PERSONAL ITEMS.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 14325, 10 April 1912, Page 9

PERSONAL ITEMS.

fhe Governor was the guest nf the Foresters' Lodge at a baliquet held, ut Auckland last night. To-day Lord Islington **i'l lay the foundation '*one or the neiv V..M.C.A. buildings

Sir Joseph U'.-Tft expects to leave Wellington towards tin- end of this week for the ."vintl,, en route to .Melbourne on a holiday nip. He will he absent from tin- Doihhkoii for about three nt-.'ks. Ili.ih.ip Jiii.i:.s am! Mrs Jul us Iff: by th. .Vlnei'i lei ». elltiigrnii. (ii route te England. la..i muiit. 'liiey expect le he <r\:i.s tr>-tn .be Dominion lor nine Hiont:.'-. Hi.-. I|>.-ii.-ii- Mi' J.i-ret; Hennifioii left tor Wcl i"i ..-'. I.i the .Maori 1h..! li:„ilt. The Vf-r- I!lv. Father Lrifliths, Provincial ol tie- liedempmist "nler frnru Ireland. who ha- bceti visiting *!m houses of tin- Order m the iKndnioii. left tor Wellington |-,-i night. He wu.-. accoiiip.irii' ii L\ th, l!ev. Father Murray. < ' S.-. If., ot U',.|||!igton. Mr If W. 11i._i M ..,. S M.. left 'or TVejiincrtan la-t ni Jit to altem) n me.-t----jjj._ nf tiie .■siriiel;; l ,,Ml,it|(ill lloill'tl. 'The Vl-'.i. .-iclidt-acuii C. C. Harper arrived froni Wellington by the Maori yosterfiui iM'irnin-: Mr and -Mrs W.-,|» rr |jj|| loft |or WcHinKton b-e-t night ill route lor Eii_lpnd. Messrs IV. Mili.e fioi ing-lohiiston. J. F. Henrys. ~,;d W. ||. I but-ill were jviSMmger. h. tbe M,it>ri for W'J.liug/Inn last ni-iit,

The l?'.'v. -f. T. Pin-old returned from the North !•• (he -M...i; i yc..t«may moru-iig.

Me.-.si-s fie.,. Harper. G. Weston, ji.tyl J. U. t;il!i!si.|f. an-tv. d from Wellington yesterday inr.ruin_.

The Rev. N. Turner. Mrs Turner, and family, left by the M'iori List even--rij. tor Auckland.

. The Rev. J. McA r i|mr. of On,make, has resigned from tip Presbyterian Chnr-h there to fake up a new'sphere oi ''ork at Mo:iil.,-,rnr«.

Major A U. Charters t n sun of .Mr H. V\. Charters, of Chrisfehurch). of Grevtown. fbh Regiment. We'l'ngtfip'Knst Coast Rifles, has riu.il/iied by e_ainination for the rank cf keutenan.colonel.

Prior to his demrfm-p fr-.ni ....bhnrton lor Invercdr.iii. Mr J. F Pr'tchard •las presented by tho mcirb-rs of the St. -Mary's Tennis Club with a purse of sove.rei.nis.

t ljl - I. , letter received recently by Lieut.-Colonel Cooper from Captain H. K. Rotter previously A.A.G. ,*„ Christchurch who leir somo months ago for India- Captain Potter states that after a week in , lbunhnv and after getting lifted out uitli suitable Indian clothing- |io was srnt io Fcr.iz.'pore an.l attached to tho Cnnnaugbt Rangers Infantry Rattalion. On all field days manoeuvres and battalion and brigade drill parades Captain Potter had charge of n company. Ho went with with the battalion to Delhi for the Durbar.- Aik-r throe months with the Rangers |je was sent to the frontier attached to tha staff of the Rannit Rrignde, He describes the life as just like being on active service. A party of Australian journalists representing tho Association- Provincial Press passed through Christnburcli" | as t night and went oil to Wellington by the .vlaori. TJ t e party consisted of Mr and Si™ C. Hri_gs (".Mount Morgan T^r, 8 ' 1 -9*" M?, wto , » t, >. Messrs it, H. and "• IJ. Richardson C Argus,' 1 Parniltiatta), F. Pinkstone (" Her-.|d," Cootarniinfjra), A- Malcolm (Balr-jnald., and H. .Robinson (Singleton). Tn hricf interviews with a re-.orter of "The Press'" the members of tho party said they desired to emphasis-, the remark made nrovioi-slv- that Christchurch was the prettiest- town they; had visited i v the Dominion. Referring .to the South Island generally th-jruaid fjiat if they hud-not seen st they would have been unable to speak authoritatively of the t-reat scenic attractions n f t| lf , 7)onijnion. The scenery of the cold Jnkei. had exceeded their pre-conceived. ideas. They expressed themselves . highly gratified- with/ the Wdial receptions the representatives nf the newspapers of the "Dominion had 1 extended to then*.