PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 93, 13 January 1908, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

, Movoments of Cabinet Ministers - to-day wilhbo as follow: —The Premier (Sir Joseph Ward) remains at -.Wellington; tho'Hon, R. M'Nitb and the Hon. J; Carroll leave:in the* afternoon for Napier; Hon. J. M'Gowan-is at Thames; Hon. Dr. Findlay at.-Mount Coolf Hermitage; Hon. J. Millar at Auckland (lie loaves to-night for Wellington), and' the Hon. G.jFowlds if at Rotorua. ' Sir Gcorgo Clifford arrived from the South yesterday by tho Maori. Chief Detcotivo M'Grath, who has been on holiday leave,-, resumed duty, on Saturday. ■ • Mr. II: R.. Smith, Town Clerk-oft Christchurch, arrived in Wellington by the MdOri yesterday. . >• .::•■ < ■ ■ :•:• The Hon. T. W. Hislop, Mayor of Welling--ton; returned from Christchurch on Saturday morning. : ■■■ .. :■ ■ The Hon. J. Carroll (Native Minister), returned to- Wellington from the north on Saturday evening. . , . . . , Among the visitors to. Rotorua at present are Captain Bridson, of H.M.S. Challenger; Mrs; Bridson, and Colonel Bayley. : . Mr. H. C. Lano,' Secretary of. tho North Canterbury Education Board,: was a passenger to Wellington by the Maori yesterday.! The. Minister for Defence has approved tho promotion of Captain Robert Ward Tate; of the Fifth Battalion. Wellington Rifle Vol-" unteers, to tho position, of Major.- i The Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration has been awarded to Major Walter Beckinghamj of the South Canterbury Battalion of Infantry Volunteers. \ ■ His Worship the Mayor stated on Saturday that the condition of his brother, Mr. John A.: Hislop, of Dunedin, who has been seriously ill for some time, was thought: to bo somewhat more hopeful. ... ! The Hon. J.. A. Millar, Minister for Marine and Labour, who has been taking part ,in the bowling ; tournament,' playing for the Wellington Club, will leavo Auckland for Wellington to-day: ; ; Mr. J,. Lowe, who has been appointed engineer to the Auckland Gas Company, has arrived: m that city. Mr. Lowe was assistant manager: to the Glasgow Gas Department, find' was thb first'president :of tW Scottish Junior Gas Association. , A Press Association cablegram from Met- j bourno states that the Rev. Mr. Sax«a v I oiirate at St.- Peter's, Eastern- Hill, waij unanimously invited by tbe officers and crew of the Antarctic exploring ship Nimrod to aeqompany tho expedition as chaplain. Mr. Saxon joins the supplementary vessel. • I The following visitors to Wellington are i stayingat the .Grand Hotel Count M«r» uer (Swedish Chief Consul for Australasia), Mr. F. W. Bond (Palmerston North), Mr, C. S.. Keedwellji Mr. W. Smart (Dunedin), Mr. W. Reilly (Otaki); Mr. G. B. Baldwin (Palmerston North), Mr. J. L. Rollect (Nelsort),, Mr. W. J.. Crawford (Dunedin), Jliss Graham (Gisborno), Miss A. C. Spence (Gisborne); Mr, R. P. Chilton (Gisborno), Mr. Goldiiigham (Christchurch). Among the visitors who arc staying at tho Empire Hotel 1 are, tho followingMr, W. G. Douglas(Dunedin), ■ Mr. Jamci Gorrie (Dunedin), Mr. R. Shannon (Dunedin), Mr. arid Mrs. G. H.; Copeland (Hastings); Mr. J. Henderson (Masterton), Mr. B: Whyte "(Sydney), Mr. G. Featherston' (Invercargill), .Mr. G.. Hall (Nelson),. Mr." A, Tocker,. Mr. R: Pritchard (New Plymouth); Mr. E. Moodio; (jlasterton), Mr. J. H. Malcolm (Pahiatua), Mr. Romney Smyth > (Pahiatua), : Mrs: Fairfax Smyth (Pahiatua); Mr. , and Mrs. G, Waller (Christchurch), Mr. R. Smith (Pahiatua). • Mr. arid Mrs. Oswald. Johnson (Pahiatua). : ; : '