PERSONAL ITEMS.

Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14407, 15 July 1912, Page 7

PERSONAL ITEMS.

The Hon. R. Hcaton Rhodes, Post-master-General, arrived from Wellington yesterday, and proceeded to his • home at Tni Tapu. Mr Rhodes will bo in tho city to-day, and will leavo for .Wellington by this evening's steamer. \ The Rev. Cecil John Wood was consecrated as fourth Bishop of Melanesia in St. Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin, yesterday morning by the Primate, Bishop Nevill. Bishop Sprott, of Wellington, and Bishop Crossley, of Auckland, assisted the- Primate. The consecration sermon was preached by Dean Fitchett, and there was a full musical tervico. The church was crowded. .Messrs L. M. Isitt, MJP. (Christchurch North), and J. Craigie, M.P. (Timaru), arrived from Wellington by the Maori on Saturday morning. hieut.-Colonel Sraytbe, Lieufc.Colonel Chaffey, and Lieut.-Colonel J. C. Nicholls arrived from Wellington by tho Maori on Saturday morning. Messrs T. Brown, C". G. Smith, and i ' ?. r *" or - arr ' vc d from Wellington by the Maori on Saturday morning. Dr. MccLaurin arrived from Wellington on Saturday morning. " --Captain D. J. Watson, secretary of x \4- er ,?" iant Service Guild, arrived from Wellington.by tho Maori on Saturday morning, and left for Dunedin by tho second express. iv*V>-" A ••'"*"• Beaven returned from Wellington by the Mararoa yesterday. Messrs W. H. E. Wanklyn, J." B. -Norns. A. 1. Rattray, A. A. Fooks, E. - t": Guinness, S - c - Barron, H. F. *>' co! < S] A - Hunter, and W. Mawson, it* ; ickerill - »nd Captain Palleson lott for "Wellington by tho Maori, on Saturday night. Professor R. J. Scott arrived from Dunedin by the Mokoia yesterday. C-aptam George A. Preece, N.Z.C., on the retired list, has been awarded the Officers' Colonial Auxiliary Medal • ior servicer, for 36 years and 2-13 days. Mr Charles A. Wright has been appointed a member of tlio Dunsandel Domain Board. The officers ot thc Invercargill Railway Department met on Thursday . evening to bid farewell to one of their number, Mr W. P. Williams, who, for ___ the past eighteen months has occupied __ the position, of traffic clerk nt Invercargill, and who has now been pronoted to the position of stationmaster at Christchurch. Mr T. W. Brebner, traffic manager, presided, and. on behalf of the staff presented Mr Williams with a tea service. He spoke highly of _Mr Williams's services and popularity, and wished him success in his new field of activity. Mr J. 11, Fowler, Government Audi- , tor for Nelson and Westland provinces, has received notice of his removal to Plymouth province. Mr A. Wylio, of tho Rnilway Maintenance Department, and who is well . known in musical circles in* Christenurrh. on tho eye of his transfer to the first division of the Railway Department. Palmerston North, was presented with a purse of sovereigns by his fellow-employees. 'Sir McKay, fore--2_f n °* works, made the presentation. ' • .Tbo gathering was a very enthusiastic

Arrivals in town include Messrs A. }>atkin (Auckland), A. W. Clarke (Wol- ■ hagton), H. Riley (Wellington). F. :, Brown 'Wellington)," W. J. Hyde (Dun- - S_. ,n >. F- L. Gudsby (London). M. - 'Hioinson (Wellington), F. H. Beeson

(Auckland); Derek E. Thornton (Greymouth). L. H. Maddisou (Auckland), A. A. Douglas (Timaru), J. Whittingham (Wellington), N. Rattray (Dunedin). A. M. Mollisou (Wellington), L. W. Butcher (Wellin.ton). F. O. Haekar (Nassau), and.D. C. Halley (Auckland). Mr G- J. Anderson. M.P. for Mataura, arrived from Wellington by the Mararoa yesterday, and goes on to his home at Gore by tho first express this morning. Mr A. do R. Barclay, who has been sub-editor of the "Southland Times," Invercargill, for some years, has received an appointment on tho staff of the Sydney "Daily Telegraph." Ho takes up his new duties on August 6th.