ABOUT PEOPLE

Southland Times, Issue 19770, 19 February 1923, Page 4

ABOUT PEOPLE

Mr Mark Forrest, a journalist and county official from Milwaukee, U.S.A., is visiting the South. Mr C. G. L. Pollock has been appointed Probation Officer at Invercargill in’succession to Mr A. McLean, who has resigned owing to ill-health. Mr Robert W. Macfie has been appointed accompanist to the Dunedin Male Choir, in succession to Mr Charles A Martin, who has, resigned. Sir Alfred Pickford, Overseas Boy Scouts Commissioner, who is at present visiting Australia, is expected to reach New Zealand towards the end of May. It is announced by a Press Association message from London that the Albert Medal was awarded to Charles Chapman for saving life in the Paparoa Valley floods in New Zealand. The death in the United Kingdom of William Duthie, of Aberdenshire, one of the world's best known Shorthorn breeders, is announced by a London Press Association message. A Press Association message from London says that Princess Mary’s son had his first outing on February 16. He was taken in a motor-car to Buckingham Palace to see the Queen. New Zealanders will be interested to hear the announcement, of the engagement of Major E. A. Belcher, C.8.E., of the Mill House, Clewer, Windsor, who was in the Dominion with the Empire Peace commission, and Gladys, second daughter of Mr H. Wardale Greenwood, of Melbourne. Colonel Forster Yelverton Goring, aged 77 years, late of the New Zealand Royal Artillery, died at Hastings on Saturday (says a Press Association message). He was born in County Galway, Ireland. He served in the Maori wars with distinction. He retired with the rank of Colonel in 1897. The Hon. George Fowlds has left Auckland for Sydney. At the latter port he will join the mission ship John Williams, in order to visit the various mission stations at Papua. Mr Fowlds is a member of the Australasian Administration Committee of the mission and his visit will be made in that capacity. Mr J. M. Paterson has been appointed president of the Otago Law Society. The other office-bearers elected for the year are:—Vice-president, Mr A. A. Finch; treasurer, Mr F. S. Brent, members of the council—Messrs J. B. Callan, W. R. Brugh, W. L. Moore, W. G. Hay, H. L. Cook, and B. S. Irwin; auditor, Mr S. E. Brent. Mr R. M'Gillivray, of the Department of Agriculture, Christchurch, had been granted a Fellowship by the Linncan Society of London. The Linncan Society is one of the famous scientific societies of Great Britain. It was established in 1788, and a Royal charter was granted by King George HI in 1802. A Press Association inessagre from London announces the death of Mrs Laura Armiston Chant, preacher, lecturer, comj>oser and writer. She was prominent in the Women’s Suffrage movement and a temperance worker. She took a relief expedition to the Armenians in Bulgaria and nuraes to Greece and Crete during the war against Turkey in the nineties and was decorated by Queen Victoria. She also wrote a novel and many action songs for children. She was born in 1848.