PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 200, 18 May 1908, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

' The Prime Minister and all the Ministers of the Crown are in Wellington at present. Sir Joseph Ward (Prime Minister)"returned to Wellington in ttfe Tutanekai on Saturday forenoon. The friends of Mr. W. D. Lyon, who re-, oently underwent a, serious operation, will be pleased to loam that he is doing very well indeed. / Mr. Lindberg, . of the Johannesburg "Daily.Mail" and "Sunday Times," is a visitor to Wellington. He leaves by this morning's express for the North. • Mr. T. E. Donne, manager of tho Government Tourist and Health Resorts, has >.e----ceivcd advice that his eldest son, Mr. Cecil Donne, has passed an examination in conncc-tio-i with tho L.D.S. degree of dentistry at tho Middlesex Hospital, London. Of the 150 candidates examined with Mr. Donne, only 54 passed. He.is now tp take a course of- study in anaesthetics in Edinburgh. Tho Hon. It. M'Na'o returned on Saturday evening from Dannevirko and Waipawa. On Wednesday night tho Minister goes South to open an; agricultural hall at Middleniarcli (Ce.ntral'Otago). Ho has not decided whether ho will return dircct'to Wellington or remain in tho: South, as ho has promised to .'attend tho Duncdin winter show on Juno 2, and tho Minister has also to visit portions of his old electorate that have gone over to Chit-ha, and to bid constituents good-bye. MivM'Nab oxpects it will be necessary for .him to visit his constituency prior to the coming session regarding one or two matters. ■ • i

.Tho Hon. J. A. Millar (Minister for Marino) returned from his visit to Blenheim on Saturday evening. '. ■ % Mr. A. 13. Pownall has been nominated for tlw vacancy on the Miramar Borough Council caused by Mr. Chase-Morris's retirement, Mr. Walter Leslie, of the Hansard .reporting staff, and well-known in artistic circles, is reported to be rather seriously indisposed. ; Mr. Theo. Iveree, who recently underwent an operation, and who has been recuperating at Eotoriia, has returned to Wellington feeling well and' strong again. Tho Auckland surveyors on Thursday night gavo a fai'eivell social to Mr. J. W. Davis, the head of tho local Land Transfer Departs rnent, who has boon promoted to be chief draughtsman of the District Survey Department at Wellington. Mr. J. It. Vaile waa congratulated on his promotion to fill the position vacated by Mr. Davis in the Laud Transfer branch. : ■ z Mr. W. Fullford, father of Mr. H. Fullford, of Brooklyn, died at his residence, Nowtown, at 8 o'clock on Saturday night, after a fortnight's illness. The deceased, who was 61 years of age, arrived in New Zealand 35 years ago. He was for some years in business as a plasterer. He had 'friends in many parts of the Dominion, and, was highly respected by those who knew him. Ho leaves a grown-up family of five. Tho funeral will leave Newtown Avenue at 2.30 p.m. to-morrow. • ■

Anothdr of, : Wellington.'s oldest and most Qsteomed of -early . settlors, Mrs. 'Charlotte Sievers, widow of the late Mr. August Sievers, passed away peaceably 'at her resi- ' ?nce, Wellington Terrace, on Saturday' morning, Tiip deceased lady earned tho lovo' ' and respect of all those who knew her by' her kindly disposition. The Mrs. Sievers " arrived in Wellington w'ith her husband in tho year 1848 in the ship Mariner. She at tained tho ripe old age of 82 years.. She leaves five, daughters, all married—Mr?. W. J. Raymond, Mrs. Goo. Lambert, Mrs. A'Hearn, of Khandallahj Mrs. iC. Loonies, find Mrs. T; Shields, and 42 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Her reminiscences of the stirring times of, the Native trouble, . the great and i the struggles of the pioneer settlers trere alwayo most, interesting/ ' : 1 -.y . \