PERSONAL ITEMS.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12852, 10 July 1907, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

The Hon. W. Hall-Jones was some* what brighter yesteroay, and haa already benefited by hie stay in Chriet* church. Hβ will leave Now Zealandby the Kaipara to-morrow.-

The Hon. George McLean, M.L.C.,' • and Mr Gladstone Bell wore paeeenjjen from the iSouth. by tho first express yesterday. Mr T. E. Pearson, of Rotor v«, head . gardener to the Tourist Department, arrived from Wellington yestorxlßy < morning. He spent a Tory busy uay visiting several warehouses to see the latest things in took, and examining some of the newest local examples ot landscape gardening and ite kindred • crafts. To-day ho goes to Hanmer on a visit of official inspection. Mr J. A. MacKay. who hae been for many years on the literary ■Uβ of the "Southland Daily News," hu received an appointment on the reporting staff of the "New Zealand Newi," ' Wellington's new morning paper. Captain James ±.deN aught, of the, Highland Rifles, Wanganui, has beon appointed organiser for the National League of New Zealand.

At a social gathering in the Ortnn .' Hall, Ashburton. on Monday night, Mr ' A. E. Gee, who hae been tranefernd ' to the Christchuroh etaff of Mewri' * Wood Bros., flour millers, was proeentod with a case of pipes.