PERSONAL ITEMS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2490, 4 December 1901, Page 22

PERSONAL ITEMS.

I The Rev. T. G. Kay, Th. L., whose name appeared m out intercolonial telegrams as having passed as a Licentiate of Theology {Australian College of Theology), was a ' jtudent of Selwyn College, Dunedin, and was prepared for the examination by the Rev. Alfred Neild, M.A., warden of Selwyn College. . Mr Kay is now assistant-curate of 'Lawrence. ! The Rev. Father O'Neill, prior to his de- , parture for the Old Country. was presented tt Milton on Monday, the 25th, with a purse of sovereigns from the Catholic community ' «nd residents of the district. Ap evidence of the popularity of the rev. gentleman, the i Bruce Herald states that St. George's Hall was crowded by people of every denomination on the occasion, and the purse presented contained some 200 sovereigns. At St. Joseph's Hall on Friday Father O'Neill ( .was the recipient of a pur-.se of 100 save- J 'reigns from the Catholic clergy and laity I of Dunedin. Miss. O'Neill, who also prOreeds Home, was preseated at Milton with a gold bangle from her lady friende. Mr James Bryce was presented by the -members o{ the Milton Brass Band on > ■$"riday with a travelling bag, on the occa- j sion of his departure for Oaniaru, and he j also received a handsome dressiug-case from j his late employer. i The Tiniaru Harbour Board liave appointed Mr W. J. Bardsley, of Wellington, , to the position of secretary to the board, subject to his being able to take up the duties immediately.

IMr J. Walker Johnsfon, the newly-ap- | pointed engineer to the Clutha County I Council, is 32 years of "age, and has been ( in private practice in Gore for the past four | years as civil engineer and surveyor. He was educated in Dunedin at the Mornington Public School and at the Boys' High School under Dr Belcher. On leaving school li 9 became a pupil of Mr J. H. Cardew, I A.M.1.C.E., of Sydney, and was engaged in that city in practical engineering work, and obtained a license to survey in New South Wales. Thereafter he returned to New Zealand, and wa- employed by the Lands Department as inspector of the road works in j the Catlins district under the co-operative system. A packet of letters addressed to 164-2 Seigeaut L. H. ilutclnr.son. Fourth New Zealand i Contingent, awaits delhery at the Defence Office, lavercargill. i Mr J. R. Sharp, wlio for the ppst six and a-half years ha? been in charge of the Rakaia agency of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency, Company (Limited), has been promoted to the Gore ageaicy. A deputation of ladies : opreseuting the Anglican and Presbyterian congregations ol Kjeburn waited upon Mrs Baunerman at the Kyeburn Sclionlhouse on Monday afternoon, pnd presented h<r with a purse of sovereigns in recognition of her services dunug the last • four yeais as organist at church seiviccs. j Mr J. K. Mason, of the Railway Department, j Palin«rston, who has been transferred to Mil- ' toa, was presented by the Palnierston staff wil.i a handsome silver-mounted cigarette-holder and tobacco pouch. Mr Smita. ni, inakirg the pre&entaiion, referred to the efficient way in which Mr Mason earned out his duties, and e.\pio c 3cd regret at his deu?J:tttJ;s. i