PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 162, 2 April 1908, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

The Prime Minister (Sir Joseph Ward), tho Hon. TV. Hall-Jones, the Hon. J. M'Gowan, the Hon. J, A. Millar, the Hon. R. M'Nab; .and the Hon., Dr. Findlay, are at Wellington; the Hon. J. Carroll is in the Waikato, and the Hon. G. . Fowlds is. at Christ-church., , Mr. John Coyle, County Clerk of' Pohangina.,:'is.in town for a few llays on private business.','' ' .

Dr. Mac|<in h of Wellington, who has been on an -extended'visit''tot l tVie' i olcl Country, was a passenger from'Sydney'by the Warrimoo yesterday. ■! The Rev.' F. W. Isitt, 1 General Secretary of the Zealand .Alliance, returned to Wellington last liight . after an .extended tour of the northern electorates, '■■; ' Theißev. Mr. Edmonds;. of America, whoj 1 has"!. refmrned '. New' Zealand to visit his aged father-in Dunedin, was a.passenger by the Warrimoo' from Sydney' yesterday. 1 A Press Association i message states that Mr.- Bush, . Stipendiary Magistrate, , and Warden at .Thames, for many years, has retired on a pension. . He , will mako a tour of the world. . , k , - Sergeant M;. Murphy," whose transfer) from Auckland to Wellington was'notified-some time ago, arrived from the North on Tuesday...night, and entered upon his new duties at Mount Cook Police .Station yesterday. Mr. William Ballantyne, of the firni 'of J: Ballantyne and Coi, Christchurcli, arrived in Wellington yesterday, with Mrs. Ballantyne,'after a visit to 1 England. ' Mr. . and Mrs. Ballantyne wont South by the' Maori last night. ' 1 '••' '• ■ Mr. James Joseph. Leander Burko, who was until recently Assistant Land Registrar at Hqkitika, 1 was admitted as a solicitor of tho Supreme, Court of Now Zealand by Mr.Justice Donniston on the motion of Mr. Fitzgibbon yesterday. .- v" ' ■ Lieutenant Maletj of the ,14th Lancers, Indian Army, who" is a son of Mr. F. de C. Malet,• of Christchurch, arrived by the Warrimoo from Sydney yesterday, on his way to spend a holiday in the sftuthern cit;r. Lieutenant. Malet, who has been stationed at Luoknow, states that plague still lingers iin' Northern. India, though it is less prevalent than last year. There has also been a good deal of famine. . Mr. James Adamson, M.A., LL.B. (Edinburgh), the new Dean of the Faculty of Law at Victoria College, arrived in Wellington by the Warrimoo yesterday,' and will take up his duties immediately. Mr. Adamson,, who is 37 'years of age and unmarried, is a member of. the Faculty . of Advocates in' 'Edinburgh, and was a practising member of the Scottish Bar,' to which; lie was called in 1896. He had a brilliant career in'the Law-classes,' and as a law graduate at Edinburgh University gained tho degree of Baohelor of Laws " with' distinction," in 1896. ' Messrs. Thomas Cook and Son have booked tho following to leave by the Moeraki for Sydney on.Friday: — Mr., Mrs., and Miss Sutherland,' of Wairarapa; Mr., Mrs., and Miss Jones, of Wellington; Mr. A.-./D. M'Leod, of. the Wairarapa; Miss A. Hamilton, Wellington; Messrs. C. Ridd, W. Hyde, and F. Jenkins, of Hawke's Bay; Mr. W. Matthows and Miss T. Matthews, of Spring Creek, Blonheim; Miss May' Matthows, Wellington; Mr. R. B. Williams, of Wellington; Mrs. M. Russell and Mr. W. Russell, of Wellington; Mr. and Mrs. H. B. K-eiiiierley, Wellington; Mr. and Mfs. E. Willis, Wellington; Mr. ;R. Wollven, Wellington; Mrs.. F. Hunwick, "'Wellington; Messrs. A. and J. Atken, Maurill, and Hale, of England; Mr. F. H. Luxford, Wellington; Mr. B. Ellery, Westport;' Rev. J. W. Hayward, of Wangan'ui; Messrs! A. Hagan, Wellington; Mr. J. Borella, Wellington; Mrs. Mi Harris,\ Wellington; and -Mr. J. Cook, Fcilding. For Hair and fraco Treatments visit Sirs. Jtolleston, Hnir Physician, Faco. Specialist and Masseuse,' certificated, who has the distinction of medical training, being qualified under Dr. Eenloi E. Roth, M.E.C.S., Eng. Courses of treatment, including necessary lotions, from 30a. Advice free.- Personal attention only. Evening appointments arranged First Floor, 8 Willi9 Street (over Carroil's). Telephone .1588. . - 7152 i

M. Liotard, Governor of New Caledonia,' left Sydney for France on March 23. It is rumoured in Brisbane that there is a' movement 011 foot to have Mr. Morgan, President of the Legislative Council, appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Queensland. Mr. Stanley Grant, advance representative for tlio Anderson and Sheridan Pantomime Company, arrived from Sydney by the Warrimoo yesterday to make arrangements for the coming season; which will begin at the Opera House on Easter Saturday, April IS. Tho, "David Symo" research prize of £100, for the best original scientific-work done in Australia during the last two years; has been awarded to Dr. Basil Kilvington, M.D., M'.Sc., of Camberwell, for his researches'inta the conditions of healing and degeneration ol ' injured nerves. :. ' Mr. Alexander Paterson, one of the members of tlio first Federal Parliament, died on March 20 at his residence, East Kew,. Mel- / bourne. Mr. Paterson had had an adventurous career. When a-young man he was manager of extensive iron Works in Spain. Afterwards, iu Australia, ho was connected with several commercial enterprises.' For many years ho was manager of the Rockhampton Meat Works', arid was also president of the local Caledonian Society. After ■ three. years in Parliament, as member for Capricornia, in North Queensland, he ri> ' nounced politics, owing to continued illhealth, and entered into business in Mel-' bourns'. The deceased 'gentleman, who was 1 in his 65th year, bad been ailing for the past four or five years. Ho leaves a widow and family.- . Mr. J. E. March, Suix:rintendent of Village Settlements, who is retiring on superannuation, will not leave: the: Service until. July 31. Mr. March arrived in Lyttelton from England in 1853. In 18G3 he bccame a clerk in the Immigration Office in Christchurch, and five years later he was,promoted to the position of . assistant immigration 'officer. A year > after that lie became ' immigration officer for Canterbury. In 1873 he was appointed Chief Immigration Officer for the South Island, and. held . the office till it was abolished. Ho was then made Chief Immigration Officer for Canterbury, retaining the post till immigration, was suspended; Since 1891 he has been Superintendent of Village Settlements, and he. has also- acted as immigration officer for . the Dominion. ' '

Tho Hon. G. Fowlds left' Wellington by the Maori last night, and he ; will proceed to Dunedin by tho first express on Friday. He will attend the laying of the 'foundati.on stone of the Dunedin Training . College" at 2.30 p.m. on. Saturday, and .at 3.30 p.m. on the same day. he will officially open the Dental Sehopl. On , next, ho will go to Puketeralri to fulfil a (promise .to visit Mr. T. Parata, ' M.P. On Monday next he will receive a imputation:, regarding 'the drainage ,of ''itWe Kaikorai Valley, which has been a troublesome matter for a long time.. He will also receive a deputation froni 'the, Otago District Hospital Board on the ■ of' a consumptive sanatorium for Otago. A deputation representing tho Dunedin Subur ■ ban Dairymen's Association will .also inter view the Minister regarding the new mill supply regulations.