PERSONAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8839, 16 May 1914, Page 4

PERSONAL.

The Hon. T. Fergus, M.L.C., was a through passenger for Dunedin this morning.

Mr James Craigie, M.P., was a passenger for Timaru by this morning's express.

His Lordship Bishop Grimes .is to.. pay a pastoral visit to Methven tomorrow.

A Monti-eal cablo announces the death of Mr Monk, ex-Minister of Public Works in the Borden Cabinet.

A large number of Territorials, whose camp at Kowai was destroyed by the hurricane which raged early*'on Friday morning, passed south by this morning's express. . ' ,

, Canon Garland, organising secretary for the Bible-in-Sehools League, was a passenger for Timaru by this afternoon's express. He is to visit Ashburton to-morrow.

Mr H. L. Risley and Mr E.'Manning, Lewis, representatives of Bristol City and. the port of Bristol respectively, were passengers for Dunedin •by this morning's express. .

A Sydney cable message reports that; advico has been received of the death, :in England, ■ of the.Rev. Dr. Robertson, a .veteran 1 New. Hebrides missionary.

A Melbourne cable states that Mr Williams; General Manager of the Bank of Australasia, has been appointed by. the Olympic Federation to represent Australasia at the Paris 'International. . Congress,•-■ vice Mr George Sliand. ■.;"'. :-

The Proprietors of the Provincial Newspapers ■ (those published outside the >i our, centres), of the Dominion have followed up a'motion of appreciation of the services'■■■' of Mi' R. B. ,BeJl. as ;a 'member of, and joint convener of, their Executive Committee, by presenting •him with a roller-top desk and other articles of a total of £25, as a wedding gift. Attached to the desk is a silver plate bearing the following inscription:—"Presented to Robert B. Bell as an affectionate and grateful tribute from the Provincial Newspaper Proprietors of New Zealand, on the occasion of his marriage, May 20, 1914."

On Tuesday a combined meeting of the Standing Committee and the Cathedral Chr.pLor was held for the nomination- to iho Bishops of' a priest of the Diocese for appointment to an honorary canonry, : vacant by the consecration of the Roy. W. W. Sedgwick to the bishopric, of Waiapu. Six clergymen were nominated, and a ballot was takeir, resulting in a majority for the Rev. Thomas Albert Hamilton., vicar of Fendalton, who was appointed by the Bishop as an honorary canon. The Rev. Canon T. A. Hamilton was also appointed Diocesan examiner for the year. Canon Hamilton was vic-i.r of St. Stephen's, Ashburton,* about j./s'years ago, succeeding the Rev. Mr- Scott, who afterwards became Archdeacon. , \. % ■■'■■:-■)■-, '■■ ," . ■ ''■