PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 89, 8 January 1908, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

•'Tho location of Cabinet Ministers' to-day will be as follows:—Tho Premier (Sir Joseph Ward) at tho BlufF, the Hon. R. M'Nab at Wellington, Hon. J. M'Gowan at. Rotorua, Hon; J. Carroll ■ at- Rotorua, Hon. Dr. Findlay at Timaru, Hon. J. A. Millar at Auckland, and the Hon. G. Fowlds at Auckland.

:. Mr. J. Jameson, manager of tho. United Insurance Company, was elected Chairman of the Underwriters' Association yesterday vico Mr. Wm. Gill, of the Alliance office. ' Colonel Hume loft for Lyttolton last night by tho Rotomahana.

/Tho Hon. C. Louisson was a passenger for ;ho South: la-st night' by .the Rotomahana. 1

Mr. J. D,. Ritchie, Secretary for Agrioul ;ure, returned from ,tbo South.yesterday.

Amongst tho.visitors, who hnvo boen staying at Queenstown during last woek was Mr. Justice' Johnston, Melbourne. <

i Mr. J, M. Batham, Registrar-General of Land and Deeds, is : enjoying a fortnight's holiday as from/Monday last.

. Air. W. C. Kensington, Under-Secretary for Crown Lands, will leave for Auckland on Friday to-transact several matters of De-, partmcntal business. ■

• Mr'.' W. H. Hawkins, cx-M.H.R.' for Pahiatua, is reported to have definitely decided to contest the Pahiatua seat at the next general election. ,

Mr. T. G. Gilbert, of. the Education Department, has received; a' valuable set of silverware from his brother; officers on the occasion of,, his marriage., .

Mr. Richard Chapman, father of Mr. Austin Chapman,- Federal Minister for Trade and Customs, died at Marulan, New South Wales, on Christmaß Eve.

Mr. W. S. Short, chief clerk of the Roads Department, left: yesterday on a visit' to Rotorua on Departmental business. : Ho,will bo absent about a week or ten days.

. The Rev. B. H. Ward has resigned the ricarship of Picton owing to failing health. Mr. Ward was formerly .acting-vicar of Petono during tho absence in England of the Rev. J.: D. Russell.

Mr. H. E. Kempthorne, who has been promoted to succeed Mr. C. A. Ewen as local manager 1 for tho New Zealand lusuranco' 'Company, has arrived from Calcutta, and has taken over his duties.

Lieutenant-ColOnel Kniglit, Provincial Commander of the South Island for the Salvation Army, who accompanied Brigadier Albiston on his mission-to the Maori division, was a passenger for Lyttelton, his headquarters, by the Rotomahana last night.

■ Mr. Waltor. Elgin, of • the warehouse staff of Messrs. A. and T. Burt, and Mr. A. G. Cathie, of the staff of Messrs. A. S. Paterson and Co., intend to leave Wellington on. a tour round the world in March next. They will leave Sydney for London by the Ortona on April 1.

The following aro recont arrivals at tho Empire Hotel: —Mr. E. S. Luttrell (Auckland), Miss F. Louisson (Nelson), J. L. M'Gregor' (Masterton), Mrs. E. H. Hosking, (Masterton), Mr. Ambrose Hutchinson and Mr. F. S. Fitzroy (Hastings), Mr. R. 0. Cookson (Christchurch), Mr. H. F. Hall (Blenheim), Mr. S. M'Lennon (Napier), Mr. ]S. N. Corderoy (Croydon, N.S.W.), Mr. and Sirs. W. J. Hirschberg (Masterton), Mr. H. N. Walters (Masterton), Mr. W. Clarkson and Mr. G. Cormack (Foilding), Miss M. Hislop (Goraldine), Mr. J. S. Jordan (Auckland).

Mr. J. Strauchon, Chief Surveyor and Commissioner of Crown Lands for the Wellington district, will bo transferred on April 1 to Auckland, where an unusually large quantity of survey work is expected to ariso in the near future. Ho will be succeeded hero by Mr. J. Mackenzie, now Chief Surveyor and Commissioner of Crown Lands at Auckland. Sir. Strauchon was appointed Acting-Chief Surveyor in Nelson in 1877, Commissioner of Crown Lands arid Chief Survoyor for Nelson in 1891, was transferred to Taranaki in 1893, and received in 1901 his present appointment, in succession to Mr. J. W. A. Marchant, who has been appointed Surveyor-General. Mr. J. Mackenzie, who is a brother of Mr. T. Mackenzie, M.P., was in turn Assistant-Surveyor, District Surveyor, and Chief Draughtsman at Wellington, before his appointment, , in 1002, to tho position whioh he now holds at Auckland.

