PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 74, 20 December 1907, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

The location of Ministers last evening was as follows:—The Premier,"at, Wellington; the IHori. R. M'Nab, Hon. G. Fowlds, and tho ' Hon. J. Millar, also at'- Wellington; the Hoii. J. M'Gowan/ at Cambridge; Hon. Dr. Findlay, at Taupo; and the Hon. J. Carfoll, at i Wanganui. • Tho Hon. G. J. Smith arrives frpm South by the Moeraki this 'morning, i ; v■. Herr Karl, Joo'steri' is \ gazetted ActingConsul for Germany at Auckland. . ! Mr. and Mrs. \T. jB. Dwan have 'booked : passages for Sydney by the MOeraki, leavinjg ,to-day.) "v Captain. M'AUister, of the Nora Niven, has been appointed dredgemaster by the Napier' Harbour Board. . . The Hon. J, Minister .for Native Affairs, ailcl Mr. Hone Seke, M.P., have left Wellington to attend meetings in connection with Maori land toattcrs at Putiki, Pipirilii, and Raetihi. They were met at tho Palmerston North station by Mr. Moffat, the Minister in referonce to.the proposed'gathering of Natives at Awapuni. ■ . Major Cumberland and Miss Cumberland, of 10 Duke' Street, St. James's, London, Miss Wood, and Colonel Parry, of Pengwern, Klmddlan, Wales, form a party of. English visitors now in Wellington. They , are to leave for Rotorua via the Wanganui River on Monday morning; their intention being to put in some, time, in fishing in-the district. Later on the gentlemen of the party . are to' do some deer-stalking., /The ■ Anglican Bishop : of. Auckland (Dr.* Neligan) left yesterday with ■ his wife and family for England, where he will, attend the .Lambeth Conference of Bishops. During his stay'at Home, Dr. Neligan expects, from arrangements that have already been - made, to .be kept busy speaking and preach- | ing in London and other parts of England. ' He will also attend the Pan-Anglican Missionary Congress. His address while, ;n England will be "12 Airlie Gardens, Kensington, London."

Mr, Herbert Gaby, who recently disposed of his interest in the Star Foundry at Nowtown to Messrs. C. J. and W. M'Keegan; of 'Wellington, intends to take a trip, to England early nest year. Mr.. Gaby has" for; a long time been regarded as tho father of ' engineering in Wellington. Whether that is so or not, ho can, and does, lay claim to having a long and interesting careor in connection .with engineering and commercial matters in Wellington. He first arrived in Wellington on November 12, 1857 — fifty years : ago—and, after a few years spent in Welling-' ton, ho bccamo tho pioneer uf tho sawriiiiiing industry in tlie I'elorus Sound, whoro ho set up an engine and plant specially imported from England. Ho continued the 1 business until 1870, when ho wont Homo. Returning about Christmas time of the same year, he ; initiated'candle and soap works at Newtown (on the same section now oocri- , pied,by tho foundry), at tthich. timo—one of I great depression—there wore not more than n dozen houses erected on tlie south side of 'tho Basin Resorvo. In 1875, tho business, was bought by Mr. Kitchen, of' Melbourne, and was Continued undtsr tho style of' J. ; Kitchen and Sons 1 until 1896, soon after {Which, tlie foundry business was resumed.' i Speaking at' a rcccnt meeting of the Weljlington Industrial Association, Mr. Gaby (Said that ho had now arrived at an ago when :it was hard to work, and so was retiring— giving way to the inevitable. Ho was for ' •Inhiiy ypnrs'cloSely.'oo'nnebted with tbo affairs | of t.ho Wellington Hospital. l

