PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 107, 29 January 1908, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Tlid pfesortt location df Ministers fa as 1 follows Premier (Sir Joseph Ward) at Wellington; the Hon. J. A. Millar, the Horn .Oh rilldlftyi the Hdni G< FowldS) and tllo H6n. J. A. M'&oWan fit Wellington; 'tho lion. R. M'Nab at Waofrenga farmland this Hon. J. Carroll at Gisborne. r ' r'! Mr. George Allotl' Slanfiftcld, a well-known died in thatoityoiiJanu4ry 20,' aged 74 years. Mt.' 3 Arildld, M.P., iDUnediti, is at pfcjollt visiting Wellington on public) business, connected .with hifl- constituency.' . Sir Joseph Ward;and the fion. J. Ai Miliar (Minister for Labour) arrived from the West Coast early yesterday' afternoon in the Tutanekai. • • ~ / ■' ■>■ •. ■ : ■ A telegram from'Aiiokiand states; all tho fbtelgn consuls andl a number of citizens called upoll thfe Gbrmiiri Consul (Mr. Carl Secgncr) on Monday to bffef their cotigrii* tulations on tho anniversary of the birthday of the Gorman Empdroh The Kaiser was born in 1859.

'Acfiprding to a Press Associationtolegram frohi Auckland tho Hoil. ,R. M'Nab will Visit, tllo Waerenga experimental station today, and frill spend the night at TaUtnarunUi. Hfiiii tends to proceed on , along tho routo of the Main Trunk 1 lino through Rau.rimu and' TaihapOj reaching Wellington on S&tufday. : .

Mr. F. T. Moqre, Chairman of the John-, sonville Town Board; will be a candidate fot ..the ntw. Suburbs seat at . this . year's general election. So far there are six can- . didates mentioned .for ; this , : Dr. Newman, Messrs. A. C. Pearce. (Mayor of Karori), J.' P. Luke, (a City Councillor), E. Fitzgibbons, J., E. Fitzgerald, and F.. T< Moore, , ■ ,

A Press Association telegram from OamarU states that Mr. Turton, S.M., was

'! far6welied" by the local-.bar " yesterday morfting.' Mr. Newton) on behalf of - the profession, expressed regret at tho depail- - Of Mr.-Turtdn, who .leaves for- his new district on the West Coast at ' the' end of tho week; Mf. Hutchesoiij S.M., assumes his duties at Oamaru to-day.

~Mr. W. Moore, Mayor of Carterton, has been obtaining,, a promise from ,Mr.. Superintendent of Electric ' I'ln^i'i. "to| "place in telephonic communication, with Wellington) in the. course, of a few months' it is probable: that other Waifarapa towns ifilV. also be included in 'tlie communication, Writes our Waifarapa correspondent, authority having been given for the erection of the necessary wires. .' ~ ,■ ' •

Mi 1 . James Reid,.a well-known Carterton resident, is at present in a deep stato of family bereavement, writes. Our' Wairarapa correspondent. : On Saturday to buried his. twenty-one year bid soil, and now comes word that'his eldest son, Mr. ThotUflS Raid, is dying of consumption in a Melbourne hospital, Mr.' Thomas Hoid was formerly -0110 of tho superintendents of the A.M.P. Insurance Company, 'Wellington, and had to j resign his position owing to ,

Mr. Midgley Taylor, the eminent English engineer, will confer with the Auckland Borough Council te-morrew nighty on the Borough drainage question (states an 'Auckland Press Association telegram). Mr. Taylor has also accepted the invitation of the Napier Borough Council to report upon the Napier sewer outfall. Ho will leave Auckland on Friday, and will go down tho Wanganui River en routo to Napier. Afterwards he will visit tho South Island,'leaving in time to catch the Orontes at Melbourne on February 25 for England. The Rev. Father Goggan announced at the morning service in St. Patrick's Church on Sunday (says tho Hawke's Bay "Herald") that be is about to leave tho Napier parish to tako up the position of vice-rector of St, Patrick's College, Wellington, It was to fill that post that Father Goggan came to New Zealand, but tho state of his health necessitated his removal to the country. He leaves for Wellington on Monday next, but will return a week later for a few days to make some final arrangements, Father Goggan was formerly located in Wellington.

