PERSONAL ITEMS.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 11277, 19 May 1902, Page 5

PERSONAL ITEMS.

/,«£/, ' A West C'ous* telegram received yeeter■B , * %y rtatew that ir J - G - Ward arrived there mk" ' **<*» Wellington last, night. Hβ receives deW& I" ,,B * , ** , ** to-day, and on Tuesday and Jm?, Wednesday yijtitj, the outlying district*. sKjV ' rJ- V. Maddison went North by Satur,|B>~ ni<rht"a steamer. Wl\ _ Mr J. E. Henrys wa* a paseenger for jffli'3- Wellington on Saturday. ilr I- J- Rothscl*ild returned to W«lling- *" n k* v a t«fday'» boat. fl«4 Mr and Mm C. B. Raietell, of Auckland, fj ft- ' c '' l ""D*d hewn* from their virit to the cold ffsj lUtts last week. ft'C ' Anw>ii!{ victors to town afc prtecmt are m- r \ Mr T. N. Nolan (MdWurne), MrC. Rutije«r- ---• M ; * * onl " -^ r * ,a ' r burn, Mr Wheelwright, Mr - ,W' j<. White (Dunedin), and Dr. «. Lilico WmA (I'im.iru). IBI' Among thft •pawengm for tho South by | "J l y iiiornintr's rxnrej's were Mr T. 'Wmt£ K. W.ilton (Dum*lin), Mr JUdunan (Uune-

colmson (Ashburton). and Dr. Reid (Timarn). Colonel Boyd, Captain Tucker, and Sur-geon-Captain "O'Neill were among €he paeeengeru from Wellington by the Rotesnahana on Saturday morning. Mr J. F. Norrisr, X.C, late judge of the High Court, Calcutta, attended' by bis medical adviser, Dr. Walters, arrived in Welington from London on Wednesday. Mr Norris intends touring fche colony j and returning borne by the Rimutaka at the end of this month. Dr. J. M. Mason left for Wellington, by the Rotomahaaa on Saturday. Mr Graham, M.H.R. for Nelson, is visiting the South on a business trip. It was not Dr. Walter Fox -who left on Friday for Melbourne. Dr. Fox is still in Christchurch. Ex-Inepector PerwJer arrived- on Saturday morning from Wellington. Hβ had quite a levee of old friends to meet him. The presentation from the people of Canterbury will take place this afternoon, at the City Council Chamber?. A large number of Marshland residents met in the Schoolrom on Friday evening to bid farewell to Mr R. R. Walter, who bee been transferred to Napier. On behalf of the 3larshland Cricket Club, of which Mr Waiter hae been a member for come years, and secretory for the past two year*, (Mr Geo. Cox, in the absence of the President, Mr 'Malcolm, presented him with a gold medal, «iitably inscribed, together with a portmanteau. A pleasant evening was spent in music, dancing, and games. Mr Drake ley, who is severing hie connection with the Kaiapoi Company's Woollen Mill, wa s presented on Saturday with a handsome lamp by the employees of the knitting department. Mr D. Mullftne, who is leaving Waiau to take up la.nd, wae presented with a purse of sovereigns on Friday evening subscribed by the owner and employees of Lyndon station. Mr D. D. Macfarlane. ir> making the presentation, referred in very complimentary terms to Mr Mullane's 17 years' connection with Lyndon, expressed regret at 'hie keying, and wished hint every success in his new venture.