PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 252, 17 July 1908, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

His Excellency the Governor will, he in town. next week to attend the .Wellington Racine Club's meeting on July. 22,.'and•'the. race ball, the following evening.,:V;He , will' also be in.--Wellington'.' from July • 27 • toJuly '29, and will attend the '~ Navy League's annual "entertainment on the former date. In order to be .in Auckland' to welcome the Admirals and. officers of . 'the . TJnited States Fleet, arrangements have beeii made for His Excellency' to' arrive there'on August 8. The Vice-Regal ball, to be given in honour of the.naval visitors, will be heldon August 11. " 2 .. . ' Mr. Sydney L. Thompson, .the welWcnown! Christchurch artist, is in town.;,, Sir; George • Hutchison, formerly member of the House of Representatives' for Patea, is'visiting Wellington. . Miss Amelia Bagloy has been appointed an' assistant inspector in the. Department of Hospitals and Charitable. Aid. Dr. J. C. Collins, of Gisborite, been spending a few days .in.-Wellingtoii,' will. leave for the north this morning./ - Mr. W. J. Foster was'appointed to -the' position of Assistant Sanitary' Inspector by the City Council at last night's meeting. Mr. W.'.Pryor,. secretary of the Employers' Federation, left yesterday afternoon for Palmerston and 'Nefr Plymouth on official business. . -x . , , l Mr. H. Kelly, of Wellington, has been selected to visit Australia oil behalf of the' New Zealand; Rugby Union in cotmeotion with the tour of the British team there.. / Tho . Prime Minister and Lady x Ward, aocompanied by Miss Eileen Ward) arid,- Mr. Cyril Ward, were present at tho' performance of "'When Knights wero Bold"' at :th'e OperaHouso last evening, ' ; Mr. Stuart Richardson, City Electrical En'.' gineer, has b?bn appointed to represent tho City Couucil at the annual meeting of th« 'Australasian Tramway, OfficosV Association, to bo held in Australia. \ A Napier Press Association tolegram states that'the Hawlco's Bay Presbytery yesterday agroe'd to tho call issued by tho congregation of St. David's Church, Wobdville, to the Rev. 'Robert Gardner, of Matawhero, and accepted by him, ,Tli? City Council has decided to amalgamate'the accounting 'branches of the Tramway and Electric Lighting' Departments; and' Mr. R,' 0. • Petersen has been placed"in' chargoiof the combined office, at tho .salary of £180 per annum. . - Mr. ' Ffaser, . modeller at the . Technical. School, left, by tho Corinthie yesterday for ' Europo, whero he intends _to pursuq further' his studies in statuary. Mr" Fraser'toot"with him 'ft largo study in the nude, in .plaster, which'ho intends to exhibit at Homo, His Grace Archbisliop Redwood has appointed tho Rev. Father Venning chaplain of tho St. Patrick's branch of the Hibernian Society, vice the Itov. Father O'Shea, whoso duties as Vicar-General of the Wellington Archdioceso fully occupy, the time at his disposal,. .t- .. Mr. A. A. Barnett,. whose death was re-, corded in yesterday's issuo, arrived in' Victoria in 1854, and settled for a time in Geolong, whoro he interested himself in publio affairs. A few years later ho canio to i\ew Zealand, and set up as a general merc.hant 1 in Dunediii 'at tho time of the Otago gold--rush. Ho was appointed Assistant Immigrant Agent by tho late Dr. Featherston, ahd in that capacity went to England, returning in the ship Avalanche.- He ir*s formerly a member of tho Licensing Bench and * Jus- \ tico of tho Peace, and in other directions proved himself a good citizen, and .was, esteemed by-all who knew him. The: funeral leaves tho family residence, Wellington Ter-' race, .'at -10' a, m.\ to-day. • , . ■ ; '■■■ \