PERSONAL ITEMS.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 14194, 7 November 1911, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

[ His Excellency Lord Islington and i party visited the races at Riccarton ■' again yesterday. In tho evening they attended tho theare. This evening a dinner party is to bo held. Arrivals in town yesterday included Mr a"d Mrs Macdona.d (Urari), Miss O'Brven Hodeo (Orari), Messrs ■Bernard Tripp( Orari Gorge), E. Piricknev (Glenavv), G. lon wick. (Ihinedin , I-;.' Mncdomud (T'airiie.. W. 11. Slc-iii (Oamaru), A. E. Gardner (l>unedin), \ir ;ivd Mrs R. fallen (T.-?nuk:i). Captain S. C. P. Nicolls, Adjutants of the Eighth South Canterbury Mount*'

e_ Rifles, who had for somo time been stationed in A hbur.o.i, ha; b_t n transferred to TiUi.-uu, as it v.as found tliat Ashburton w.i.s not su.lici..-iuiy central. Bishop Grimes and the \ cry Rev. Pean Kegnault left for Wellington by the Mamma last n._:lit. Dr. Kail Is. uin in left Tor Wellington tv the Maraica last nignt. 'Mr ami - v »!s T. il. i>owry. Mr and Jlrs (!. 1". ..\'.ivams, Mr and Mrs I>. McLean, and Mr and Mrs VV7 Wynn left for W-iiin.jiGU by tuo Mararoa last nignt. SU.--.--is it. I). VsA\, W. D. Stewart, and Lr. 1\;» on hit ior .VcThngton by the.'.Mnrai'ea ia-_t n.ght. Mcv-i-s l>. A. AiK-ii, Assistant-Gen-eral M.'niag'-'i- of tiit.' I. niou 6team oii:p C_»nii'.t.-y. - ll! t; - v 7 o.uitii, and Captain it- i«-H fur Wellington by tin. .-nitaioii inst. ncnt. Ali - 11. .'UtaiuiM, who for tho j>ast two yciii-a !...-> bivu aetiiig-unit'l 1 - a ijg.7M.i.ui in tho liead oineo oi tuo i,iuw i_"U .'j'livty D.pai uncut, has 'bIA-'li jiHjlUO.tU IO tllO lull pOJIL.OII. J,ir .Ulv .wuoji jinii..d tho boi'vice in Uinili-..""ii years ago, and i'jr t»>«- p.-=t iln-.y-twu years nus ljv-i.ii iv tin 1 iK-.nl <M*ii-.o at Wfliniiiitm, serving ii-.a.: every bin veyur-Gcmral—■ iUttbij J. l«. ii'io.ii..._ii, .J. McKorrow, Ji. b<Jjioii, J. N> . A. -Vlaiciiaiit, and 'I. ■lliiiui-uiits. and tho prttoont occupier oi iiiu i'Ubii.o.i, Mr «J. btracliait. Mr l>. .v. tiraiiam, who hati boen niaiiiig'-r ol tlio .•iuriicrtun brunch ot tho l-.'iik oi Australasia lor the past six year.., h:u> reigned his position in orik-r to t.U.e o\or thc> management or tlio "Wairniapa, Daily 'liinee." -Mr It. \\. K.jiyi-oii, tvno has been manag-j;ig-d.litor during tiio last liltct.ji iu_inti:.s will continue to act as editor.

Last iv.(!l. .Mr Norman ilainlyn. a pronuneiiL nieiuber of tho lnvorcargill btar r i-oiball flub, who has accepted a position with the Fanners Co-oji-.Tii-tive Association in Tuiiaru, was tho recipient ot a travelling rug from Ins Cluo mates, lie was also presented with a travelling bag by tho Railway Rowing Club, ol which l;o wtis a valued member, and received a valuable gilt Jrom his ioliow empioywj. Mr F. G. ilnll-,.oit.\s, son of Sir William Hail-Jones, will bo the Wellington candidate ior tho Rhodes scholarship this year. Tho candidates from the other centres aro:—Auckland, Mr Allan Wallace. li.A.; Canterbury, Sir L. S. Jennings, M.Sc: and Otago Mr M. Ongley, Jd.A. Tho selection will probably bo mado next month. At the last meeting of tho Leeston Methodist Guild. Mrs J. Quigley waa presented with a silver sugar bowl in recognition of her work in connection with tho Guild.

At a recent meeting of tho Committco tit tno Canterbury Shcopowners' Union a Jotter was received firora Mr C. P. Hugonin, tendering his resignation as a Member of tho Executive owing to his rornoval from Canterbury. Tho resignation of Mr Hugonin, who had been a mom!.or of tho .Executive for tho past , wven years, was accepted tvith regret. Mr VV. F. Parkinson was elected on the Executive, in -Mr Hugonin's place.