ABOUT PEOPLE

Southland Times, Issue 19100, 19 November 1923, Page 4

ABOUT PEOPLE

A London cable reports that Lord Robert Cecil receives a peerage.

The Bishop of Waiapu (Dr. Sedgwick) who was recently compelled to take a complete rest, is reported to be improving in health.

The Rev. Phillip Carrington, son of the Dean of Christchurch, leaves New Zealand next January to act as the head of St. Barnabas’ College, in Adelaide. Mr Ambrose Foote, this year’s Rhodes Scholar, is the first student from Wesley College to secure the honour reports a Sydney cable. A London cable states: Mr Massey, who for the last day or two has been suffering from a cold with a slight increase in temperature is almost well again, and has taken up the work which, before leaving New Zealand, he arranged to do for the New Zealand Government. He goes to Belfast and Birmingham and returns to the Dominion via Canada.

In a London message the death is announced of Sir Henry Echlin after a most romantic career. His ancestors dissipated the family estates and Sir Henry was serving ale in his village inn at Woburn Green when he succeeded to the baronetcy. He continued as publican for many years. Deceased had a most meagre education in the village school. In Ireland he became successively a footman, lifeguardsman, police constable and publican. Another of Southland’s pioneers, in the person of Mr John Hunt, passed away last Wednesday at the residence of his daughter, Mrs Piercey, at Riverton. The late Mr Hunt was born at Truro, Cornwall, 86 years ago, and had a romantic career. At the age of 11 he ran away to sea and joined the warship Diamon which was engaged in taking troops to the Crimea. He was then transferred to the Shannon and spent some years in the Indian service. At the age of 20 he came to New Zealand and settled in Riverton, where for some time he was engaged in whaling with the late Captain Howell. The late Mr Hunt had been a resident of Riverton for many years past and was very well known and respected in the district. He was predeceased by his wife eleven years ago and leaves two daughters, Mrs W. Piercey and Miss H. Hunt, both of Riverton. Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs Suttor, oi the Salvation Army, who arrived at Auckland by the Niagara on Monday from Sydney, have been in India for some years on missionary service, and have been touring Australia with a party of Indian and Cingalese Army officers. The party consists of Lieutenant-Colonel Samarawera (Cingalese), Adjutant Sartooham (Indian), and Captain Jayawansa (Cingalese). “The tour in Australia,” said Lieutenant-Colonel Suttor, “has been very successful and the party has been well received and heartily welcomed as fellow-citizens of the British Empire and as Salvationists. They are commencing a New Zealand tour in Wellington, and will travel through the Dominion. The Indian and Cingalese officers are representative of three thousand officers and teachers, the majority being Indians, who are conducting Salvation Army operations in India and Ceylon. Their work there is threefold, evangelical, social, and educational, and the extent of the work, it can be said, indicates that Salvation Army methods are suitab 1 Empire enterprise.”