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