PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 155, 25 March 1908, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

-To-day • the, Pi;ime Minister '(Sir Joseph Ward) will be at'Kawhia-, the Hon. J. Carroll in the .Urcwera Country, the Hon. R. M'Nab at Picton, the Hon. W. Hall-Jones, the Hon. Dr. Findlay, \ the Hon. J. M'Goivan, the Hon. G. Fowlds, and tha Hon. J. A. .Millar at Wellington.

Dr. Valintine, Inspector-General of Hospitals, ■ arrived from the North yesterday.:

Mr. L. F. Ayson returned to Wellington yesterday froAi an official trip to Auckland.

The Hoii. R. M'Nab left yesterday to pay a visit -to Ship Cove, Marlborough, ' the scene of one of Cook's landings. 'Mr. T. M. Wilfordj M.P., state's that he ■has no intention of offoriiig ljimself as'-a candidate for tho office of Mayor at: the forthcoming election. Miss Kirk, official visitor to the Benevolent Trustees, was yesterday, afternoon granted a fortnight's leave of absence, to dato from Monday next. .: .'Mr. T. A. Murphy, Customs officer at Lytteltbh, retires on' a pension oh April 1; after 42 years' service. Mr. Murphy wais formerly stationed at New Plymouth.

Mr. T. H. Davoy, M.P., left, by last night's ferry boat to. return to' Christchuhjh. He has been in indifferent health for somo time, but has benefited somowhat from a quiet holiday here.

. Mrs. Fox, daughter of Sir William Russell, and .wife of Colonel , Fox, at one time Commander of the Forces in New Zealand, arrived in Wellington from London by .the Maitai, oil' Sunday, accompanied by her sister,'i Miss .Russell.. . ' ' .

During the absence in . England of the •Rev. : J.- Cocker of the' Donald M'Lean Street 'Primitive Methodist Church, the-'; Rev.' 0. A. of Dunedin, will , hire charge : of • that place of worship, and' tho Rev. H. Daniel, of -Feildiug, will b&vc .charge' of tho church at Island Bay. '

-. There was a large attendance at. the funeral of the late Mr. Geoi Reed (one of the first : authorities oii. 'scientific and practical plnmbing), whose remains- were interred at Sarori yesterday afternoon.'- Those, present included a numberi of students and -exstudeiits of j the Wellington"Technical School, where deceased was ah instructor., It is the intention of the. students to' assist in raising a memorial to the late Mr.'Reed.

V ki ii meeting of the Executive of the New Zealand Alliance yesterday , (Mr. John Nichol presiding), ' tlio. -. following resolution / was carriedTho. Rev. J. Cocker, a member of.the Executive, being about to visit England,'.this meeting hereby 'places on record its ,grateful senso of the : valuable aid rendered by him to tlio, NVLicenso movement iii various parts of the Dominion,- bids him God-speed i on his jbuhiey, and cordially commends him as ,an able and devoted-temper ande Worker to those whom lib may meet in tho Old Country."

MeSsrs. Richard Kecno and James Reid, ivlio ledVe to-dhy'on a trip to England, were entel ; taiiled v in Godbor'is Rooms, Cuba Street, last evening by some of their business friends at ,a farewell gathering. Mr. 0. Beere, who presided, proposed the health of the guest 3, and Wished ;-them a good voyage. Messrs. Reid' arid Keen© replied; Mr. Keeno gave ah address on the progress of the Dominion,: and Mr. Reid oil. property in Now Zealand. Tiio Hon. 0." Hi -Mills gaye a. dissertation on railways, ' and proposed -the toast of the wives and families of the guests.. Other toasts were " The Legal Profession of Wellington,' 1 by Mr. I*. V. Venables";; " Land Brokers," Mr. W. G. Somcrvillc; and "The Ladies," Mr. R. Beere. • Musical items were coiitribntal by the Hon.. C. H. Mills, and Mossrs. Hin'old Widdop, Reid, and Venables.

Tho Ret'. J. Cocker, who has been appointed as the New Zealand delegate to the Primitive) '> Methodist Centenary Conference, to be held shortly in London, will leave for England by Thursday's boat. The 'oontonnry of Primitive Methodism is being marked by three separate conferences. The great openair meeting, held 'last year on Mow Cop, commemorated the' first camp meetings held by tho denomination;' Tho confcreiieo which Mr. Cocker is attending will mark another foatUre of the Church's origin, and a final cdnteuary conference will bo held in 1910 to commemorate the formation, of. tho;'first Primitive Methodist classes. . This year's conference will be held in tho. City Road Church, London, the first church of Mothodism, which his been specially lent for tho occasion. y

". Photos of Trehtham Rifle meeting, Arawn. Te Anau Collision, Maori Wharf Collision, and other groups at Zak's Depot, Willis Street.