PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 258, 24 July 1908, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

• — — .i Mr. G. Hogbei), ' Inspector-General of Schools, loft for..the South last evening. . Yesterday morning tho Hon. T. Y. Duncan arrived from Lyttelton by the Mararoa. Captains Brown and Rogers, of the. Head-, quarters Instructional Staff, aro at present in town. Mr. Samuel Bolton is gazetted a member o! tho Pahiatua Licensing Committee vice Mr. A. C. B. Munro. Dr. W. Todd, of Pahiatua, has been appointed a public vaccinator under the Public Health Act. Tho appointment of Dr. Stuart Alexander Mooro as Captain of the New Zealand Medical Corps is gazetted. • His Grace Archbishop Redwood left Sydney by tho Atna on Tuesday last on a trip to the South Sea Islands. Lieutenant Anderson, of-' the Highland Rifles, who is about t-o leave the district, will shortly resign his commission in the Company. . . ■ Surgeon-Lieut-Col. Walter Thomas, of tho New Zealand Medical Corps, has been placed on the retired list-with the rank he has held, hitherto. * Tho resignation of Mr. Joseph Lyons as a veterinarian and inspector on tho staff of the Agricultural Department is announced. Tho University of Manchester has conferred tho honorary degree. of doctor of science on Professor Spencer, of the Melbourne University, who was, at one timo a student of Owens College, in. recognition of his valuablo scicntiiic work.' '* It is understood that the command of No.'S Company, Now Zealand Engineer Volunteers (Wellington), has been offered to Mr. W. H. Morton, the City Engineer. As Chief Intelligence Officer at the AVellington Easter Manoeuvres, Captain Morton did valuable work. Tho London "Standard" of June 10 states: —It is proposed that the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity bo conferred by Cambridge University upon the' Right Rov. C. 0. Mules, of Trinity,. Bishbp of. Nelson, New Zealand, and the honorary degree of Doctor 'of Law upon the Most ilov. S. P. Matheson, D.D., Manitoba, Archbishop of "Rupert's Land. ~ • . Tho following appointments, as Registrars'of Births, ■ Deaths, and Marriages are gazetted Messrs'. Frederick Heldt (Apiti), Wm. M. Easthopo (Master&n),' Ales. A: Mair (Oamaru). Deputy-Registrars' are gazetted as follow:—Messrs. Andrew Moyes (Birmingham),. Lawrenco>.H,.... Fisher. .(Jft. Grey), Charles Kidson (Mangoriui),' ~ . Tho annual Eucharistic Congress_ of Roman Catholic Bishops js to be held in Lopdon this year, in September; !-New Zealand will be represented by Bishop ,lje)iihan (Auckland) aud Bishop Verdon (Duiicdin), ' Archbishop Carr, of Melbourno, and Bishop Higgins, of Bailarat, will be amongst the representatives from Australia. Cardinal Moran was to have attended ' tho Congress, but,. owing 'to his declining health, it is now unlikely, that he will make the •journey to England.

A succcssful debut was .made recently in Melbourne musical circles by Miss Loujso Crpuchcr,, tho talented young Nelson violinist. Professor''.Marshall Hall, of the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music,- has _ appointed Miss Croucher one of tho first violins of his professional orchestra, and she will shortly givo a public recital, with tho assist-' anco of otlur distinguished musicians. During last month she played at a reception given at' Government House by the. Gover-nor-General, Lord Northcote, and also at a farewell; to Lady Talbot upon her departure for England, playing on both occasions with great succoss and receiving most cordial appreciation. ... . . ,'' ' , - "Since our last meeting," states the President of the Racing Conference in his annual report, "wo liaye to regret the loss of two of our members in Mr.jG.G. Stead and.Mr. Petrie. Mr. Stead lias written his name larga in'tho history of. New Zealand racing, and his.phenomenal success in the sport can'only bo compared to that of tho'Duke of Grafton, Lord l)'almouth, or Mr. James White. Hia characteristic energy was-shown in his repeated importations of blood stock, and hia opinion, backed by wide experience, was always listened to with attention in our. deliberations. Mr. Petrie was ail indefatigable member of our body whenover called upon fbr his assistance, and ho will be much missed in tho Greymouth metropolitan- district." Twenty years ago Captain Charles James (tho news of whose-suicide at Melboumowas received on Wednesday) was one of the best 'known and most popular skippers trading to Wellington. Ho .was intho service of tho Sliaw, Savill .and Albion. Company for aboilt thirty years, during which timo lie had command for many years of tho ship' Aucklahd. He remained in tho service of the company as long as it owned sailing-vessels, and last in Wellington as commander of the ship Westland, the last of the. company's "limojuicers." Captain James,'who was approaching sixty years of age, was, a man of genial disposition, and his cabin' was besieged with friends whenever the vessel reached port. .Mrs. James usually travelled-with hor husband. . •