PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 25, 24 October 1907, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dr. Pomare left for Taihapo yesterday. . ; Colonel Collins is still, confined to his. home suffering from influenza. , v . , : ..: ■

Gaptiiin Allen Bell, of Hamilton,-is in town. He intends to retcrn to the north to-morrow. Captain Bell is tho Opposition 'candidate for the Waikato electorate: ■<.■■

Tho Mayor of Karon (Mr. A. C. Pearce) and Mrs. Pearce, who returned from a trip to England by the -Rimutaka yesterday, are to bo entertained b;r Northland resideats at the Schoolroom ; to-morro)7 opening.., .:. „ ;;

: '-"Miss Alice Crawford, tho clever ' Bendigonian, who niado many frieuds in New Zealand when touring iho. Dominion, vitb Mis 3 Nance O'lNcil in 1801, lias succeeded so well on the stage that she is now playing iho load at the Lyceum Theatre, London, where she-appeared as Glory Quaylo in a : revival nf "Tho Christian" on ;August 31. ■• .'-. :

Amongst those who have 'secured passage with,a view, to an early visit to, England are tho following Manawatu •'residents:—Mrs. Milton, Mr. and Mrs. A. Blkington and children, Mr, and Mrs. C. Waldegrave, and Miss Margarot Waldegrave. ■•••'.. ,■■.

The death occurred at Cl'ristpliurch o.i Saturday of Mr. William Leslie, a well-krioim and respected settler who had resided at Broadfields for thirty-scroii year. , :, and had given much attention to local affairs as n member of the Rood Board, the School Comfmittco, and; otlior bodies.'He was of a ve-y. old Scottish family, whose nuccstral homo was known as "The House of Aikensray,": an 1 whoso estates were those of Balquhain vni , Fettcrncar, in the county of Aberdeen. ;

Air. Wootton, chief engineer of the Rimutaka, which arrived from London yesterday, has, during the latter part of the voyage, been suffering from an attack of quinsy.

A Masterton ■ Press Association telegram states that Constable Gregor, of the Masterton Police Force, hae received appointment to the position'of sergeant in tho Fijian Constabulary. ; . , '-.-.. ;.•■.:

; Mr. Owen Phblin lO'Cpnor, eldest son of tho O'Conor Don,; arrived in Wellington by tho lliniutaka yostc-nlay. He expects to remain in New Zealand for about six months, during vhich tinm lie will attend tho Now Zeaiau/1 Cup meeting, and, being greatly interested in agricultural matters,/pay a visit to tho principal agricultural shows. Tho estato ot the O'Conor Don ia in lloscommon, Ireland.

Dr. L.' Cockayne, Ph.D., •. who. has been staying in Wellington for somo "days', will return to Christchurch to-morrow night. The Rev. J, J. North, who went to Auckland to-attend the.Baptist' Conference, has since been visiting Rotorua. Detective Ward, of Christchurch, returned from Sydney yesterday by' the Moeraki. Mr. H. Secretan and the Misses Secretan (2), of Christchurch, returned froma trip to England by tho Rimutaka yesterday. Mr. Robert Hannah', of Wellington, returned from a trip to Sydnoy by the Mooraki Inst evening. .■.'•"■■ , . , •;:■.• ■ : ' Mr. j< , . C. do Castro, cliiof clerk off the Jiducation Department, is' a sufferer from influenzal ■' .-• . • • :; :-■...•...•.-,-.- ..;.! ;. Dr. Mason). Chief Healtji pfficer, returned yestorday, via tho Wanganuißivor, from a visit to Auckland, Hamilton, and Cambridge*