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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11509, 4 October 1915, Page 5

PERSONAL.

; Sir Charles Boweu arrived from Hie • north yesterday. r Messrs T. A. Guy and J. A. A. i Caesar havo been " gazetted " as members of the Temple/ton Domain Board. At Windermere, cn Fr.uay evening, Private P. Fab ay, who is leaving for the front, was fareiv«lled, and presented with a pipe. Mrs Burnott received a cable message yesterday from l)r Burnett stating that he had been appointed to tho Malta Hospital and would be leaving London in ten days. The Rev Henry J. O'Dell, a Methodist clergyman, of Tauma-rnnui, lias volunteered for active service in the ranks, and has been instructed to go into camp on October 11. Mr D. M'Laren arrived in Christchurch on Saturday in continuation of his organising work with, tho Patriotic Funds. He may stay in. Christchurch for a day oi *-wo, his nest destination bang the (.Vast. Captain 0. V. Leenimg, of the New Zealand Field Artillery, who disembarked at Malta on September I sick, has cabled to his parents that lie is again convalescent and leaving for England. In the latest " Gazette" it is stated that his Excellency tht Governor Ims appointed Mies Coibornf -Veel and Mrs Bradney Williams to be official visitors under the Mental Defectives Act, 1911, within the Provincial District of Canterbury. Superintendent .1. Carter, of the Sumner Fire Brigade, has received a 1 letter from Mr Walter Grnmnvitt, of Christchurch, thanking the brigade for .saving his house during tbo K'cent outbreak on the Esplanade, and enclosing a cheque for £3 3.5. , Mr S- J. Collett. who has been ap- ! pointed officer in charge of tho local j branch of tho Tourist .Department., ni place of Mr G. W. 0. Moon, transferred to the Dunediu office, arrived from Dunediu on. Saturday night, and commenced his new duties to-day. At the conclusiou. of a very successful eight-night season of ( 'Les Cloches de Cornviile " by tho Wellington Amateur Opera-tin-Society on Saturday niglit a veritable ovation was: accorded by the performers and n large audience to Mr Torn Pollard, the well-known manager, who was responsible for the production and stage management of tho opera. A pleasant soc.'a! was held in the Oddfellows' Hall, Rollestou Street, j Linwood, on Friday night, when Mr Alj bert Nankivell, who is leaving with j tho reinforcements shortly, was I i'arewelled by a large number of his | l'riends. Musical items and dancing | oecup ed tho main part of the pro- | gramme, and Mr Nankivell. received , several expressions of goodwill trorn e-l.iOMj present. On Thursday evening a social and dance was tendered to Trooper F. O. Ormaudy, who is leaving for the front with tbo Seventh Reinforcements. The function was held at the Selwyu Street Hall, which was decorated with bunting. During the evening the chairman, Mr L. W. Ornia,ndy, presented Trooper Ormandr with a. sleeping bag,• the gift of member.-, of his grandfather's family. Among other presentations were a silver cigarette caso aud a soldier's outfit. Trooper Ormanriy, who had been iu the employ of Messrs T. Armstrong and Co., had previously been made- the recipient of a wristlet wab-h and military brushes, gifts of the firm and tho employees. On Thursday last a number of exmembers of the Arhburton Mounted Rifles met Captain E. Ji. Orr, who is leaving tor the front, and bade him farewell. Captain Orr has been for 1 many years an officer of the corps. Captain A. A. FooLs-, one of tho first j ' officer*!, presided, and in a brier speech j referred to the. fact that Captain G. A. j ' M. Buckley, ihe_ founder of the corps, ! was now on active service. Major j Johu_Stud) olrae, also an ex-officer, was 1 on his to the front, Captain G. Hardy was on Hdlipoli, und everv officer of the corns holding a commission at the outbreak of war hi"] pom; or wos going to the-front., wkilo it. biru'o number of the squadron's members had drawn swords in the service of the Em-' pire._ n Lieutenant J. B. Christian, on behalf of the "old timers." asked Captain Orr to accept for .Mrs Orr a-hot-water kettle (suitably inscribed. Sergeant-Major W. Hop wood, on hehalf of the present members ox the Fi'Miadron, presented Captain Orr with a. hi Ivor cigarette ca.se. und a -soToreigo purse- Captain Orr responded, and. ; I tho gathering adjourned to tho railway : j station; whore Captain Orr was loudly j j cheered as the train moved out- ' -t