PERSONAL

Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14765, 3 October 1921, Page 5

PERSONAL

A Sydney cablegram states that Lord Northcliffe has sailed for China. Mr 11. P. Haycock, of Hamilton, has resigned his commission as a Justice of the Peace. Mr E. Clifton, of the New Zealand Fanner, is in Hamilton. He will leave for Auckland to-morrow. Hon. B. S. B. Plunkct, second son Of the late Lord Plunkct, formerly Governor of New Zealand, arrived at Auckland by the Rcmuera on Saturday. Hon. E. \V. Alison, M.L.C., expects to leave England on his return to NewZealand about the end of the present month. The death occurred on Friday morning at, Te Awamutu of Mr Alfred Robinson, a highly respected resident of that town. Mr C. B. Carpenter, secretary of the Cambridge Trotting Club, left for Wellington last evening to attend the annual New Zealand Trotting Conference. Mr T. Harle Giles, the Conciliation Commissioner, will visit Hamilton on Wednesday, and take the first sitting in the country licensed hotels' dispute. From here be will proceed to Rotorua. Mr S. Lewis cMayor of Cambridge) has undergone an operation to his eyes, at a private hospital in Hamilton. The operation was successfully performed,'and Mr Lewis is doing nicely. He will be in hospital for several days. Mr Mischa Levitzki, the celebrated Russian pianist, passed through Hamilton on Saturday last on his way to Rotorua, where he and -his brother Max spent the week-end. Mr William White, who was 106 on June 18 last, died to-day. He was a native of Walworth, near Camberwell, (England) and came to New Zealand ' nearly 70 years ago.—Wellington Press Wire. Rev. R. S. Gray, general secretary of the New Zealand Baptist Union, and Mrs Gray, who have been absent for _ several months on a trip to Egypt and Europe, returned by the Rcmuera on Saturday. They left Auckland for Wellington last evening. Mr W. F. Massey passed through Frankton by the Main Trunk express last night. He was met at the station •■■ by Mr J. A. Young, M.P., but there was no public demonstration. As the train pulled out, Mr Massey smilingly acknowledged the cries of "Hello Bill," with which he was greeted. His Worship the Right Rev. Dr. Listen, Co-adjulor Bishop of Auckland, will visit Cambridge at the latter part of this week. The Sacrament of Confirmation will be administered at :] o'clock on Sunday at St. Peter's Church, Cambridge. The death is announced from Christchurch of Mrs Ellen Sherlock, aged 83. She arrived in New Zealand by the barque Gertrude in 1840. Her first husband was Edward Jcrningham Wakefield, a son of Edward Gibbon Wakefield, and her second was the late Charles Sherlock, the well-known Canterbury journalist. Writing to a friend in Hamilton, from New York, .Mr W. Goodfellow, ■ managing-director of the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company, mentions that the voyage across did Jiini, Mrs Goodfellow and his sister, ' who accompanies them. a. lot of good. and they all feel improved in health. While in America he had scarcely had a moment to himself. Sir Thomas Mackenzie, M.L.G., late High Commissioner for New Zealand in London, arrived by the Rcmuera from London on Saturday. He stated in an interview that his plans for the future were, not settled. He did not know whether he would take up his residence here or return to England. Questioned as to politics he repeated what he said a year ago that he had no intention of seeking election to the House of Representatives. From the position of a New Zealand station hand to that of a leading London physician is the remarkable life history of Sir Thomas Parkinson, who, accompanied by his wife, arrived at Auckland by the Remuera on Saturday on a holiday visit to his native land. Sir Thomas was born at Kaituna, Canterbur/, where a number of his brothers and sisters still reside. As a youth lie came north and for 18 months worked on Te Akau station, near Raglan. Forty years ago he was droving cattle from Raglan to Waiuku. He went to Edinburgh, where he graduated and then acted for two years as physician on the estate of the Duke of Sutherland. He engaged in private practice in Scotland for eight years, and then went to London, where he rapidly rose in his profession.