PERSONAL ITEMS.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13131, 2 June 1908, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Th© Prim© Minister (Sir J.- O.'vS Ward), Lady Ward, Miss Ward, «a_&? Messrs Hisdop and Matthews (private ?S secrot-r.es) left fox Dunedin first, express yesterday morning. ■ i'**-^ Lord Ranfurly baa been by Cabinet to officially rerireaent' Dominion at th© Quebec toi-ce_-t©-»ry}/3 demonstration. The festivities on July 22nd, and will extend over &'j_ week. Th© Prince of Wales will _©.£< present. , ' '■"-■fi { Mr John C-til'lwell, Fellow of Ins tit into of Chemist- of Great Brit_i_wS and Ireland, haa been appointed' 6istant chemist to th© Department-ciJjS Agriculture. " ' l '%n| Police-lnspeotor Gillies left. evening to pay an official visit to ti_e*-*fs police station, at the is included, ia th© Canterbury district.,. •-*;£*■_"•? Messrs T. E. Taylor and> J. G. Fi-Wig left by "the Ripple for tho Chathli&4 .-.lslands last night. ' • -iSr'^i Mr John Robert, left for $ by th© MararOa last night. -'-/sK| Dr. Bett was a passenger for tiw"£f south by tho second expreaa y__ter«~3" d*y ' HIKI Mr G. A. King, Registrar of &a_jl Supreme Court, loft by the first pre-- yesterday to attend th© aittmg-.;>:& the Court at Timaru -o-morrow. ,' is * Arrivals ia town yesterday includ-sli cd:—Mr R. J. Whit© Mr E. G. Cotter (Dunedin), Mr amhj - ] uVlrs IKilian (Akaroa), Mr A: CTimaru), Mr John Ronnie (Inven*a"**"sj| gill), Mrs Greonwoodi (White RockfJS Ashley), Mr JB. O. O-Connell lands, Rangiora), Mr W. T. W-Utefc&f; (London), Mr W. P. Hbreley, Mr OvtnTg H. Bee-bam (Brancepe-h, and Mr J. Crossley (Waikari). .-'- *,"-* v Mr J. Young, who haa been.' -|| head gardener to th© Chri_tchuroh,l-o : main Board, has been Curator at Ashburton Domain for tho past fott£r"*-| and a half years. He -©rred" a ttlrea^ y«a*-_' ap_>rentice_-iip at Sir Buchanan's at Crai_end (__st-©,,S-ir-*5:5 lug-hire, where his father was • seer and forester. After gaining «-;vJ ra rienc© in aeveral minor Mr Young was appointed head gardeji-£*£j or to Mr R. Williamson, the I/axey Glen Gardons, in the JWe Man. Subsequently Mr Young went >jg to Australia, and waa appointed J n i'J§ -tructor of the Go-rerntwnt State r* Nurseries, Mount Macedon, Victoria. || Business afterwards required his pre- *_j. sence in th© Old Country, and before A returning to tiie colonies he entered *| as head gardener in ••tb© -crnce of * ; fe_" Major Robert S. Stephen, J.P., M.A., -jfe M.H.K.,co__*r___i*din_. th© I&1© «Mm>',> Volunteers. On returning to Au-tra-JV" lia h© was appointed officer in of tlio Ha-velock Stato Nun-cry . «aAf< Plantations, Victoria. -This mont he held for nearly 13 yeare, while there superintended the ckarmg -& of a big tract of waste country; **$_,;*" established tho nurseries. He;.t-*n«f cam© to New Zealand, a_d-.was*ap j ~, pointed head gardener to Mr Jtoid, of Eldersfio, near Oamaru. Fran* 'A laderslio h© went __■ Curator to tb©;.-. Askburto-i Domain, which n sow one of th© most, picturesque, csharming- v : aud best kept 'public paries in vac Donw *- 3 inion. "* * \ ' v Mr James E. Thomfion, etoek tn-.;-----spector at th© port of Dunedin, who ?- has just been retired from **-* Cm*i» -;_; I Service, is a very old and i-specttd -?_ colonist (says, the "Otago Daily Times *). ; *, jHe arrived in Australia in tie _*»-''-*; \ 1852, but did not remain.there very/ long, th© d_ggrngß not bavrog any at-; , tractions for him. After a couple ©i/-- : years, ho mad© up his mind to com© to *i*_ New Zealand, and landed m Gt_*i-tel"- •*-' bury in 1854. Tho first Jeasohokl that 7 Ivo acquired was at Hal_«well, near Ghri-ichurch, whore h© remained for « short period. Then ho secured aC-OVB-, - lease of 55,000 acres in th© Otaio «*•",? trict, near Timaru, "which he aft***-'-., wards inoreased to 120,000 acres. Ifr -•; 1873 lie removed to the North Islandt,;,,having a ruin in the Akrtio di_rtinctv; ' At'that time the scab amongst, ■aheep-'V; was very prevalent, but with hard worK s , and. systematic dipping hi« flocks were ;,* declared* clean. Alter remaining in t00,.. North for several years h© sold out,.' and returned to Canterbury, taking 1-p. aaiotlioT property in tlio Timaru di«- , trict. but bad times compelled him to-", surrender. In lboS he got empwy- -, meut in, the Stock Department, ana -s-*_ tivo years later ho receiv*** -MP.. point-rnent of inspector of stock. Dur* -$ m<r th© last thirteen years h© has OPe» v :* stafjoned in Dunedin. Lice mAny oT tho pioneers, Mr T-bo-n«>n has borna. hi-i share of tho Itardahips of th© «»riy-X da-s. awl those who have been- aseo-,"< ciatetl with him, both privately and J* : his official capacity w-tii one and art 55. wb!i him many years ot good hc-olM" ia.-.> his future career. _ " f