IN THE PUBLIC EYE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17568, 19 June 1925, Page 6

IN THE PUBLIC EYE.

NOTES AND ANECDOTES. ! THF.B Fis a warn; spot in the hearts i ' of all Christchurch people for her Excellency, the Lady Alice Fergusson, wh o this week has been so bus y carrying out the duties of her husband, the Gover-nor-General, who, through an indisposition, has been prevented from attending any of the functions arranged on the occasion of his first official visit to Christchurch. Hot* Excellency had a strenuous time, bub came through smiling. Indeed she seemed almost tireless. Her kindliness of heart was shown in her instant sympathy with Ihe comrades of Station-Officer Noblet'.. who was killed last Monday, and with the relatives of the dead man It is little acts such as her Excellency's early morning visit to the (ire station that endear persons of high position to the people and the good impression created by the visit of their Excellencies is certain to linger long in Christchurch. v # TX Law Hie name of Arthur Telford Donnelly is known throughout f the Dominion, but be is no less well known as an all-round sport and cricketer. Mr Donnelly, who is Crown Solicitor in Christchurch, was educated at the Marist Brothers’ School, the Boys High School, and Ca- terbury College, and was admitted to the Bar as a barrister and solicitor in IPI 1. lie entered into partnership with his father, the late Michael Donnelly, in 1913. J u 1916 lie left New Zealand with the Ist O'ago Battalion and was on active service until 1919. when he returned to Christchurch and joined the firm of Bnyn.ond. Stringer. Hamilton and Donnelly. He was appointed temporary Crown Solicitor in 1919, an appointment which was made permanent in 1921. He is a member of the Canterbury College Board of Governors and is on the Managing Committed of the Xcw Zealand Cricket Council V ■THIIHT-THRKK years ago, Canon AN alter Stanley Been took (barge of St Alary’s, Addington. and today he is still there. It was away back in 18-18 that he arrived in the Dominion from England and became a New Zealander in all but birth. He t was educated at Christ’s College and entered the Ministry, being ISSI and a priest in 1883. He took up active church work at St Michael's, where he was curate for two years. Then he was iov some years engaged in count'v parishes in Canterbury and later spent . four years in Stafford and Kumara. H was while on the West., Coast that he met the family of the late Mr * B ichord John Sodden, whose eldest daughter he married in 1891. From Hie AA est Coast he returned to Christchurch and took charge of St Marv's in 1892. where he has since been. 'li is certain that the name of Canon Bean will always he connected with the old church in the treesbaded plot in Church Square. » *> WAKNIMN )'<"■<: I .con given iron time to time regarding the endangering of lives of lire men by giving false alarms 'I It is week. Super in t evident Charles 'Warner made a few more remarks rega rcl ing amusing to see the brigade turn out on a fruitless errand. Follow- • ing the tragedy on Monday night t h e malicious I also alarm given by a. woman on Wednesday morning, when Hie men at: the Central Station were preparing for the funeral of Heir dead comrade, was a particularly reprehensible act. Superintendent Warhave been given recently by a m on?a n and it: is thought that one person is responsible tor Hie lot. JT< - worst feature of this sort of offence i • that the culprits are so hard r» catch £ml verv few liavc been brought in. ' the courts and punished. «s* ONCE again an eagle of war holds the supremo command in Germany, albeit one v itli clipped wings. FieldMarshal von 11 inden burg lias been chosen ‘ by the people of the Be public as tboir.ew president, an office he has promised to ho’d wit h due rpga ;• j to the Coi'istitution. ITindenburg since the conclusion of the war and the banishment of his Boya! master, the Kaiser, has been little heard o| . and ho owes his election to one <d those remarkable reactions in public feeling, which occur in every nation from time to time following national crises.