PERSONAL ITEMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, 21 March 1925, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr. Mark Nicholls, the All Black footballer, will pay a visit to Masterton during the week-end. iMr W. A. Hutton, Mayor of Greytown, has announced his intention of again standing for the office. At a meeting*'.of the Mauriceville Football Club on Thursday night, Mr R. A. Cameron (Dreyer’s Rock) was elected patron. Mr D. 0. Williams, M.A., F.R.E.S. (Masterton), has been appointed tor of Banks’ Commercial College Wellesley Boys’ College. The death is announced from London of Major-General Holled-Smith, at the age of 78 years. He served in the Boer, Zulu and Egyptian wars. Miss Jellicoe, who is at Algeciras (Spain), with the late Governor-Gen-eral of New Zealand, has been taken to hospital at Gibraltar for diagnosis. Among those who will leave Wellington by the Maheno next Friday tovisit Lourdes and Rome in connection with the Holy Year pilgrimage, is Miss Carrjek, of Masterfon. Bro. 11. Nicholson, secretary of the Druids Lodge,* left this morning for Te |Kniti to at end the biennial conference of the North Island Grand Lodge, U.A.O.D. As the quarterly meeting of the Masterton Fire Board will be held on Monday March 30th, Mr. Dean, manager of the All Black team, will be in Masterton on that date. \ The engagement is announced of Miss Lilia Lamb, only daughter of Mr and Mrs IV. G. Lamb, Herbert street, iMr Joseph Perry, son of Mr and ™ F. E. Perry, Maraenui, Pirinoa. A London cable states: Nothing is known in well-infomed political quarters regarding the reputed intention of the Hon. L. C. S. Amery to visit Australia and New Zealand during the autumn. Such an eventuality is regarded ns most unlikely. A London cable states that it is reported that General Sir William Birdwood (who was in charge of the Australian troops at Gallipoli) has been appointed Confmander-in-Chief in India. He lias also been promoted to FieldMarshal.

Mr G. D. Portus, director of the world tour of the Newcastle Steel Works Band, i? in town arranging for the visit of this famous Australian organisation next Friday. Jt was this land that scored such big successes in England last year by their piaffing at Wembley, and later winning two British championships. Mr. R. A'. Rose, the champion tance runner, has a record unique in Australasian athletics. He holds the one and three mile Australasian, New Zealand, and Provincial and the two mile Wairarapa' ohampioJPl ship, 'a total of seven championships. On form Mr. Rose should also win the one and three mile country clubs championships. A Wellington telegram, states that the ballot papers in connection with the election of a president of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, were counted yesterday. The candidates are Mr R. Hampton, former president. and Mr M. Connelly, the sitting president. The returning officer, Mr W. Nash, announced that Mr Hampton had been elected by a large majority. There are two small returns yet to conic, but these figures cannot affect the result. The late Mrs Donald Sutherland, whose burial took place, at Pahiatua on Wednesday, was a native of Skye, Scotland, and was 02 years of age. After coming to New Zealand, Mrs. Sutherland, whose husband predeceased her by many years, practised her profession of nursing for over 22 years. She carried on maternity nursing in Dannevirke for 12 years, and by her patients she was beloved and esteemed. The large attendance the funeral evidenced the esteem aflp affection she had inspired. She leaves two brothers, Messrs W. S. Harvey (Weber) and J. McL. Harvey (Waitahora), one sister, Mrs Fox (Napier), besides one son, Mr G. Sutherland (Dannevirke). and two daughters, Mrs J. ,H. Richards (Dannevirke) and W. Drinlcall (Whakatane).