;Mr. C. -H. C. Seton-has- been .transferred-;;; from-the Narrabri (New South Wale:;)'branoh ; of of Australasia to'tho Dunedifl : ofhec ;; Mr,' E., H; ; Ruscoo,- of vHairtedean,^Surrey,>v England, is making.an extensive: tour of the North Island l under the auspices of Messrs/; Cook and Son. ' 1 ' Mr.. Hi' Parker, champiin-tennis player- of ; the Dominion, and a son' of Mr. Robert Par- j, kor of. this city, is at present visiting .'."Wei-: lington.,: Mr; Parker is located at Sydnoy.;-. Mr. T. E; Donne, General Manager of the <? Department; of Tourist - and Health - Rosorts, w i left yesterday, on a ■ visit ,of to , Rotorua and other northern -tourist resorts* Ho will be absent. about- a 'fortnight.- r- - ■ On Monday .afternoon Mr. ' Arthur: H. , HoUis, accountant for :Messrs. J. H.-. Bcthuno and Co;, who is about to be married, was presented ; by his' fcllow.,:omployees with a handsome oak iand,; silver - salad bowl and. biscuit barrel .to match,, botli suitably en-: graved. .In addition; Mr. Hollis also re» ceived a substantial cheque; from the! firm. .:" , " i . ..v:;. • ■-- Tho visitors at the Grand- Hotel include..: tho following recent arrivals:—Mr.: 1 and Miss.. Baker (Auckland), Mr. ; ■ Hv , Mr. -Saunder»- \ (Auckland), Mr. N. J. - Levia (Waikanae), Mr. C. A. Cameron; (Masterton), Mr.<:,v W. Fraser (Auckland), Mr. H.' A. Francis (Auck-J land), i Mr. .Creed, ,: ; Mr. ■ and 'Mrs./ Johnson,,.Mr, M'llroy, (U.5.A.),. Mr. and.Mrs..Clifton.(Sydney),; Mr. . W.- Smith and: . (Kaikoura); .Mr. -W, G.-'Orr. (Melbourrfo), Mr. Baldwin (Nelson), . Mr.; -■ W;-;',A.- -Izard-. (Wanganui), Dr.. and Mrs. Marshall :-'(Dun* < edm), Mr. A. -Beoson (Birmingham), - Mr*-, Pemberton (Sydney), Mr. and Mrs-,Burgesa (New Plymouth),. J. G. Silby (Auckland);.. Mr.,T. B. Fox- (Bristol), Mr.;H'. Williams (Upper Hutt), Mr. Jolia Graham (Foilding),.: Mr., Overdalo (Sydnoy), ' ( Mn Edward Smith:; (Bowdley, England), Mr. : -H. S. Kidwell (Syd-. ney), Mr. H. Owen-(Chnstchurch), Mr. H< Isaacs (Dunedin),.Mr..T. Kenneth (Sydney),, . Mr. W. B. Giesen (Feildmg); .Mr. M. CaSel-;, berg, Mr. and Mrs. D.- Caselberg. (Master*; ton), Mr. and Mrs. D. Donald (Masterton). Mr.\; James Robert: Lane; who -was ;connected with tho ill-fated'- Burko. and ' Wills exploring expedition as a 1 horse driver (says the.' Melbourne "Age'.'), died, ■ recently; aged' 85; Sfr. Lano::left.-Melbourne Iwith the expedition, which he accompanied as far as - Menindio. \ His i-services = b6ing . nolonger required, as it was deSided to leave a portion of the;-plaut, ho-started to-, walk. back: to Melbourne. Ho wbs badly equipped for, the journey, • taking with him only a; little food and a billy of water; He met with great hardship on his' journey through :• lack- of food; and water, and had given himself up for lost when he heard- the sound of-'.horse, bells r - late one night. ■■■■ This f gave, him renewed ' strength, and he managed to struggle, on for 1 a-little distance, when .ho sank' exhausted > to; the 1 ground. He was-found .on tho ;fol j ' lowing morning by a' , stockman on tho- sta- ' tion which ho;had luckily struck—one:of tho ■ thon farthest-north settlements in Victoria, somowherc in the vicinity of-where Echuca 1 now stands.. 'At one time, Mr. 'Lane- owned f a considerable portion of • the • land on. whioh tho houso where he • died 1 stands, but'lately t; ho was in-straitened-circumstances, and-de; pended upon* an old ago pension, .slightly augmented by a special Government, grant. ■ The death of Mr. Lane leaves- Mr, j Wm. > Brahe, the present Consul for Germany, as - the only survivor of the expedition , which . set out from Melbourne' with Burke. and . Wills in 1860.