PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 75, 21 December 1907, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

■ - • 3..'vrV;V!V: "i-V "'*;" v.V "- lT^ Last evening Sir- Josofih Ward (Premier), lthe Hon. R.. M'Nab, and the Hon.. 6... Fowlds' wore , jn Wellington.. The Hon. . J. M'Gowan was ; at Cambridge?; thc.Hon.JameaCarroll at'AVanganui;--tho"Hoh^'Dif..Findlay':' at VVairaltoi, and Millar on, 1 routo for .Auckland." i..- • . Mr. Hamilton HotlgpSj' the' Auckland bari- 1 - 1 tone, is at prcsoiit a visitot to Wellington. .. Captain Trask, Adjutant-General, leaves for Nolson to-day to spend tho - Cliristmas . at his home. - - Mr. rand Mrs. John -Fullorj'-,junior, are leaving to-day for- Dunediri',*' having "jiist-; completed an.'.cloven months,'. - tour. of the world. .• : v' 1 •i : ' - i '>' l '. -: Tho following ladies havo .been appointed.by tho Government' to bo district agonts under tho Infant Life I'roteecion Act:—Miss Sarah Elizabeth Jackson (manager of Auckland Industrial School); Mrs.-. Ella Stnart Dick (managor of tho Wellington Receiving Homo) ; Miss Aiuia .BlacWord Cox ( manager of tho Christchurch Receiving Homo) ;• Harriotte Potrolnant ■ (manager-bf. tho Cawc« -'- sliam Industrial School. DunednU- - 1 :

: The $oti..^G./ ; ]sqwlds i leav.es /Auckland, this, morning. ; Ho will'spend Qhristmas • in, ■'tliO:-N6rth.'v.< i ■Among theivisit'ors*to Auckland at present is''Pa-arilii, 'the ;ruling chieftaincss of. the Vakitumu district, Rarotonga. ' MaJor\Sk'eots, of the Canadian Militia,'.who Biw" active •service .iri..'the'''Boer- J War as; a captain "-of ''StrathCoha's 1 Horso, : 'is 'visiting ;. Nelson. ' •.. • • ' • . ' Li'eiitenant'"Pesoßfi,' of ; the United . States Kayy, ,is at present in .Auckland. He leaves ' for /Pago : ;Pagc tr sli6rtly.' to' join tho: warship liiniteapblis.'i;. • Mr. !Kjohard... Carter, who .is . to. succeed Jirl. -Di/iJbhnston as Collector of Customs .at ' \y.eUington, ..is,,cluo- here from the south on Tuesday; night. ['.. : 'Mr.'E.- W.VFlanagan,,.Marlborough: Cominissioher,\for,..;Cirop'n •: Lands,. is y travelling• through.that district;on ',official-business. ; Ho returns- to Nelson on Monday next. ' ,'A.ti tho .Nelson .Cathedral last Sunday, Mr. Arthur Trevor Milligrew- andMr 4 Edward Alfred: Parker were ordained deacons'by.'thb Bishop of the Diocese. f- . An Auckland 'Press- Association ■ telegram-itat'es--thai-Master. J." Coleman I ,' of Wellington,'' has-' been .' awarded "a,; boarding school ,Bchplafship' l at'tho Sacred Heart College. The competitions-was opfcri\to the - whole ; Dominion.- ■' '-'r-'- .: Mr. I. BoDck, late of Manners Street,, who had-to', give up''business'" on . account •of illhealth'', >: ]e';ives v trip'-to' I '. Auckland and' Rotbrua' on 1 Monday, I: accompanied' by his son,' Bbock,' J .of the' 'G9yerriment' Printing Office staff; 'v'- ; ■ / '. Mr., jr. Weston; has., been advised by .Mr,',Stansfieldjwmanager',of the Consolidated, Talisman" Mine, - that a cable message has .been Ifeceivedvfrbni London announcing that Mr.'Auld 'has been elected a director of ~ ! '' y ! "'• i ' : ' ; - J.oseph ; \yafd .leaves,for Christchurch to-night, .will, Attend . tho. dedication to, the i.mei^oryv : of the' Into., Right Hon. R. : J. ' Beddon. of appeal ,pi r holls, : at the'Addington 'Anglican. Church ,to-morro.w. He returns to' f WelliDgtoiv,on-Monday'Hight. ,: ;1 Bngadier 'Albiston, (North Island comiiiahdahtyof,'the Salvation Army),' Colonel Knight (Sbiith Island commandant), Major Dutton (North -Island '• secretary),and .' Major Mackenzie .left fpr. Tauranga yesterday. to hold Christmas services,, amongst the Maoris.. Mr/'Eben'ezcr Steven-; Ntirrio,--. sbc'ond ;son of 'the Thomas ,N6rrio; iof Papakura', died. at. Jbhainhesbiirg -on December 16. Mri 'Nbr'rie '.had 1 been;manager, for the South' Biitiehl'lnsuraiice.Cbiripaiiy.at .Johannesburg for-many-yfe'ai sj v and- the' cause. of', hisi-'doath-wasV heart-complaint;. ■ - : v"; .•Tfiisj .'who has,been teachingv singing at^-the 1 St. '.Mary's' liititut©' School;' Stbko, '■ and ?is -leavingthere tb - fake| lip* her--residence;,'in* this' city, 'received .' a'- handsome, presentation 'and, an 'address : frbm' .'the, staff' ' and pupils recently.Miss Driscoll is an' ox-', pupil 'of *St."Mary's : Convent, Wellington. ~ '; Amongst.;'.tlie.'guests, ;at : "presentr staying, at the - Grand ' Hotel, '" mo .' . Mj-- Mi - Anderson, Chnstcliiirch; ~E!. 'W.' 'M. 1 " Grigg,-' England; ' H. v 'Melifil]e,' Picton] ffirH.Sydney':; -Mr; fl. BallinV Cliristchiircli; Mr. F. . Rogcn/ Dunedm;- Mr. and Mrs. 'W. L. Hentoif, - Ha?;' Sydneijr-;- Mr. Bffmnghak'/. ? Sn'd r 3lr. M T^CToTien',,: 'Sydney. ' Tlje .Hon. A7B.^^'Guinness (Speaker of the. Hpgse, arrived;.in Wel- ■ lingtpn ,on -Thursday. f , Since Parliament pro T rogu'ed-he has' been, spending a .holiday in the.. .Auckland •_ district... !;„The day. ,■ after . the House rose Mr. Guinness. locked •up his private 'room in. the ;Parii'ament v ßui]dings, out ! ! f r'em'bving his • effects'. or' those of. Mrs" Guinness, and; though . some things' 1 , were saved at'..the fire," lib 'calculates'his loss .at between. £60 and r£7o. It lsMr/Guinness's ( iijtention-to-proceed-to-the mfccliately

