PERSONAL ITEMS. NOTES AND MEMORANDA. CASUALTIES.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 11946, 15 July 1904, Page 5

PERSONAL ITEMS.

NOTES AND MEMORANDA.

CASUALTIES.

« The Governor (Lord Plunket) left Wellington b 7 tnlil ' for AlJcklal " d yesterday jnornimr. At Palmers>ton North his Excellency tvhs waited on at the railway station by the Mayor' and Borough Councillor*, and presented with an address. Ho was also informally welcomed to Wan--•amii. Tho Hon C. H. Mills accompanied hi» Excellency as far as New Plymouth. | Sir Joseph Ward and Lady Ward arrived from tho South by ihe express last night, Mid left for Wellington by the Rotomahana. » Or. Mason, Chief Health Officer, arrived from Ashburton by the express hist night, and left for Wellington by the Rotomahana. Mr T. Teschemakw, Mr M. C. Orbell, IMr Cyril Ward, Mrs Chaffey, and Mr W. Q, Douglas aro in toivn. Mr George Drayton was a passenger for InvercMg.l'l by the express yesterday. .Mr Chandler was a passenger for Ashburton Yesterday. .Mr R. Acton-Adams left for Culverden vcstcrday morning. * Archdeacon Harper returned to Timaru ywterday. Messrs A. E. Oibbs, D. Phillips. Sykes, Sutherland, Milne, and 0. W. Peck arrived from Wellington yePterday morning. Mr and Mrs Harrifon Jones arrived from Wellington yesterday. Dr. Brewer, of Sydney, is a visitor to Cfirirtdvurch. i Mr and Mrs H. J. Milton left yesterday morning by tho North train. Mr E. I). Wright was a passenger for tho South by the express yesterday. Mr Duncan Rutherford (Leslio Hills) left for Culverden yesterday morning. " .Mr Geo. 0. Stead returned from tha North by the Rotomnlmna yeeterday morning. _ Mr A. IT Mvers, Mr C. S. Howdl. MrW. H. E. Wanklyn, and Mr Eckhoff arrived from the North by the Rotomahana. vtsterday. A movement is afoot at Hokitika to ronko a presentation to Mr Seddon next September, when he will havo completed ■ tH-enty-flve years' wrvico as representative of tho West land constituency in Parliament. Tho local bodies are combining to form a central committee to arrange the matter, and general promises of support are being received from, tho people to fittingly mark the occasion. . Captain Willis and Professor Sale left last night fox Wellington by the Rotomahana. Dr. Shand proceeds to Wellington by the same boat. Last night's "Gazette" contained thei notification of the appointment of Bhhop Grimes as member of tho Board of Governors of Canterbury College. Mr Charles Alexander, of the Torrey--1 Alexander Mission, was to bo married yesterday at Birmingham, to Miss Odbury, niece, of Mr Richard Cadbury, of Cad bury cocoa fame. The following cable was ' sent from Dunedin yesterday: —"Hearty congratulations on your wedding. Wish You long life of happiness and prosperity. Torrey-Alexander choir, Dunedin." Mr W. H. Gibbs, secretary of the ; Model Yacht. Club, was presented kisfc night ' with a pipe in recognition of his sen-ices. Engineer W. Searle, of tho Christchurch Fire Brigade, who is leaving for Southland, wan presented with a set of pipes, , with cnse, suitably inscribed, by the members of tho Chester street brigade. ;■ Miss Wakelin, who has left. Duvauchelle's Bay to live at Lincoln, was last week pre- " ssritcd with a Bible, Church prai.«e, and ■; Snnkey's songs and solos, by the parents and Hcholnrti of the Presbyterian Church - mid Sunday School. \ ■ Mr J. Anderson, who has been connected i- with the Red Lion Hotel, Rangier*, for ►ome years, was presented on Tuesday with a travelling bag and Kaiapoi rug. Messrs A. F. Elder, and Ww, Halley, junr., of Lceston, havo been recommended by the Ellesmere Road Board to the Minister of Justice as extra Justices of the Peace, for the Ellesmere district-

» ■ Professor Bickerton will lecture on Sun- . day on and Antiquity" at the Choral Hall. Tho annual DunJop Timaru-Christchurch Road Race, for tho selection of a Now Zealand v reprcsentativ-e in tlio Australian road race, takes place to-morrow. It is expect■<d that the race will finish about 3 p.m. A sale of work will bo held at Rich--1 raond on July.2lst, in aid of tho building fund for tlioßurwood Clnirch, which has lately been enlarged and renovated. The students for Commercial Arithmetic ■n the Technical Caisws, who meet this evening, are requested to arttend at halfpart- six for the purpose of division. At a meeting of tlie United Horticultural Society to-night, at Mks Grafton's rooms, papers will be read on "Roses" V Mr Armstrong, and on "ChrysanthcMr A. Cant. - The ladies of the Ellesmere district, are .Mtttrurating a Ltrfbonr Day Carnival at the Athletic Grounds, Leeston, the proceeds to fco devoted towards purchasing new uniforms for the Elleamero Mounted Rifles. Colonel Porter will open the carnival. A ccvsp.rt, w to be given at. tho Leeston Town Hall on *27th inst.. the proceeds to go towards completing the public swim* - :la!ngbafh in the Leeston school ground.

Richard Collis, whilst working on the . ; Mw buildings near the Post Office yesterday Owning, got his hand entangled in a '■•'■'. """inch, and lost one of his finger*, which *»« cut off. Two other fingers were 'broken, mid had to bo amputated. This eperaliou was performed at- the Hospital, «J>d the patient is doing well. (press association tki e<;raus.) DUNEDIN, July 14. George Purchase, seventy-six years' old, Wa* found dead in his bed this morning. '.'..*■'Be.Tr'a* j u good health when ho retired - I list niuht. "■"■"■:-the remain!* found at the Hcadi hava : ' ; >0» identified as those of William Murie, 1 thirty-two years of a;je. who has been missi .""'Wf'tines 12th April last. An inquest will '