ABOUT PEOPLE

Southland Times, Issue 17595, 6 March 1914, Page 6

ABOUT PEOPLE

A Vancouver cable states that leading athletic clubs on the Pacific Coast were represented at Cavill’s funeral. His brothers were unable to attend, but the funeral arrangements were carried out by the college 'students, former pupils of Cavill. Earl Grey was occupied at Christchurch yesterday attending to semiprivate engagements. Mr F. C. Stewart, of the Roads’ Department of the Public Works at Stratford, was on a holiday visit 1-to’-Inver-cargill litis week. He will leave again for the north by tills morning’s express. Mr Stewart was previously stationed jin Invercargill during which time lie was a leading member of the Invercargill footbail and cricket clubs. Mr John Scully, of the local mail room staff, lias obtained the necessary ! leave of absence, and will leave Wei- • liugton at. the etui of the present month !on a trip to the Old Country. Mr Scully will be accompanied on his tour by Air Cameron, of the Wellington office, and the trip will extertll over about nine months. tin Wednesday evening Air Scully was entertained by a gathering of friends at the Railway Traffic Fire Brigade rooms. At a suitable interval lin the proceedings lie was made the recipient of a case of Loewe pipes. Air A. U. Wilis made the. presentation, and several other speakers re-echoed the i wish that Air Scully would have a pleasant trip to the Home Country, and would return once more to New Zealand in the best of health and spirits. Air Scully, in responding, thanked the gathering very sincerely for the present and the kind tokens of esteem which | had accompanied it. Even when wide ' seas of distance seoarated lie would I always cherish the fondest recol- : lections of Invercargill and his Iriends i hen-. Mr Scully will leave for Weilingi tott on Tuesdav afternoon. It is more i than likely that lie and -Mr Cameron i will also pay a visit to America bet ore ; returning to New Zealand. ; Atr William Belcher has decided not I to contest the Dunedin .Mayoralty, hut lie j will, in all probability, be n candidate : for Dunedin North at the next general I election. ' In well-informed political circles it is | staled that Air .1. T. Johnston, who was j Air Clark’s opponent in Cue second ballot i for tlie Chalmers seat in if!*!-, will UP- | hold the Opposition banner at the GenI eral Election this year. Air John Hopkins, representative tor Aldlie. Dolores, arrived in Invercargill last night to complete arrangements tor the appearance of the gifted .singer on .Friday evening next in the Aluuicipal Theatre. The death is announced by cable from ltd lin of Cardinal Ivopp. •Sir Newton Moore, the Agent-General for Western Australia, is a passenger by the Alaheno. which left Sydney yesterday for Auckland. Sir Newton is on run 11- for England.