PERSONAL ITEMS.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 13910, 8 December 1910, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

The Hon. J. A. Millar left Wciling.- _' ton for Taupo yesterday morning. =~" Mr E.. Tregear's retirement from w. ->- . Labour Department will take effect "X' from May Ist next, but he will a"* 6 duty at the end ct next month. '<*•£ Mr George F. Wyatt, business mana- y ger for Captain Scott's Antarctic _*-. pedition, accompanied by Mrs WyaW, left last evening hy the Victoria -«<;'• Sydney, where they will join the Kumano Maru for .-... < ."tended tour in * Japan. . ~ ~. *■*' Mr A. E. Cresswell left by the wo- -.. toria last evening for Auckland on hi* - way to Rotorua. . - *- Messrs A. L. Smith and J. A. Roba ;v, left for Auckland by tho Victoria last ,*; evening. ~-.,«* A Visitors to town include Messrs wWilson (Sydney). L. H. Baxter (Brad- >\ ford), W. C. Ord (Sydney), T. Bullock -* «*■ (Ashburton), Gecrgo Black (Invcrcar- •;; gill), C. J. C. Harper (Ashburton), t- . g Blundcn (Bennetts), and S. E. Ruther-, ford (Grasmere). ..' > At the meeting of the delegates <K_ the Canterbury Cricket Association ■. last evening, on the motion of the » chairman (Mr J. B. Brinsden), it was -- resolved to forward a letter ot aonath .. lence to the widow and family of the y lato Mr Washer, who was for many t> years prominently connected witn '\ cricket circles. Mr A. L. Muir, editor of the "Pot- J ertv Bay Herald," accompanied by ~ Mrs Muir, leaves Wellington on Jam*-' ~ ary 20th for a nine months' tour «i ; Great Britain, the Continent of Europe and America. t - ' • The Hon. J. D. Ormond, M.L.C., , and Mrs Ormond on Sunday <**•?* - : brated the fiftieth anniversary of their -< wedding day. During the day they re- ( ceived a number of visits of congiatunv - f tion and a great many telegrams from ' ail parts of tho Dominion. Both Mr - : and' Mrs Ormond are (says the "Hawke 3 • ■ Bay HeraJd") fortunate m enjojuig . excellent- health, and Mr Ormond has , ; - just been showing an energy in 1»9 , Parliamentary duties which many a younger man might envy. Mr and Mr* Ormond have been closely identified _ with tho progress of the district for or** ■ half a century. , !