Miss Colia Ghilom, tho favourito operatic artiste, loaves Sydnoy on a trip to lAjnenca early in tho now year. Mr. W. -Wobb has,boon.appointed secroInry of Messrs. T.. Ballmgor and Company, Limited, vice Mr. ]). Fuller, resigned. ! Mr... Isaacs, Director of Technical, Education for tho Education Dopartment, is at present, on ft visit of inspection to Hokitiki. '.Mr. W. O'Moara, of tho Customs' Department, ;ia tmdor, orders to take up relioviug , duty, at PaW. 1 , , Mrs, Buckendgo (noo Miss Maud 'Hewson), of: Qisborno,: is a passongor for - lionion by the Tongariro. • , ■ Mr.- W. -F.- Dickoy, late Chiof Custome Clerk-at Auckland, has left for Wanganui, Vhoro ho will take up tho position of ColJector. . The Rev. Father O'Moara, of Foilding, ,abd -formerly of Wellington,: has returned from an eight months' visit to the Old Dountry and Europe. . Mr.' Walter Sampson, -of Christohurch, has oeon appointed manager of tho, Wellington Working Men's Club Mr. Sampson was. formerly secretary for Warner's Hotel, Ltd. / .. A Press Assooiation cablogram from Syd-hey;stal«fl.-that. Mr. Ko?r Hardio, 11.P v is a jiassongot, to.Now Zoalftnd by tho Maniika, •which is duo to arrive at Auckland'on Sunvflay. -; ~y y ■ ; The Premier goes to Chnstchuroh on Stttur-; iay- to be present at the dedication of a peal of bolls at tho Addiligton Anglican Church . to i .the memory of ,tho late Hon. B J. Seddon. Mr. H. E. Dodd, who has been connected for- thirteen years with the Glsborne branch ff Bank of Now South Wales; 'is tp' tiko uj) the position of ..chief acoounlant. in tho Napier branch of tho Bank. . ' . Lieutenant D.. A. Hickoy, D.5.0., his oeen appointed Assistant Adjutant-Gcnoral: V> tho Otago Military District,. vice Captain now Stalf-Officor to tho Chief of tho General Staff (Colonel Robin). Mr. F. S. Pope, clerk in ■ charge of corre/pondenco in the Agricultural Departmont at Wellington, will, travel southwards by tho ilaon .to-day to pay a , holiday visit of about a fortnight to his birthplace, Dunedin. : | Mr. D. Morrison; engineer of the Now Plymouth Freezing Works, who was injured at Talavera, Tcrrftco by/ a ICelbnrno car; on -Wed- i Besday,. afternoon, was formerly chief onof tho vsteamot- Rotorua. ■ He waa , Visiting Wellington for his health's sake. Mr. ,Maughan Bafnott has been engaged yj-open, the new organ of the First Church,' dunedin.' * The opening'was originally to havo taken place last evening,-bnt owing to isom'o' hitch in connection with .tho electrical blowing '■ apparatus, tho. function has been postJwned. The Hon.. J. A;. Millar : (Minister for Labour) loaves by tho Manawatu express this mornrag-foriAiiokland and Rotorua, whoro lie Vil! spend the Christmas holidays. " Tho' Minister ; hopes to havo very little Departmental business to • transact while in, tho North. ■- •' ... ; ■ Though no appointment has yet beon made, it is practically,' certain that Mr: A. Stubbs, deputy registrar ;of ■ the Supreme , Court at -Dunedin, will succeed Mr- Hawkins . m that- capacity hore. Mr.', Stubbs is -thef-semor 'doputy registrar m tho Do-' minion.- / ■ , • , •; • / -• , Mr. M. Cleary, for 'some seasons half-back of , the; Oriental Football Club, who has rel- - to Chnstchuroh; received tho other day a .memento of his old club's esteem, in the shapo of ,a . gold albjrt, the , gift waa sent to Christclwrch, whore it was.presented in cordial terms..by Mr. George Miison, Cliairman of Committee •of the Canterbury Rugby Union. i

,At a meeting of the cbmmitteo of tho Canterbury Rugby tJnion Mr. G. H. Mason, acting on behalf of tho Oriental Club in Wellington; presented Mr.\ E. Cloary with a gold chain.; Mr.;' Clcary,' who is a;faembßr,.6f''thfe Oriental Club, was', recently . transferred to Christchurch, and iiis olubmates were ; anxious, to give him a 'mementb of their assooiation in sfiort. ~ Mr. W. Jordan; president of the Oriental Club, ..was. present; at the' gatherings - The accountants connected :,With the various banks in Napier met oh Tiieadiy afternoon for the purpose of bidding,farewell, to Mr. i)\ H. Watson, accountant of the Bank of New" South ' Wales, who has been transferred to Wellington. On behalf of the com-, pany .iMr.'Tylee,, of the- Union Bank, presented Mr. Watson with' a travelling bag,: suitably inscribed, and referred m complimentary terms to tho esteem in, wfnch -lie was held.. . ■■ .. .... • The. Government survey, party which left JPalmerston on Saturday on' tx . visit to Mount Buapchu -consists ' of ' Air. > Girdlestono, m charge: of the!" partyjfessrs. T. Y. Tomlmsdn;,'_Bank 'of NeW;; Zealand, Duncdm; I 1'; J: tialby, Martinbdrough; ~J. Thompson, Raetiiii; W. Stowart, Dunedin: A. John- . ston, W. V. Stace,- Pahautanui; T.- W."Stace; -Palmerston; and 0 Campbell, Auokland. It is proposed to climb the three mountains and take photographs of them