PERSONAL

Wairarapa Age, 10 December 1921, Page 5

PERSONAL

Mr S. E. McCarthy, S.M., will shortly retire from the bench.

Lord Malmesbury is mentioned among the possible candidates for the South Australian Governorship.

Nurse J. Blair, of the Masterton Hospital staff, has resigned her position upon completion of her training. Aiderman McElhone was the only candidate for the Lord Mayoralty of Sydney, and was elected. In the Wanganui Competitions yesterday Miss Kathleen Howard (Masterton.' was second in the sheauntriubus.

Sir Rupert and Lady Clarke, and Mr E. E. D. Clarke have arrived at Temuka from Australia, on their periodical fishing excursion.

Captain the Hon. C. Mulholland, military secretary to Lord French, arrived in Auckland by the Niagara. EL intends to spend some time fishing in the Hot Lakes district.

Mr E. N. Falck, recently appointed postmaster at Gore, has been further promoted to postmaster* at Hastings. Mr G. W. Halleton, Waihi, goes to Gore.

Mr W. Thayer, barrister, of Honolulu, formerly secretary to th© Governor of Hawaii, arrived in Auckland by the Niagara. He is prominently connected with the Boy Scout movement in Honolulu. He is accompanied by Mrs Thayer. Mr C. P. Skerrett, K.C., who has been on an extended visit to th© Old Country, is returning to Wellington, via America. He will cross the Pacific by the Tahiti, due here about the end of January. Whilst at Hom© Mr Skerrett has been having a lot of good sport with the rifle in Scotland, having been among the grouse during on© of th© best Augusts for many years.

The death has occurred in England, of Mr Somerset D’Arcy Irvine, aged 65. H© was the second son of the latte Rev. Dr. G. M. D’Arcy Irvine, formerly of Hawkes Bay. Mr M’Arcy Irvin© lived In Auckland for some years, and was on the staff of the Government Life Insurance Department. Subsequently he was appointed manager and inspector in London for the Equitable Life Assurance Association of the United States.

Mr William Teihoka Parata, aged 41, who was born at Puketeraki,. and educated there and at Te Aute, has been approoched by a number of Natives of the Southern Maori electorate and has agreed to be a candidate at th© by-election. Mr Parata was two years in the Railway Department, nine years in the Tax, Valuation, and Advances Department, and resigned on account of his health. He has resided in Rotorua since 1909, first as a farmer, then as a motor car proprietor.