. Wellington, on Monday to members of Parliament and their wives and daughters at present in Wellington. The afternoon proved a most enjoyable one. The guests were greatly interested in the axe with which Lady Ward cut the cord that 'released the New Zealand Dreadnought on the day of her launching. It is a very beautiful and valuable memento of a historic incident. The handle is of ivory, capped with gold, beautifully chased, and the blade of silver. It is enclosed in a gold casket, engraved with scenes In which warships and naval symbols, are prominent. Mr T. Prendergast, who has been the Otautau representative amj auctioneer for Messrs Wright, Stephenson, and Co. for a considerable time past, has been transferred to Invercargill. and his place will be filled at Otautau by Air McDonald, of Invercargill. Mr Chow S. Lnnchu. His Imperial Chinese Majesty's Consul for New Zealand. arrived in Wellington from Pekin via Australia by the Ullmaroa last night He will take up his residence at the Consulate, where the former Consul, Mr Hwang, resided, and will commence his official duties next Wednesday.—Press Association.