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PERSONAL.

His Excellency the Governor was pre- sent at the review on Saturday after- noon, and the veterans' dinner at the Aurora Cafe on Saturday night. To- morrow morning at 11 o'clock his Ex- cellency will inspect Messrs. Hume Bros.' cement and iron works, at Kes- wick, and in the evening Sir Day and Lady Bosanquet will be present at the performance of "The Devil's Disciple" at

the Unley City Hall. On Wednesday

afternoon his Excellency will preside at the annual meeting of Minda Home, Brighton. On Saturday his Excellency, Lady Bosanquet, and Miss Bosanquet will attend the A.R.C. races. Lady Bosan- quet will attend the Orpheus Society, concert in the Exhibition Building on Thursday evening, and will preside at the meeting of the Queen's Home in the Mayor's Parlor, Adelaide Town Hall, on Friday afternoon.

The Acting Chief Justice of Australia (Sir Edmund Barton), accompanied by Mr. Justice Duffy, and Mr. Gordon Castle (Federal Crown Solicitor), arrived in Adelaide by Sunday's Melbourne ex- press, for the sittings of the High Court. Mr. Justice Isaacs was to have come

over also, but he was prevented from   doing so by an attack of influenza. An- other judge will arrive to-morrow and take his place. The High Court will sit to-day to hear land tax appeals, and to-morrow the judges will sit as a Full

Court.

Sir Charles Goode will complete his 86th

year to-day. He still enjoys excellent

health.

Flags were flown on the masts and rig- ging of the German-Australian steamer Planen at Port Adelaide on Saturday, in honor of the marriage of the German Em- peror's daughter to Prince Ernest of Cum-

berland.

Mr. Josiah Thomas, Minister of Exter- nal Affairs, reached Adelaide from Mel- bourne on Saturday, on his way to Bro-   ken Hill, where he will speak to-day.

The meeting at Strathalbyn, which the   Acting-Premier (Hon. R. Butler) was to have addressed to-morrow evening, has been cancelled, as there was not sufficient time in which to issue the requisite no-

tices.

Much sympathy will be felt with Dr. Holtze, the director of the Adelaide Bo- tanic Gardens, and Mrs. Holtze, concern- ing the death of their eldest son, Mr. Nicholas Holtze, F.L.S., which took place early on Saturday morning at the Botanical Gardens, near Darwin, Northern Territory. Mr. Nicholas Holtze was born in 1868, in the Viatka province of Russia, and came to Australia with his parents when he was 5 years old. He was educated at Darwin,   where his father was for many years in charge of the Government Gardens, and he entered the public service there on March 13, 1879. When his father left for Ade-   laide, 22 years ago, to succeed the late Mr. Schomburgk as Director of the Botanical Gardens here, Mr. Nicholas Holtze was asked by the Government Resident to add to his other duties the control of the gar- dens in the Northern Territory. At the time of the transfer of the Territory to the Commonwealth Mr. Holtze, who had earned the reputation of being a thoroughly competent and conscientious public official, held the important positions of secretary   and accountant to the Government Resi- dent, Curator of the Darwin Botanical Gar- dens, returning-officer for the electoral dis- trict of the Northern Territory, secretary to the Palmerston Hospital, Public Trustee, Deputy Registrar under the Bills of Sale

Act, and inspector under the Vines Protec-  

tion-Act. He had also acted as Govern- ment Resident on several occasions. He won golden opinions from everyone who     visited the Territory in an official capacity,

and the Hon. T. Playford, when he made a tour of the settled districts there, re-    

ported on his work in terms of high eulo-   gium. Last October Mr. Holtze was asked    

by the Federal Government to devote all his time and attention to the Botanic Gar-   dens, and to his valuable researches in re-

spect to the suitability of the country to the growth of rice, sisal hemp rubber, cocoa-   nuts, sugar, and other tropical products, concerning which he had written many valuable reports. Mr. Holtze was mar- ried, and had three children, two daugh- ters and one son. The eldest daughter,   Miss. E. Holtze, who is 17 years old, is re-

siding with her grandfather at the Adelaide Botanical Gardens. On Friday Dr. Holtze

