PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 222, 12 June 1908, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

: To-day the Pririio Minister (Sir Joseph 'Ward): will bo on route t6 Gisboriie, the Hon. J. Carroll will he rrfe Gisbornc, the Hon. R. M'Nah on route to Dunedin, the Hon'. J. M'Gowan, tho Hon. W. Hall-Jones, tho Hon. J. A. Millar, the Hon, i)i\' -Fiiidiky,-. and the Hon. : .G. Fowlds will he in Wellington. •: ;y'' I Messrs. J. Jepsen and J. Scheidt have been appointed trustees of tlie Bunnythorpe Public Cemetery.. Bishop Julius, of Chrißtctrorch, js expected to arrive from the south by the Mararoa this morning. ' Tho Prime Minister left yesterday after; noon by the Wimmera, for Gisborne. He will bb .absent from Wellington for about ten days, extending his trip to Kawhia. . , The Very llev;' Father Keogli has', been appointed honorary chaplain of the First Battalion Wellington Hiilo Volunteers.. Mr: E..F. Hawthorne has been appointed Clerk of Titles in tho Lands Department, in succession to Mr. F. Samuel, who has retired. ' ; The Hon. R! M'Nab left last night for Lytteltoii; en route to Dunedin and Central Otago. The Minister's itinerary in the South has already been published. The Governor has. approved of the prompt tioA of Lieutenant James Mitchell, of tho New Zealand Militia, to bo captain. The Commission will date from .April 14, 1902. Dr. L. Cdckayns, F.L.S.j returned on Wednesday fi'om the Auckland district, where ho has been making preparations for his plantbreeding experiments. Ho will leavo. on Monday for the Govornment farihs at Levin and Momohaki. ""The following new Deputy-Registrars, of Marriages, Births, and. Deaths have been appointed W. T. Coad, Waitara; H. IS. Moore, Hawcra; T. Hutchins, Mauricoviile; A. Askenneck, Grey; l'\ W. Gilchrist, Heriot; F. Brtbner, Tapanui;. T. J.'Boland, Patea; It. Martin, MerAury'Bay. ; ' Upon severing his connection with* the Fresh Food and Ice Company, Mr. F. Wolfgang, who has been in the. s&rvice. of the. Company for five years as cashier, was presented yesterday afternoon, by; Mr. J. P. Brandon', on behalf' 1 of the employees, with a case of pipes and a cigarette-holder and cai6. In making the presentation, Mr. Brandon referred foelingly to the good' relations which hatl existed between Mr. Wolfgang and the staff, and wished him success in his new sphere. Mr. Wolfgang suitably responded,

| Mtasrs, Artluir Hicks Richards and.Rob- | ort St'lntosh, ivho for some years past hayo been noting as Assistant-Inspectors of Minos, have been raised to the rank of Inspector (saye tho New Zealand "Mines Record") Mr. Richards, who joined tho Mines Department in August,"'lß97, will liavo his headquarters at Reofton, and his duties will bo principally confined to the inspection of quartz and alluvial mines, gold-dredging plants, and reporting on water-raco applications. Mr, M'lntosh, Who was appointed As-sistant-Inspector in May, 1901,. will rcsido at Clyde, in Central Otago, and his duties will be of tho same character. A similar change has already been made in the Northern Mining Division of tho Dominion. Under this re-arrangement Messrs. Tennent, Green, and Beilnio will be able to dsvoto their attention almost exclusively to the work pertaining to tho u of toal mines.

■ : | ■ Bandmaster Ernest W. Rose, cf the Bleu- ; heim Half-Battalion Band, has received the commission of an honorary, lieutenant. ! Messrs. E. Carter, J. Hariand, and T. Muir have been nominated for the Vice-Presidency of the Wellington Trades and Labour Council. ' Captain W. J. Newton, lato of the turbine : steamer Maori, is among the passengers expected from the south by the Mararoa this morning. It is understood ho is to leave ! ' for .Sydney to take command of the Union ; Company's new steamer Totua. A Napier Press Association telegram states > . . •that ->Ir. Herbert.King, a wcll-kiioini Napier vocalist, intends leaving for England'by the Athenic next week. It is Mr.. King's intention, whilo enjoying., a holiday, to undergo a-' coiuse of voico training by Home teachers.Police Sergeant Moore has been transferred from Nbwmarket to Whangarei, in succession -. to tlio late Sergeant Drake; Sergeant'' M'Plieo will. go from Auckland to Newmarket; and Constable Harvey, of Kaiapoi, has been promoted to : be a Lergealit, and ' transferred from Kaiapoi to Auckland. ' Dr.l Mason, Chief Health .Officer, and Dr. Pomaro, Health Officer tfc> the Maoris, have returned from a visit to tho Auckland district. Dr. Mason visited the Consumptives' Sanatorium at Cambridge,, and also the. camp for cured consumptives' between Rotonia and Waitapu. He was exceedingly .well pleased . with both inspections. Drs. Mason, Pomare.'i and Buck. addressed several gatherings of . Natives in the Rotorua and Waikato dis- ' tricts. ■ ■, . A Christchurch Press Association message states that at a meeting of the Education Board yesterday Mr. William Brock, M.A., . for the past four years headmaster., at Richmond, was appointed additional, inspector to' 1 the Board. Mr. Brock, who is forty-saven years of ago, lias had thirty-twC years' experience as a teacher. He was'at Hampstead for eleven years, Sydenham (assistant) nine years, Loburii -three, years, aud' Salt^ Water Creek two years. There were thirteen applicants for the position.