PERSONAL ITEMS.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 15219, 5 March 1915, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dr. Valintine left for the North last right. ■ ■

The Hou F. H. D. Bell was a passenger for Wellington by the Wahine last evening. :, ' '.''■'

Duke Kahanamokii and party returned from tbo West Coast last night, and proceed to IVcllingtbti,to-night..-.

Mr J. B. Jfawson, , assistant• master at Wellington College; has resigned bis position on the.college staff, in order to join the Expeditionary Force.

Captain <J. C. of the. 10th (Nelson) Mounted Rifles, now with the main Expeditionary Force in Egypt, has been promoted to the rank of major. . . \ * '■■

■Mr Meredith Atkinson, the advocate of; the University movement for-'work-ers, 'wilt..be the guest, of;,the New Zealand Club at lunchoon in the Y;M.C.A, rooms 'at .I'p.m. to-day.

Mr William 51, of Ashbiirton, gained certificates of proficiency (.8.A.) in mental science and economics, at the recont. University of New Zealand examinations. " "

Lieutenant T. Christopher, of the staff of Messrs Stranse and Co., has received a commission in the sixth reinforcements, and will leave for W»j!Hugton on.Jlarch 11th. '

Mr S. J.. Harding, who has been stationed in Napier for the past three years as resident engineer for/the Public Works Department, hae received notice of his transfer on promotion to a similar position at Auckland.

Advice has been received that Captain Walter C. Wright, son of tho iaife Mj- J. T. Wright of JDuiiedin, has been promoted to the rank of ant-colonel of his regiment,' the oth -Northumberland Fusiliers. .

At the Carlylo implement works yesterday, Mr Isaac Spoonbf was iurowelletl on the eve of his departure for tho , front. Mr Spooner is a recent arrival from Yorkshire, and has two brothers at the front.

Mr Henry Hajward. of the Sew Zeuland Picture Supply Company, is leaving on a trip to England, via America, in about six weeks' time. Mr Hayward will bo absent for about bix months. ' '

Mr Night McCartney, wpll known as a prominent swimming enthusiast, has severed ' his connexion with l>algety and Co., Napier, and removed to W«uganuj, where he takes \ip the position of resident inspector for the Roynl Insurance Company. •■-''

Mr C. Richmond Fell was on Monday night elected president of the Neleon Chamber of Commerce. Reference was made by other members at the meeting to the fact that the position had been filled with distinction by both his, father and his grandfather.

The Trieanio! Conference of tlie Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants re-elected Mr W. T. Wilson (Palnicrston North) president for the ensuing three years. Mr Charles E. Wheeler was re-appointed,editor of the '•Railway Review," the Society's journal.

Mr L. P. Peripercil, railway vtationma&ter at kelson, has received notice of transfer on promotion to the position of goods ngent ; Auckland. He succeeds Lieutenant-Colonel Barclay, of the New- Zealand Jlailuay Engineer Corps, who takes charge of tho next Sew Zealand Reinforcements.

The Rev. A. T. Thompson, 8.A., BJ)., of Knox Church, Masterton (wtio a few days ago received a call to St. Andrew's* Presbyterian Church. Christchurch), has been advised by cable that he has passed his M.A. degree, with second-class honours in mental and moral philosophy.

A well-known "Maori interpreter. Mr George Brown, died at Auckland on Monday night. He had resided in Auckland for very many year*, and was connected with the Department of Native Affairs. He wa, a familiar figure in the Supreme and Magistrate's Courts, where ho was frequently tailed upon to act as intcrnreUtr in cases in which Maoris were concerned.

The death is announced of Mr Charles Scott JHcFitrlune, of Motiiokn.. who took a prominent part in various movements in that di-strict. H« wb? a TYeemawi, an Oddfellow, and a borestcr, and a member of the Licensing

Committee, and of the School Comiifc tee He wa s one of the founders the H. Battery of Artillery in Xcbon Ho i> .survived by a widow eleveii " '*i>> sons, and tw 0 daugliters. ; "^- At the Pa D anui Bowling ClaV*. '"^ : " green la*t Saturday, tho mombers of - **. the Rowling, Tennis and Croquet Club - met to btd farewell to L\l r and Mrs R Laurie, who are leaving for. th fl " North ''"" .- Island. 'Ir?t> president. Mr Xicholl* '•" ■ referred to tho high in which '" the guests wore held. and. on behalf ; of the members of tho club., presented Mr and Jlr s Lsume with a silver afternoon tea service. Miitably inscribed. M. Claude Goutnriw, the French aviator whe spent some- weeks at Kolleston -with a Rloriot monoplane and who went to France on th<* outbreak of war. writes to :) member of "The Press" staff that ho was appointed to • a position in that portion of .thoFrench ' army stationed ;it Vnrdun., At theend ot December M. Couturier m» leaving Verdun to join the aviation ' corps m 1.y0n.-.

Sergeant Qiiiim. who has been trane- ]- ferretl to PalnierMon North! was presentee! yesterday afternoon Vrith a 6il- " ver afternoon tea service, subscribed by the sergeants and constables at the --' central police station on behalf of Mrs * Quinn. Sergt. Dwan made tha pre^" ':. sen tat ion. and constables Sniythe. mid ' . O'Dotiohue also eulogised, "sergeant -* Quinn's sood work. Amongst the Now Zealanders who went from Kncland to Egypt, for ac- *' ' tive service is Mr iSydnoy T. Stidolph, ' j son of Mr iS. Stidolph.' of tho Gear ' ' Meat Company. Wellington. Atr Stidolph. inn., via* an engineer in the - • Union Company's Tahiti when she was , in the Fan Francisco service, and left - _~ her to go Home to gain expertowft with oil fuel marine engines. He was com- *' ing out to Now Zealand in the Union ■ ' tympany's new steamer Toronto, but / decided to enlist, and he is now a ? ~' lance-corporal with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in Egypt, •