PERSONAL ITEMS.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 13958, 3 February 1911, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

-• Prince Leopold of Battenberg and party left Christchurcb for the Cast yes- . torday morning, en route for Westport, where they will catch the Mapourika for Wellington. His Excellency the Governor, aocorapamed by Captain Maitland, left Waihi yesterday nforning on his return to Wellington, after having speut ] several days with the mining delegates, who are- attending the annual Conference of the Mining Institute. Captain Ovcrton, -Mr A. S. Biss, and Mr W. H. Haggcr arrived from Wellington by tho Maori yesterday moraing. , Tho Rev. Father Kirabell (Temuka), Messrs F. M. B. Fisher, M.i J. B- . Clarkson, J. Buckley, G. T. Booth, and T. Danks left for Wellington by the Maori last night. Mr Charles vV. Carter, Commissioner for the Panama-Pacific National .World! Exposition, which is being organised to celebrate the opening ot tho Panama CfinaS in 1915, and which will cost • twoivo million -pounds, of which three million has already been subscribed by -"- merchants, is at present in Dundein. Hβ ' leaves for Christchurch this morning. Mr G. W. Hulme left for tho North ■ ~ last- evening, apd returns to Chnstchuroh in a few days. Messrs Dunlop and Keith, the Scot- . tish Acricultural Commissioners, «*• ~' rivod from the South by ihe first ex- ; ; -o press yesterday. They were accom*' :,* panied by Mr J. D. Ritchie. M« -Ji Dunlop and Miss Keith are also of the ;^g

" which will' probably leave for ; Wdiintcum to-morrow evoning. Air w alter Johnson, secretary of the : Vc* Swsmming Council, is at •■ oresent inuisposed. '• T '' ir visitors to town are Messrs Rather (London), F. S. Roberts, J. • OrptiJalf (Melbourne), R. Marsack /Auckland), G. Whitcombo (Kawhia), F Gariick '(Wellington), A. E. Rowdca /TTrmjanTii). A. Uutchinson (Wolling- }).,, — Macfarlane (Aberdeen), W. 'I', nlro'tt (Kr.glnnd), H. Lonft-jen (Lon- - 55 F. Montasuo (Wellington). *\lr It- • Wobster, assistant art * tpr at the School of Art, has just received tbo isiforrnation that bo has awed tho cxiiniination in Perspective. Sopc'uctod liy the English Board of Education. Mr Wehstor has now comexaminations and submittorl, tifj bail accf-ptod, tho finished works fUtitliriK him to the A.C.T. diploma. SJ! .Vrt Class Teachers' Diploma nnilifi'es him for an assistant art mastercMn'vii any of tho Government Art Sols vader tho English Board of Eduction. . . The promotion or Lieutenant G. J. Bpattie, o f tVio E Battery, to tho position of es-ptnin, is announced in the ; Gazette. Colonel hnight, rommandpr of the Vorth island division of tho Salvation Army leaves Wellington Fjy tho Manuka Saiy for Svdnry. on route to Melkjurne ro take charge of the Salvation Army's Federal Training Department.