PERSONAL ITEMS.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 12015, 17 October 1904, Page 7

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr A. E. Cohen, of the Dunedin "Star," arrived from Wellington on Saturday, and went on to Dunedin by the express. - Mrs Duncan Rutherford returned to Culverden Saturday's North train. . Mr F. W. Burnley and Mr A. F. Rattray were passengers by the exprew for Dunedin on Saturday. ' , : Dr. Clarke, Mr and Mrs Bamfieldj M." D. M. Spedding, jun.. Lieutenant Herd, and Mr Taylor arrived on Saturday morning from Wellington. Mr W- W. Charters returned from Wellington by the Weetralia on Saturday. Dr. Newell, of Lyttelton. returned from Dunedin by the Talune on Saturday. •Mr D. Buddo, M.H.R., arrived by :he Rotomahana, from Wellington on tiaturday. Captain Bladiburn was a" passenger from Wellington by ihd Rotoraahana on Satur. day. . ■ • ■ • ■ ■ • ■ '• - . • . • ' Mr William Cook (Lyttelton) returned from Wellington on Saturday. Mr and iMrs F. de C. Malet arrived by tiie Moeraki from Wellington on Saturday.. \ ' . :■ ■•■...■..'* ; . Rev. •Mγ Dallaston was a paeseager iy by the Moeraki from Wellington on Saturday. .. - ■ -• -. , •■ . ••.'., Captain Nealo, of the steamer! Brisbane,

and Mrs Neale returned from Wellington t>y the Moeraki on Saturday. • , - I Mr J. Holmes, Mr Simonsen, Mr McTavkh, Mr Chisholm, Mr Willcor, Mr S. Haughton, Mr Proud, Mr 8. MbKeUar, Mr L MiUom, Mr W. Milne, Mr R. H. Mackay, and Mr A. A; Finch ore in town. ■ - ■-■ ■• .■■■"'■: ■ • ■• Mrs and Miss Little, of Auckland, were risitors to Culverden on Saturday. Dr. and Mrs Crawshaw, of Kaiapoi, were visitors to Honmer Springs on Saturday. Mr and Mrs F. T.. Withers were passengers by the North express on Friday. Mr E. G. Kerr, of Timaru, Mrs WSkin, and Mrs J. Hartley Smith, returned from HanmcT Springs on Saturday. Mr Kerr has improved in health, and will remain in town for a week. Mr and Mrs T. R. Lekhead, of Kaiapoi, returned from Hanmer Springs on Saturday. • ■..••. Sir C. Dampier-Crossley, of Waikari, was a passenger by the - north train on Saturday evening. Mr T. E. Upton left Aehburton on Saturday to attend the Bawke'e.Bay show, to officiate as a judge of Shropshire sheep. Mr Percy Jotmm joined him at Christchurch-, and will make a tour of parts of the North Island, prior to leaving for England next month. A very large and representative gathering of busirvc/a men assembled in the Town Hall at Timaru on Saturday, to make a presentation to Mr. C. A. Marcus, late stationmaster at Timaru. The Mayor of Timaru presided, and he, ac well ac all tb«> other speakers, referred in tl«? highest terms to Mr Marcus, both as stationma*<ter and citizen, and after expressing tljpir very diep regret at his departure, presoxit?.! him with a purse containing 100 sovereigns for himself, and a liaitdsome pearl pendant imd gold chain, and a silver-mounted photo frame for Mrs Marcua. At the Main School at Timaru, on Saturday, Mr F. Cameron, instructor to the teachers' woodwork class, -was presented •with a si!(ver-mounted walking stick and a dressing case, wliile Mr J. A. Valentine, for his services as secretary to the Teachers" Institute, vrae presented with a purse of sovereigns.