PERSONAL ITEMS.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12484, 21 April 1906, Page 10

PERSONAL ITEMS.

a, £|| Mr A: W. Rut-H-rfbre.- _._._.. (Mcndip Hills) and Mi- D: D: Maefajv. ~,s lave (Lyndon) wero patiatflstrs by the *"* north express yesterday: "- Mr and Mrs E. Pain ham (Kaiapoi) ' ' < were passengers by tli© north cipreaa for Haiuner Spi-nigs yesterday morning, Mr J. Marsltoll ami Mr C, 1. Jc_,. nings (Rangiora) tetumed from Ne_x* a yesterday. Tho Roy. R. Henderson, of Sydenham, returned to Cliristchurch } _tc-\. day morning, Mr and Mra E. W. Roper, who put up at ttu> Hotel St. Frnncio at Ban Fran, cisco, were, early in March, atoying at the Hotel IJollo Vuu, J.riclio. Mr and Mrs Meredith-Kayo kft for - ." Wellington by tli© Moncnvai y«tcrday. vTho \'en. .Archdeacon Avciill and iho " R*v. Canon Coatea {o£ Lyttelton) kft by tho Warrimoo yesterday, en routa for the Old Country. Mr M. Bannister t,Wellington), Mr B, ■;' Dixon (Melbourne), Mr «". O'Keef* ■", (Wellington), end Mr T. A. Phi M*™ (The Point Station) arrived in Christ* j church ywsterday. Mrs and Miss Chase-Morris, Mr ___ Mrs Hanlon, Mr Henderson, Mx Stem, son, Mi- Gordon, Mr Kilian, and Mi_ Prouse left for the North last nagjbx. Mr A. R. Barclay, M.H.R. for Danedin North, passed through Christchurch yesterday. Mr Barclay attended th» morning sitting of tlie Labour Conference, and was welcomed by tha chairman.

At tho close of to-morrow evening's service in the Durham Street Ctiarc_, Sister Mabel (Mis* Morley), who ia undertaking the duties of Deaconess ia connection with the Church, will be introduced to the congregation, and set apart for the work. On Tuesday evening a presentation was mado by the staff of the North Canterbury Stores Co., Rangiora, to Mr R. Ewing, on his approaching marriage. Tho presentation took the form of a oas© of silver for the tea table and a biscuit stand. Our Dunedin correspondent telegraphs that the resignation of 'Mr George Leslie, tho Registrar of Frie__y £"«•_- ---ties, has been received by the Government.

At the Papanui Public School on ... Thursday afternoon last tho children, were assembled for the purpose of bid- t ding farewell to their headmaster, Mr - C. W. Garrard, who lias been promoted to the position of Inspector under tho _< Auckland Board of F-ducation. Mr T. '; H. Caverhill, on behalf of the scholars, ', presented Mr Garrard with a liandsome «'i marble clock", and at the same timo at- - hided to the excellent manner in which '_ Mi- Garrard, had conducted the school y : during the past nine years. } \ Mr and Mrs W. H. Syme, who are-/ leaving Dromore for Kimberley. were ,t, on Tuesday night entertained by the,'Dromore residents, and presented with., a marble clock, silver-mounted oak bi_»<' cuit barrel, and salt cellar. • _", At the annual meeting of parishioners j' of Holy Trinity Church, Lyttelton, the ~ Rev. Canon Ccvates, who is leaving on * a. twelve months' holiday visit to Eng- '. land, was presented with a purse of \i sovereigns. ';• Miss Winnie Birch, well-known on the... concert platform in Wellington, and, | lately a member of the Wellington '| Operatic Society, has taken to stage as a profession. Miss Birch has * secured an engagement with Mr WiW * liam Anderson's reorganised opera com-,^

pany. . • ,*s' The Rev. C. A; B. Watson, vicar oW Holy Trinity Church, Stratford, to take up the appointment to St.'3 John's, Roslyn, tho official organ of that| diocese, the "New Zealand having expressed Tegret that tho ap*<H pointment had not been filled by a clorgyman. - , ~ ' . ijf Mr Edgar C. Hazlett,. well-known u*t'| Dunedin commercial circles,,has left onf an extended trip abroad. His urst portj of call is Sydney. From there he goeaj to New Guinea, Singapore, Hong Hong.l and Yokohama. After spending **omeg timo in the Far East Mr Hazlott wittf journey to Vancouver and tli rough th£s United States to New York, and ncroHß. to London. Mr Hazlett anticipates that;this trip will occupy about 12 mont M*?* . The visitors to Hanmer are ***t-Y Amuri Grange: Mrs Cotter, Mrs Wf .. kinson. Mr and Mrs Skurr, Mrs GdR man, Mrs Jones, Mr A"Oou_-ty MrW*).. Miss Oarruthers, Mr Bailey, Mr Mr King. Mr Rofus,, _i_r"VeTri_l (wtftt-V uanoa), Mr Anderson and Mr Tnon-P-tffe, At The Spa: Miss Mackenzie, Mias «."% MacGregor (Wellington), Miss E. Wigney, Mr and Mrs Templeton ("*% kawa), Mr Roy Smith, A. _£ Tucker, Mr R. Thompson, Mrs AiknwK and Miss I. Black (Dunedin), Miw J_| Oowie, Mias M. Mao Gibbon (Gore), Sbsxte Sbuddy (2), and Mr and Mrs Walked (Southbrook). At Windsor House:. Vtfc and Mrs Flemming (Balcairn), Me«-»| Biggins (2), Mrs and. Miss Hohba, Mt»/ Bulmer, Mr Wallace, Mrs and Mist Lei>g win, Mrs Head, Mr and Mrs Hodj**to»v son, Mr Stanley and Mr Jaokson. Glennlvon: Mr Curie (Dunedin), __ii»£ Reid 1 , Mr Hewitt (Woodend), aad Mr G*";. Lewis.. '-'-Ji