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CONCERNING PEOPLE.
On Tuesday evening we received a tele
gram from Port Augufta stating that Mr.
C. Winnecke, tbe well-known surveyor,
\rhn h.iH hn.--n nv.t in the hark iviviiitrv for
some time, and for whode safety fears were
entertained, readied Tohncr's Hill, Tar
:cola, on Wednesday last.
Herr Peter F. Kcrapcrraann, consulgene
ral in Australia for tbe German Em
pire, died at Sydney on Tuesday
morning, aged 55 years. Deceased was
born at Cafcld, in Prussia, and after mak
ing a special study of eastern languages bs
came interpreter to the Imperial German
Embassy at Toki). He subsequently enter
ed tha consular service, and heM positions
at Hongkong, Manila, Corca, Baiavla, and
Siam. lie arrived in Sydney as consul
general for Australia in October, 1897.
Bishop Dunne, who will leave Broken
Hill to-day for Rome, was on Monday
night at the -local town hall presented by
the citizens and members of his church
with a purse of sovereigns. On Tucaday
the children 'attending the Catholic ssbobl
gave him another purse of sovereigns. At
both gatherings the hope was expressed
tbat the Bishop would soon return w*th
his health improved. -
His Excellency the Governor has re
ceived the following cable message from tha
General of Communications, dated Cape
Town, November 5:— 'The Harlech Castle
left Cape Town on November 3, having on
board for Adelaide Mjr. Howland. Capta.
Uumphris and Stapleton, Lieut. Blair, Sgt
Mjr. Kubale, and 117 men. including cne
invalid, of the South Australian- contin
gent' ... ?
Our Eudunda. correspondent wrote on No
vember 6:— 'Death is rapidly levelling the
ranks of the old residents of this district.
This morning Mr. James Pollard died at
his residence, after a long and painful ill-
ness, which confined him to his bed for
nearly 12 months. Mr. Pollard arrived in
the colony from Devonshire in the ship
Waterloo about 61 years ago, aod had seen
many sides of life during that period. He
was at one time largely interested in the
mining of the Northern Territory, and also
previously in the Victorian gold mines, but
of late he has confined himself purely to
the wheat and grain business. For some
years he resided in Kapunda, and came and
settled here about 20 years ago. Here he
led a rather retired life with his family.
His wife died several years ago, and he
has left three sons and three daughters,
of whom only one son and one daughter
remain unmarried. Mr. Pollard was 68
years of age, and was highly respected and
esteemed throughout the- district for his
affable manner and straightforward business
character.'
Miss Munton, a .daughter of Mr. H. J.
D. Munton, returned from Europe by the
French mail steamer ?Australien on Tues
day.
Mr. M. Billiet and Mr. A. E. Marval,
well-known Adefoideans, were passengers
by the mail steamer Australien, which ar
rived from Marseilles on Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. F. Baste returned to Ade
laide from a trip to Europe on Tuesday.
Judge Casey, who hat retired from the
bench of Victoria, was a passen
ger by the Austoalien. He has b*en on a
holiday tour to the old world.
The consul-general in Australia for
France, M. Beard. d'Aunet, was one of the
travellers on board the French liner Aus
tralien, which touched at Largs Bay on
Tuesday, en route to Sydney. He has
been to France on a holiday.
Among - the passengers by the Orient
mail steamer Austral on Tuesday were the
Rev. E. J. and Mrs. Piper, who until De
cember last were engaged in missionary
work in China. At the latter end of last
year they left China for England. on fur
lough, and have returned to Adelaide pend
ing a settlement of the Chinese problem.
Though the Boxer movement had not de
veloped when Mr. and Mrs. Piper left
China, tbs missionary station at Yunnan
fu, where they laboured, was sacked by a
Chinese rabble, and valuable book* and
medical instruments were lost
?- The Rev:- JrFrMacrae; minuter ^of -the
Toorak Presbyterian church in Victoria,
returned to the colonies from a visit to
Europe by tbo Austral on Tuesday.
The Rev. Dr. Rentoul,. of- Melbourne,
was a passenger from Western Australia
^Sjf the FKnehi-mail/steamer-Australien,
which orrived at the anchorage on Tuesday.
He visited the western colony at the invi
tation of the Presbyterian churches there
to lecture and preach. Several years ago
the invitation was extended, but Dr. Ren
tool wa» unable then to accept. He ar
rived at Fremantle on September 17 last,
and his time since bos been occupied in
lecturing and preaching. Speaking ot
church work in the west, Dr. Rentoul re
marked on Tuesday:— '-The Presbyterian
church has entered the field later than
some of the other denominations, but it is
showing great progress, life, and expan
sion;1'
?Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Albert, who are un
der engagement to Mr. Harry Rickards,
arrived by the mail steamer Austral on
Tuesday. They* will proceed to the eastern
colonies. ' .
Mr. W.: A. Fraser, recently of the Sul
phide Corporation, and now manager of A;
San Miguel & Co. V large Melbourne estab
lishment, has been in Adelaide for a- few
lays renewing acquaintance of early associa
tions in his native city. Mr. Fraser's firm
is directly interested in the extension 0!
the salt industry of South Australia. They
ire large importers also of Sou A Australian
)live oils. In anticipation of intercolonial
tree trade these interests tre likely to re
seive a great impetus. He returned by ex
press train on Saturday.
The will of the late Mr. William Creek,
if Mount Gambier, who died on September
\ has been lodged for probate. The estate,
which is sworn not to exceed £7,020, has
been bequeathed to the relatives of the de
ceased.
Mr. J. W. Mellor, secretary of the Souib
Australian. Ornithological Association, was
a passenger by the express which left Ade
laide on Tuesday afternoon. He has gone to
Melbourne to attend meetings of ornitholo
gist'? from various parts to discuss prelimi
naries with the object of forming an inter
colonial ornithological union.
Professor Koren&y of Prague, who is
touring the colonies, is at present in Ade
laide. On Tuesday evening ,the Austrian
savant was introduced to the members of
{he Royal Society of South Australia.
Mrs. Frances Shiel, the principal legatee
under the will of the late Mr. James Tyson,
has handed £1,500 to the Picton Roman
Catholic church, for the purpose of erecting
a new church.
The -well-known Melbourne tennis player,
Mr. A. E. Dunlop,' who has. been spending
a few day* at Port Pine, returned to Mel
bourne by the express on Tuesday after
noon.
Commenting on the iact that the title of
'Honourable** ' is to 'be left permanently
with Sir Joseph Palmer Abbott, who re
cently retired from the Spcakership of tbe
New South Wales Legislative A&embl
which he had occupied for some years, the
Londou 'Daily Chornide' says:— 'This
distinction of 'Honourable' conferred upon
cobnuts has often occasioned jealousy and
complaint on this side, aim when Lord
Knuteford became dxonia! Secretary some
years ago he was indiscreet enough to
issue an order forbidding colciusts to use
the prefix or any other colonial mark of dis
tinction—as J.P., for example— when they
visited England. The sobs of peers and
other 'Hons.' at borne did not like the idea
of bearded bushmen coining over from Aus
tralia using titles sauctitied by Debrctt; but
Lord Knatsford soon found t!ut he had
made a mistake in becoming their cham
pion. The colonists very properly con
tended tbat if Briton* were to be equal all
over the empire, tho?ff who were 'Ho.iour
able' in New South Wales or New Zealand
ought not to be stripped of their lioaour
when their came to ErijHaiid. In the end
the Colonial Secretary hjd to withdraw his
very foolish order.''
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