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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17781, 26 February 1926, Page 6

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NOTES AND ANECDOTES

TN 1927 a new Professor will sit in Dr J. Might's study at Canterbury College, whilst lie will sit in a strange study at Leeds University. This is the result of an exchange of chairs for the season which has been arranged Dr TJight taking over Professor A. J. Grant’s chair at Leeds and Professor Grant coming to Christchurch to lecture on history to the students here. "Whilst abroad, Dr Might will investigate questions that affect his department, history, in the universities of Great Britain. « ¥

"JITR C. S. M’CULLY has been connected with various sports bodies for many years

present time lie the Canterbury Centre of the Amateur Athletic Amateur Athletic Club, a vice-presi-dent of the Canterbury Rugby Union, and a member of the

Lancaster Park Board of Control. When not engaged in these branches of sport Mr M’Cully finds time for a game of tennis or golf, and he is also a great walker and an enthusiastic mountaineer. In addition he is an amateur photographer of no mean ability. It is only quite recently that he retired from active participation in the game of Rugby. He played for the Christchurch Club for many years, and in 1921 he represented the province against Wairarapa. He has frequently been manager of Rugby touring teams, and he accompanied the All Blacks to Sydney in 1924. ITe created a mild flutter a mongst this part? by disappearing for two or three days to the Blue Mountains without letting anybody know, and there was much relief when he turned up smiling at the hotel at the end of that time. In business life Mr M’Cully is head of the well-known firm of C. S. M’Cully and Co., timber merchants, Tuam Street.

9 ? /~)WJNG to the appointment of Sir v " f James Parr as High Commissioner for New Zealand in London an election will he necessary to fill the vacancy caused by his resigning the Eden seat. Interest in this election is already keen, and speculations are being made as to who will represent the various

parties in the district. The only one whose name

may be used without fear of contradiction is Henry Greathead Rex son, who contested the seat in the Labour interest at last year’s election. Mr Mason was born in Wellington in 1885, and attended Clyde Quay School and Wellington College, winning a number of scholarships at the former. He passed his B.A. in 1905, M.A. with honours in mathematics in 1906, and LL.B. in 1909. As a solicitor he practised from 1911 to 1923 in Pukekohe, and since then in Auckland. He was Mayor of Pukekohe from 1915 to 1919, and was instrmnental in having electric lights installed, streets paved, and aq improved water supply put in. He fought as a Labour candidate in 1919 (Labour’s first entry into that seat) and in Eden at the 1922 and 1925 elections against Sir James Parr. V » QWING to rich Americans and others coming into Britain and buying

up works of art, ancient buildings and memorials, an outcry has been raised in England. which culminated on Wednesday in Sir Henry Slesser introducing a Biji prohibiting their export. In doing so Sir Henry drew attention to the increasing flow of treasures to America. He

gavQ as an instance the demolition of Warwick Priory and its re-erection in America. Several Conservatives resented interference with liberty. Many estate-holders, they said, were only able to keep up their establishments by realising on art treasures. TJEGARDED as one of the bestdressed woilmen in Europe, Queen

Ena of Spain is a daughter of Prince Henry of Battenburg * and Princess Beatrice, who was a daughter of the late Queen Victoria of Great Britain and •Ireland. With King Alfonso she has sat on the throne of Spain for the past 20 years, during which period there hare been

renjArkably few disturbances. This speaks volumes for their wise administration.

TOURING the troublous times of the war many wounded soldiers and many a soldier on leave had cause to thank- Dame Lloyd George for hospitality personally given or organised by her Dame Lloyd George, as wife of the Prime Minister, had a tremendous amount of work to do.

and she carried

out her exacting duties with a. will-

Like lier husband, she is "Welsh by birth, having been bom in a place beading the pleasing name of Mynyddednyfed, Oriccietli. Dame Lloyd George is actively interested in the Liberal land policy.

Of Mastcrton, champion longdistance runner of Australia and New Zealand. He will race a mile against Lloyd Hahn tomorrow night.