ABOUT PEOPLE
On ids return from Britain, where ( lie Ibis been undergoing a course of in- j struction with tlie Imperial forces, j Captain R. J. S. Seddon. formerly staff officer to tlie Adjutant-General at Headquarters. Wellington, will be posted to the Auckland military district, as area group officer. with headquarters at Paeroa. A London cable stales that Sir Alel- | vllle Leslie AlacXnghtcn. Chief of tlie Criminal Investigation Department, Is j retiring from Scotland Yard on tlie j grounds of 111-lieartb. j A Alelbourne cable states that the Rev. AY, Alexander has lieen elected modera- I tor of the Presbyterian Asembly. j At last night's meeting of tlie Over- | seas Club a letter was received from | dominion secretary (Mr W. AlcFie) in- j Hmating that Air J. 10. Watson had lieen j appointed to represent Southland on the ; dominion council, which position Air [ Watson had accepted. Subscriptions amounting to £l7 1.75, raised for tlie puriio.se of having a memorial to tlie late Constable Joyce, are to be expended in books which will lie handed to tlie Otautau Public Library, the books to contain a small printed memorial notice. A cable reports that tlie King gave an audience to the Archbishop of Sydney. Air Ayson, Inspector of Fisheries, is on a visit' to Invercargill. The deatli is recorded at Sydney of tb.e Rev. Father Keating, rector of Saint Ignatius College. The deatli Is announced of Mr Janson, at tlie age of 100 years. He was the oldest solicitor in England. Mr Douglas, late manager of His Majesty's Theatre, Wellington, has been appointed manager of tlie Theatre Royal in tlie same city, where lie will control tlie Fuller-Brennan Vaudeville Company. The Xorwegian Parliament lias unanimously voted Captain Amundsen a life annuity of £324 in recognition of his great achievement in attaining tlie South Pole. Air E. O. East, some years ago engaged in tlie fishing industry at Bluff, arrived in town on a holiday visit on Thursday. Air East, who since leaving these parts thirteen years ago lias spent four years in South Africa, is now settled in tlie nin th.
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Southland Times, Issue 17346, 17 May 1913, Page 7
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349ABOUT PEOPLE Southland Times, Issue 17346, 17 May 1913, Page 7
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