PERSONAL ITEMS.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12442, 3 March 1906, Page 9

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dr. and Mrs Oarruthers arrived from the South by the Warrimoo yesterday.

The Rev. Mr Hunt, Rev. Mr Taylor, Rev. Mr Nichol, Mr J. A. Kinsella, Chief Dairy Commissioner, Mr D. Cuddie, Assistant Dairy Commissioner, Mr Crabtree, and Mr Cable arrived from Wellington yesterday morning. Mr E. C. Anderson, Mr C. M. Luke, Mr J. P. Luke, and Mr D. Robertson, all of Wellington, arrived in town yesterday morning. Mr J. Sparrow, Mr W. Wilkinson, and Mr W. Burt (Dunedin) are in town. Mr H. J. H. Elliott, who lately retired from the position of Under-Secre-tary, for Mines after 47 - years' service, has been presented with a purse of sovereigns subscribed by the principal Civil Servant in'the colony. The Premier "made the presentation. Mr G. R. Peacocke, Mr. H. O. Rolfe (Hawke's Bay), Mr B. Potts (London), Mr F. Munro (Westport). Mr A. E. Maginie (Sydney), Mr Pollock, Mrs E. B. Millton (Rangiora), Mr George (Dunedin), Mr C. A. McDonald (Dunedin), Mr A. Isaacson (Melbourne), and Mr J. Stark (Dunedin) arrived in Christchurch yesterday. Captain Bone, Major McKenzie, and Mr Hurst Seager left for Wellington by the Rotomahana yesterday evening. The Rev. Fathers Marnane and Tubman join the Wimmera at Bluff for Melbourne.

The Rev. F. NiohoJ, Mr L. H. Tingy, and Mr.D. S. Watson left for Dunedin by the Wimmera yesterday. Mr J. M. Chapman, Mr J. H. Chapman, Mr J. Ortner, and Mr Birks left for Melbourne by the Wimmera yesterday. Mr Propsting, Mr Mountfort, and Mr Acton-Adams left for Wellington by the Warrimoo yesterday. Dr. Parks, Mr Lawler, Mr English, and Mr Henniker-Heaton left for Sydney by tlie same setamer. Referring to the appointment of the Rev. I. Bernstein v to succeed the late Rev. I. Zaohariah as minister to the Christchurch Hebrew congregation, the Melbourne "Jewish Herakf' of February 23rd says: The Rev. I. A. Bernstein, who will leave this State during next month in order to take up his new duties, was born at Ballarat in 1869, and is therefore thirty-seven years of age. He is the first (Australian native to he honoured with the important position as minister of a leading congregation. Mr Bernstein was brought up in the "golden city," and his Hebrew education was chiefly under the personal supervision of the late Rabbi Goldreich, minister of the Ballarat Hebrew Congregation. Mr W. H. Jennings has been appointed teacher at tho Little River Maori School. On Tuesday evening the non-commis-sioned officers of No. 7 Company Garrison Artillery (N Battery) presented Sergeant. Brioe, who is leaving the port to take up a position in Nelson, with a 6ilver-mounted pocket-book and a cigar case, suitably inscribed. Bishop Stretch, the newly-elected Bishop of the diocese of Newcastle (New South Wales), was born at Geelong in 1855, and received his early education at Geelong Grammar School. He then went to Melbourne University, studying in Trinity College, where he graduated. His original intention was to study for the law, but, coming under the influence of Bishop Moorehouse, of Melbourne, who was appealing for young men to take orders, he decided to study for the Church. At tho Lambeth Conference in 1897 he received the degree of D.D. from Oxford University. _ * Mr /Alexander Crabb, M.R.C.V.S., and late manager of the Christchurch Abattoir, who is leaving for England on Tuesday next, was presented with a gold albert and pendant, and a Kaiapoi Tug on Thursday night by the Christchuroh moster butchers.

At the meetinr; at Nelson yesterday Mr Fenwick ("Otago Daily Tunes") waa

elected chairman of directors of. the Press Association for the ensuing year.

Mr A. W. Roberts, who has been in charge of the Hanmer j»rison camp since its formation left yesterday for Waiotapu to take charge there. He was honoured with a smoke concert and dinner at Jollies Pass on Tuesday evening, and at a social on Wednesday was made the recipient of a purso of sovereigns. There v was a full master of the members of the Liedertafel last night in their rooms to wish bon voyage to Dr. Crooke, who is paying a visit to the Old Country. Mr A. Kaye (president), on behalf of the Liedertafel, presented Dr. Crooke with a handsomely fitted dressing bag, and wished him a pleasant voyage a_d speedy return. The warmest of good wishes were echoed and reechoed by the members. At Mo6giel on Thursday night Mr Donald Reid, junr v M.H.R. for Taieri, was presented by his Moagiel Committee with a handsome marble clock, to mark the occasion of his approaching marriage. Mr Arthur Aimes, chief accountant of the A.M.P. Society in New Zealand, has been appointed resident secretary of the society in Great Britain.