PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 77, 24 December 1907, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Ministers to-day will be located as fol- ' lows:—The Premier, en routs to Auckland; Hon. R. M'Nab, at Wellington; Hon:' : J. ' M'Gowan, at Auckland; Hon. J. Carroll, en route to Auckland; Hon. Dr. Findlay, at'" Kotorua; Hon. G. Fowlds, at Auckland; Hon. J. A. Millar, at Auckland; Hon. Ji Carroll, en route to Auckland. Mr.'E. Clifton,;Cliief Inspector of Stock, has gone to Auckland. '■' . Mr. W. G. 'Riddell, S.M., left for the" south last night for the Christmas holidays. The Hon. T. W. Hislop, Mayor of Wellington, left by last night's boat on a'short visit'to Duuodin. , : . ' . . -Dr. Valiutine, Inspector-General of Hospitals, has returned from his visit to ■ the West Coast and Christchurch. ~ ■ Colonel R, J. Collins and Colonel W. H.' Webb, members 'of the Council of Defence, have returned to Wellington. ; Mr. and Mrs, D; C. Turnbuli; of Timaru, are coming/back from London by the Athenic, due in' Wellington in a few days. '..' Mi'. John Duthie, who has. been visiting the United Kingdom and .Europe,; is oxpectod to return to Wellington to-day. Mr. J. D. Ritchie, Secretary for Agricul« ture, left for the South last night. He will be away from Wellington • for about tea days. .n ' ■ ' I 1 Colonel R. H. Davies, Inspector-General of the Forces, is. at pfosent in Taranaki, whore, he will remain 'over the Christmas holidays. .t .~, > . \ ... . ~-■ ■ ■..

Captain Cameron, -accompanied by Mrs. and Miss Cameron, are passengers by the Athenic,' which left-London for Wellington on Novembor IS. ' - , : Mr. A. Barron, of the Customs .Department, was the recipient of a handsome case of pipes from the members of, the Midland Cricket Club prior to bis departure for Dunedin. ■' ..■'.!" .''.■' ,'■■.- • - : '' ■,: . Passengers by the Athenic from London, due hero in a few daysj include; the Revs., P. Ualligan (booked . for Wellington), M. Krator (Wellington), J. A. Jacobs (Welling, ton), and W. Lamb (Gisborne). ■ The Right Hon. Sir Joseph AVard returned froni Christchurch by the Tutanokai yesterday morning. This morning at six o'clock ho loaves in the Tutanekai for Auckland, whence ho roturns about December 27. Hβ will then proceed south. .'. Mrs. Towsloy, accompanied by her father : (Mr. T.' W. Kempthorne, of Duhtedin)',\ and Miss Tcwsley, have been staying at Rotorua for the past few days. Mr. H. C. Tewsleyi Director of Messrs. Sargood, Son, arid Ewen, Limited, leaves by the mail train this morning to join them. , ■' ;• ' " : .~\ '.'. Mr. C. D. Brown, for the past eleven years accountant .it the Christchurch . office of the A.M.P. Society, was the recipient of a presentation from the locai staff, prior to his departure for Wellington,' , '.'. Mr; Brown has been transferred to the head office of the A.M.1 , . Society in this city. Mr. D. Johnston, Collector of Customs, who is retiring .on pension at tho end of tho year, was tho recipient of a presentation yesterday from tho local Customs staff. The presentation was made by Mr. W. Rose. Mr. R. Carter, who is succeeding Mr. Johnston, is duo in Wellington from Christchurch this, morning. - • . . Among recent callors at the local Tourist Office have been the following :•—M. Charles Deschars, Deputy-Consul General for Franco at Sydney; Mr, Cunningham Bridgqman, a well-known writer; Constantin Statisco "globe-trotter"; Major ■R. W. Wykeham Joues, Naval'and Military Club, England; and Air. C. W. M. Grigg,, London "Times." Among the returning passengers by the Taluno yostorday was Miss Payne", lady superintendent of tho Wellington Hospital, who has'been on a visit to England, taken chiGfly for health reasons. While away sho attended the Nurses' Conference at Paris, and also gavo anaddross on tho hospital system of Now Zealand as far as nursing work is concerned. ' , ' . Mr. Frank Allen, late general manager of the Commercial Union ■ Assurance Company, bado farowoll to tho staff yesterday morning. Mr. Hawk, accountant, on '-behalf of the staff, presented Mr. Allen with an illuminated address, on tho margin of which wore mounted photographs of members of the staif, and in a short valedictory speech bore testimony to tho, esteem in which their departing chief had been held. ■ Eulogistic reforoneps were also made by other members, gonoral regret being expressed at his retire-, iheht.' Mr. Allen feelingly responded*