PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 100, 21 January 1908, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS

To-day .the Premior .will .be en -route to Wellington from Dunedin; tho Hon. J. A. Millar is at Dunedin; the Hon.-Dr. Findlay at Dunedin ; the -Hon. 11. M'Nab at .Tolaga Bay; tho Hon. J. Carroll at Tolaga Bay; the Hon. J., M'Gowan at Wellington j, and the -Hon. G. Fowlds at Wellington, j :: 1 ' ]-'■ . .'Archdeacon Grace arrived ]in Wellington by the s.s! Penguin last- night-. .-. Sir Robert Stout, - Chief ] Justice, - f eturns. from Auckland by the Mo'nmvai to-day.:-Tho Rev. Charles Inwood, the Kcswiok deputation, was to leave Sydney for Wellington on Saturday, i :: Lady Wliit-raoro':was': a .passenger' By .the Papanui, which arrived from London yester- ] day morning. .: . ..'." '■'..'- Mr. W. P. Morgan; of the Wellington office of tlio Land Transfer.. Department, has . been ; transferred to -Hokitika. : Mr. 1.-Hopkins, Government Apiarist, arrived from the north on Saturday, and will leave again for the' south to-morrow. -. Mr. J. M. Batham, Registrar-General of Laud and Deeds, has . returned ,to departmental'duties after'liis annual holiday. Dr.,R. T. Jupp, ofKlerksdorp (Jransvaal), and: Miss Singleton and Master F. Singleton] of Malvern, Victoria," are; touring Nov.- Zca- - land. . . . :; ■•' 4 -]:. : .;',';']. : Mr. ,E. A. Perkins, tho weH-known-produce, agent; of Auckland, is paying a week's holiday visit to Seatoun, staying with Mr. R-. Ilall. r'..] ' Mr. C. H. W. Dixon; Chief Clerk of the Stamp Department, is at present on relieving duty at Blenheim. Ho will resume work at the head office next Monday.. , , ' Mr. G;'H. Jenkinson, tho Agricultural Department inspector in charge of the Wellington and Wairarapa districts, leaves for the northern Wairarapa this morning on official business,;and will be,absent for some days. Among tho passengers who arrived from London by the Papanui yesterday were Mr:' A. .Hart, of Napier ; Mr. W. H.'! CheeSttaifa/ of; Christchurch; Misses C. and J. Wot'nerspoon, of Auckland; and Mrs. Howarth (from South Africa), formerlyvof Wellington. \ Captain T. "W. - M'Donald, Assistant Ad : . jutant General, "Wellington Volunteer district, proceeds to Wanganui to-day] to attend an examination of officers. On the following day he will attend the manceuvres of the West Coast Battalion, and "oil. Thursday he will return to Wellington. ' Mr.. George Allport, ■ Secretary of ] tho Marine Department, who ; accompanied the Hinemoa on her tour of the northern lighthouses, is expected to reach Wellington by Friday night's Manawatu express. He will leavo tho Hinemoa at Onehunga ou arrival from Kaipara on Thursday. Mr. H. S. Fitzherbert, S.M., who has been stationed at Now Plymouth during "the absence on leavo of Mr. T. Hutchison; 5.M.,, will remain in -that town, Mr. Hutchison being transferred to Oamaru. -Mr. Fitzherbert will retain tho position of District Land Registrar at New Plymouth, to which liewas appointed temporarily. ' The following were recent callers -at ,tho Government Tourist BureauThos. H. James, Devonport (Tasmania); W. MacDonald, Melbourne; Fred..Wm: Jones, Abbcrloy Hall, Stourport; J. Stronach;' Invorcargill; W. A. Jeff, Johannesburg; S. G. Griffiths, Sydney; Rev. J. N. Moore, Lewisham, Sydney, T. J. Sherwood, Mataura; and John H. Lydall, London. Mr. E. Bamford, District Land, and Registrar, Examiner of Titles, and Deputy Commissioner. of Stamps at Auckland, has been given two months' sick leave as from February 1. During his absence Mr. W. Stewart, of the Wellington office, will relievo him iis Deputy District Land Registrar and Examiner of Titles, and Mr. W. Fletcher, of tho Auckland office, will perform the duties of Deputy Commissioner of Stamps.