MEETINGS OF SOCIETIES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12758, 30 September 1919, Page 7

MEETINGS OF SOCIETIES.

A mptitin? of the Uideler Lodsp. I 0.0. F. Ms he'd in tho lodac room on Wednesday ovenir.sr Inst, when in dace of {ho ordinary kdcrp Tnpfih'n" Mr E. E. Stark. City Elccttpcal Envmoor, aave a lecture on the gyroscope. Mr Stark illustrated his lectnro with experiments on the various styles of gyroscope. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Mr Stark. His Excellency tho Governor-General arrived from Wellington to-day. and left in tho afternoon for Dnnedin. Mr H. M. Johnson, of 60, Winchester Street. Merivale, has received advice that his eon, Private H- V. M. Johnson, is returning by the Remuera. The New Zealand amateur champion sculler, Sergeant D. C. Hadfield. who won the Kingswood Sculls at the Henley Regatta in July and the single sculls at the inter-allied regatta in Paris, returned to Auckland last week, after two and a half years’ active service. Mr S- K. Sleigh, Christchurch manager of the Union Steam Ship Company. left last night for Wellington, where he will stay for a few weeks, relieving Mr W. A. Kennedy. Wellington manager. Mr M. Rudd, of headquarters staff, Thinedin, is filling Mr Sleigh’s place in Christchurch while ho is away. The Manuka was delayed in her trip from Wellington Lyttelton by southerly winds last night, and did not arrive until 12.40. Tho express train left Chris’tchurch at 12.25, and later a special train was put on for the ferrv passengers, among whom was the Gov-ernor-General. ■ When Alsace-Lorraine passed into German hands, a French soldier named Chollet vowed that he would not cut Ids hair again until France regained the two States. He kept his vow, and had his first haircut in Montreal on Ju’.v 31 when tho hews- of the return v- the States to France became known. C/ioilet left the barber’s shop with a closecropped head and an imperial after the style of Napoleon ILL