PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 234, 26 June 1908, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

All tho Ministers of the Crown are in town to-day. • Mr. R. B. Ross, M.P. for Pahiatua, arrived in Wellington yesterday. Tho Hon. G. Fowlds, Minister for Education, returned from Palmerston North yesterday. Mr. D. Robertson, secretary of the Post and Telegraph Department, is at present on a brief visit to tho South Island. Tho appointment of Mr. T. T. Hugo as Inspector of Fire Brigades, under the Fire Brigades Act, 1907, is gazetted. Tho resignation of Mr. R. M'ln tosh, Assistant Inspector of Mines for' Canterbury, Otago, and Southland, is gazetted. Messrs. T. AV. . Kirk, R. Gibb, and W. B. Bray and Misses Lena Livesay; and Olive Kent are gazetted as Inspectors under the Apiaries Act. Tho Wellington Education Board at its meeting yesterday accepted tho resignation of Mr. A. Roydhouse, Carterton, and Miss D. Glasgow, Island Bay. Mr. AY. W. Scott, teacher in charge of Mangamairo School, who recently mot with ail accident, has been granted leave of absence by the Education Board. Mr. A. W. Brailsford, Mr. and MrS. H. Gamble, and Mr. C. Onyon aro passengers for Wellington by tho Ruapehu, due hero ' from London on July 2. A notice in tho Gazette states that Mr. Daniol O'Rourka has been appointed Registrar of Marriages, Births, and Deaths for the l district of Pahiatua. The Hon. A. R. Guinness (Speaker of the House of Representatives) and Mrs. Guinness have arrived in Wellington in anticipation of tho opening of tho session; |Tho Governor has accepted the resignations of Messrs. Isaac M'Leod (Helensville), W. H. Smith (Havelock, Marlborough), and T. TJrwin (Bluff) as Justices of'the Peace. It is notified.in the Gazette that Messrs.W. E,' A. Slack, C. Lewer, H. Akers, and H. Vile, all of Palmerston North, have been appointed officers' under , the Fisheries Conservation. Act. A private cable mesag© has been received ; in Wellington to!tho effect that Mr. Alexander Ross has arrived safely in London; after a tour of some months'in the United "States and Canada. Mr. 'John Bollard, M.P! for Eden, is suffering from the effects of a fall, and will not bo present at tho opening of Parliament next week. He is, however, recovering satisfac'-" torily, and expects' to arrive in. Wellington on July 6; - ', The appointment of Major Harry, Francis: Head,, Royal Garrison Artillery, as Officer Commanding New Zealand Permanent Force, is gazetted with effect from May 18. , Lieutenant-Colonel Knight, the new Provincial Commander of; tho Salvation Army,. will leave to-morrow for Palmerston North,.where ho will spend the week-end. .

Tho Rev. J. Gibson Smith, of St. Andrew's Church, Wellington, has written'a book on the Atonement, >which is to bo published very soon. Mr. Smith has made a life-long study.of this doctrine.' , Tho namo of Mr. William Vernon Rout, of Nelson, was inadvertently omitted when tho list of this year's graduates was read at tho capping' ceremony • yesterday'afternoon.""- Mr. Rout has won his LL.B. degree. Staff-Captain Orams, late of : Melbourne, who succeeds Major Dutton as Provincial Secretaryof the Salvation Army, is expected to arrive,: with Mrs. Orams,-. yia'ftho; Btajff," next Friday. ; ' Mr. W;.' F. Inder,' of Gore, who is at present attending the .'Conference of tho Society, for tho Prevention of Cruelty-to Animals, leaves' for-Hastings to-morrow, where he intends to spend a day or two before returning south.. ' . - / . Colonel of the Salvation Army. National Headquarters Staff, Melbourne, will • arrive in Wellington on July S, to open the People's Palace Hotel in Cuba Street, onJuly 13.- The opening has been postponed from the date originally fixed.. On July 14, Colonel Hoskin will leave on a visit to Auckland, and Pakatoa "Island, accompanied by : Lieutenant-Coloiiel Knight. j. j A pleasing ceremony took place at' tho Local ;Land 'Transfer' Offico last ■ evening, when Mr. V. Blake,'.who lia-s been trans-' ferred' to tho Survey (Department, .was tho recipient of an address and present from his fellow-officers as'a. slight token 'of.'the esteem' in which he is held. Mr. Gordon in making tho presentation spoke of Mr. Blake's many good qualities.' ' Mr. Blako suitably replied.. Leave of absence has. been granted by the 'Education Board to the following teachers:— Miss V. Pritchard, Taratahi West (sis months from July. 11) ; Mr. J. Huttoh, Torraco District High School (four months from August'l);. Mr. F.'/A. Wilson, Mount Cook Boys' (threo weeks from Juno 29); Mr. F. Proctor, Brooklyn;(oiio month); Miss Scott' Mount Cook Girls' (two weeks); and Mist Scott, Johnsonville (one month). Mrs. Bar rick, of Tauherenikau, has been, granted an <jxtra fortnight's leave on full pay. The; following appointments of Volunteer, officers are gazetted:—New Zealand Medical Corps: lan Russell Ritchie'to bo SurgeonCaptain. New Zealand Veterinary Corps: Alexander Malcolm , Broilio,' M.R.C.V.S-,. to be captain; Samuel Burton, M.R.C.V.5.,to be captain; -Thomas Gilford Palgrayc, M.R.C.V.S., to bo captain; Donald. Harry Rait, M.R.C.V.S., to bo captain. No. 1 Company,. Wellington College Rifle Cadet Volunteers: Robert Edgar Riidmau, to bo captain. By "tho will of tho late Mr. Richard H. Wood, J.P., D.L., of Belmont, Sidmouth (England), Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hat-ton Miller, of Wellington, will benefit substantially. Mr. Wood was a man of considerable wealth, which ho disbursed from time to, time with great liberality. He and his late wife gavo the sito and £30,000 for thb establishment of tho hospital of St. Cross at Rugby; Mrs. Wood at ono tirao presented £500 to tho Sidmouth Cottage Hospital, and shortly beforo,his death Mr. Wood presented £1000 to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital aa a memorial to his wife. Tho deceased gentlo man was at one' time Deputy-Lieutenant foi tho counties of Warwickshire and Merionethshire, and was Sheriff of tho latter count} in 1899. Ho was in his ninetieth year. A speciality or Hatr and Scalp Treatment Is nmdo by Mrs. Rolleston. Ladies troubled with falling hair, dandruff, or any scalp complaint should call for advice (gratis) at her rooms, first lloor, 3 Willis Street, over Carroll'9, or telephone appointment 1599. Personal attontion -only. Cortjficatcd. ' C 739 Croscent Brand Tea brews a strong rich tawny liquor, with n fino s.iiooth texture, and laves the palate most agreeably. It hns a distinct and dolicious favour, and is tho most favoured for tho mo:;ning cup of tea. The quality and flavour of Crescent Brand Tea never vary.' The same to-day as it was yesterday, and the price is 2s. per lb. Obtainable from all grocers. CBBS