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PERSONAL.
The Governor of Queensland and Lady
Gould Adams will leave Brisbane on Tues-
day for Dalveen, in the Stanthorpe dis-
trict, where it is their intention to stay
lor three months.
Dr. Dunne, Bishop of Wilcannia, was
fouried «t Broken Hill on Friday in the
vauK under the cathedral. The funeral
.«.vice ra« presided over by Archbishop
Spence, of Adelaide, and among those
taking part in the obsequies was Dr. Nor-
ton, Bishop of Port Augusta.
After seven rears' service in Queensland,
during two of which he occupied the re-
sponsible position of D.A.A.G. for tlie
first military district, Major H. W. Pendie
Imry has received notice of transfer to
- Adelaide, -where lie will fill the position of
A.A.G. He will leave Brisbane for Ade-
laide on Tuesday next
OurThiabnite correspondent telegraphed
last night:-It is stated that Mr. Theodore
(Treasurer) desires to enter Federal poli-
tic«, preferably for Mr. Bamford's seat. The
Iteinier (Mr. Ryan) is torn between con-
flicting interests, for it ia said he has not
yet made np his mind whether the Agency
General or a judgesb-p would be most con-
genial.
The following cablegram was received on
"Friday by the Prime Minister (Mr.
iH-aghes) from Brigadier-General (Sir New-
ton 'Moore:-"Officers and men of the Aus-
tralian Imperial force in camp in the
United Kingdom desire to convey to the
Prime Minister, the Government, and
people of Australis the season's greetings,
and express the hope that the year 1917
may bring «n honora de and a victorious
?peace."
Alderman George Lawson having with-
drawn his nomination, Senators Mullan,
¿"tewart, and Turley have been declared
, the selected Queensland Labor candidates
- for the next Senate elections.
Mrs. Kingiîey, one pi the oldest pioneers
-or Soirth Australia, who has for several
. -years x*oast been .living' with her daughter
in East 'Melbourne, has lately 'been on a
short visit to Adelaide. Mrs. Kingsley waa
bom atr Stroud, Gloucestereh're, and ar
" ¡rived in the province with her parent« by
the ship Buckinghamshire in 1839, at the
age of 24 years. Her. fâcher, Mr. Samuel
Kir bey, was a builder and contractor, and
took an'important part in the erection of
the old Supreme Court building, now the
jPoJtcc Court. For many years ne resided
Mrs. Martha Kingsley. Help
Mrs. Martha Kingsley.
in Halifax-street. Miss Martha Kirbey was
_ married in I860 to Mr. S. P. Kingsley, who
was'the first secretary and treasurer of the
'Retail Grocers'-Association of South Ans
.tralia, al position hefilted'for «Song period,
'îrle iras als/T the first secretary and trea-
surer Of the Yb-ng Men's Literary Associa
'¿ion, à pioneer, organisât ¡on of its kind in
tfoutrnAustralia.., Mr. and Mrs. Kingsley
tlived for . number of years in'Grote-Strect,
Adelaide.* The former ,dl-ed about 30 «ears
S »fat Kent Town.' The only son is Mr. S.
;-,K¡_tsley, ^f Vine-street, Prospect, and
^-Tm Edith Kingsley, of East Melbourne, i«
- the' only -A-ghter.
Mr. John Hart, one of the best known
residents of the Encounter Bay district,
died on Thursday at the age of 88 years.
In the early davs he was a driver of a
coach between Adelaide and Port Elliot,
and he had such a strong constitution that
up till only a comparatively short time
before his death he was able to drive a
four-in-hand team of horses. When Mr.
Hart retired from coach-driving he ac
quired an hotel at Port Elliot, where he
enjoyed a wide popularity. He had a
vivid recollection of the time when En
counter Bay was a whaling station and all
the shipping went to the Bluff, where the
Customs business was transacted at a
bonded store, the ruined walls of which
may still be seen. Later on Mr. Hart
removed his hotel business to the Crown
Hotel, Victor Harbor, and he also con-
ducted a large boarding establishment
know as Victor Harbor House. When he
retired from business he continued to re-
side at Victor Harbor. He was a member
of the Roman Catholic Church.
Mr. H. Brewster Jones has not been
prominently before the musical public re-
cently, but he has been devoting much
time, to his art. During the year Mr.
Jones composed two acts of an opera,
and he is now engaged on the third and
last act. He hopes to see the work pro-
duced in Europe after the war. The
subject is an old Irish tragedy, "Deirdre,"
and he has adopted a prose libretto. The
"solo*, requirements are two sopranos, a
tenor, baritone, and bass. No chorus
is introduced. An examination of the
score reveals that the roles are exacting,
and the composer states that the de-
mands upon the orchestra will also be
heavy. Mr. Jones has not tied himself
to any system, such as the Wagnerian leit
motif method, but he repeats themes to
express recurrence in the thoughts of his
characters–expressed or suggested–to
earlier episodes in the play. He seeks
to achieve a compromise between recita-
tive and, melody–a compromise that
makes for naturalness in a dramatic
sense. He is writing no distinct arias,
but much of the work is melodic. Mr.
Jones has also produced during the year
a pianoforte sonata, a small choral work
in the form of a canon, and several
songs, for some of which he has himself
provided the words. Two songs–"Fare-
well to Anzac" and "The Piper of
Peace"–are artistic expressions of war
thoughts. Mr. Jones is now giving at-
tention to an orchestral suite on the
subject of Anzac.
Mr. John Ford, whose death at the ad
vanced age of 99 1/2 years is announced in
our obituary columns to-day, was, upwards
of half a century ago, a well-known figure
in the Far North. He had charge there,
in the days preceding the construction of
the Oodnadatta railway, of camel teams
that plied regularly between Port Augusta
and places far distant in the centre of the
continent. He was born in county Lime-
rick, Ireland, 99 years ago last June, and
had he lived six months longer would have
been a centenarian. He emigrated to
Western Australia while in his thirties,
and there met and married, over 50 years
ago, Miss Johanna Leahy, whose father
was a large building contractor in Ireland.
After a residence of ten years in the west-
ern State, Mr. and Mrs. John Ford and
their family came to South Australia,
where they and their descendants have
since lived. For over 20 years Mr. Ford
was an employe at Taylor's wool-scouring
establishment at Hindmarsh, but with ad-
vancing years he gave this up and became a
gardener at the North Adelaide private
hospital. This position he held until he
was considerably over 90. Latterly he
bad been an inmate of the Romant Catholic
home on the Glen Osmond-road, and it
was there that he died suddenly on Christ-
inas Day while at dinner. He was a man
of a particularly vigorous constitution, and
had full possession of his faculties to the
last. He could read the finest print with-
out the aid of glasses, and at the age of
93 walked unaided from the North Ade-
laide private hospital to the residence of
a married daughter at Frederick-street,
Unley. His widow, who is in her 80th year,
and four daughters survive. They are Mes-
dames Frank Dickin (North Unley) and
W. J. Venus (Hyde Park), H. J. Spicer
(Unley), and Miss L. Ford (Hyde Park).
Both Mr. Ford's parents lived to be over a
hundred.
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