PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 97, 17 January 1908, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

To-day-the Premier will bo at Dunodin; tho Hon. R. M'Nab ; and the Hon, J. Carroll will be at Morero (en route overland to Gisborne); tho Hon. J.- M'Gowan at Welling-' ton; tho Hon. Dr. Findlay at tho Hermittho Hon. J. A. Millar at Wellington • and the Hon. G. Fowlds at Wellington;- ' Mr. L. A. Dimant, of iMelbourno, has left Wellington for. Auckland, via the Main Trunk lino. '/ ■ ;■ '"''"Vv:; :■ Mr t Georgp R. Walsh .has beon appointed '.an, officer under the Fisheries'. Conservation Act, 1884. , , ' Mr. George Edgar, has been appointed a i member of tho OtagQ. Dock Trust, vico Mr. Isaao Stevenson, resigned. ■•• . . • Mr. A. Donald, Inspector of Factories nt Gisborne, has boen transferred to the, Wellington office of tho Labour Department. 'Mr. Wm. J. Crawford has been 'appointed a Surveyor of Ships; Inspector of Machinery,■ and an examiner of engineering candidates. Tho Hon. G, Fowlds returned to' Wellington from Auckland last evening. Tho Ministor is very much improved in health by tho trip. ■■ ; Mrs. Elizabeth Brown, of Ingestro l Street (a: daughter of tho late Mr. John Plimmer) .has been in a serious state of ill-health during tho last few days. • • ! 'Jlj*. A.. Hamilton, Director of the Dominion Museum, ; has. been absent for. several, days on a, visit-to Featherstou, from which, he is expected tb return to-day. • - !. . A Press Association message from Napier states that the-Rev. Sidney Hill has boon ordained and inducted to the nowly-formod Presbyterian charge of the Taradale-Clivo district. •, .At the annual mooting of the Pharmacy Board yestorday, Mr. R. D. Hanlon was elected president in placo of Mr. George Mee, who has occupied tho position for the last ten years. .' •

j Mr. A. Even Bernays, of Kew, Surrey,'lias , arrived ill Wellington; He has booked a berth on the Waikare (or the Sounds cscurI sion, after which he intends to visit points of interest in the North, Island. - 1 '• Mr, A. J. "Wiolts left yesterday for the ; North, and wil] return on February*-28. At ( a.meeting pf the Looal Committee of Trinity College, held on Monday last, Mrs.'Wicks , was appointed to act as assistant-secretary. Mr. V. Meredith, solicitor, formerly captain • of the Wellington Rugby representatives, and for many years in the Customs Department, has: entered into - partnership with'Mr;|R.' B. Williams, of Feathcrston Street. ( , Tho Rev. A. E. Simpson/of St. Matthew's, Westminster,. is if visitor to New Zealand. ; He left for Nelson by the Rotoiti on Wed-' nosday to travorso the West Coast-Otira ( Road, after which it is his intention to Visit , the Cold Lakes. Mr. Charles : Seagar, tho veteran engineer . , and steam-boat ownor,; has completed fifty years of aotivo businoss life, and at a gathering, to bo held in the Commercial Travellers' Club on Tuesday nest, he is to receive the congratulations of his engineering staff.. Messrs. Michael Bannan (chairman of tlio Grey County Council) and Ernest" J. M'lnroe chairman of tho Inangahua County Council) havo been appointed members of the Grey-mouth-Harbour Board, in place of Messrs. Jeremiah M'Carthy and James Stevenson, resigned.

This evening the Hon. J. A. Millar will Ic-ave for Dunedin to attend to matters connested with his, own constituency. Ho will also probably visit Invercargill and the Bluff. At Milton he will confer with representatives , .of tho Bruce and Clutha counties on certain aspects of the Harbour Board's Bill. Mr. Ernest W. Hunt, accountant and auditor, of the staff of Barr, Leary, ano Williams, has been in a private hospital for ten days, during which period ho has been successfully operated on for appendicitis. Mr. Hunt is making an excellent recovery, and expects to be about again. early next month. A Press Association from Wanganui' states that the Revl E, Ward, who has been acting vicar of Christ Church, Wanganui, during the past twelve monflis, has been appointed to the charge of the parish of Waerengaapika, near Gisborne. Mr. Ward suceeds tho Rev. Mr. Butterfield, who lias been appointed principal of the Waerangaapika College, i Mr. E. Gohns, of tho head office of tho Labour Department, who has been appointed Inspector of Factories at Gisborne, will leave for that town to-day. Ho was presented yesterday by his fellow-workers with a silvermounted ebony walking-stick. Before joining the Department, about a year ago, Mr. Gohns was secretary for a number of industrial workers' unions in Christchurch. At tho Church of ttie Sacred Heart, Petone, yesterday, the marriage of Miss Alico M. Dyke to Mr. M. O'Sullivan was performed by the Rev. Father Maples. The tridg, who was given away by hor brother, Mr. J. V. Dyke, wore a dress of oream silk colienno, .trimmed>with guipure lace. A reception was afterwards hold at the residence of tho bride's mother, Mrs. Hayward, in Nelson Street. A largo and valuable collection of presents was received. Messrs. Johnston and Co. have'booked the following passongers to England:—Mr. and Mrs. Cockburn Hood, of tho Wairarapa, to loavo Sydney by tho Mooltan on February 26; Mr. Ratcliff, of Feilding, to leave Sydney by tho Moldavia on March 25; Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Temple, of Masterton, to leave Sydney by tho Moldavia on March 25; Mr. and Mrs. F. Train, of Marton (Moldavia); Misses Geraldine and Kathleen Henry, of Wellington, to leave Sydnoy by tho Mooltan on February 26; Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Mliennan and Mr. F. M'Kerizie, of Feilding, to leave Sydney by the Macedonia on February 1; Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Thomas and Miss Ambler (Macedonia), February 1; Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Hutchen, of Wellington, to leave on March 6. Tho annual report of tho Equitable Building and Investment Socioty chronicles tho rotiromont, on account of failing health, of Mr. J. H. Otto Schwartz, who has been Secretary of tho Society for the past thirty yoars. Tho Socioty has mado him a handsomo retiring allowance. Up till three or four years ago Mr. Schwartz was a Wellington identity. Apart from his official duties, which brought him into touch with tho business poople, lie was prominent in musical matters, and, himself a violinist of no ordinary merit, ho» conducted tho Wellington Orchestral Socioty for a timo. Ho has also acted as a judge of band contests, being a pronouncod admirer of brass and military band music. In later years ho has suffered severely, and has never recovered his full health and strength. Mr. Schwartz is being succeeded by Mr. E. A. Liddle, who has practically been performing tho duties for two or three years past to tho satisfaction of the directors.