Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931), Monday 15 January 1900, page 4


PERSONAL.

Lady Brassey, accompanied by the Hon. Helen Brassey and Lord Richard Neville (aide-de-camp), arrived in Adelaide by the Melbourne express on Sunday morning.

They were met by the Mayor of Adelaide and Mrs. Ware, and breakfasted at the Gresham Hotel. The visitors then drove to Marble Hill, where they will be the guests of Lord Tennyson till Thursday, when they will continue their journey to Albany in the Arcadia. At Albany Lady Brassey and the Hon. Helen Brassey will join the Sunbeam. Lord Richard Neville will go on to Perth, where he will stay a few days at Rottnest Island, the summer retreat of the Governor of West Australia, Sir Gerard Smith. Then he will return to Melbourne and take up a position on the staff of the Lieutenant-Governor (Sir John Madden) in an honorary capacity. The Hon. C. C. Kingston went to Wal-laroo on Friday, when he had a cordial reception. He was entertained by the mayor and councillors. Mr. Kingston was accompanied by two other members of Parliament —Messrs. Roberts and Hooper. At the meeting of the Semaphore Board of Health this evening, the resignation of Dr. J. S. Mackintosh, as health officer of the town, will be considered. Dr. Mackin-tosh has officiated as health officer of the municipality practically since its inception. Old age and increasing infirmities have in-duced him to resign the various positions he has occupied as a medical practitioner. Dr. Mackintosh arrived by the barque Caucasian, of which he was surgeon, in 1853, and received his appointment as health officer of Semaphore in January, 1884. Mrs. Mary McLachlan, of Pine Hall, Mount Gambier, has attained the ripe age of 100 years. She was born on the island of Ulva, Argyleshire, Scotland, on Decem-ber 31, 1799, and thus passed the hun-dredth year mark at the beginning of the present year, and should she live another year she will enjoy the rare distinction of having lived in three centuries. Accord-ing to the "Border Watch" Mrs. McLach-lan arrived in Australia on October 12, 1856, by the ship General Hewitt, landing in Portland. She resided in Victoria for 12 years, when she crossed the border into the south-east, where she has resided ever since, the last 17 years of her life being spent at Pine Hall, near Mount Gambier. She is the eldest surviving member of a family of seven. Her only son is Mr. Alexander McLachlan, who came to the colony with his mother, and is one of our best known pastoralists. Although some-what feeble her health is fairly good, and her memory almost unimpaired. Mr. A. J. McLachlan, chief of the Caledonian So-ciety, is a grandson of Mrs. McLachlan. Several members of the South Austra-lian cricket team which has been touring the eastern colonies, returned to Ade-laide on Sunday morning by the Mel-bourne express. Those who did not re-turn were Darling, who is staying with his brother at Seymour, Victoria ; Hill, who remained in Melbourne ; and Hack and Hugo, who are still in Sydney. The players were met by a number of cricketers and members of the South Australian Cricket-ing Association. iGffen has seriously in-jured his side, and it is expected that he will not completely recover from his inju-ries for six or seven weeks. Otherwise the team are in good health. Mrs. T. A. Patterson, of Melbourne, has received a letter from her sister, Madame Melba, dated from Berlin on December 6. The following are extracts from the letter: —"I must tell you about my wonderful success here. I sang 'Lucia' last Monday, December 4, and I verily believe that I have never had such a triumph. I went on the stage feeling very nervous, but when I got there I found my voice was beautiful and supple, and that I could do what I liked with it. I never heard such applause. They screamed and went mad. The Empe-ror and Empress were present, and after the performance they sent for me. They were both most gracious and kind. The Emperor thanked me for having come to Berlin, and said he had never seen such enthusiasm there. I am very happy, be-cause I have conquered another country. I had never sung in Germany before. I am crazy about Fritz Muller. He is so like Beethoven in the face, and I believe that he has the same brains. Joachim and I took him to the circus last night. How he enjoyed it!"