PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 30, 30 October 1907, Page 7

PERSONAL ITEMS.

■.-.:■ Mr.' John Duthfe. head of the firm of Duthie, and Company, who is 'engaged oh-a tour of/the'world,; is' at -present in Japan. It! is •his';' intention'to visit other 1 . Oriental countries ' before '. returning' to Wellington,' where he.is due about Christmas timel *Mr;'!F^Y;/^abndge,;;.M.H:Rl' (member . for .Orbua)it,is ! unable to.,attend Parliament owing.\to illness;,-; was, granted ,a; week's . leave ;.of absence, yesterday. ,;■.•• ... Dr.' : Lowe; of jAVellingt'on,:intehd's .to..visit th'e:Unitcd'Kingdom l early in' the New Year; . Mr.''and'Mrs:'A.' E. Conway, of'Chelten-ham,-leave oh a trip to the Old Country by tho-;CorinthiV-in, February.,',' 1 ', 'i •.-..,•■■;' Mr; Arthur Hoby; who ; has 'been; attending the Baptist. Conferdrico I 'in Auckland, has returncdib'Weilirigtoh'.'' ; " : .H '■[ ■•'',''' .-',■/'" '• ■ ".' ''~-' Mh^^i.|\ , '^. l ■■''Law^or^ : B.as■''be'ei^ ! 4pp\oiliiid Deputy Sheriff'..'ai|d'Deputy ( Registrar of the' Bup'remo .Court in Napierl'.''' ,;. Dr. A; Foster.and,Mrs.-Foster;; of .Blenheim,, leave, oil - a. ; ,trip {to. England; by.,the Mamari!in December.' ~ : ~,'..- . • :■>.,.... ~(.■.,.. Mri ; ,and Mrs. Waldbgrave/and : : the Misses Waldegravc'(2), of jPalmcrston. North; intend loaving ona trip toEngland by the Corinthic / in.February next.'',"' '\ . : '■"''• "■'■;.'•' ' ■:'■:'■■', Mr;; 'Martin Kennedy, .whoihas. been-oh ah extended : visit to the.Old: Country and the 1 Continent, .is - expected: .to -.return to Welling-.ton'ina-month's'.time;.'' ■•:■:■- i. : I : Mr. Harry DrummohdJ who met ; with a' severe 'accident whilst playing cricket'a' fortnight ago", has noiv, been- "pronounced to lis out: : bf danger; i: '.- '-,- V'"''.-'.' "'.' -'■'■ -'''' ' ■•' Mr. 'G. H. Howorth,. whose water-colours in the Academy'of. JTino Arts werb so 'much/ : admired,, has decided to commence tho pr'ac- ' ticeof.liis profession as a "surveyor in Wellington,':' ,' 'i\ .',''.. ;■-. ,''','";,..'.' ■.'.': :. A': supplementary list, of .Victoria College examination results contains, the following :— French—Glass, IT:-G.,Everett, I. N'cilson, C. Rockel. 'ClassIII: E. .Garland, E.!Mahohy, Wv;MacHardio-'G.-:Ay. Reid.! ';',-,, -..'. ". Mr. Donald Sinclair, of the Department of 'Agriculture^'has been .promoted 1 to the.chief clerkship of the Iriv-crcargi.il offico, .vice., 'Mr.; J. W.Bell,,who. joins, the,accountancy.branch in this;city.'.,/. .. ~ '\[ . .. ! : ; . The', contingent, .ofi "Wellington >constables which.- is; to.'',be; j ,sent:. to.,Christchui-6h to strengthen., tlio force at : the,' Southern city for, carnival week comprises -the following ':— Constables .Simpspili-Pearco, Mahony, Warrant,, and-Larkin.',. ~,.'.;,

Mr. : F.' ;A; Knill, German Consul,' who ' arriVod from '\Vangahui last evening/ has booked/.by the Nbrddeutsch'er-Lloy'd for a trip'; to 'the'/Old Country,' via Hongkong,' Yokohama; ah'd'Suez. He leave's by the.War- '. rinibo'on Friday 1 , to'catch the s.s. Manila ai Sydney;''' : ; ■■ ■'■' ■ '- " •' '■ ' : Anoratorical competition was hold on Monday/night' by. the Wellington .Catholic Club . tinder 'the "auspices of the .Catholic Club Fedq'ratipn/ ' There were four competitors, and the Hon.' R. A.. Loughihaii, who acted as judgd, mado the following award:—T. J. ■ Pfaff 1; T. Boyco "(75 marks), 2; and L.'/Reichel "and L. Frost ("0 each), 3. The funeral of Mr. .William J. Evans, late Eocrotary.of.tho South Pacific. Mortgage and Deposit..Company,.and last year's Master of Lodge largely attended yesterday afternoon. ..Among the mourners wore the. officers of. his lodge, the directors of the,South,Pacific Company, and a large number df friends.. The. Rev. Mr. Bartlctt officiated at the graTcsido.. Mr. Donald M. Mackay. who was in tho service ,of the Bank of New Zealand for many years,, died at his residence, Khandallr,h, on Monday. The deceased, who was 63 years,of ago, was a native of Scotland. Ho was in, charge of several branches of the bank in the South Island before his transference to Wellington some, eight years, ago. • Re leaves a/widow and family, one son being on the 'head jfficc staff of the Gear Meat ComMr. Arthur Beverley, a well-known mathematician. ,and astronomer, who died at Dunedin last Friday, in his eighty-sixth year, was born in Scotland, and came to Now Zealand in 1856. He carried on business,as watchmaker and jeweller, but retired in 1864, and thereafter devoted himself to scientific study and research. He was the invontor. of several scientific appliances, including a planometer, for which ho was awarded highest prize'by the Royal Scottish Boeioty. ■He also varied and simplified many of the solutions of Euclid. The Gtago University receives a substantial benefaction under, tho will of Mr. Beverley.