PERSONAL.
Judgi? and Mrs. Edger went South yesterday by way of Taumaramii and iWangonuL The reappdinfcmerit of Mr. M.. W> lArtnstrong as a member of the Auckland Land Board is unnounced. Mr. H. G. Greensiade, M.H.R., returned from his visit to Wellington yesterday. , The srolrlen wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Entrican was celebrated yester<lay by a gathering of relatives and friends at the honse in Hepburn-street. Miss Ocilia McKcnnjr, assistant-mat-ron at the Wellington Hospital, has been appointed matron of Wanganui Hospital. There were 26 applicants. The Most Rev. the Primate of New . Zi aland ( Rishop , Nevill) pays a vi'it to the, Old Country via Vancouver, and his Lordship leaves the colony 6arly aim in dirt-h to join the Moana. : Mr -lames ZNJilis. managing director <>( Hip .U.S.S. Company, has'gone to Melbourne for a short business trip, and iri April he leaves the colony on a visit to England. Mr Stanley Mark, of Wellington, has been appointed to the Auckland branch of the United Insurance Company, and leaves Wellington for his new position on the 10th. Mr .1. L. Kelly, editor of the "New Zealand Times," left. Auckland for Rotonia to-day. He returns to Wellington by way of the Wanganui River. Mr a. F. Fui-by, postmaster, of Hamilton, accompanied by Mrs. FurbJ:, has just returned from a pleasant holiday 'vn ihe. South. While in Wellington Mr Purby received official intimation that his contemplated transfer to Onehunga had been cancelled. Father Bowen, who takes up the charge of St. Francis Zavier's Church at Whanga-rei, has • left Tauranga, -where he has been staiioned for some time-, for his new position. Ho has to relieve I Father Srneers. for 12 months. At thp meeting of the Board of Gover- / nors of the AiickTahd College and Gram- ' rriar' School yesterday affefntfon, Mr. A»- - --::H. Vinson was appointed member of the • Whangawi High School Board, nee Mr. J J. N. Wilson, who resigned after many f years service. . At a."meeting of the Grammar Board ' yesterday afternoon a communication ( was received from Mr. F. P. Woriey, of "Nelson, accepting the position of science ■ master until a permanent appointment is made by the High Commissioner. Mr. YVerJey is an "old boy" of Nelson College, who took, his _M:-.A._"::<legr.ee at Auckland University College with honours. An unfortunate accident, attended by fearful consequences, fosfel Mr. L. H. •Tellings at Te Papapa yesterday. Ho was attending to a horse when the anittial lashed out and kicked him on the "head, the iron slia? making an ugly wound- lie lost a lot of blood before thY : flow could be staunched, and he is. therefore very week. Undpr medical attention -;no serious consequences are anticipated. , Mr Sydney Thompson, who has been ' appointed painting master of the Christchurch School of Art, studied under the finest modern masters both in England and on the Continent, and has exhibited at the Royal Academy in London, the Salon in Paris and leading English ■and Continental exhibitions. He holds I the national silver medal for painting .(from South Kensington, . London. Mr •Thompson's special work will be in the /life classes for drawing and painting, y Mr A. Kidd, M.H.R.. returned to ''Auckland to-day from his inbnth's holi- « day excursion in the South fiifihiteiy better in health. He feel? a riew man after, living in the brawny atmosphere of Mf. Cook and doing a'Kit "of Alpine climbing. He also "spent sorrie days at Hanrhev Springs, and on his way Rome" : lie put in a couple M days at WelUntfi ton, attending to the needs of his' o»n- ---\ Btitueney. Mr W. W. Smith, ■£- member ef the Scenery -Preservation Cbrritnissjori, a.. few- days ago was in Katikai'i, _#here he ■has been inspecting a number of old Maori fortifications, both onv<orown and I private land, with ihe object of peri manently protecting then> Amongst i the more interesting and important of these are Taraia's pah, /higare (Mount '. Stewart), Okeru, at Murray's Point, and Puketoki, just abjjve Athenfee, the last named being, on Crown land. During his visit <# WaibJ Mr Smith inspectI' ed the famous pohuinkawa bush at Oto- ! beach and ofhei' spots in the vicinity of the Waihi Beach. The Commission has already' expended in acquiring : scenic reserves a sum exceeding £50,000 ', in various parife of the colony. An ex- !'■- change suggests. - that it .is not genets' ally-known-that Taraia'a pah yf.&s the last "plaice iii tlie' colony in Stliith ttrfe Maoris ate^Human flgsh. Lie Jit,. Watts, who is a. subaltern in the Nels/m College Cadets, has received an appointment in the Second North* ___aniptoK Regiment of the imperial Arniy *as tie'ntenantv - and leaves- for England ..at orroe. ■■■ Nelsorr College • has bitted rjjiite.-. a number of officers *9 -The Imperikl Army under the new .regulations offering scholarships to colonial students, and Lieut. Watts has already got a brother in the Indian Army. i /fhe- college can claim a record in.'this 7 respect.. - The Acting Chief Health Officer (Dr. .Valintine} went back to Wellington yesterday. l)r. McDowell," who' Went to the Senate, meeting in Dunediu, has returned to Auckland. Dr. Rennie was a passenger frdni. and Dr. Marshall to the South yesterday by the West Coast .route.' Dr. A. T. M. Blair., tlie licwlyappointed medical officer at the Auckland Hospital, arrived here yesterday, and takes up duties at the hospital tomorrow, relieving Dr. Ferguson, who has resigned. Mr W. J. Napier is leaving for San Francisco en route to England;"by the .Ventura to-mefrotv. He will be absent about eight months. In London Mr Napier is instructed by the Government to eppear in the Privy Council in the case the.King v. the Eastern' Extension and China.. Cable. Company. JHe will proba■Uly'be a'sgOciated , ,iri"this case with the t Right Hon; M. Halftone, K.C,,.the Minister of War in the present Liberal Adriiinistraiion, unless that gentleman's Ministerial position rendere it impossible to.appear at the bar. Mr Napier intends- to devota .sonic<tinje.,to. yisiting the principal "haYbpiifs". of; f#b Old World, -arid has hefen". given a,-.'hetter of introduction by tire Auckland Harbour Board. /Tie Premier has Na : pier letters of introduction to Lord 6n> stbw and other prominent parsonages m England, and the Hon. Prank Dillingham, late XJnited States Consul-General in New Zealand, has sent Mi--Napier a letter of introduction to the President ,of the United. States. Mi Napier also : has to visit Berlin oa- pioiessional busi- ■ mess. . ;■ .■: ' ~:'«, ;; . _";-' "■■' ii«niVi>' • ■■ i i i i I
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 34, 8 February 1906, Page 2
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