Mr. E. P. Rawson,' of Masterton, whoso appointment as ; Stipendiary Magistrate has been announced, was born at New Plymouth in 1865, and entered the Justice Department at tho early age ef fourteen years. He has now attained twenty-eight years' service in tho various positions. Ho has been in office in fourteen towns in New Zealand. Ho was 'admitted a solicitor in 1894, and camo to Masterton nine years ago. In that time he held the positions of Clerk of tho Magistrate's District Courts, Registrar of Electors, Clerk of tho Licensing Bench, and Sheriff. He married Miss Moss, of Greymouth, in 1894. Mr. Rawson leaves Masterton in ten days' time to take up his new I duties at Westport.

The funeral of Mr. Bernard Keating, who was killed, at Kelburiie on Saturday, was largely attended yesterday morning. Prior to leaving far the K.irori Cemetery a short service was conducted in St. Mary of the "Angels Church, Boulcott Street, by tho Rev. Father M'Donald, who also officiated at the graveside. Tho mourners filled ton cabs, and amongst them were Mr. H. Wardell, the whole of Vardell and Go's, staff, and Mr. R. Evans, deceased's most intimate frieild. Among tho wreaths sent Woro oftertogs from tho Grocers' Assistants' Union, tho Public Servico Stores, Messrs. Edward Anderson and G'o., H. Wflrdell, and R. lDvans. The deceased, who was popular with evctyono, was educated partly in France, and at one time studied for priesthood, both at Homo and at St; Patrick's College, Wellington, but hid to give it up in favour of an outdoor life o\\ account of liis health.

FW ShaiiipOOing, special Hair and Face Treatment, visit Mrs. Rolleston, Certificated Masseuse. Hair Physician, and Face Spncinliet. Mllo s Preparations obtainable. 3 .Willis Street (over Carroll's), C73Q,

'v.- : : ■' '■ it" Mr. J. W. Mactlonald,- assistant solicitor . i to : tho Publio Trufit :Offlce,,.iß.'at present, in: tho Wairflrapa on f Departmental; business. '- . s: . \Sevon-: milk suppliers announce .by adver- • :;3 tisement in anothei 1 column to the residents * of Lower Hutt and the surrounding district /) ■ . that milkj oh" and! after Saturday; February ■■ - 1 . 1, will bo '4d. per. quart, 7d. per half-gallon, - : and Is. Sd. per gallon.' '' *■ ; Tho only nomination for. all additional,, . councillor to represent the Jfungaroa riding ■ on the Hutt Borough Council was that of . . . Mf. Thomas Edwards, who ■was yesterday doclared duly elected. .Tho , election ■ was .., ... ■necessitated by the creation ,of tho, now . Makara County Council. : A-Press Association telegram from Auck- V, . , £, ;land states\thafciMiss Shaw, a native of the - Thames) and at- present , residing in Auck- v ,:.ir land, recently passed : tho ■ ;i an associate member ofithe,lnstitute of Ac- - i countants. i' Not only.'did. she come out at . i, tho head of itho list, but she is tho first lady . in Now. Zealand to Obtahuthe above-status. " .Of tho eight tramcars which; Messrs- Rouse and Hurrcll'contracted to build for the City, ... » Corporation; seven have now- 1 been completed:- : Tho seventh Was dolivcfed at. the: 6ar shfida , list evening. Any doubt as to the ability ■' ■, of a local firm to doal with the-order in the: /■ brief tim 6 allowable! by stress of traffic must bs dispelled by the fact that throo cats W6r« ■ tUrntd out in tho last fotlt-'Wfioks. . A single! ttian, 29 years of named . liahl Bentlfiy, inefc With a sefldliS i afibident-; yesterday'Worning. man was engaged. by tho Fresh Food. and Ice Company,: and. left tho Company's depot-In,Dixon Street: oarly yestoi'day morning to talis a tailk cart . : .to ■ thowwhar f whoro ■ lie had\to deliver a- : . quantity, of milk. 'At abdut 6 a.to. -the mail;; V was found lying pinned under tho overturned, • trap iii Jervoiß Quay. " Vfhen extricated)! Bontlcy waß unconscious, alld. he. remained! ,/ , ihflortsiblo for some. time. Bte ,was, removed v to the hospital, toherG it was.foiiiid tllftt hia apihd hild hfifin fnjuredj atid, an y > was found to bfs necessary. As no oho wit- •, ; liesSed the accident, tho cause of the (Ivorturning of tho cart is not known. Cjn enquiry at tho hospital last night it was stated • that- Bentloy was in ft S6ti6ufi cOfiditioh. i