PERSONAL ITEMS.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13744, 27 May 1910, Page 7

PERSONAL ITEMS.

His Excellency the Governor. Lord nli-ni-et accompanied by Captain s'nnnon and Captain Gathorne Hardy, arrived from V\ellm S toii by the Maori v.sti-rdav mornini:, and went on to rimicdin' by the first express. . Tho U«>"- •"■ A. Millar (Minister in .ttendsnc- upon the Governor) and \__ Hon. T. Mackenzie (Minister ot I'ncultureb with thru- private s_ecrctuies, M<s.r_ F. Thomson and L. E. Johnson, arrived Irom Wellington by t t, e Maori yesterday morning, and proceeded south by the first express. Ilicy return north in a icw days. Major Johnston, of tiie Staffordshire Regiment, in India, is spending his furlough in New Zealand. • j) r . Oivh'Td is at present away on a cruise round -.he South Sea Islands. Mr Albert Kaye in*ends leaving on a visit to England on Saturday week. VrrivaLs in town yesterday morning included :--Mr, W. D. Van Liew /[T.S.A.), Mr S. W. Pearson (.Sydney), anil Mr C Bowron (Kirwee.. A presentation was made at Wakanui on Wednesday to Mr and Mrs John Bonifant, who am leaving Wakanui to it-side in Ashburton. The presentation comprised an illuminated address to Mr Boni fruit, and a gold bracelet to Mrs Bonifant. r Dr. and Mrs Chcsson h.-ft for "Wellington by the Maori last night. Messrs G. Jamioson, G. W. Clarkson, and Piteaithly, left for Wellington lost ni;ht. Mr Thomas Brown left by the Maori last night for Wellington, where he will 'oih the Warrimoo for Sydney. Mr and Mrs G. S. Rutherford loft ,for Sydney by tho Warrimoo yesterday. Mr*G. D. Portus and Mr Tliomas Kingston, whose engagement with- the Fetor Pan Company has expired, left for Sydney by the Warrimoo yesterday. Dr. H. Hard wick Smith has assumed liis duties as medical superintendent of all the institutions under control of the Wellington Hospital anel Charitable Aid Board, and has paid two visits to the Otaki Hospital and .Sanatorium and ono to the Ohiro Homo. Later on ho will submit any special recommendations ho may have to make. The Board on Tuesday received a letter from .the Minister in charge of hospitals, intimntin**' that ho thoroughly approved of Dr. Smith's appointment. *• Lieutenant-Colonel Baucho?. C.M.G., Officer Commanding tho Wellington Military District, leaves for England shortly to Undergo a two years' course of military training at Camberley Staff College. ." Lieutenant-Colonel K. W. C. Chaytor will succeed Lieutenant-Colonel Ilauchop in command of tho Wellington District.

Mr H. C. Waterfield, who has been privato secretary to his Excellency the. Governor durins the whole of his term of office, left WoUinaton for London yesterday by the Rau'jatira. accompanied by Mrs WaterlieFd. They wero the only passengers., • Their-object in selecting a .cargo tramp v.as to secure quiet and perfect rest during. the Home ioya-26. , '