PERSONALS.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume IV, Issue 959, 8 March 1917, Page 4

PERSONALS.

Major Leeming, T).5.0., arrived by the Maori this morning. Dr Mirams and Captain Stewart were among the Maori's passengers this morning. Visitors to Warner's Hotel include Messrs ,1. S. Handyside (Napier), and S. K. Parke (Auckland). Mr D. A, Aiken, general manager of the Union Steam Ship Company, left last evening for Wellington. Mr E. 11. Riley, general manager of the New Zealand railways, arrived in Christchurch from Wellington this morning The Rev. Father Corley, a Belgian priest, will succeed the Rev. Father Guinane, as curate at St- Patrick's Church, Mastertou. Mr F- R. Johnson, the newly-appoint-ed Health Inspector in the Ashburton Health Board's district, will commence his duties upon April 1. Messrs F. J. Rolleston (Tiniaru), IT. 11. Oxley (Wellington), S. C. Humphrey (Wellington'), G. Heasley (Wellington) are among the guests at the Clarendon Hotel. Messrs W. H. Long (Wellington), J. Forsyth (Queensland), L. E. Williams (Wellington), 11. A. White (Sydney) are staving at the United Service Hotel. Mr D'Arey Stuart Ferguson, New Zealand manager for Messrs Burns, Philp, and Co., Ltd., has enlisted for active service abroad, and will enter camp shortly. Mr W. J. Reeve, clerk of the court at Stratford, and formerly of Pahiatua, has been appointed temporarily to a similar position at Feilding, vice Mr C. Taylor, transferred to Wanganui. Mr Charles Kydd, partner of the American mercantile firm of R. W. Cameron and Co., who have a branch in Wellington, died suddenly of pneumonia on February 22, at Jersey City, JJ.S.A.

The deaths are announced of Mr John Campbell Speedy, aged 80, of Woodville, and Mr John McPherson, a wellknown farmer in the Kumeroa, Woodville, and Dannevjrke districts.

A London cablegram states that the Progessives, who were allowed to nominate the next chairman of the London County Council, have chosen the Earl of Crewe, who has accepted the appointment.

Lieut.-Col. W. L. 11. Burgess, D.5.0., who was formerly of New Zealand, and who was attached to the Australian Forces when the war broke out has lately been awarded the Cross of the Legion of Honour. He went to Egypt with the Main Body of the Australian Forces.

Mr J. I). Anderson, M.Sc., who is at present a member of the staff of the Wauganui Collegiate School, and who was 1015 nominee from Otago for the Rhodes Scholarship has been appointed to the position of science master at the Southland Boys' High School, of which he is an old boy. -The funeral of the Hon. Tame Parata, M.L.C., will take place on Saturday afternoon at Pukotoraki. Maoris from Kaikoura, Akaroa, Kaiapoi, Temuka, and from all parts of Otago and Southland will be present. The langi commenced yesterday afternoon and will continue for about a week.

Mr 11. H. G. Ralfe, clerk of the court at Auckland for the last 17 years, who has retired after a total of 40 years' service in the Justice Department, was the guest at a farewell gathering of the Magistrates, members of the legal profession and the court staff at Auckland. Mi- Ralfe is taking up fruit-farming iu the Nelson district.

Prior to the departure of the "So Lout; Lctty" Company, for Australia, Mj'sh Dorothy Brunton, on behalf of the members made a presentation of a handsome silver case and cigarette stand to Mr .John Farrell, as a mark of appreciation of his efforts during his management of the company's New Zealand tonr.

Mr Walter Wright, who has been during the last five years inspector of dairy produce in Britain for the New Zealand Government, and a member of the staff of the High Commissioner's office, is shortly returning to New Zealand. While in London Mrs Wright's health has not been good, and this is the chief reason for Mr Wright's request for a transfer.

Mr T. Stewart Lyon, managing editor of the Toronto "Globe," has unanimously been chosen by the directors of the Canadian Press, Ltd., as Canadian war correspondent at the front. The Government has ratified their choice. Mr Lyon left Canada last month to assume his new duties. There has been no official Canadian war correspondent at the front, since the beginning of 1916. when Sir Max Aitken, who had acted in that capacity in the early part of the war, gave it up in order to take charge of the Canadian War Records Cilice in London.