PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 139, 6 March 1908, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

To-day tho Premier (Sir Joseph Ward) will bo at Waorenga; tho Hon. G. Fowlds at Auckland; the Hon. W. Hall-Jones, tho Hon'. It. MJNab, the Hon. Dr. Findlayi.the Hon. J.. M'Gowan,:'the Hon. J. A. and tlio James Carroll at Wellington, ' '

Mr. John Fuller is to leave, for Sydney today on route for London. He will leave Sydnoy for Home tomorrow, week.

The names of Mr. Walter Wort ley' French (Presbyterian) and the Rev. George ; Burg-' .ess (Congregational), are gazetted "as officiating'ministers'under the. Marriage Act, 1904. : ;

Mt. is notified in tho Gazetto that Horomoiia Teo Paipa and Teono Matapiira Erihana, are licensed to appear as agents in the Native Land Court for tlio year ending Deoember 31, 1908. -

; Tho following officers of. the 'Wellington piaster Bootmakers' Association-have been elected for the onsuing year Chairman, Mr/ Zulcer; vice-chairman, Mr. J. G. It. Clark; secretary, Mr. M'Dowcll; treasurer, Mr. Gommell; with a committee of fivo.

1 The death is recorded of ■ Mr.' Frank J. Donohuo, for twenty years a member of tho editorial staff of the "Sydney Morning Hor T aid." Tlie. deceascd gentleman possessed a fine literary talent, which was made tho more interesting by,a fund of keen sarcasm, which ho used with admirable discretion. Hp visited New Zealand recently, but derived little benefit from the trip. Mr. Donoiiue loaves a widow and throe children. • ' ' '

For Shampooing, all Ilair, and Pace treatments, visit Mrs. Itolleston, Hair Physician, Faco Specialist, and Certificated, Trained under medical supervision. Special treatment for Falling Hair, DandrulT, Greynoss, Faco Massage, etc., personal attention, Ist Floor, 3 Willie Streot (over Carroll's), lei, 15M. 7X52

; Mr. It, B. .lloss, M.P. jfor Pallia tua, was in Wellington yesterday oii<-a(fairs connected with his constituency. - s. ; ' Mr. and Mrs. 'M. Murdoch, of Wellington, on a tfip .to England by the Oswestry Grange on Maroh 21.' - ■ Mr. Loin's Sella tz lias securcd a passage by tho:R;M.S.: Omralv, sailing .Sydney for London on April'ls. ... .. \ > Mr. H. J.. H. Blow (Under-Spcretary for * Public Works), who has been, visiting tlw Auckland'district, will return to Wellington on Saturday. , - - : - Mr. Holmes, spcretary of the Y.5J.C.A.,' has repeived word tliat Mr, '.Gillanders,! the National Secretary, ivijl be ' ill •• Wellirigion ; from April IS till April 22. N... \: ( Mr. J. D.'. Ritchie (Under-Secretary foi . Agriculture) left' yesterday to attpnd th«, annual ; gathering ,of fruitgrowers vat ~" 'Waerenga experimental-station. •( / ■."<■. , . A Press Association message from' Napier' stat-es .that Mr. Harold Gregson, of New York, and formerly of Napier, has been ap- ~ pointed organist of St. .John's Cathedral. Mr. Jamiesoni solo flautist in tho Exhibition Orchestra; of which he was secretary, is visiting Wellington.. }j G lias been president of Christchurch . since the Exhibition. • Mr. Stanley Bowman, of Gore, arrived • from the North. on .Wednesday evening. .* Ho has just returned from a world tour extending over threo years. He spent most of last year in the.Ear East. \iV : Herr Bonno /Scherek, tho accomplished pianist and concert manager, has taken up his residence iif Christchurch, where'ho has already sccurcd a large number' of piano- ; forte pupils.;. He proposes to institute o . , large .symphony orchestra in the southern city later 'on. ' .' " Mr. Harold Parkes, of Williamson's Musical Comedy Company, who has been operated upon for appendicitis at Auckland, has pa.ssod through Wellington on his way . south.: to rejoin the company. Mr. Parkes has only been a month out of harness, which is somewhere in tlie vicinity .of :a record.. .' ~; ;

Mi. Fred./ Graham; the woll-lcnown comedian,- has, bbbn; advised.that his son.Frank' has passed Ill's . first'. deiitril, examination at Philadelphia, U.S.A.- In a letter to his father the young' mail.says,that)though 50. : - per cent., of the'students'faijed,' it : .Vas ro- 1 . markable that all the' Australian candidates got . through. Mr. Graham was, among tho first six out of 137 candidates The short notice at i iwhich < Constable Arthur Skinner had to leave "Wellington for Auckland .to take up duties as an acting dgtwtive. prevented his comrades presenting him with any meipento of his sojourn in ; Wellington. The- members of the local force have and, have purchased a suitable memento, which is l to bo forwarded to Mr. Skinner as a mark of the respect in which ho was held, and as a token of appieciation of his. efforts in framing tho Police Athletic Club. Vice-Admiral thb Hon. Sir Hedworth' • ■ Lambton, K.C.V.0., C.8., who lias been appointed to -succeed'. Admiral Sir' Arthur W. ■ ; Moore as Commanderrin-eiiiof of the China Station, is best known to tho public for his ! \ services as commander of the Naval Brigade ' from H.M.S. Powerful during Jhe siege of Ladysmith. When Sir George Wiito'fell" back on Ladysmith,; lie was without guns • capable or replying. on eyen terms to the firo of those m the hands of tho enemy. ' ■Earlier, in his .' navaj r eareer . VicerAdmiral Lambton: was flag-lieutenant to Admiral Scy'mour during tho bombardment of Alexandria, . and he was present at\,tlie' battle of Tel-el-Kebir. Upon his return from South Africa in 1900- lie was 1 appointed; captain'' of ■ the ' Royal yacht, and in the following year he ! was mado commodore in command 'of His Majesty's yachts. . .