PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 122, 15 February 1908, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

:• —« - - The Premier (Sir Joseph Ward) is at the Thames to-day; the Hon. R. M'Nab, the Hon. W. Hall-Jones, the Hon; J. A. Millar, the Hon. J. M'Gowan,' and; the Hon'. Dr. Eindlay are at Wellington; the; Hon: G. Fowlds en route to Gisborne,' and the Hon. J. Carroll-at Gisborne. ■

; Mr. J. Lomas, Chief Inspector of Factories, left yesterday'on a visit" to Dunedin and Southland-on Departmental business.

Tiie members of the "Brewster's Millions I .' Comedy Company left for, Sydnoy by iho Warrimoo yesterday en route for Hobavt. .

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bowie, of Timaru, are passing ' through Wellington on - their way home after 'a twelve-months! visit to the Old Country, :

Mr. ,Wal(er Fossey, of the Manual Training School, Newmarket, Auokland, has been appointed by. the Wanganui Education: Board to the position of Director of the Feilding Technical School.''

The Town Clerk (Mr. John R. • l'alm.ov); who ha? 'been granted leave of absence ill order to visit Australia; expects to sail for Sydnoy on March 6." He will probably be absent about a month- ' -.

Mr. R. Ijl. W. Bligh, who about two years ago spent some time in New Zealand engaged in White Cross.League work, is again in the Dpirinion in connection with the same matter. He is'at present working through Otago.

Mr. B. Lewis, who recently resigned frofa the position of manager for Sa'rgoodj Son, and Even,'at Nelson, has entered into partnership with Mr. Thomas A. Turnbull, of this city, as indent and manufacturers' agents; Mr. Turnbull left for Sydney by the Warvimoo yesterday to connect with the German liner Grosser Kurfurst for London.

Mr. S.'J. Harding, who is to relieve Mr. J. J. Hay for twelve months as Resident Engineer of the Public Works Department) at Nelson, left to take up his new dutios yesterday.: Mr. Hay, who is at present in Wellington, will leave towards the end :of the month for Australia, whence he will go to Vancouver and afterwards to Europe. >

For a considerable period Captain ,R. Stewart has commanded Union Company's steamers in the Wellington-Pioton«Nelson service, and as'master of the Penguin, and latterly the Pateena, he is probably best known. ■ The residents of the French Pass, Admiralty Bay, and the Croixelles districts, during the Pateeiia's last run from Nelson on Thursday, boarded the vessel at the French Pass, and presented Captain Stowart with ail illuminated address, signed by over fifty of the settlers. An extract from the letter which accompanied tho address reads;

—" As to the reason why we have decided to offer the address to you—you must have known that your ever-ready kindness and cheerful attention, to our intorests and comfort, wero very warmly appreciated by : us all. . . It is our sincere hope that you will long continue in the command of the Pateena.',' Mr. W. Webber made the presentation on. behalf of the settlers, and although taken completely by surpriso, Captain Stewart responded iu his usual apt manner.' •

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Madnrao Clara Butt, Mr. Kennerley Rumford, and party, will arrive by tilts Maori to-morrow, and leave the same day for Nelson, where one concert will bo give!!. Mr. E. Clifton, Chief Stock Inspector and Director of experimental farms, returned to Wellington yesterday from ■a . visit to the Nelson, Motucka, and Blenheim districts. Mr. W. T. Glasgow, Secretary of Customs, is at present on a visit of inspection ill the north. Mr. R. Carter, Collector of Customs, is acting secretary in the meantime, and Mr. W. Rose is acting collector. Tho congregation of St. John's was numerously represented on tho Queen's Wharf yesterday afternoon, when tho Rev. I)r. Gibb took his departure for Sydney ; by, tho Warrimoo, en route for the Old Country. Mr. I'Vcd. Gill (son of Mr. Win. Gill, manager in Wellington for tho 'Alliance. Ajssur.uwc Co.), who was married about a fortnight ago to Miss Mabel Pricfe (daughter of' Mr. H. Price, Upper Willis Street), is ill at Blenheim with appendicitis. His father has gone tp Blenheim. Mr. J. U. Browne, a member bf tho Edon Terraco Road. Board, Auckland, and a delegate from, the latter body to tho meeting of local bodies to be held in Auckland on March 25, relative to an up-to-dato drainago system, has just arrived in Wellington with a view to obtaining information on tho drainage system of this city. ' Mr. R. B. Williams, ex-Mayor of Onslow, and bend of the legal firm of Williams and ; Meredith, intends to leave on a visit to his relatives in tho United States early in April. Mr. Williams, who is an old member of the Wellington Liwlertafel ,is\ to be tendered a complimentary concert by that society 011 March l£i by way .of a musical farewell. ' ' . • ■ • The names of no fewer than thirteen cadets of. the Public Trust Olfice appear among the Senior Civil Service"passes." - Their names are: Misses I. Hutson (Napier), H. Jack (Wellington); Messrs. Scott Hunter;(Auckland), W. G. Baird (Wellington), R. D. Newth (Wellington), E. R. Myers (Wellington), N. P. Neilson (Wellington), W. C. Nicholls (Dunedin); G. H. EllifEe (Wellington), ■ T. J. King (Wellington), R. L. M'Alister (Wellington), G. Rorialdson (Wellington), A. W. White (Wellington). The pass carries with it a rise in salary of £10 por year in each case.