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Southland Times, Issue 17469, 25 March 1915, Page 6

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'Ph« Wanganui Board of Kducatinn last night decided to nominate Mr I'. I'irani as a member of the Xatlonal Council of education. Major-tleiieral It. If- Davies, C.B. (of New Zealand), is commanding the 2lst Division of Kitchener’s new armies ■ at Aldershot. The Hon. Jas. Alien arrived at Gisborne from the south yesterday, and returned by the Tarawera last night. The Minister received a number of deputations and laid the foundation stone of the High .School and Girls' Hostel. Mr Wni. Brown, who has been in charge of the shipping department of Wright, Stephenson and Go., Biff, in Christchurch for the past two and a-half vears has been promoted to Invercargill, and previous to his departure was made tin* recipient of a travelling outfit from th Bc> taf d. Sharp, pastor of the Bluff Methodist Church, who is shortly retiring from his charge, purposes settling m Auckland and undertaking relieving " °\'' Svdnev cablegram announces the death of Urn lit. Bev. Monsignnr .lames O’Brien, (lector of St. Johns College in the University of Sydney. He was born at oldcastle. Co. .Meath. Ireland, in 18K. was ordained in ISSS; was Professor ot Moral Thelogy at All Hallows College. Dublin: and was appointed Rector of St John’s College in ISSA. In H>9-> he was Domestic Prelate to His Holiness tin* Tope. Mthoufjh not yot officially stated it U anticipated that Mr T. Hutchison. wil he appointed Magistrate in Milton and other districts, vice Mr Burton, transferred to V.’hangarei Isays the Bdnce I lerald I. Mr Hutchison, of late, has been carrying out Mr Crmckshank s work at Invercargill. \ Wellington Press Association tel - -ram says: Mr Allen Maguire, a wellknown contractor, died tills morning, aged T" vears. He carried out many big works in Wellington, including tho liarliour reclamation, big public build-im-s and the Hatattai tramway tennel, as well as works on the Midland railway and in Hie Auckland district. A Sidney cable states that Sir Timothy Goughian retires from the Sydney Agent-Generalship at the end of this month The Victorian Government has consented to the Hon. P. Mcßride (Agent-General for Victoria) taking over the position pending a new appointment. At the last meeting of the Otago university Council, it was decided to award tlie Sir George Grey scholarship for BHa. to Mr J. G. Anderson, of Invercargill. The scholarship, which has a monetary value of CaO, is given for proficiency' in three advanced sciences, the winner specialising in physics (electricilv and magnetism), chemistry, and geology. Mr Anderson is, we believe, Hie first ex-pupil of the Southland Boy’s High School to be awarded this scholarship. Senior - Sergeant'Berner, who has for some lime past been attached to the Im.il police force will at the end of this month retire on superannuation. It is Sergeant Berner’s intention to have a prolonged trip, hut he has not definitely ilvuided as to the place whore he will settle down in the future. Sergeant Berner has seen ill years' service in the police force, and at different times he has served at Christchurch, Sydenham, Becfton. Timani, Pembroke ami Clinton, Sergeant Berner has been stationed in Invercargill during the last lii months, and lias been a very popular officer. A very large crowd gathered at the Christchurch railway station yesterday morning, when the remains of the late Bishop Grimes arrived from Sydney. The cortege left at S o’clock for the Cathedral, where Archbishop O'Shea (Wellington!, Bishop Verdon (Dunedin), and ■ Bishop Cleary (Auckland) were in waiting. The casket was placed in the central aisle, and a short service was conducted by Dean Hills. Cathedral, hells lolled at intervals, and Hie whole ceremony was highly impressive. The lid of Hie casket was (lien removed, and Hie congregation tiled slowly past the coffin. The last funeral rites are to lie solemnised to-day. 1 Tin* speakers at Pannawea convention (Catliiis) at Piaster will include the well-known ' Dunedin minister, Bev. H. B. Gray (N. Pi. Valley), who is greatly , interested in the Keswick movement, Mr A. A. hind (Jewish missionary, India ). Mr W. Bradley (Pigypt General Mission), and I he Bev. Pi. B. Harries (Chalmers Presbyterian Church, Timaru). Many friends and ministers in Invercargill and surrounding district are looking forward to the convention. The \ew Zealand Keswick movement, conducted on similar lines to the large gathering so long carried out in Kngiaml. grows larger every year. Among the visitors to New Zealand at the present time is Mr Hedley Thompson, formerly of Gisborne, but who lias been working as an engineer at Parsons' big works in the Old Country, and' is now pretty generally known in engineering circles as the inventor of the “Thompson transmission.” This con-

sists of u new, economical, and direct way of transmitting’ the power from the motor to the wheel-shafts of a motorpropollert vehicle. Mr Thompson, who lias already demonstrated his patent by means of a working model to the Chief Hallway engineers and the City Engineer (Mr W. H. Morton), gave an address on his invention before the annual congress of the New Zealand Society of Civil Engineers at Dunedin last week. A railway coach driven by the Thompson transmission has been running in Soutli Africa for some time past quite successfully, and it is understood that it is to be adapted to one here by the railway authorities. Dr Frazer Hurst, medical superintendent of tiie Whangarei Hospital, has gone Into the Trentham camp prior to going to the front. Dr Hurst (says the -New Zealand Herald) has already seen active service, in 1901) he took up the position of medical ofticer in the imperial Chinese Hallway Administration. Ho was in China when the Boxer rebellion broke out. Fortunately, he succeeded in reaching the coast in safety, and lie became attached to H.M.S. Barfleur. being stationed at the naval hospital at Taku. He served with the Expeditionary Force, proceeding to Pekin, and was awarded a medal and clasp inscribed "Relief of Pekin." Eater the doctor returned to England, hut his patriotism sent him to South Africa, where he served with the South African held force, and received a medal and three clasps. Some time after peace was declared lie came to New Zealand. and ho was captain of the Tepuke Mounted Hide Volunteers for live years. After a short stay in Hamilton and Wailu ho was appointed to the position of medical superintendent of the Wiiangarei Hospital. The Border Telegraph, a Scottish paper, says;— Seven grandsons soldiers and two prisoners—Mrs William Wilson, Hil Scott street, Galashiels, who is considerably over four-score years, holds a unique position at the present time in that she has six grandsons serving with the colours and other two (civilians) arc prisoners in Germany. The particulars regarding these are as follows; Trooper Hcnrv Wilson, of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force at Cairo, Egypt, son of Mr Robert Wilson, Mayor of the Borough of Winton: Trooper W. Wilson, of the Expeditionary Force, son of Mr .). Wilson. Riverton; Privates David K. Wilson ami Andrew; .1. Wilson, Cameron High landers. Invergorden, and Bugler Robert J, Wilson. 4th K. 0.5.8.. Cambusbarron, sons of Mr William Wilson, lit St Andrew street. Galashiels; Private William Wilson, Black AVatch, Bristol, son of Mr Andrew Wilson, Cork, Ireland. Private Lawson Cairns 9th. Royal Scots, Edinburgh, son of Mr .lames Cairns, Langholm; Alexander Allan, prisoner at Berlin, and Robert Allan, prisoner at Liege, son of Mr Robert Allan, Belgium, at present in London. The old lady is very proud of her soldier grandsons, and Is likewise much concerned regarding the two who are prisoners.