PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 195, 12 May 1908, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

To-day the Prime Minisfcer| will be, at Nelson; the Honl G.' Fowlds will .be en route, 'to Wellington, the Hon.-J. M'Gowan in the. Thames district; the Hon. W. HalWones, tho Hon. J. Carroll, the Hon. Dr. Findlay, the . Hon. J. A. Millar, and the; Hon. R. M'Nab will be. in - Wellington,'the lhst-riamed leaving in the. afternoon' for Palmerston North. ,- j." ■ \ : \ - The Hon. J: AI .MiUar CJiinister for Labour and. Marine).\riiryisit Marlborough this ' .week'.'- : ; ■ /r'v-'iV- . Mr. J. Stevens, M.P. for Manawatu,' ar- . rived in;town by the iManaivatu express last night. . -I:.''.. .?'■ . , Air. Laing-Moason;' "civil engineer," leaves ! for Auckland'tjijs morning! on business, and ' will:be away for about a week. ; . ~ His Honour the Chief : Justice (Sir Robt. .Stout),' who has been attending' sittings of 1 the Native Land Commission in-the . Auckland district,'returns' to Wellington this morning. ;■ Justices Williams and Denniston wcro pas-' BOhgers from Wellington to Lyttelton by,'the Maori'last night. The former was on his way back to D'unedin, and' the .latter was returning to Christchurch.-. The flag's on the .Union Company's vessela in port yesterday were flown at half-mast out of respect to the'memory of the late Captain Worsp, who;, was for some time, in the Com- . pany's ;service. - . . - ' - .. Commander Booker,, who: was for twenty , years in charge of tibe Adelaide Fire Brigade, is visiting Wellington. Mr. Booker, who has , retired from the service, lias. just returned from a trip to America and\ Europe. \ . According to a l'ress Association cablegram from Sydney, received yesterday, Sir James Mills, Managing Director of the Union Company, is a passongcr by the: Ulimaroa, winch left Sydney, on Saturday for Welling- . ton. ■ ■ -v.. ;■ . Dr. H. J. M'Lean has intimated his ac-' ceptance of the position of vice-president anc honorary member of the Wellington Boxing Association. : Dr. M'Lean occupied the.;, position; of ■' president of the Association! in 1905, ; The Hon. R. Af'Nab (Minister for Lands) will attend and spoak at the Farmers',. Union : annual dinner at Palmerston 'North tonight! The Minister will leave by tho 4.15 . p.m. train.. To-morrow Mr. M'Nab will proceed to Dannevirke and Waipawa. ', Mr. Walter Gardiner, whoso death oc - curred at Levin on Friday night, was formerly in the Post and Telegraph, Depart- : ment. Ho was stationed at Rotorua in 1886, at tho timo of the big earthquake,. and was. the one, membor. of the staff Vho remained in Rotorua during thoso volcanic, disturbances. After a,-trying exporionce of / several hoiirs, Ik succeeded in calling up Napier, and sent nows ,of the .eruption .to - the outer world. Premier Vogel sent" him a special message of; congratulation for his attention to duty, and lio' received; many, ' other, messages from different parts of New < Zealand. The experience had a rather' Severe effect on the nervous system of the •• deceased, and evidently toldoorn r his health - during the last couple of-years.,-\ : He was very popular in Levin, and his funeral, which took place on Sunday, was one of the largest ever seen in that town. Mi-. George Baskn, who is relinquishing tho position of crier and custodian at tho ' Supreme Court, was the, recipient of; two valuable presentations yesterday; 1 The Judges asked his acceptance of a marble clock and hall barometer, both of which were ■ costly articles, and the Wellington District Law Society presented him with a handsome silver tea-set, bearing a suitable inscription, i Accompanying the gift of the Law Society was tho following letter:—"Dear Mr. Bastin: The legal practitioners of Wellington desire you to accept this gift as . a,'slight token of their appreciation of the courteous, eltioient, and dignified manner in which you havo performed the duties attached to your office for tho last twenty-two yiiaK>., Whilst they (egrat your tb« oliice : yom kar* h irortWlj' filled, they recognise that yonr rettrwMut is earnad, and they join in hoping that, you way be spired to enjoy many years of leLraro, —Youra faith-; fully. iy Young, Presidont," :-i