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; i AUT PEOH>E.
I According to u London cablegram, 'the
: Duke and Duchess of York /journey to
S.-iiiflriiighnm' 011 . Friday to join the F,oj-al
..Christmas -party.' 'J'liey will return t,o
London' on luesdny, nnd will then' dovole
themselves solely to the preparations for
their visit to. Australia and Now Zea
land.
Nineteen motor, cars for the uso of t.bo
Duke .; of York. 'mid his staff are being
shipped to' Australia, and .New Zealand. ' "
The Governor-General and Lady Stone-,
haven, attended by Captain, A. R. W;
Curtis, military secretary, were present at
divine 'seivico at St. Paul's Cathedral on
Christians morning.-
The. Governor-General and Lady, Stone
haven; attended by Fliglit-Lieutenant A;
P. Davidson. A.D.C., were present at
divine- service at Scots' Church on Sun
day 'morning. '
Lady Stonehaven, attended by .Miss Qil-
-Iett,. visited itie Quceii . Victoria Hospital
oii Friday afternoon.
The Governor-General, attended by Cap-,
tin A lt. W. Curtis, militarj- . secretary,
was' present at the V.A.T.C. race meet
ing, at Caqlfield yesterday.. His Excellency'
was the -guest of the committee at, lun
cheon..,' '
In ' a ' letter ' received . in Melbourne by
this week's mail- from1 London, Lord
Forster, 'former G overnoi-:Gcneral of Aiis-;
tralia, .sent' warmert - remembrances to all
old -friends in the Commonwealth, and
expressed , the wish that ha and Lady.
'Forster.' could come and spend Christmas
in -Australia again.
Ludy Hunleath regrets that ' she has
mislaid her book containing the addresses
of the Australian and New Zealand officers
who stayed at Ballywalter ..(Northern Ire-
Tan'd) during the :war, and will be very'
grateful, if they will forward their ad
dresses to her. She and' Lord Dimleath
wish them all a very, happy ChristmaB and
New,- Year.
With the death of Captain David Jones
at his residence, 7 Kelvin-grove, Armadale,
on Christmas day, one of the best-known
seafaring personalities of Melbourne
passed, away. Captain, Jones was born at
Cardigan, South Wales, 85 years ago. He
was in his early years master of many
famous clippers, including the steamer Car-
digan, on which he made six trips to Aus-
tralia. In 1879 Captain Jones joined the
staff of the Marine Underwriters' Associa-
tion as chief surveyor. In 1889 he left, this
position to take up a responsible office in
the Victorian Stevedores' Co. He retired
from business eight years ago. Although
his latter days were spent at Armadale,
Captain Jones was a well-known resident
of Williamstown, which he first visited 38
years ago. He leaves four sons and two
daughters. His remains were interred in
Williamstown Cemetery yesterday morn-
ing.
Dr. and Mrs. H. H. Osbbru, of East
Melbourne, returned from a holiday trip
abroad , by the E.M.S. Maloja on Sun-
day.
Tlie death is announced from London'
of Mr. A.- F. Bottinson, of the National
Sporting. Club, a well-known sports pro
moter. . .
A London cablegram states that the
late Sir- Adolf Tuck, of Christmas card
fame, left an estate valued -at £321,638. '
Captain Herbert'' Jenkins, O.B.E., in
command of the steamer City of Canton,
which reached Wiliiamstown on Sunday to
load .wheat for the United Kingdom and
the Continent, was. decorated by the King
for valuable 'services '' rendered during the
war. His career vu interesting. In com-
mond of the steamer Brankeonie Hall
(E.601). which- he was ordered' by the
Admiralty: to take from the Mersey-
to ; Cherbourg, with ' a valuable- ' war
cargo, i was torpedoed practically' at
the entrance- of the-, harbor. 'By
line seamanship the vessel was kept afloat
and towed Under the breakwater and the
cargo " saved. He was likewise in com
mand of. the -steamer Denbeigh Hall, the
.tppedoing of which, near the Lizard,' was
a sensational incident of '"the. war. The
Denbeigh "Hall" had been despatched to
Buenos Aj-rea to lift a cargo of 9000 tons
.of wheat, wich waff. urgently needed by
the Government. - She was convoyed from
South American waters and met with the
-fate:. recorded; Captain Jepkinsi is a iead-
fiig> uuthority '.on 's'tellar ; navigation) and
regularly, submits reports to the meteoro
logical office, in London.
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