PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 53, 26 October 1912, Page 5

PERSONAL.

His Excellency the Governor is expected buck in Wellington from Chr.stchurch to-day. Lord and Lady Isl ngton leave for their country residence, “Highden,” on Wednesday, and on Friday, November Ist, His Excellency will attend the Palmerston Show, probably returning to Wellington the next day. On Wednesday, November 6th, their Excellencies leave for Christchurch, and will attend the Canterbury A. and P. Show on the following Friday. On Monday, November lltn, Lady Islington returns to Wellington, mud His Excellency is expected back in ■Wellington on Sunday, November 17th, miter visiting Timaru, Dunedin, and (Invercargill. On the 18th their Excellencies given farewell garden party, and on the 22nd they leave for Auckland, where they will remain until their departure from the Dominion. ! Mr Eric Waters, formerly of Wellington, has been appointed organist at Nelson Cathedral. Mr George Hall left for Wellington this morning to meet his mother, who is arriving from Scotland by tne home boat. The Hon. T. Mackenzie, High Commisioner, has been appointed a trustee of the sinking fund of the New Zealand loan of 1863. •' Sir Joseph Ward intends paying an early visit to London—probably arriving in December, so it was reported in London last month. Mr Foster has postponed his visit to Australia. He expects to sail at the end of February, says a cablegram from Ottawa. The House on Thursday granted four days’ leave of absence to Mr T. Parata, jVi.P. for Southern Maori district, on the ground of illness. The Education Board on Wednesday passed a resolution of sympathy witn vira Buckler in the dmuf ner husband, late teacher at Te Kiri. Dr. Hebert Itobinson, oi Manchester, has been appointed processor of organic and applied chemistry, and Dr. Anstruther Lawson, of Glasgow, professor ox botany, at Sydney University. Sir A. Spicer, M.P., has bden ap pointed chairman of the Marconi uoutract committee, and Mr. diaries Roberts, M.P., chairman of the committee to enquire into the Putumayo atrocities. Miss K. Knox, sewing teacher at Ackiand School, Miss H. which, assistant at Inglewood, and Mrs. barak, late head teacher atj VV’area, have resigned their positions under the laranaxi Education Board. Mr Stuart Seddon, son of the late Prime Minister, who has been in London for a couple of months after studying architecture in Paris, is to leave ■for i\ew Zealand in November, says the New Zealand Times correspondent. Mr Chas. Abler, who has been on a visit tp Jersey, Channel islands, leit England on Lis return to New Zealand oy the Usteriey early this month (.says tne News), and should arrive in New Plymouth towards the latter end of next month.’

Mr G. V. Tate has so far improved in health as to allow of iiis removal irom Marton (where he was lying seriously ill; to a private hospital in vVanganm, says the Waitara Mail. Mr Tate is now slowly improving, but it will be a few days'beloro he is allowed to return home. Sir Wm. Hall-Jones, New Zealand’s late High Commissioner, is, with Lady Hall-Jones, staying in London_ for a few days writes the N.Z. Times London correspondent under date September 21st). Later on they return to their house at Bournemouth, where they invent! remaining, until they leave for New'Zealand in February next. Mr. John Guy, a resident of High Street, Greymouth, has received cable intimation that two of his brothers were killed in the disaster at Mount Lyell. it is remarkable to relate (says the ‘Star’) that four members of the.Guy family have now met their deaths in mines. Some time ago a brother of Mr. Guy was killed in Queensland, later on another met an untimely end in a Victorian mine, and now two have met their deaths at Mount Lyell. Mr G. W. Sampson, Chief Postmaster at Wanganui, had on March 31st last been 45 years and seven months in the service of the Postal and Telegraph Department. This excellent record of service is only surpassed by two other gentlemen in the service, Mr H. W. Hannington, Inspector of Telegraph Offices, and Mr W, M. Hutchison, 'Chjef Postmaster at. Dunedin, who have 4.6 years and 10 months, and 45 years and 9 months’ service respectively to their credit. The Venerable Archdeacon Stocker, who has been vicar of St.\ John’s Church in Invercargill for thirty years and is now retiring, was met yesterday afternoon by a large gathering of citizens and presented with a purse containing 235 sovs. Speeches of a most complimentary nature, regarding the Archdeacon’s public services to Invercargill, were made by the Mayor (Mr Scandrett), Colonel Henderson (representing the military), J. E. Watson (representing the citizens), and also by representatives of the clergy and various societies with which Archdeacon StOcker was connected. The presentation is said to be the most substantial yet made in Invercargill, and subscriptions were received without a single personal application by way of canvass oeing made. —Press Association. Mr W. E.‘'O’Donnell, who is'at a Theological College in England, in writing to his father in Hawera, says that he has been spending a few weeks of his vacation in France, He spent part, also, in competing at some of the leading sports gatherings in England. At the Oval, London, he ran second in the 100 yards, being beaten by the English champion, Applegarth, who did the distance in lOsec. This runner afterwards put up a record of 19 2-ssec for the 200 yards. At Stamford Bridge Mr O’Donnell eot a second in the 300 yards and at Highand at High Wycombe, in a largo field of the best English runners he ran fourth in the 300 yards final. Mr O’Donnell met Mr and Mrs J. 11. Corrigan in London (says the Star), and With them saw some of the sights. Mr and Mrs Corrigan leave Eng’and in November.