PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 226, 17 June 1908, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

The Prime Minister (Sir Joseph Ward) will be at Te Kuiti to-day, and the Hon. R. M'Nab at Waikawa and other places in ' Southland. Tho Hon. J. Carroll is expected back from Gisborne to-day. The Hon W. Hall-Jones, the Hon. J. M'Gowan, the Hon. G. Fowlds, tho Hon. J. A. Millar, and the Hon. Dr. Findlay are in Wellington. Lieut.-Colonel Loveday arrived from the South yesterday morning by the Patecna. Mr. J. K. Logan, Superintendent of Eleotric Lines, is visiting Auckland on departmental business. Misses D. Bnd E. Pollen, daughters of Dr. Pollen, of Boulcott Street, returned to •Wellington from England by the Corinthio yesterday. Dr. Chajjple, M.P., left yesterday evening for Alexandra and Clyde, where meetings are being held with a view to forming leagues for the irrigation of Central Otago. Mr. Justice Cooper, who is at present holding a sitting of tho Supreme Court at Palmorston North, will preside at the periodical sessions which open at Napier on June 22. The Wellington Education Board has appointed! Sir. H. A. Jones, of Masterton, assistant clerk of works on the contract foi the erection of the new brick school'at Lans*, downoj Masterton. The members of tho Julius Knight-Ola Humphrey Dramatic Company left for the South by the Waikare last evoning. It is on the chrda that the company may play a return season through New Zealand. Kubelik's representative, Mr. F. Talbot, arrived in town yesterday evening to make' the preliminary arrangements for the threo concerts to be given by the great violinist in Wellington on .June 27, 29, and 30. Mr. W. J. Tonkin, of Dunodin, who has interested himself in the applo and frozen rabbit export trade, '• was a passenger to Blobart from London by the Corinthic. He left the. vessel at the Tasmauian port, to catch a Union Company's steamer for the Bluff. Passengors leaving for London by the Athenic, which is to sail to-morrow, include Mrs. Clifton-Mogg, wife of the chief officer of the steamer Arawa; Mr. H. D. Buchanan, of Chrisfchurch; Mr. J. W., Mrs., and Miss Brindley,-and Mr. W. E. 'Woods, of the Waingawa Meat Co. : Mrs. Harrison Lee, the well-known tem- ■ perance lecturer, arrived at Auckland by the Victoria' from. Sydney on Sunday last)"'under engagement t4> the New Zealand 'Alliance. Mrs. Lee will probably, leave there for Wellington this week, in order to consult -.he executive as to the forthcoming No-License campaign. . At yesterday afternoon's meeting of the Benevolent Trustees, a ■ motion was passed placing on record the Board's appreciation of. the efficient manner in which Mis» Kirk, the Institution's visitef, had performed her duties, especially with regard to the investigation of country cases. "This i* "no-for-mal matter, I am sure, we all mean it," re- ■ marked the Chairman. Dr. Patterson, R.N., and his wife, who were passengers by the Corinthic as far as Hobart, have many friends in the Dominion, the doctor having been fleet surgeon on H.M.S. ltoyal Arthur, when that cruiser was flagship of the Australian Squadron. Dr. Patterson has retired from the 1 Royal Navy, and with Mrs. Patterson has made 'the voyage to re-visit friends on, this side of the world. They will probably visit New Zealand before returning Home. .

Owing to the . business of . Messrs. Stott and Hoare's College haying been sold to Banks's Commercial College, thus causing the retirement of. Mr. G. F. Hill, instructor in shorthand, and Miss M'Donald, instructress in typowriting, yesterday evening the pupils assembled to bid them farewell, ,and in doing so presented both with souvenirs as a mark of esteem and appreciation of their work. It is understood that Miss M'Donald will proceed to Dunedin to undertake similar work, and Mr. Hill will remain in Wellington. Sub-Inspector J. O'Donovan, who has for over a quarter of a century been connnected with the Wellington Police Department, is to be transferred to Palmerstou North. It is expected that he will receive official intimation to-day, and he will probably leave for his now position in about a week's time.' Ho will take with him the best wishes'of his fellow officers." Some years ago he passed tlio solicitor's examination. Station Sergeant W. J. Phair will fill the vacancy, and lie will take up his duties almost immediately. He joined the force in 1877, and was the first constable to take charge of tho Adelaide Road Station. Ho also saw service at Nelson, Eeefton,'Tauranga, and Rotorua, and he returned to Wellington two years ago. Sergeant Darby, of Thames, replaces Sergeant Phair, and Sergeant Morgan, of Christchurch, proceeds to Thames. Mr. Fraser, of the Wellington Technical, School, is at present .engaged on a bust of Mr. Julius Knight, who, during his stay ill Wellington, has given sittings to the artist, the final of them being given yesterday. Tho work is sufficiently far advanced to reveal the fact that a remarkable likeness has been achieved by the artist. The model is still in the clay, but the cleau-cut head and strong features of the actor stand out unmistakably. Tho work will probably bo completed and delivered in about a fortnight's time, just prior to Mr. Knight's departure from the Dominion. Those who have watched Mr. Frasor's work at tho Technical School wil' learu with regret of his contemplated departure from Wellington, probably by tin Corinthic. He has been associated with th« development of the latent faculties of various aspiring art students at tho Technical School lor the past four years or so. It is probable that the public will have an opportunity of inspecting, at a private view, some specimen* of the artist's works before he leaves for wider fields in British art.