PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 211, 30 May 1908, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

--^r— — V _ V To-day the' Prime Ministor will bo in Wellington,' the Hon. G: FowWs in Auckland, the Hon. J. M'Gowan en route to Auckland, tho Hon. J. Carroll at Gisljorue, the Hon. J. A. Millar at Duuedin, the Hon. W. HallJones, the Hon. Dr. Findlay, pud tho Hon. R. M'Nab in Wellington. . ■s Mr. Alfred Hill will return v «orf Tuosday next from a visit to Dunedin. Mr.. J. Lom3s, Chief Inspector <p of Factories, is expected to return to|ay?from a' visit to Auckland. Mr. Amelius Smith, Secretary to the Public Service Superannuation Board, has S«tea j { indisposed for the ptfst week. Ho hopes <o bo well .enough to return to work on Monday. By direction from headquarters, Brigadier Albiston, Provincial Commander of the Salvation Army for. tho North Island, and Lieu-tenant-Colonel Knight, Provincial Commander for tho South Island, will exchange commands after Juno 14. Lieutenant-Colonel Knight lias been more than two years at Christchurch, and is a highly-popular ollicer. ' Tho Hon. R. M'Nab will remain in Weilington till about a week before the session, when he will visit his electorate,'in Southland. Tho Minister's indisposition at Oliin- \ gaiti was only temporary, due largely to tha strain of tho few days • preceding his visit. Ho will not, however, open the Dumylin Winter Show as formerly intended, this duty ■being undertaken by the Prime Minister.

Mr. 'Ben. H. Morgan, British Trade Commissioner, leaves to-day for Auckland. : Mr. E. Trogear, Secretary for Labour, has. returned to Wellington from Auckland. Mr. J. P. Luke was last evening re-elected chairman of tho Wellington Technical, Education Board. ~Mr. Walter B. Robinson, of Wellington, has . boon appointed assistant, instructor in ■ plumbing at tho Technical School, ■ At a mooting of tho Wellington College Governors,, held, yesterday, tho resignation of Mr. G. V. , Boglo, assistant-master at Wellington College, was accepted. . Tho Hon. T., Konnedy Macdonald has intimated that ho will bo unablo to act as assessor for. Smith and Sriiith in connection ; with their claim for compensation against tho City Council. Mr. P. MlConnachie, who has been appointed manager of Kirkcaldio and Stain&' ■ mercery department, in succession to Mr. E. , W. Slyfield, who left recontly for Dunedin, arrived from Sydney, via Auckland, yesteri day. ■ ' ' ■ Johnson will preside at a sitting of thp Native Land Court, to be held at Waitotara on Juno 17, to I determine the allocation of certain Crown grants made under the Rangitatau Block Exchange Act of last session. . Constable M'Anorin, of Otaki, .'has- replaced,.' Constable., Simpson, of Thorndon Police Station, who has .taken charge-of the new Eastbourne Station. Constable Sqther- . ley. arrived from the south on Thursday on his way up to take chargo at Otaki. - Tho Prime Minister (Sir Joseph Ward) leaves to-night for ; Dunedin. Ho : will open the .. Dunedin Winter Show, and will unveil a Troopers' memorial at In-' vercargill. Sir Joseph, will also speak at one or two small towns in the' South, and . also at Christchurch, returning to Wellington on or about Wednesday week. - Mr. A. A.' .Wallace, late, of.tho Ninth New ■ Zeajand Contingent '.- in- South Africa,..'and more recently, of Hawera Mounted Rifles, died in-Wellington Hospital on Tuesday night. Ho was buried at Karori, Cemetery on Thursday, a -detachment of thirteen l men and a . Be'rgeant ( -of tlib-Royal New Zealand Artillery. , supplying a gun-carriage, bearers, and firing party. " ■ -''.i -■ " Mr. A. R. Frascr, who is giving up his .position. as -instructor in modelling, woodcarving,: and designing, at the Wellington ' Technical .School, will leave• at the end of June for.England, whero ho intends to.tako up a course of study at the Royal College of Art." -The Technical Education Board, at its ... meeting ;.lastnight, ~ decided -to grant, Mr." .. Fraser/one month's leave of absence. ; Mr. H. S.i King, 6f : Messrs. Turnbull an~d Jones, has been appointed to represent the Electrical Contractors' Association on the. Electricians' Board of Control, which is being: established in connection with the examination and licensing of electricians l in this city. ; The other parties represented are the Technical Education Board, the City. Corporation,. and the working electricians. ■Last, evening. Mr. Frank .Hogarth, for twenty years an employeo: of the Wellington Harbour Board,in a clerical capacity, who is leaving the staff to set up in business on his ..own-, account," was presented by his col- • leagues with a travelling bag. , Mr. Healy, also a,member of the staff, made. - the presentation. .Mr. Hogarth has enjoyed > the - high esteem/.ofhisfellow- employees, whose best .wishos wore given him in-his en- 1 .terprisq. .' "• The Baroness Orczy, the authoress of. "The ' Scarlet' Pimpernelj"'now-being played at the Opera House, is ; in private life Mrs. Jim- : '■ muska' Barstow, wife of Mr. Montaguo ijar6tow. She has also written plays entitled : " The Millionaire," " Tho -Tangled' Skein," and " Voltaire." For placing 1 " Tho Scarlet .' Pimpernel(with , Mr. . Fred . -Terry) Mr.. Courtcnay Thorpe,'actor and playwright, receives 20 per cent./of"the royalties. ■ Mr. -- Terry's arrangement with.Mrs- Barstow was ... that'.she was to receive £100 in advance for the play and 5 per.cent, of tho gross takings:Mr. J. Reginald Wood, of the Poona.and Indian Village Mission, <was last week in .Sydney on his way/from Jndia to .New Zeaiand.-/ This /.mission ' (says the ' Sydney "Herald") was established about ( 12 ;years ago by Mr. C. F.-Reeve to work in the-vil- . lages of one of the Indian States, and Mr. Wood has been connected with it for nine years. He states that it is now getting on • to. a very solid basis, and converts are com-. . ing : in ' slowly,; Mr! Reeve, tho founder 'and director, expects to' be'. 'in Sydney, in the courso of a few weeks to do deputation work on.behalf of the mission,.' , " In-announcing the, appointmont'of Mr. C. H. Hughes, assistant manager; of tho Union S.S.iCo. of New Zealand in Sydney, as manager for the company in -Tasmania, the " Syd-. ney Morning' Herald " said : Mr. Hughes has ■ been associated with the/company; for limny' . years. He filled tho position of manager for the company of Fiji ; for some months,■ and later oil had charge of tho Auckland • branch of the company. ' His promotion to the management of.tho company's business ' in-v Tasmania.-, is very- popular- in '.shipping circlos, and Mr. 'Hughes carries With ,him tho best'wishes of a largo circle of friends , in Sydney. ' ■ -:" Mr. D. J.. Stein, chief officer of the Melbourne.'Metropolitan Firo Brigade, who mot , with' an accident through falling down a stali-Way at the Australian paper mills firo on'the Yarra' bank about tho end of last mo£>tii,.'is iiy a; somewhat serious condition, and it Was found necessary to arrange for his retirement after twenty-one years' scr- . vice'in'Melbourne. - Tho splondid organisa- . tion thht se«ves Melbourno to-day was en-v-.tir'elyX'of =. his building. He lias been forced ■ out/'of; the ranks by the accident,' but ho ' ha's tho satisfaction of knowing that ho leaves . t'tf , liis successor one of the smartest and mos" efficient corps of fire-fightors in tho . yo'rid., ' .