CONCERNING PEOPLE. - The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929) - 26 Feb 1920 (original) (raw)
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Thu 26 Feb 1920 - The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929)
Page 6 - CONCERNING PEOPLE.
r The forthcoming -visit of the Prince of
Wales was referred Co by the Prime Minis
ter (Mr. Hughes) at the meeting of 'the
Federal Ministerial Party on Wednesday.
Mr. Hughes intimated that the Common
wealth Parliament would adjourn for two
or three weeks during the Prince's stay
Our London correspondent on Wednes
day stated that Princess Patricia's son wasi
christened at the Chapel Royal on Mon
day. Their Majesties the King and Queen
and Queen Alexandra and other members
of the Royal .Family were present. The
Prinoe of Wales, as godfather, gave, his
godson a silver goblet of water, per
sonally drawn from tbe River Jordan .
by the Duke of Connajtighi when the Bri- .
tish crossed the river in the 1917 advance. |
On Saturday, March 6, Gen. Sir WJkain ,
Birdwood wiil attend a luncheon to be j
.4ven to 'diggers' at the Chcer-up Hut.
The estate of the late Sir Edwin Smith I
has been sworn not to exceed £183,000.
Various sums have been kit to members
of the family, and certain pa.nting3 nave i
been left to the Art Gallery. The wiil pro- j
vides tia't Sir Edwin's residence, The
Acacias, Marryatville, shall be sold a year j
alter his death. A sum of £1W) a year '
for life has been left to Julia Helen Hamp- 1
son, West Woking, Sussex, 'in apprecia- !
tfon of her services as my daughters
teacher in England, and of 'her triendship
for the kindness to my sister.' Messrs.
Talbot Smith, W. Herbert. Phillipps. and
Peter Wood have been appointed trustees
and executors, and Messrs. Phillipps and
Wood receive £500 each 'as a mark of
friendship.' A list of pubVc institutions
and others to benefit by the will has al
ready been published in Tie Register. ?%
A luncheon was arranged, at the South
Austalian Hotel on Wednesday by the
Commonwealth Repatriation Board, to bid
'bon voyage' to the Chairman (IMr. G.
Brookman), on the eve of his departure
for England. The Deputy-Chairman (Mr.
F. W. Vasey) occupied the chair, and all
members of the board, together with Sir
J. Langdon Bonython (a member of the
commission) and Capt. Bell, the D-puty .
Controller, were present. The toasts of ,
'His Majesty the King' and 'The Chair
The Council of the University of Ade
laide has granted Miss Nora Thomas 12 ;
months' leave of absence, and Miaa Sylvia
Whitington has been appointed her locum i
teuens as teacher of violin at the Elder |
Conservatorium during 1020.
In Executive Council on Wednesday the
following were appointed the Advisory
Council of Education:— Messrs. W. T.
McCoy, B.A. (Director of Education) and
C. Charlton (Superintendent of Primary
Education), Dr. C. A. E. Fenner (Superin-
tendent of Technical Education), and Dr.
Gertrude Halley (Principal Medical
Officer, Education Department), appointed
bv His Excellency the Lieutenant
Governor; Mr. W. R. Bayly, B.A., the
Revs. K. J. F. Bickersteth, MA., M.C.,
and J. Hanrahan, P.P., Miss Caroline
Jacob, Sir Langdon Bonython, Mr. H. L.
Hancock, and Professor E. H. Davies,
nominated by the Minister of Education;
Professors G. C. Henderson, M.A., and
Kerr Grant, MSc, nominated by the
council of the University of Adelaide; Mr.
A. H. Dobbie, nominated by the Chamber
of Manufactures; Mr. E. H. Bakewell,
nominated by the Employers' Federation;
Messie. W. C. Melbourne and T. P.
Howard, nominated by the Trades and
Labour Council; Professor A. J. Perkins,
nominated by the Advisory Board of Agri-
culture; and Mr. F. F. Wholohan,
nominated by the Public School Teachers'
Mrs. Charlotte Amey (widow of Mr.
