ABOUT PEOPLE

Southland Times, Issue 17777, 1 October 1917, Page 5

ABOUT PEOPLE

Among the most recent recipients of the Military Medal is Corporal Walter G. Sin* clair, son of Mr R. P. Sinclair, Southland. Sergeant Charles Kelly, formerly in charge of the Manners street police station, Wei* lington, and late of Invercargill, has taken over charge of the Marlborough district. At a meeting of the board of directors of Kempthorne, Prosser and Co.’s New Zealand Drug Company on Friday, Mr J. W| Hen ton was elected to a seat on the board to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Dr Ogston.

Another member of Bluffs famous 33 who left with the Main Body of the Expeditionary Force, in the person of Private “Tom” Horrobin, is shortly due at Bluff. Private Horrobin, who saw service in the South African War, was past the allotted span for military service when he joined up, brut nevertheless he has seen three years of the present struggle through. His return to Bluff is likely to be an event at the pork

Two members of the well-known Black family of musicians, Mines Nellie and Elsie Black, left Sydney early in September by the 8.8. Nika Maru on an extended tour of the Far East, as members of Fredric Shipman’s Concert and Vaudeville Co. The party make their appearance first in Manila, Philippine Islands, with Hong Kong, Shanghai, and other Chinese ports to follow; then Japan, Malay States, India and Java. The tour is expected to extend over about six months.

In a letter received from an Invercargill boy at present in France, he mentioned the fact that Private George Pope, who was for some time with Messrs Chas. Begg and Co., had been wounded. “George” was wellknown in Invercargill musical circles, and was a pianist of no mean order. He enlisted from Dunedin with the 21st Reinforcement. “He stopped a piece of shrapnel while road-making just behind the lines—not serious”, was the correspondent's remark.

Accompanying a draft of returned soldiers which arrived in Auckland on Tuesday was Captain Brocks, who has come to New Zealand to take up a staff appointment as director of physical and bayonet training to the New Zealand forces. Captain Brocks holds a commission' in the Worcestershire Regiment. He has seen considerable active service,, and was through the whole Gallipoli campaign, in the course of which he was wounded. He was in Egypt for some time before bring in France. After seeing a good deal of service he sustained a compound fracture of the arm. For conspicuous work on Gallipoli and in France he was awarded the Military Cross. ■■ At the close of the' morning service die members of Don Street Methodist choir, and Christian Endeavour Society, met to say good-bye to one of their number, Mr Arthur Woodward, who is leaving for Wellington. Rev. C. EL Olds, BJL, spoke of the faithful service, extending oyer, eight or nine years, which Ur Woodward had rendered. Mr Salisbury, on behalf of the choir, the Endeavour Society, and the Bible Class, presented Mr Woodward with a travelling rug as a slight token of the esteem in which he was held. In responding, Mr Woodward said he would always remember Don street, and thanked the members for their handsome gift. Mr Woodward goes north with to-day’s express, and carries with him the best wishes of all connected with the Don Street Church. The Times, London, of August 4 says:— “Captain H. E. Greenstreet who is believed to have made many more voyages round the world than any other man, has retired from the sea. Captain Greenstreet has made ninety complete voyages round the world, or, including two voyages through the Panama Canal, ninety-two round voyages to the Antipodes and back. He has rounded the Cape of Good Hope ninety-five times and Cape Horn seventy-five times, has passed through the Straits of Magellan fourteen times and crossed the Equator 192 times. He has travelled approximately 2,500,000 miles at sea, has never had a serious mishap, and has never been off duty for a single day at sea owing to illness. The vessels commanded by Captain Greenstreet have always been happy ships. It has been said that no man has ever been better known or better liked in New Zealand. Certainly very many passengers always chose to travel by the ships commanded by him, and officers and crews were always glad to serve under him. Captain Greenstreet was perfectly willing to go to sea again. The strain, however, of navigation and responsibility at sea under present conditions is very great indeed, and the directors of the New Zealand Shipping Company are convinced that he is now thoroughly entitled to a rest. They would be loth to think that a splendid sea career was being brought to a forced close —for Captain Greenstreet would necessarily be retiring before long—under the harassing conditions which now prevail.”