PERSONAL ITEMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 46, Issue 14259, 16 November 1920, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Sir Thomas McKenzie is to arrive in Wellington to-day. - Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Wood returned i&f Masterton yesterday afternoon after a -- visit to Napier. Early next year the. Chief Justice and Lady Stout will leave on a visit to America and England. A Press Association cable from Ail«- • laide states that Mr B.|;Moulden ha*' been re-elected Lord Mayor of Adelaide. A New Plymouth telegram announces the death of Mr Henry Weston, proprietor of the Taranaki Herald since 1867. Mr and Mrs John Hessey left Masterton yesterday for Christchurch, where they will take up their residence , for some time. •/ It is understood that Sir William Merries and Sir Francis Bell will represent New Zealand at the Imperial Conference in June.* A Melbourne cable states that the Federal Premier (Mr W. M. Hughes) would probably sail for London in April to attend the conference of Domkjiois Premiers. * On Saturday morning Mrs A. VilsflLoff Feathcrston, had the misfortune to break the small bone of, and also dislocate, her left arm. The accident was. tlie result of slipping and falling on a, concrete yard. Dr. Bichard Charles Mills, aged 34. who is at presnt tutor in history and sociology at Melbourne University aiuJ lecturer in economies for the Worker Educational Asociation, Melbourne, has beeu appointed Professor of Economics at the Otago University. The death took place at Marton on. Saturday of Mrs Athol McKenzie, of Marton. The deceased was a French war bride, being Mademoiselle Thercse Dubois, her marriage in Amiens takitfg place about three years ago while Mr McKenzie was on active service. She came out to New Zealand with her husband two years ago, and became agreat favourite in the large circle of the relations and friends of the McKenzie family. She was only twentyyears of age. Count de Saint Aulaire, M. Cambon’i? successor as French Ambassador in London, is aged 54 years.. He is a grandson of M. Saint Aulaire. who wasAmbassador in London from 1841 k 1848 at the time of the first Cordiale. He is described as one of the most aristocratic figures in the French diplomatic service, a man with a modern mind, outspoken, and anxious to keep in touch with all forms of public and social life. The appointment I* hailed with satisfaction in both England and France.' At Eketahuna last week the members of the Druids’ Lodge and friends tendered a welcome home social t® Bro. W. Hornblow and Mrs Hornblow. The room was very nicely filled, and a most enjoyable evening was spent. Dancing took up most of the evening A.D. Bro. J. Johnson acted as MX.,/ and music was supplied by Misses Cooper Fairbrother, Pike, Breitmeyer ana coding. A song was rendered by Mr Pike. “During.an interval A.D. Bro. Johnson, in a neat, speech, referred toBro. Hornblow being held in very high esteem by the brethren. He would ask him to accept, as a small token ot esteem, a four-hundred-day clock. Bro. J. S. Tripe welcomed them back* and wished them every success and a happy future. He also expressed his appreciation of Bro. Hornblow’s work m the Lodge; he had been one of the willin" ones when the times wero hard during the war, when it was hard to net a meeting, and lie hoped_he would still continue to further the Lodge s' interest. Mr Pike also made laudatory reference to the guests. Bro. Hornblow suitably responded. “For They Are. Jolly Good Fellows” sung, and three hearty cheers were given.