ABOUT PEOPLE

Southland Times, Issue 17664, 23 February 1916, Page 6

ABOUT PEOPLE

A Press Association telegram from Rotorua states that Sir Joseph Ward arrived last night on a short visit. The Hon. W. Webster, PostmasterGeneral of the Commonwealth, arrived at Auckland on Monday. On dlt that Mr T. T. King, chief postmaster at Invercargill, is to be Mr McHutcheson’s successor at Dunedin.— Dunedin Star. Mr Walter E. Taylor, having been appointed by a number of subscribers, has agreed to stand as a candidate for membership on the Invercargill branch of the War Funds’ Association. The Rev. .1. I. Clarke having attained the semi-jubilee of his ministry , the congregation of Wyndham Presbyterian Church held a very successful social on Monday to mark the event, and presented him with a purse. Dr .1. L. Blakie, of Surrey Hills, Melbourne, arrived by the Paloona on Monday on a fortnight’s visit to liis mother, Mrs Blakie, Crinan street. A London cable states that Dr Arthur Noel Houghton, a New Zealander, recently with the Army Medical Corps, was found dead in a hotel in Waterloo road. The evidence at the inriuest showed that lie had taken an overdose of morphia. A verdict of death by misadventure was returned. Trooper F. Robinson, whose deatii from abscess is announced in to-day's casualty list, is the third man from Mount Linton Station to lay down his life in the war. Some time ago Trooper Robinson was reported seriously ill, hut a later message statfd that ho had recovered, so he must have suffered a. relapse. Mr McGregor, Mt. Linton, slates that the late trooper was a splendid fellow, and one of the best men who ever handled reins. A Press Association telegram from Hokitika states that at the sitting of the Magistrate's Court yesterday, Mr Wyvern Wilson, S.M., on behalf of himself and the officers of the Court, said they were sorry to lose Mr McDonald on personal grounds as well as the loss of his experience in assisting tile business of the Court. At the same time they felt glad of his appointment to the responsible office of a member of the Board of Trade, where he would he able to make use of his undoubted talents on subjects which lie had studied and of which lie had made a hobby for some years. Mr Cottrell also spoke on behalf of the bar, and Mr McDonald acknowledged the compliments.