PERSONAL ITEMS.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12995, 24 December 1907, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Sir Philip Brocklehurst, a f^^Hl of tlit» Antarctic expedition, JiM'*l?9» v rivod in -Auckland from Sydney. '«§ i Major Skeote, of the Canadian | tia, who saw active service in * h * : War HR a captain of Stratheana'e | is visiting Nelson. 1 Lieutenant Pesou, tl.tm |

«r.*« Iβ at nreeeni m iiucKiann. - ?*'u.w for V ? o lWahortly to -jSfsfiV *«d Mr E. Diamond (Mel*°iTan» number of tourists arrived i the Bluff by th© Marama yesterday. iJaog «» P""" I, * , ™ ™a a German ' fiSSiat, Herr . Guatev Major, who ' t. been «>mmi»i«n«l to write a eer-•-nf articles on the Dominion for the 1 J» ('Frankfurter Zeitung. P'ffali/r J- 0. B.liartlett of St. «.rke Wellington, haa accepted the ' fuitloaof vicur of St. Lukes, Oamaru. 1 rhrirtchnrcb police force, is being *«naf«red to Wellington, and leaves (nr hie now station on Thured »y. Our London correspondent writes on Vniember 15th:— Profewor Cook and Mrs O>k have made arrangements to wye on their return to New ' fecund via Australia, by tho P. and O. dSmer Macedonia nest month, armina" in the colony wme weeks before the heturei begin. I am exceedinglyglad ' JTbTible'to report that Professor Rank hM benefits greatly by change if »oene and roftt, and ho ia looking »Arvwell. Ho had a reassuring opinion fwm Dr. Collins, the, cyo specialist of rTvendiehequaro, and quite recently ho ♦MLtelled to Wiesbaden to consult Dr. pTjjeDstechftr, who decWs the Proffer's eyes to bo perfectly free from JrTdieease amd fit for work. After bo reaeenrine an opinion Profeeeor nnd UnTCook were able to enjoy n short ■t*y on the Continent, visiting Leipwhere their daughters had taken their diplomas, Dresden, and Honover. *Altftg«*iUr they had a pleasant httlo AocordinK to a London Anglo-Colon-Id SSf Mr A. P. Wilding will not ■£ Kkto' New Zealand till 1008, aa itahiM accepted en Mignpemeait for tho winter months as English tutor to tho sons of Baron Liptray, in South Hun- ' esrt Wilding imtoiids once moro to wrapet* for tlie Knglish Lawn Tennie Championship before finally settling down to the practice of hie profession in Ohristchurch. There have been hardly any callers thia week at tho London office of tho tf&r Zeiland Government, viz., Mr W. ' P Ware (Buonoe Ayres). Mr J. M. BeJl (WelliiUjtonX Mr and Mra T. Copstick (Oanterbury), and! Mra MaoNeil (Sydney), and "Mi* , MaoNeil. • HLn excellent littlo book on "Terma «nd Theniea of Ohoss Problems" has just been published! by uleesre George Boutledge and Son. Tbo author is Mr fi. 8. Bwckburne, formerly of Cliriatchurch, New Zealand*. It is dewribed; a* "a new and enlarged edition oF 'Probloma, Terme, and Characterisation ' by the same a-ivtihor."