PERSONAL ITEMS

Press, Volume L, Issue 14901, 14 February 1914, Page 11

PERSONAL ITEMS

Mr E. R- Binwiddie arrived from Napier yesterday morning.

Mr F. G. Wells (Adelaide) is a visitor to Christchurch. Mr C. Kelleway arrivied fr° m s ? dnev yesterday morning.

Mr J. E. Cole arrived from Wellington yesterday morning. Mr T. Wolfram (Antwerp) arrived in Christchurch yesterdayMr H. Rogers arrived from Wellington yesterday morning. Mr G. R, Knight and 3lr W. Askew, of Auckland, are in town. Lieutenant-Colonel E. B. Millton (Birch Hill) is in town. Mr R. L. .Tcflfen-on. of London, is at present in Christchurch. Mr St. J. Buckley (Oamaru) is in town.

Mr E. Gray has been appointed a member ot the Sefton Domain Board. Mr R. E. Holloway arrived from Wellington yesterday.

Captain Meddiugs left for Wellington last night.

Mr P. Selig was among last night's departures for tho North.

Mr G. H. Mason, President of the New Zealand Rugby Union, left last night by the Maori for Wellington.

Mr and Mrs Thomas Lakeman, of Sydney, arrived in town yestorday morning.

Mr F. W. Flanagan arrived from Sydney yesterday morning, and left for the South by tho first express.

Mr H. J. Wvnr.e arrived from Wellington by tho Maori yesterday, and "3 staying at Coker's Hotel-

Mr T. Wmgfield and Mr A. M. ? Harper,' of Greymouth. arrived in Caristchurch on Thursday.

Mr and Mrs J. P. Kelman, of Tantaranna, Moree, New South Wales, are visitors to Christchurch.

The Very Rev. Monsignor CHaran and tho Rev. Father W. Barry armed from Sydney yesterday morning.

Mr H. G. Ell, M.P., returned from Wellington by tho Maori yesterday morning.

Arrivals in town from oversea yesterday included Mr Gfeo. A. Bond (New York) and Mr H. Plimpton (Melbourne).

Mr C. Holdsworth, General Manager for the Union Steam Ship Company, loft for Wellington last night.

Mr George Fenwick, of Dunedin, was a passenger for Wellington last evening.

Sir Joseph Ward was a passenger for Wellington by last night's terry steamer.

Mr G. Joachim, of Dunedin, manager of the Wcstport Coal Company, left for Wellington last evening.

Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M., who has been atteoding a meeting of the Superannuation Board at Wellington, returned to Christchurch yesterday.

Mr L. F. Ayeon, Inspector of Fisheries, arrived from Wellington by tho Maori yesterday morning, and will leave to-day for Oaraaru and Dunedin.

Mr John Farrell left by the first express yesterday for Timaru, Dunedm, and Invorcargill, to make arrangements for tho season of the Royal Comic Opera Company in those towns.

Arrivals from Australia yesterday included:—Mr A. Aprahoniam (Sydney),' Mr J- A. Simpsou (Parramatta), Mrs R. F. Leo and Mr J. Thompson (Melbourne).

Colonel R. A. Chaf&y, V.D., Brigade Commander North Canterbury Mounted Rifles Brigade, is to be in command ot the autumn training camp of tbe Nelson troops at Nelson.

Mr W. A. Hawkins, who tor some years has been Registrar -of tho Supreme Court at Christchurch, and who has been appointed to a similar position at Wellington, wDI leave for that city this evening. •

Among the New Year's honours, we notice a knighthood was bestowed on Mr Alexander Kaye Butterworth, general manager of the North Eastern Railwa'v Company, who is a brother of Mr G. "M. Butterworth, of Avonsfl*.

Mr Barrie Maroehel,. who was advance representative for the big pictures "Quo Vadis?" and Rainess "African "Hunt," is again in Christ* church with the 6000 ft dra*na "King of tho Air," which is to be shown at the CokTsseum next week.

.Yesterday, at tbe Rangiora High School, Miss Gladys Griffith, one of the staff, who is leaving for England, was presented by tho students with a peggybag and book, and Mr E. R. Good, on behalf of the Board of Governors, handed her a letter of appreciation of her services.

The Hon. W. A. Holman, Prime Minister of New South Wales, is to arrive in Christchurch on Wednesday, and at 11 a.m. he will bo accorded a civic welcome. Mr Holman will bb tendered a reception by the Social Democratic Party at the V.M.C.A. at 7-o'clock the same evening.

Mr George Harris (president of the New Zealand Swimming Association) and Mrs Harris celebrated their silver wedding yesterday, when a garden party was held at their residence on the West Belt. About three hundred guests were present, and expressed their felicitations to Mr and Mrs Harris. Among the large number of congratulatory messages received was one from the Council of the New Zealand Swimming. Association, the members of which presented Mr Harris with several handsome silver writing-table accessories.

Under date of January 7th, our London correspondent writes: —Mr Archibald F. Nicoll (late of Christchurch and Auckland) has just been elected a member of the Society of Scottish Artists. Twelve new members were proposed and voted for on submission of work: only four were elected, and the New Zealand artist was one of these. Mr Nicoll, who has been living in Scotland for the past two years, having a studio in Edinburgh, has recently been spending a little while at Concarneau, South Brittany, sketching tarbour and fishing boats principally. During the autumn the Now Ze-alandcr has exhibited at the Liverpool Autumn Exhibition, at the Manchester City Art GalloTy, and at _c Royal Scottish WaterrColour Society, where one picture painted at Concarneau was hung on- tho line. At the present moment a fair-sired oil landscape—"Afternoon, Brittany"— bangs' on the line at the exhibition of the Society of Scottish Artists.