PERSONAL ITEMS.
The Prime Minister (Sir Joseph Ward) will bo in Dunedin to-day, tho Hon. J. M'Gowan and the Hon. G. Fowlds at Auckland,- tho Hon. J. A. Millar in Dunedin, tho Hon. J. Carroll at Gisborne, the Hon. W. Hall-Jones, tho Hon. Dr. Findlay, and tho Hon. 11. M'Nab in Wellington. Mr. A. M. Thomas lias beon appointed associate to Mr. Justice Denniston, ill succession to Mr. A. L. Denniston, who intends to commence tho practice of tho legal profession in a North Island centre at an early date. Tho Labour Department has decided that Miss Morrison, lady Inspector of Factories for tho South Island, shall havo charge of tho women's employment bureau at Auckland. Mrs. 11. H. Mitchell, registry oiHco keeper, Christchurch, will superintend tho branch in that city, and Mrs. Hawthorne, who was temporarily in charge of the women's bureau at Auckland, will become lady factory inspector for the whole Dominion, with hoadquartora in this city.
Mr. 11. 'Williams has been elected vice-pre-sident of the Wellington Working Men's Club. Surgeon-Captain J. S. lteekio, of the New Zealand Medical Corps, has been attached to the Pukekohe Mounted Rilles, as from March 26, 1908. Mr. J. Cartipbell, of the Auckland branch of the Customs Department, arrived from the North yesterday, to join the local staff of' landing waiters. Mr. William Black, of Capetown (and formerly of Melbourne), architect and' a member of the Capetown City Council, leaves for Auckland to-day. Leave of absence, with' permission to bo absent from the Dominion, has been granted to Major A. C. Robinson, R.E., Director of Engineer Services, from May 29 until Juno 30. Mr. Guy H. Scholefield, of Wellington, who has been appointed to represent a syndicate of New Zealand newspapers in London, will leave by the. Morayshiro, sailing from Lyttelton on June 27. Mr. J. M. Porteous, of the Chief Mechanical Engineer's Office, Now Zealand Railways, was yesterday tho recipient, of a handsome present from his fellow members in the office on the occasion of his transfer to Auckland. . The Rev. J. Reed Glasson, of the Terrace Congregational Church, has decided to decline an invitation to the pastorate of a prominent Australian church. Mr. Glasson has been paster at the Terrace Church since 1894. Before that he was at College Park Church, Adelaide. ' Mr. Jesso Huett, one of Wellington's oldest identities, celebrated on Suuday his 84th birthday. Mr. Huett is still hale and hearty, and never misses his daily walk, weather permitting. He was bom at East Brent, Somerset, in 1824, landed in Auckland from H. M. frigate North Star, in March, '45,' first visited Wellington in February, '47, and filially settled hero when the seat df government waa removed from Auckland in '65. He belonged to the 58th Regiment of foot, (Blackcuffs), with which he saw considerable service in many parts of tho Colony. Of those who served with the 58th in Now Zealand, then) are but fow; left now. As the result of a quiet canvass amongst, the personal friends of the Hoii.'John Rigg,. M.L.C., that gentleman; who' is about to bo married,, was privately presented with a cheque (representing a three-figure' sum) jesterilay afternoon as a token.of tho good fueling they bear towards him. The presentation, which was initiated by Mr. A. R. Hislop, of the Institute of Marine Engineers, was subscribed to' by all classesmembers of the legislative Council, House of Representatives (including Ministers), commercial and professional men, members of the Institute of Marine Engineers, and by some members of the trades unions. It is understood that Mr. Rigg will be more r.oblicly honoured on returning from his honeymoon. ■' ' V ' I Last evening, a presentation was made to Mr. J. W. Brindley, retiring general manager of the : State' Fire. Insurance. 1 ; In' presenting Mr. Brindley with a handsome case of pipes, on-behalf of the staff, Mr. J. H. Jerrarn, deputy manager, said that the whole -staff: wore very sorry ,that' he was ,leaving, as they were; all indebted to him for tho valuable mfomatiou^'iioi,;,had:., imparted •to them, and also for his general attention to their welfare! He wished' Mr. Brindley success in the future.. Mr.' Redward; acting-ac-countant",'' regretted''the general manager's departure. In reply,, Mr. Brindley said that he regretted his severance from the staff. He had carried the venture to a successful issue, and lie was able, to say .that h'o left everything up to date from top to bottom. He there were only one or two large fire insurance companies in the Dominion, if . there were any, that had such a sound business, and it took other companies forty ■> years ..to get together the business that the State Office had done in throe.: He. was sure that the system and tiio underwriting would compare favourably with any institution of a similar kind in New Zealand. Personally, lie had. endeavoured to promote thosß who had showed fitnofcs and a desire to do their work, and ho , was quite' sureithat as a collective staff thero was none better in the Dominion. Mr. Brindley, acting under medical'- orders, leaves shortly for a trip to England and the Continent. -
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 213, 2 June 1908, Page 6
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