PERSONAL MATTERS

Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 85, 7 October 1918, Page 8

PERSONAL MATTERS

His Excellency the Governor-General and the Countess of. Liverpool will attend Colonel Pirrdy's .elocutionary, recital in the Town Hall Concert Chamber to-mor-row evening. His Honour tho Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout) has fallen a victim to the prevailing epidemic of influenza, and is confined to bed.' Mr. W. A. Hawkins, Registrar of the Sujweme Court, who has been laid up with influenza, has sufficiently recovered to enable him to resume'his duties. Lieutenant M'Ewen, of the New Zealand Wireless Corps, who has returned from active service iii Mesopotamia, is visiting Wellington on furlough. Mr. K. J. Eyan, who is leaving the staff of • the Empress - Theatre after six years' service, to go into camp, was last week presented by his fellow employees with a wristlet watch as a mark of esteem. Musical items were rendered by Messrs. C. N: Melvin, F. Blandford, and C. N. Macauloy. Private Alonzo A. Craig {killed in action) was 28 years of age, and had been on active service during the past nine months with tho New Zealand Rifle Brigade He left the employ of Mr. D. Milligan, tailor, to go into camp. The young soldier was a brother-in-law of Mr. W. -T. Young, general secretary of the Federated 'Seamen's Union. ■ ■ Mrs. 1 Fitzgerald, ■ wife; of 'Mr: Micheal Fitzgerald,' of Old "forirua-road, Kaiwarra," "died "suddenly "yesterday afternoon. The, Fitzgerald, who was born in County Kerry, Ireland, was o9"yeafs of-"age""-She came out to' New Zealand 42 years ago, and has resided at Wellington .ever- -since. Two oi nelsons are serving at the front,with the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces. A pleasant evening 'was spent on Saturday last -in connection, with Mr. M. Tracey's, juri., departure for camp. There was a good attendance.- ■ Numerous songs were- sung, and .-the presentation of a wristlet watch' and a money belt was made by Mr. J. M'Nair. . Mr. M'Crae acted as chairman, and- the musical portion of the programme was well carried out by Mr. M'Girr (piano), Sir. Clare (violin),' and Mr.. Erising (piccolo). ; ... Among the recent", recipients'—of the .Meritorious Service.,.-Medal .i.are two Aucklandere—Gunner Claude Dent, of Parnell, and Sergeant A. J. Dumper, of Devonport. Gunner Dent left with the 12th;: Reinforcements, and was on the staff "of the New Zealand Railways. Sergeant Dumper is a Main Body Boy, one of three brothers on active service. Lieutenant Stanley Owen Clark, of Ponsonby, Auckland,'who'left with the 30th Reinforcements, has• been awarded the Military Cross. Prior to enlisting, Lientenart Clark was on a newspaper at Tai-hapßj-and sat for.his;commission in New Zealand.- ' - - ■ ■-■'-- -»-*- ~ • ■•• Lieutenant W. J. R. Hill, whose name -was included in the list of. officers awarded the Military; Cross, died of. wounds on sth September. He was at one time a member of the Evening Post .literary staff, and had been.on active service from the beginning.of the war, first with the Samoan Force, then with the Sfch Reinforcements on GJallipoli and in France. He returned to New Zealand some months ago to receive his commission, and had been back.in tho firing line only a short while when ho received the ■wounds which caused his death. In journalistic and -sporting circles the late Lieutenant Hill was well known and •highly popular. On Saturday afternoon the members of the Municipal Golf Club presented Dr. Cameron, who goes into camp in a- few days; with, a -gold wristlet watch,_ and Mrs. Cameron with a handsome writingcase. In making the presentation, Mr. P. ■C. Watt said that Dr. Cameron was the originator, of the scheme of municipal goli links, and it was owing to bis untiring efforts that to-day the citizens_ of Wellington had the privilege of being able to play the game of golf at a price within the reach of all. Dr Cameron thanked those present for their kind and practical expressions of appreciation. He considered it his duty as a citizen to advocate the municipalisation of healthy sport', which would bring games within the^.reach of all, and assist in building up a healthy and vigorous nation. The Council of the English Institute of Journalists (incorporated "by Royal Chari ter), at a meeting held in August, passed the following motion moved by Sir Alfred Kobbins, lion, treasurer, on behalf of tho president, Mr. J. L. Garvin, and seconded by Mr. George Springfield: "That the council, speaking on its own'behalf, and on behalf of the Overseas Committee of the institute, offers.its special congratulations to the Hon. William Henry Triggs, editor of The. Press, Christchurch, New Zealand, fellow and vice-president of the. institute, chairman of the 'committee of overseas members at the annual conference, London, 1910, -upon the recognition accorded to his services to the Dominion and the Empire by his appointment to membership of,the New Zealand Legislative Council." The Rev. J. K. Archer, President of the Baptist Union of New Zealand, has had a somewhat abnormal experience of public life for a clergyman. In Yorkshire I he was a member, and then chairman, of a School Board. At Grimsby, England's premier fishing centre, he was a Poor Law Guardian.- In Nanier, where _ho first settled on coming to this Dominion, he was chairman of the Main School Committee, member -of . the Technical School Board, and treasurer of the Independent Labour Party. . In Invercargilll, to which he afterwards moved, he was lecturer on economic? for the Workers' Educational Association,, "and . Labour member of. the-Town Council. Quite recently he has been.selected as the Labour candidate for Invercargill at. the next election, in opposition to the present •Minister of Education. He delivers his presidential .address.. in. the. Vivian-street Baptist Church on,, Wednesday evening, and is expected to refer to some social aspects and application's of Christianity. On 3rd December next Archbishop O'Shea will celebrate the silver jubilee of his priesthood. Yesterday afternoon a meeting of parishioners .of the city Catholic parishes-was held at the Bucklestreet "Hall to consider' the manner in which the event, should be celebrated. The-Rov.-Father Hurley,- S.M., presided, and several of the Catholic clergy were "among 'those'"present. ' Reference was made to the fact "that' his Grace is the first Archbishop who has been born, educatedj "trained, and'ordained in New Zealand; and the Yen. Archdeacon Devoy ■mentioned that young 1 O'Shea was one of the first of the students whom he taught -a.t St. Patrick's College in the' earliest days of that institutiop. Another speaker said he had had-the honour of being "coach" to the College .Rugby, football team of which the future Archßishop was a member.- "He was,"' he said,; "a, real good player, -a thorough sport, keen and athorough.grafter,.and he.has borne and deserved the same reputation ever since he entered the church." Highly apprecla. tive reference was also-mado to the valuable services rendered to the Catholics of New Zealand generally, and of tho Wellington archdiocese in particular, by Dr. -O'Shea during the last few years, and it was decided to hold a celebration at the Town Hall on the night of 4th. December, and to present tho Archbishop with- a purse of sovereigns as a mark' of esteem. Committees were appointed from each of the city parishes to work together in making the necessary arrangements, and it was stated that tho various parishes in the.other parts..of therarchdiocese wore also, boing^askod to assist .in. the movement a.ii<l 'to send representatives to the gathering.