PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 158, 28 March 1908, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

' V-". To-day the Prime Minister (Sir Joseph Ward)' will bo at Auckland, the Hon. J. 'Carroll in ; the TJrewera country, the Hon. R. at Christchurch,' the Hon. W. Hall-Jones, the Hon. James M'Gowan, the: Hon. Dr. Findlay, the Hon. G. Fowlds,' and the Hon.'J. A. Millar ,at Wellington. .Captain Dorrien Smith left • for England yesterday.. . ~ Dr. L'. Cockayne, F.L.S/., returned to Christchurch last'night.' ■ ' Mr. A. do B.'Brandon has been re-elected as Chairman of the College Governors for tho ensuing term.. '■■'■'-" ' Mr.'J. Striiuchonj Commissioner'of Crown Lands, will take up his duties in that capacity in Auckland at the end of April. Miss A. P. Tomlinson, of the teachingstaff of the Wellington Girls' College, has resigned ,h6r, appointment for private, reasons.' .V.:; . ,v V.;:■Mr. Justico. Williams arrived -in Wellington yesterday for the sittings of the. Court of Appeal, which commence on Monday morning. • • . . Tho Rev. G. H. Jupp, the ■ new travelling secretary of the New Zealand Presbyterian Bible Class TJniou, will visit Wellington in 'the. course of his' itinerary on April 10. Mr. .F. Pi; Wilson, whose' term of office has' expired .as .a member . of the ! Colloge Council, has been re-nominatcd for the position by the' Graduates' Association. ilr., and Mrs. H, A. ; Bruce, of Ingestre Street,' left for England' by the Ulimaroa yesterday .'to connect with tho Ortona, at Sydney. will visit Europe and, return by, ..Christmas': ...' [ , Dr. Pomare, Health Officer to the Maoris,. has returned from a ; visit of inspection .of pas in the Taranaki district. He foilnd 'the -Maoris'generally well and happy, with the excoption-of. some, cases of, influenza. v . Mr. F. 0. Tattle, who has for many years been connected with; the insurance department of Messrs., Johnston and Co.j. Ltd., ' loaves Wellington by the Moeraki on Friday ' next to catcfi tho P. and 0. liner Himalaya, r which . leaves Sydney on April 8 for London.) A. Dunedin .Press Association telegram ' states that Mr. James Adam, of Bon Accord, Milton, aged 86;' died at his yesv terday. Deceased took part in the. Otago iDiamond, Jubilee celebrations on Monday. 1 He, came'out in the Philip. Laing, and Tyas

the' author of " Twenty-five Years' Emigrant .Life in New. Zealand." 1 ■■■■•,■ V . ■ Mr. H.. Thompson, Land -Purchase Officer of the Public Works Department, has notified that ho intends retiring from the service- on June. 30. : Mr. Thompson has served' the Department, for' about 24 years. >He was promoted from a clerkship- to his ■ present office on the death of Mr. Thomas M'Kay, ten or twelve years ago. ;At the Poi'irua Mental Hospital yesterday afternoon, Dr. Barron, who has for eleven mpnths occupied the position ,of assistant medical officer of that institution, a post he is now resigning, was invited to meet his fellow-officers and deceive'a token of their goodwill .and' esteem. . The presentation, which consisted of a case of razors and silver shaving mug, was. made by Mr 1 . Barnes, head attendant, who spoke of Dr. Barron's many good qualities, and referred to the harmony' whioh had existed among them, and to the regret felt by the whole of his associates 'at the separation, about to take place. Mr. Anderson, chief engineer, supplemented Mr. Barnes's remarks. Dr. Barron, in a brief speech, thanked his friends for their present, and for their very kindly feelings. -■ •' \