PERSONAL ITEMS

The Bishop of Nol&on ireturned! to N«lr son from Blenheim by the Pateena this morning. • Mr - Alberfc' Ninnes, son, .of T. Nirales, ot Waim<&-street, . : w.hQ,b&a listedat Oreyxnoutli as » itjio 7th Reinforcements, loft that port f<>r Trenitlmim to-day. , , ; A .Christ-church. Pros® to-dny announces:the death.,ofMr Graham, 75. yejurs Of sg®, exr'pr<?sjjdojit;..o{ the Canterbury, Ghamber<o| H© \yas, Canterbury for Commercial Assurance. Company, and was a well-'kmown resident. , , •■Mr. C. McEachen, ; statiomnfsfcer '.jit Clinton, ariuved -by this mer for a holiday visit, to his old. bottle. .; v .. • •; <••.'. c-:'«: A cablegram- ;liag. ;bcon ro.c;eiv«d..'£'VOffla Captain James ■ Houlker,; stating thdt' he \vas slightly wpundjafl in tl;o left, shoulder by &><bomb, anil that lie, was now convalescent. Private;-..'W.:..lrvine, .reported > at .the Dardanelles," ist a son of Mr Irvine, ;of ; Chris tchiirch, and -not a son of Mr. D'Arcy. Irvine,-'of the Survey partment, . Nelson. Mr.- X)/Arcy Irvine has three sons at the front. ' '• The Town Cler.k ■ (Mr> G. Ay.- Edmpnd?) left ; this-morning for .WeUing,ton to sft*. tend a meeting df "the, coAmittep the. Municipal ' Association'.- , to return to Nelson oh Thursday fn'orningi • ;Miv.Samuel 1 Wes.trupp-receive^ 1 stating -that- his V son,• P.*' J.; 1 who" :i was wounded,,vdt thjS has beeii .to''Malta*;,, Tife nature "ot .his wounds are' not stated./ * • \ .Geo. EdtyOnds, ,S. Perkins" A.• \i?i ; members'/ '.<>£; the ',/s€]&{>& Baptist Bible Claiss, !^,.by ithis,- morging*.j -Canning-ton, another, member j and 'Mr, C,. R. Lamberfy brother of-th©, R^v.YsW. Laimber t,- ■ leave Wellington with the sth Reinforcements. V .. , .\.V* r ' : r; v/!L ; >..?>; 1 ' ; v Mt W. ,SHampson has •-T eqe;Lve-d. word; from; his goni, Private ;Go Hampsoft, iyrJw>. was woilnded' at thQ.Dardnnelte«»-vHaJ»in& that bis wounds are'. -in, - .the- cheat", ajnd leg,- and- that he is- progressing favour* ably. ; - •News has been.i .received -■ at <9i&born§ that Lieuitenant' Clyde/Evansyi&oti'.&fkfMTtt J. T. Evarts, 'of Gisborne, Wasaction in the D&rdtapelles. Vf&a formerly-•ari " officer" in. the marine/'and'' took up law. ( He vf,aa «d----mitted to .outbreak, of * the- wai;i and Was 1 Commanding with the Navy. —Press Association, „ , a cakje utis tain Cyril, BaigenJt. 'staijng tliat" Baigent, ,of, * Takaka, and l^im^elf, 411 "of 'with.' the Main quite well. of the Field Ambulance of Infantry Battalion,-andi !tlie cable appears to liave' been handed in t at Alexandria by on© of the wounded men. \ The death \s, aTmpuncedi, after'a short illness, of Mrs Agnes. Margaret Brown, wife of iSlr Thomas, ton Valley. Tlie decease was eldest daughter of the late itr •, Johijf' 3sorr, M.P., of the Lake Statioivnxtf.' She was , a resident of Washingitop. i y<al>y vfor - • many years, and le«v4s son and daughter to Sincere sympathy will. be extended to the bereaved. * > 4 .* y \ A largo number of membeva .-pf the Maitai Bowline; Club assembled-in '..the club pavilion last evening' for., the pur- • pose of saying faroWoll-r t4:.o^3;>.t 1 i i>iheir number, Air. Bert Richiard's.-.'who wooing to the front in the, aSjib\jl4ftte-section of the reinforcements. On behjalf «ofntne members of the ■ club, 'Mr." l Oeo>- Glover handed Mr. Richards—a\i ra«>r, . inscribed, and a sleeping|fern, RefeMhcey to Mr Richards's services - * to the both on and off the rrtade by Messrs Glover, W. Dee, Simpson, and J. McEachen.. ■ He'artjy-. clfeers were given for the Air. Richards suitably acknowledged" 'the presentations 'and the remarks'■ •of his fellow-members. " " The respective staff? of tlie ''Mail", as? sembled to-day to make a prespntation to the second of their number Ming< t«;..the Oi S. Spear,* wlicr'lias been .connected, witli- the for some years. Ma* K. 1 G. ve>-«d to Mr Spear o£ hi* feilow-workiers for a to the conscientious niatit}6j,* ii? ( Spear had carried and to the good l feeling that had always existed between vithe -departing soldier, and those with whom he had Ween so long ( associated, and finally - lip.ndedto.. Mr . Spear a" sleeping suit as a of - *nv?iich lie was- held, w- iTh© recipient having aokiiowJedged tne p.re-sentation,-;there'followed ,tho, customary, clteersii.-the oejwTtiony vim* , Hsala a Jdlly. Good Fellow,*J." TRo TO'opvietovs^.-ofrthei Jifeo iSyiieaf; »• • presen^ation. r; Mr,> Spear, > A?ayes ; for- in '-ti fqw days' tutte* to join the ' A'rtillery., section. j ,'■