Henry Amey) died on Wednesday at her
home, 70 Beulah road, Norwood, at the age
of 97 years. She was born at Pytchley,
Northamtonshire, on January 16, 1823 or
1824. Her father (Mr. Dean) died when
she was young, and her mother and step-
father (Mr. and Mrs. J. Danitz) arrived
in South Australia by the ship Prince
George in December, 1838. Mrs. Amey was
married in 1841 at Holy Trinity Church,
and her husband died about 26 years ago.
They resided successively at Cudlee Creek,
North Adelaide, Walkerville, Teatree
Gully, Watervale, Adelaide, and Norwood.
Mrs. Amey until recently enjoyed excellent
health, and, although her sight and hearing
were defective, she was a capital conver-
sationalist, and had a keen memory. She
had a family of five sons and eight
Mns. J. E. Cornish, of Alexandria, ac
companied by her elder son, Master Eric
Cornish, reached Adelaide by the Mel
bourne express on Wednesday, after having
spent about six months in the eastern
States. During che war Mr. and Mrs.
Cornish's beautiful home was the centre
of hospitality to Australian soldiers. When
the Australians were being landed in
Alexandria from Gallipoli, before the
military hospital organization was com
plete. Mrs. Cornish threw her whole ener
gies into hospital work. Her Red Cros3
acdvitWs, and her unstinted hoajltali'ty
have endeared her to hundreds of our men
from each of the States. Mn?.. Cornish
will spend about a fortnight in' Adelaide,
and then journev overland to join-the P.
and O. steamer Mantua at Fremantle.
Executive Council on Wednesday ap
pointed Dr. H. M. Jay to be an honorary
FUigqpn to the department of diseases of
the 'ear and throat :it the Adelaide Hos
?pi-tal, vice Dr. Fisher, resigned.
Mr. Cuthbert Burgoyne, accompanied by
his wife, arrived in Auelaide by the Mel
bourne express on Wednesday morn
ing. It is his intention to
motor round the vineyards of
tho .State. He left his -:wo sons at Mount
Ophir, Rutherglen, Victoria, and he him
self hopce to return there in time for the
The Rev. Dr. J. A. Seymour and Mrs.
Seymour, of Chalmers Ohur.-h, North ter
race, *who will leave Adelaide on a visit to
Canada next month, will be given a_ com
plimentary £oc:al on Friday evening in the
.Lady Colton Hall, Hindmarsh square, by
the members and adherents _ of Chalmers
Church. Dr. Seymour, during 'his pasto
rate and residence in Adelaide, has -proved
Irnwelf an active organizer in all branches
of Christian work, and his geniai and offec
fcive manner as a preacher always attracts
good congregations. On Friday last about
45 ladies, representing the Girls* Club, paid
a surprise visit to Mr.*. Seymour, and pre
sented her with a purfe- of money as a
token of their appreciation of her active
work among them as President.
?Mr. J. A. Riley. secretary of the Royal
'Agricultural and Horticultural So
ciety, »vas granted three months'
leave of absence nt a meeting of the
council on Wednesday morning. Th--
President .(Mr. R. T. Melrose) explained
that Mr. Riley had an excellent oppor
tunity -o travel abroad, and. as the I
arrangements for the March show were
weU advanced, there was no rcaron to
prevent the trip. The assistant secretary
(Mr. C. Winchester) would carry on
dnrins Mr. Riley's absence. ' I
The committee of the West Ton-ens'
Football Club decided at its final meeting]
to recommend to the annual general meet
for the election of Meesre. T. Hollett and
G. J. Plenty as life members of the club, j
in recognition of their many years of ser-!
vice as members of the committee. i
Mr. F C. Habner has been appointed
assistant stationmaster at the Glenelg Rail
Mi* Olive M. Fouldfl left by the Mel
bourne express on Tu-?«liy to resume her
musical studies at the Melbourne Conser- j