PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 196, 13 May 1908, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

To-day the Prime Minister will be en rout* to Nelson from the We6t Coast; the Hon. J. M'Gowan is at Auckland; the Hon. J. A. Millar en route to Blenheim; the Hon. R. M'Nab at Dannovirke; tho Hon. Dr. Findlay, tho Hon. W. Hall-Jones,, tho. Hon.. G. - Fowlds, and tho Hon. J. Carroll t in Wellington. ' ■ ■ • . . Mr. Justice Edwards returned to Auckland . via the Main Trunk route yesterday'morning. The Hon. G. Fowlds, who returned from'. Napior last evening, will -visit Auckland shortly, and during his stay thero will doliver a speech to his constituents. Dr. Pomare, Health Officer to the Maoris, has returned from ■ paying a departmental; visit to Taranaki. He attended to' a. casa of typhoid fever'at Punihu, but states, that the disease is not. prevalent. ,• s . Mr. T. O'Sullivan, who has been in'the employ of Messrs. Warnock and the past eleven years, was tho recipient of a ' very handsome presentation from' the staff on severing his connection with .the firm' to join that of Messrs. A. L. Wilson and Co.' This afternoon the Hon. J. A. Millar, Minister-for. Marino, will leave with the Hon. C. H. Mills for Blenheim to inquire into; Harbour Board and other Matters connected > with his Department. Ho will return on Saturday, : , Yesterday morning,' before' His Honour, Mr. Justice Chapman, Mr.' P. o , Dea,''M.A.', LL.B., of Patea, was admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court, on tHe motion of Mr. H. M'lntyre, M.A. ; LL.B., of Messrs. and M'lntyre, Feilding. Tho secretary of tho Benevolent Institution, yesterday apologised for .the abscnce of Mr. D. Robertson. He was sorry to' say , V that Mr. Robertson was unable to be present because of an operation which, ho was about to undergo, which might entail the loss of one of his eyes. - Brigadier Albiston," North Island com- ■ mander of the Salvation Army, has received , notice that he is : to be'•transferred -from' Wellington as from June 14'. The Brigadier • is an indefatigable and officer, and has been in Wellington for some,years. Mrs. Albiston is al6o a much-valued Sal- ' ,vationist worker. ;, ; i ••' ' Mr. Nelson Illingworth leaves for Wanganui tthday, where Wikitorial Kfiepa, ! daughter'"of 'tiib 7 late'Major'Kemp, wiH/act" ' as : model ''for'the "third of his : >erios ;"of : ■Maori busts. She/ will also 1 ' assist _him to find N 'other'ih6dois'"ani'6ngst''th6 ! -WAngfltiui •-*- tribe. Mr. iilingworth will be'absent for- 1 two or three weeks. ■ M At St. James's Church, Newtown,'on Monday la3t, Mr v W. Shannon, a popular member of the Wellington Highland Rifles, was marlied to: Miss Lena Olsen, of this city. In the evening the! members of tho company; together with the Pipe Band and a goodly number,of the friends of the yonng,couple, assembled •at the. New Century. : Hall, and spent a most enjoyable time. • ; Six months' leave of absence has been granted to Mr. J. W. Black, private secretary'to the Hon. 'R. ! M'Nab. It is / Mr. Black's intention to visit Great Britain and Canada, .With Mrs. Black, he' will leave Wellington for Sydney by l the ' Maheno on Friday week; Ho will then take passage, by the Marama for Vancouver. Mi". , Black's placo during his absence will be filled by Mr. L. Johnston,' of the Hon. W. Hall-Jones's secretarial staff. Mr. William Burns, for someyearsin the service of the'Customs-'Department in this city, - died in tho - Wellington Hospital on . Monday. Deceased, who was forty-eight years of age, was bom in WatCi'ford, Ireland. The following-appointments by the; Wellington Education Board,have bee-n approved by tho School Committees ooncerned:—Head .• teacher, BallancV-Mr. F. ' Thoinpsoii;' "sola/. ( teacher, Nikau—Miss M. Lock; solo teach er,' Mangapakeha—j-Miss C. E. 6rr; assistant mistress, Nireaha—Miss M, Armstrong j assistant mistress, Muhunoa East—Miss R. Bell; assistant mistress, South WellingtonMiss M. Callam; Crofton—Miss Page,. .. The funeral of the late Mr, Alfred Curtis, . of Molesworth Street; took' place; yesterday . morning.' A short; service was conducted at tile house by the Rev. J. Reed Glasson, - and • the Rev. T. H. Sprott, vicar of St., Paul's, officiated at the grave,.the interment.taking plate in Karori cemetery. Tho. family , have • received numerous messages of sympathy, - . iiloluding one from tho Primo Minister (Sir Joseph Ward). Floral tributes wete sent by the staff 'of the x Wellington Meat Export Company,' the City Council Electric,-Lighting Department (a son of Mr. Curtis being-; Employed' in oach of those establishments), J . •' J. Curtis and Company, and many others. .