PERSONAL ITEMS.

Press, Volume L, Issue 14909, 6 March 1914, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

—« .. y Dr. Jeffries left for the north 1«»;_ evening. * ■ '' £*£■ Dr. Downcs left for the north br the*/*. Wahine last night. i^.. The Rev. Mr. Grar- was among fc|fc_ -' nigllt's departures for the north. "_-\% Mr. H. L. Michel arrived in church last r.ight from the Welt. 7* Coast. _ .*^. The Rev. W. A. Burley was a pa*- 1 *;, senger for Wellington by >ast nich* 1 " .$_ ferry steamer. j%*f Mr E. Hiley, General Manager «._£ Railways, was a passenger for WeP "_ iington by the Wahine last evening. y'_l Sir Joseph Ward left for Weillnfc-'Y ton last night. He returns to church next Tuesday., leaving for the*,, south the samo day. >-f7„ Misses C. I. Lovell-Smith Wbitcombe have been appointed *fe. sistant-mistresses at the School. ''-''£ Mr P. D. Leslie,, the New Zea&jjjh' manager of the Colonial Mutual M*-.s Assurance Society, is spending a f«*?_V days in Christchurch on a visit of in*-. spection. , ~ t _,; Mr Cawsev, for some years manage? .; and secretary of the Ashburton g*sV works, has been appointed to \_ Mr Atkinson, manager and «««* t J2V* of the Hawera Gas Company, who JW* ■ resigned. •_, An Auckland telegram state* -t_ij| . ; Mr E. S. Grundy, solicitor, a son ■» * Mr W. J. Grundy, headmaster of »• Clyde quay School, Wellington, .W , yesterday at the ago of twenty-sert» yeare. the result of illness contracted «• New Year time. •*. ■ ! Private advice has been received T| ."• Dunedin of the death in London, flft A > : Tuesday last, of Mr David AndertOg', 1 who for many years was general Wg.r ager in Australia for tne Orient ij *F}f J panv. He retired some time *&'___* J __Z' * to ill-health, and was succeeded by*»t . David Reid. > >_ < ■ Mr Vernon S. Ransford. a ™ smh *jj& -V. the Australian cricket team at P* 6 *™: ".. touring in New Zealand, glay«** £ I *jJJ/'-. match with the team in _-_th bury. as ho has been recalled ■} business. He came north on "^"^t^. day evening by the second express, »»* - left by last night's steamer en route to. * Australia. --"-'; The Very Rev. Dean Mc * l! Sf.-_* Vicar-General, accompanied by tho _r£\% Father Tom McKenna, arrived «*IS.-J''. mantle on Tuesday, and will reach V«5-...:_.: lington on March 25th. News b» JRN_ been received that the aged of tho rev. gentlemen died in .~|S_~, Kilkenny, Ireland. twow_k«at. sons had departed for New "***T^.T* Miss E. McGregor, infant mistrSa_m£-) Richmond School, left last night «*iS J.,: seven months' visit to England aB Continent. On Wednesday aftenio was presented by the School P^f c * B with a valuable'Kaiapoi and the teaching staff gave her * jl tS||||

gome dressing-case. The presentations * ware made by Mr S. Pentecost and the headmaster, who both wished Miss McGregor an enjoyable trip and a safe return. Mr Edwin Blake, formerly member of' Parliament for the Avon electorate. is lying seriously ill ai his home in New Brighton. Mr Blake, who is in his 84th year. was one of the pioneers of mining on the West Coast, where he has hosts of friends who will regret to hear of his illness. Mr Blake has for many years taken a great interest in municipal affaire, and was for some time a member of. the New Brighton Borough Council, ' and also a member of the Waimairi Road Beard. An interesting incident of the visit of the Australian cricket team to , Christchurch last week was the dis- ' oorery that Mr J. N. Crawford's father, the Re**- J- C\ Crawford, was a member of the West of England football team at the time it was captained by Mr F. Wilding, X.C.. of this city. The ■ Rev. J. C. Crawford was a great football player, _nd had .he reputation of being the finest place-kick in England. Jlr Crawford, when in Christchurch, took the opportunity to call on Mr Wilding-