PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 130, 25 February 1908, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

; To-day the Premier (Sir Joseph Ward) will bo en route to' Russell from Wliangarei; the Hon; 6. Fbwlds will.beat To Araroa (Pov. erty-Bay).j the Hon. J. M'Gowan, the Hon. Dr.. Findlay,and the Hon. James, Carroll are in "Wellington; the Hon; It. M'Nab en route from Westport; the Hon. J. A. Millar at the Hon. W., HallJones, at Christohurch; . . i' ' Mr. R. T; Leathern, solicitor, of Christchurch, is in town. ■ Mr. A. H..: Holmes," Clerk of'the Magistrate's Court, who lias been on a visit.of in : spection to , the : Wost. Coast, returned to Wellington on Sunday. , A. Press Association messago states that the Hon. W. Hall-Jones received a deputation on local .matters at Timaru yesterday morning, and left for : Christohurch in the aftornoon. Mr: J. Maughan Barnett went South by the Maori last night. He wi]l give recitals on Thursday and Friday evenings on the new organ built by Messrs. Norman and Beard in First Church, Punediri. .? The . "Sydney Morning Herald" states that news has been received by cable of the marriage of 1 Mr. W.'H; Kelly, M.H.R.;'to Miss Olive Morrell, formerly of Mr. Williamson's Royal Comic Opera Company. Mr. and Mrs. Kelly are returning tG Australia by tho R.M.S. Moldavia. ' ,v' Commissioner M'Kie, officer-in-chargo of tho Salvation Army for Australasia, will arrive in Wellington, with Mrs. M'Kie, by the Maori, from the south, to-morrow. This will be tho Commissioner's last visit to Wellington, as he has notico of his transfer to; another station. . With Commissioner M'Kio will arrivo Brigadier M'Millan (Melbourne), Lieutenant-Colonel Horskins (Melbourno), Major Carpenter (Editor of the' Australian "War.Cry"), Brigadier Perry, and Lieutenant-Colonel Knight and Major 'M'Kcnzic, of the South Island district. On Thursday night will bo held a tea and council of North Island officers; on Friday, last-, ing all day, officers' council; on Saturday night a young peoplo's demonstration in tho Vivian Street Citadel; ori Sunday meetings at . tho Opera Houso; and on Monday night a unique memorial service in the Town Hall, illustrated with bioscopie views. The Commissioner and Mrs. M'Kie will leave on Tuesday for Auckland

Dr. Frcngley (Wellington District Health Officer) returned last night from a tour of inspection of tho Rangitikei and Wanganui 'districts. ■ Mr. G. H. Blalcemore, general manager of the Great Cobar, Ltd., one of tho most important mines in New South Wales, is on. a health visit to Now Zealand. •The Rev. C; W. Maclaverty, curate of St. Peter's Church, will ,leave on Saturday on a visit to England. It is intended to make a farewell presentation to Mr. Maclaverty this ovoning. The exodus of Anglican bishops en route to the Lambeth Conference continues. Last week Dr. S.iumareß Smith, Primate of Australia, and tho Bishop of Carpentaria both left .Australia for London. Last week the Rev. Father Goggan, who is to leavo Temuka.for Napier, was the recipient of two presentations,. ono from the children of St. Joseph's School, and the. other from his parishioners.'" Mr. W. R. B. Aekins, who is leaving tho Department of Tourist and Health Resorts to join tho Agricultural Department, received a presentation from the former staff . on Saturday. Tho presentation was made by Mr. S. J. Collett, record clerk. The Rev. John Southey, of the China Inland Mission, Pastor W. Mallis, well known in Christian Convention circles throughout Australia and India, and Archdeacon Alnutt, , who is interested in tho evangelisation of the Jews, aro passengers to Dunedin by. tho s.s. Moeraki', which is expected to arrive today. It appears that yesterday's Press Association messago from Dunedin with reference to tho. management of the Royal, Exchange Assurauco Company is not quite correct. Tho principal office for New Zealand is to be established at Wellington,: as stated, but Mr. ■ 0. R. Bendall will continue as manager, and will not bo replaced by Mr. Clay, of Dunedin. Mr. Charles'M. Alexander, who was invited some months ago by tho Council of tho Evangelisation Society to visit Melbourne, and bring with him the Rev. Dr. Torrey,or other evangelist, for the purpose of holding mission services, lias replied finally by cable; saying—"Unable arrange proper helper this year'; probably' next;: writing."., , • Dr. J. M. Bell, Director of the Geological Survey, left yesterday for Gisborne, via' Ohakune, to inspect petroleum deposits in tho Gisborne district. He is accompanied by Mr. J. H. Adams, one. of tlio Dopartment's geologists, who has been making a preliminary survey. Dr. Bell will spend about six weeks in the Gisborne.district,''and: will then go on to Thames. When Madame Clara Butt was in Christchurch recently Miss C. Livingstone, a local singer, sang before her, and Madame was so favourably impressed with Miss Livingstone's voice that-she'advised her to go to tho Old Country or tho Continent' for 'further . .musical training. Miss" Livingstone" intends ; to follow the advice of tlio distinguished contralto, and she leaves the Dominion in about three weeks' time. , Messrs. H. Denhard and F. H. Allen, vico- . president and Secretary respectively of the Wollington Master Bakers' Union, will leave for Wanganui' on Friday, en route ; to; the Annual Conference of tho Master Bakers,f which is to bo held'at New Plymouth'on Monday,' March 2. At Wanganui, they will attendnaf small, i conferenco arising : out of certain' developments which have recently taken place in that centre. ■ ' , Dr. G. P. M. Woodward, who.'recently retired from the position of-medical officer of ; the' New S6uth Wales Railways,' a post which ho has held, for tho past twenty years, was a recent arrival in New Zealand, accompanied by his daughter, Miss T., E. .Woodward, matron of Berrima District Hospital. Dr. Woodward's health has, causod grave; anxiety to his family and friends, ; and it is, hoped that tho climate of . Christchurch,, where ho intends to reside for the 'future,', may ro- . store him to hoalth and vigour.

Mr. Reginald Day; who has been' for the last'seven years secretary of the, Southland Hospital and Charitable Aid, Board,; has been appointed to! a responsible position in the service of the Australian Widows' Fund Lifo Assurance Society (Limited). He leaves Inv-ercargill to take'up his new;work; in Dunedin as soon as he can be relieved of Iris duties with the Charitable Aid Board. Mr.. Day has been, a very active worker in many semi-public institutions. He lias been' lay reader in tho Church of/England, member of the Waihopai School Committee, ' tho Farmers': Club, the Horticultural .Society, arid .the Troopers' Memorial Executive. '