PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 133, 28 February 1908, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

« To-day tho Premier (Sir Joseph Ward) will' bo at Mangonui, the Hon. W. Hall-Jones at Waikanae, tho Hon. 6. Fowkls at Opotiki, tho Hon. R. M'Nab cn routo to Wellington, the Hon. J. A. Millar, the Hon. J. M'Gowan, tho Hon. Dr. Findlay, and the Hon! J; Carroll at Wellington. Mr. J. Lomas, Chief Inspector of Factories, has returned from his southern tour. Mr. Charles Wilson, Assembly Librarian, loaves on a trip to Sydnoy by tho Moeraki tc^day. Surgeon-Captain T. B. Kelly (Indian Army) leaves for London by tho Corinthic to-morrow. Tho Very Rev. Father O'Shea, VicarGeneral, is expected to .arrive . back to-day from Auckland. Mr. W. P. James, S.M., has been appointed chairman of the Liconsing Committee for tho Pahiatua district. Madamo Clara Butt arrived in Palmerston from Napier yesterday, and went.through to Wanganui by motor. Tho Government has appointed Mr. Wni. Wilkinson, of Roslyn, Dunedin, a member of tho Otajo Harbour Board. . Mr. William Ferguson, secretary to the Wellington Harbour Board, leaves on a visit to Australia by tho Moeraki to-day. Mr. Atkins, of Westport, is staying at tho Arcadia. Mrs. Atkins left .on Wednesday by tho Rotomahana for Lyttelton. The commission granted to Dr. F. ,Wallace Mackenzie as Surgoon-Captain in the New Zealand Militia has been cancelled. Mr. and Mrs. White, who have been for twenty-five, years residents, of Nelson, are leaving by, the Corinthic on Saturday.Mr. H. Kersley, of George and.jfcersley, leaves for Sydney en route to London todaly. He will bo accompanied by Mrs. Kersley. 1 Mr. G. S. Munro,. who was manager of the New Zealand Exhibition, leaves for Sydney en route to London by the Moeraki today. '. ; ■ Staff-Captain Rose, of • tho Salvation Army, and the Rev. Mr. Doull, were passengers from Sydney by the Warrimoo yesterday. Mr. J. B. Harcourt was last evening entertained by the members of tho Wellington Club at a dinner, prior to his departure for Home. ~ .. . .

Messrs. T: D. Cummins, Michael Foley, and D. W. Mason are gazetted registrars of electors at Wanganui, Masterton, and Patea respectively. ;

• Mr. D., G. Smart, on the staff of Messrs. Moorhouse and, Hadfield, solicitors, has passed the final examination for admission as a solicitor. . •

■ Mr. Charles Marter, sub-editor, of the Sydney "Daily Telegraph," who has . been enjoying a holiday m Wanganui, leaves for Sydney to-day by the Moeraki.,

Mr. James Drummond, chief. reporter of the ," Lyttelton Times," returned yesterday from his visit to Kapiti Island. Ho will probably return to Christchurch to-morrow.

Messrs. Harkins, and Cameron, chairman and treasurer of-the Tresidder committee, arrived from '.Wanganui.,last,, evening,;: and are to leave for Sydney by the Moeraki today. c . v.-,,/,:

Dr. L. Cockayne, F.L.S., returned from the South yesterday to resume/his Ijotanical survey of the Tongariro National, Park, which was interrupted by a slight accident to his :knee.

Messrs. James Mihter Flegg, of 3 Lawrence Pountney Hill, London, and Mr. T. M. Kemmis, of IG3 Phillip Street-, Sydney, have .been appointed commissioners of the Supremo Court of New Zealand; \ .

Le Comto Aurouin-Foulon and M. J. Jaumsville, of Nantes, France, are visitors ,to New Zealand. They left for the South last evening by the Rotomahana, intending to do tho Cold Lakes.

Mr. Arthur D.' Kennedy, of Wellington, leaves' : for England and the Continent, via Sydney, on March 6, by the Maramaj joining the Ophir at Adelaide.' He expects' to be away for five'or six months.

' Sir EdwaM Lechmere, who. has. been fishing in the south,, and Lady Lechmere, due hero shortly from the Old Country, have booked return passages to London by tho Aorangi, leaving Sydney in April., \ :

Mr. Thomas Bush,, presidont of the Wellington Bowling Club, and Mrs. Bush,, and Mr. T. Jones, of tlie. firm ,of Palliser ,m:d Jones, have booked to leave' Sydney for London by the Omrah, sailing on April,

A Press Association telegram fromWairoa states that Mr. A. R. Sinclair, a prominent progressiveex-County oh'airman, has been appointed Government member of, the Harbour. Board' vice - Mr. Moloney, deceased.

At tlie gathering of employees of George and Kersley, Ltd., held : last evening, Miss Evans, who is leaving the office staff to be married, ■ was presentod, on behalf of the firm with a'silver : tea-service.

Father W. D. Goggan, who has been appointed Vice-Rector of St. Patrick's College, Wellington, was entertained at Napier last night at a concert in tho Theatre Royal by the Roman Catholics of Napier, and presented with' a purse of sovereigns.

The Rev." and Mrs. F. L. Stephens, of Dilley, Oregon, who havo been making a stay in the Dominion, will leave for Sydney today to connect there with the R.M.S. Ophir. Mr. Stephens is to break his journey at Port Said, in order to visit the Holy Land. ' :

The Hon. W. Hall-Jones (Minister for Public Works) visits Waikanao to-day, whore ho will open tho post-office. He will also be present at the 'openjng of a new tennis court, and will' attend the public school picnic. The Minister will return in the afternoon. "

Mr. E. H. Morrah, brother of Mr. Morrah, the Wellington auctioneer, and Mrs. Morrah, and the Misses Morrah arrived hero yesterday by. tho Warrimoo. Mr. E. H. Morrah has been transferred froni the Adelaide branch of the 'Bank of Australasia to tho management of the Palmerston North branch of that bank. '' '

The resignations of the following teachers have been accepted by tho Wellington Education Board Miss Duncan, Walkcevillo, as from March 31; Mr. M'Namara, Mangapakeha, as from February 29; Miss E. Cooper, Clydo Quay, as from February 29; Miss Easson, Kaiparoro, as from March 31.

Leave of absence has been granted by tho Education Board to tho undermentioned teachers:—Miss N. Kelly, Akatarawa, three months from February 1; Mr. j! Kay, Hamua, two weeks' additional leave to tho ond of February; Miss Hmd, Newtown, one month, from March 1; Miss M'Coll, South Wellington, one .month from February Miss Burgess, Pahiatua, two weoks.

Mr. T. W. Lower, of Karon, is to leavo on a trip to London nest month. 'Mr. Albert Stichbury, of Wellington, is to proceed to London by the Bremen neifc month. % Mr. Samuel Tyson is gazetted a scaffolding inspector for tho districts of Marlborough, Nelson, and West-land.' Messrs. A. Hamilton and John Young are gazetted members of tho Board of Governors of the New Zealand Institute. Colonel. Tuson, . Adjutant and .Quarter-master-General of tho Defence Forces, leaves by the Moeraki for Sydney to-day. Mr. O'Connor, J.P., of Greytown North, is staying at the Arcadia until Saturday, when ho leaves by tho Corinthic for London. . ■ Bishop Williams left Napier by tho Zealandia yesterday afternoon for Wellington, en route for England, to attend the Lambeth Conference. Dotective M'Uveney, who has beon suffer-. ing a protracted illness at Auckland, is now sufficiently : recovered to. get about again, and is expected back in Wellington by the end of tho week.