PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 116, 8 February 1908, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

' The Premier (Sir Joseph Ward) will bo at Auckland to-day; the Hon. W. Hall-Jones; the Hon. R.' M'Nab, 1 tli-e Hon. J. M'Gowan, tho ,Dr.' Findlay, the Hon. 1 'J. A; Millar, and the Hon. G. Fowlds' at Wellington;'.and the Hon. James Carroll at Gisborne. .

The Commissioner of Police (Mr.: W. 'Dinriie) lias left on a Departmental visit to Canterbury and Otago.:••• >' ' K :

Dr. Mason, Chief Health Officer, loaves on Monday on a Departmental' .visit to Picton, Nelson, and the West Coast. > ' '

■1 Mr. F. .Brown, of the New. Zealand Agricultural Department,; arrived back 'from Sydney by,, the Moeraki, accompanied by Mrs, Brown. ■ . ~v ■" .. . " .

Mr. L. F. Ayson, Chief Inspector o" Fisheries, has returned from a fisit toOfcago, and expeots to bo in' Wellington for the next 'week or-two., "• ■ . -

Captain T. W. M'Donald,: Assistant Ad-jutant-General, District Headquartors,' has been granted bis weeks' leave of absence i") order to pay a visit to-Tasmania.

Mr. O'Domiell, sub-receiver of - land revenue at Gisborne, has been appointed receiver at Napier, N in succession to / Mr. Bull, retired; and Mr. H. Robinson, of the Auckland oilico, is to succeod Mr. O'Donnell- at Gisborne.

Brigadier Albiston, Major Dutton, ■' and Major Holdaway, of the Salvation Army, leave torday on: a visit to Masterton, from which they will return on Monday; The Brigadier has deferred his visit to the Bluif till Monday week. . • r

The following tourists from oversea called yesterday, at.the office of the Tourist Departments—Mr. E. H. Kunbech, Adelaide; -Mr.' J., D. Ciinan; Melbourne; Mr. ;F. 1 Hearn, Melbourne;, Father T. J.' .O'Connelly Vic-, toria; Mr. Martin, Melbourne. ,(: ■

Mr. B. Lewis, late manager for Messrs! Sargood, Son/ and Ewen,. Ltd., at Nelson, and . all employee of the Company for fifteen years, was the recipient of several presentations last night from the Company and >ts employees. Mr. Austin,' warehouse manager, made tho presentations and spoke highly of the business ability- and sooial qualifications of Mr. Lewis. Messrs. C. B. Robertson, J. A. 0. M'Eldowney;-H. F..TJpham, and'J. Philpot a}so spoke of the good feeling existing between Mr. Lewis and his fellow-em-ployees. Mr. Lewis intends starting business for himself in Wellington. ; ; ;