' ,-Jdtr;., Henry . BracyV . operatic , manager • for " Mr. J', C. Williamson, -. arrived from; tho : North v by: the .^Victdria : - yesterday ; morning. : ha's; been; -v^)'rking; continuously for ''TKj.Krai"'fbr v eigliteen years/ and,dunrig • tlia£' period; had never''taken, aj holiday until ''^^'•.'.teyii|g - '.^te./, , fun dpfw' the strain . attendant' upon pcringj the repV^oire ; .;'qf : the'new " Musical Comedy. Company I to'- here' nest ' week, . beta's'forced' to 't'ake''a 'spelli' Bracy few-;.,dayg '; kr tlie. Blue : Mountains (N'S.W.J, and then,.came on- to A'ucklaind aridßotorua," .arid now .'feels. quite; himself, again. /The Musical jjomedy-Company' left for" Wellirigtbri.'"yesterc|ay.'''"' ■'• V' '. .the passengers ;■ .by ~the Maori ■ 1 fro.n tho South- last night. "'ty'i "By Jerdan,:".'who': is now acting;as Government'jAudit' liispeotor .at Lhristchurch. He'as well- 'known in rugby tootbal! an.old p&yer and' enthusiast,- and, until his new appointment, was tKS 1 ericrgeiic secretary ' and ". tho founder 'Of '.the ;'Civil. Service-'Club -.''in', its prosont phn-sr l ... . Sir.'... Jordan is so "highly thonght; of. ,iri the Civil Service that his severance, fronT'the/club" is: regarded 'on ill hands; with;many, regrets.' . Mrs: Jordan and tfffiir..son, and daughter, are accompanying