received a telegram from his son stating

that he had been taken ill at Pine Creek as the result of an old trouble. He was then on his return journey from the Kathe- rine River, 100 miles south of the railway terminus, where he had been to visit his brother, Mr. Waldemar Holtze, who has     for many years been an officer on the over-   land telegraph line. He reached Darwin, but gradually grew worse, and died there at 6 o'clock on Saturday morning. He

was anxious to make the railway journey   (150 miles) from Pine Creek to Darwin to get medical advice as quickly as possible       but found it difficult because of the strike in Darwin. Mr. Holtze visited Adelaide about seven years ago. He had resided in the Territory for 40 years, and was inti- mately acquainted with both its develop- ment and its capabilities, and had

great faith in its resources. He had made many friends, and enjoyed the confidence and the respect of every successive Govern- ment Resident and all his brother officers. The Acting Premier (Hon. R. Butler), on being informed of Mr. Holtze's death on Saturday, said:—"I had opportunities of judging of Mr. Holtze's worth when I was Minister controlling the Northern Terri-     tory. He was a capable, concientious, and energetic official, who had done valu-   able work for the Northern Territitory, which can illl-afford to lose him at this juncture. He always did his duty loyally,   and he manifested a sincere desire to help forward the prosperity of the country, and to make its agricultural resources known. I sympathise most heartily with his father and mother in the sad loss they have sus- tained." Dr. and Mrs. Holtze received many telegraphed messages of condolence     from the Northern Territory on Saturday.

The Commissioner of Police, Mr. W. H. Raymond, had an alarming experience on

Saturday afternoon whilst driving along King William-street with members of   his family to witness the Empire Day procession. When he was opposite the Glenelg railway-station his horse began to kick, and, taking the bit between its teeth dashed into the posts of one of the verandahs close by, and fell, kicking and   struggling. With assistance the Commis-   sioner got the horse out of the shafts,

one of which was smashed. Fortunately     no one was injured. Had the animal

bolted straight along the street to where the crowd was awaiting the arrival of the military procession, the consequences     must have been disastrous. It was the     first time that the Commissioner had     driven this particular horse, a fine animal he but recently purchased.    

A Victorian Commission arrived in Ade-     laide on Saturday to enquire into the

disposal of silt, and to inspect two     dredgers at Port Adelaide, recently ac-

quired by the South Australian Govern-     ment. The members are Messrs. Oliver   (Engineer-in-Chief of the Melbourne   Metropolitan Board of Works), Higgins  

(lecturer at the Melbourne University),   and Kermode (engineer for roads and

bridges in Victoria).    

The Victorian delegates to the annual   meeting of the Australasian Institute of Mining Engineers, to be held at Broken     Hill this week, arrived in Adelaide by   the Melbourne express on Sunday, and     later in the day proceeded to their des- tination. The party included Professor

Skeats (professor of geology at the   Melbourne University), Mr. S. Barnes,  

M.L.A., and Mr. Groom (general mana-     ger of the State coal mine at Won- thaggi).    

The friends of Mr. Joseph Jackman, of Jackman's, Limited, will regret to leam that the state of his health is causing his family considerable anxiety.

Mr. Arthur Carroll, of the Australian   Bank of Commerce, who has been spend- ing a holiday in Adelaide, left by the Melbourne express on Saturday for Syd-

ney.              

Lieutenant-Colonel the Rev. H. C. Mar- tin (secretary of the Army Temperance As-

sociation and Church of England chaplain   to the Government in India) was a pas- senger by the R.M.S. Marmora, which ar- rived on Saturday. He is visiting the Com- monwealth to obtain information in regard to openings on the land for time-expired soldiers. Mr. Martin's association has 33,000 soldiers in India on its membership

roll. Fifteen sergeant instructors from In- dia were also on board. They will disem-  

mark in Melbourne for service under the   Commonwealth military forces.    

Dr. John R. Mott, general secretary, stu- dent department, international committee,

Y.M.C.A. is considering an offer from the Y.M.C.A. international committee to suc-   ceed Mr. Richard C. Morse as general sec- retary. Dr. Mott was recently asked by

President Woodrow Wilson to accept the post of United States Ambassador to   China, but he declined the offer.    

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