PERSONAL ITEMS.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12905, 10 September 1907, Page 7

PERSONAL ITEMS.

; Tbs Mayorom, , Mrs Pnylini;. returned - from Auckland on .Saturday. ' Among tlio pessongere by the first 'eipwee fronv the South yesterday twwtho Yon. Archdeacon Hnrpw and i r 3lr J. 0. Thbraeon, M.H.R. \t ilewre H. H. Oxley (Auckland), F. (Haitmer), .and A. Fairbairn fffliinedin) arrival in.town yraterduy. % Tho Hon. 0. Louiaeon and Mrs Jenisson, Mrs«3eddon, Mrs R. W. 'Chapman, Dr. Hayes, Mr D. Buddo, W.H.R.; kt T. H. Davey; M.H.R., Mr G. Witty, M,H.K.,.'Mr J. O. Thorn•on, M.H.R., Mr G. Lauren•ou, ( were passengers for Wel\Uugion by the Rdtomahana last night. - Oα Thursday, last Messrs J. Fortjes, •ml S. Kingan,, who are leaving tho 'dwtrict, were entertained at a faio>e]l social in tho Tai Tapu Hall. Dur- ; lug tlio oveuing Mr J. Forbes was prolented with a purse of eovoroigns, and \Vt and Mr* Kiiigan, with , v marble Ltlock, as marks or Ateejufroin thoir - many friends in tfie: distfict. <] Tho St. JohnV Sunday Softool, ileeston, on Sunday presented the Rev. 'W. H, Orbell with ft ou®e of silvei'inountod nipce, ami Mrs Or boll -with a ""fair of eilver-moiinted vnaea. Mr \V. jNichols, tho school superintendent, itnAo the presentation, n«d Mr Orbell, 4irho b leaving the district, suitably Jftependod. • • if Sergeant Mackay, from "Mount Cook tftortiou, Wellington,: arrived- at Rangl<M* yesterday, to'tnko charge of the : ,boil polico district. " I Mr- E. RiclwrdiKMi has resigned his jfftfjtion as District Manager for the Jftean Accident Guarantee Corporation, 'limited, and left last night o» a holi'm trip to Nelson. * I.Mr 0. T. J. Alpers, eolicitor, intends lot 1 - y to return from Timaru to Rwhrutchurch, ami to rosume the pracKJW of Ws profession here. mm Saturday niorning tho memberu jiftd clerk of ihe Templeton Road IBmrl met Jfr-Geo. Witty, M.H.R.. ■Oha arrival from Wellington, ami I W**ut(.irl him with a gold albert. Mi gWHje, chairman of the Board, referred 2u e "** e,tt '» trhich Mr Witty waa !Wα M late chairman, and to his un mm courtesy. Those remarks were fj flooned! by all preeent, and Mr Witty waked thp donors for thetr gift and iWtlieir expressions of'goodwill. ' ilr and Mrs Simon MoDouaJd, who ;** waving tho Harewood district to JWfo «t Fondalton, after fourteen residence in the former locality, Wβ .tendered it farewell social on ;*»*tay evening. Mr R. A. Prnrsepro 322f* i »t° n Jfllf ,f of U, ° »aMente Wanted Mr McDonald .with a wellJWW'Purte of sovereigns, in recognlffl? u the *»*«"»* ho had taken in 'iSni** , ' , "" 0 of the d'iatriot. Mre N. «tl J r with a valuable r -?Si£ ,,rnlt « re ', n /. ,d oa brfie,f o' ,J.,Y )nu 1 I »ttee of ladies engaßed in tfiSB h rtv work (m, g asrj£ EthjS k 80 Md«nt xvorker) |nw* and poarle.