PERSONAL ITEMS.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12507, 21 May 1906, Page 7

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr Justice Cooper, Mr Dβ Montalk,, lit. Van. Asch, Mr C. W. Turner, Mr Dinnie, and Mr Winterburno arrived from Wellington by the Mararoa on Saturday.

•Dr. Mees, Mr and Mrs It. C. Bishop, and Mr Werner, arrived from the North

by the Mokoia on Saturday

Mr H. D. Pine, of "Tho Press" job printing department, was presented on Frklay evening by bie fellow employees with a tea service. The gift was made in honour of Mr Pine's silver wedding, ami was a tribute to tho esteem in Which ho ia bold in tho department./. Mr J. H. Gunsoti (Auckland), Mr J. C. Spedding, Mr J. Kobinson, Mr W.

Trcffitt (Napier), Mr and Mrs Baldwin, ilr J. Vance, Mr M. li. Ferguson, α-na Mr John Tait (Wellington) arrived in Christcourch on Saturday. Mr R. Heaton ltbodee, M.H.R., loft for'Duncdin by the Alokoia on Saturday.

. Justice Denniston, Mr Hamilton Hodges, Mr Larnacn, Mr J. Brown, Mr , J. Fraser, Mr Barter, i«ir A. L. Dan-

l niston, Mr A. W. Bain, Mr G. *v. f, Crampton, Mr Laing-Me&son, Mr Ked- / ' disll, and Mr end Mrs ja.. H. G. Colo !' ■ left for Wellington by tlie Mararoa on J -Saturday night. [ Ocptain S. Willis left for Napier by ' the laluno on Saturday night. Mr ffnd Mrs Joseph Rowley and family left Christehurch by the Talune on _ Saturday night to tnko up their residence in Auckland, whero Mr Row- • . fey has been transferred. At the-East belt Wesleyan school- . room yesterday afternoon, presenta- ." tione were made to Mr Joseph Shenis, who has been superintendent of mo .Sunday school for the past tvipnty-six jeans, and who- is now retiring from tho .pesiUon. On behalf of tho officers, . .toackere and scholars, tho Rev. W. 5 /Ready presented Mr Slierris with an "Humiliated address, and Mrs Shorns with a hot-water kettle. On behalf of too old scholars, Mr W. Pugh presented .'Mr and Mrs Sherrie with two armi chairs.

•• On Saturday Mr J. Mulhearn, chief engineer of the Drayton Grange, was ffiarricd at Lyttelton to Mies Bos-sio l»njbb, eldwt daughter of Mr James urnbb, of Lyttdton. Tho service was wnaucted by the Eer. Father Cooney. J»f Mulhearn was th« recipient of w«l----«U)g presents from the captain, officers, end engineers of the Drayton G-ange. -. Anwn X tlio vieitors to Christclinrch » Mr Harley Thomas, of the Eastern extension Cable Company's staff nfc La ■ VwmtiQ (Sydney). Mr Thomas, who is en old Christchuroh boy, was trained at the Wokapuaka Cable Station, ajid 'J B3 been located for some years past in Australia. ,Mf John fiwflnwn, Grand Master of *«> Ashburton District of Oddfellows, W *J a passenger for Wellington on SatHroav night. Ho ihas boon appointed a delegate to the Friendly Societies' Ulonwl Conference, whicli hne been wjied together by tho Government to insider ivhiit improvements should be "itroduced into the Friendly Societies

-Mr B. W. Black, who has been for wrae tune past on tho staff of tho -■ n* c,fi ?,. C » ble Boat<l at tho Doubtless " f*y station, ha* received notice of * transfer to Suva. Mr Black was for • a number of years in the service of tho S»ew iSealand Telegraph Department.