PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 288, 29 August 1908, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dr, L. Cockayne, F.L.S., is in Wellington*. Mr : P. 11. Luckie, Assistant Commissioner pf the Govern incut insurance Department, is at present 011 holiday leave, after 29 years continuous service in the Department. At last night's meeting of the Technical Education Board, Mr. Viclcery was appointed assistant instructor in the bookkeeping plass, in place of Mr. Vossejer, vefjignud, Mr. S, Lt Wilson, of the Union Company's staff, loft Wellington night liy tfe Maori. Uo has begn transferred tq the pggfignger department of tljo Christclmreh office, Mr, Charles Snundsrs, the eminent English oratorio tenor,: had a splendid reoeptiotf before a crowded house with the Auckland Choral Society last night in Handel'B "gamsou, n He was in fine voice, and has completely recovered from hip severe co]d, . ■' Mr, 11, A, Young, resident engineer of the Publics Works Department at Westport, and also engineer to tho Westport Harbour Board, was iu Wellington yesterday on his way north to report to the Auckland Harbour Board in regard to the use' of ferrg-ooncrote for wharf construction, A Napier Press Association telegram states that Mr, W. Q. Riddell, S.M., who has been acting as relieving magistrate in Napier for the past month, returns to Wellington after presiding'at a Bitting of the Teachers' Appeal Court at Dannevirka on Monday. Mr. H. W. Brabant, who retired a few months ago, has been, appointed acting-magistrate at Napier until the expiration of the leave of absence granted to Mr, S. E, M'Osrthy, resident magistrate. Mr, M'Qarthy will resume on November 1, . J|r, Pqirpprpy. of Invercargill t an inventor of some note, wlio recently gave a demonstration iii Wellington of his new explosive, which he claims possesses all the shattering attributes of the deadly "shimose," used so successfully.in the Russo-Japanese war, has been taken up by a syndicate of wealthy Melbourne gentlemen, who intend to exploit several of tho New Zealander's inventions, The Defence Department failed to take much interest in the explosive mentioned, but the inventor is to be given every facility in Melbourno for displaying its great force, probably before the British and American Admirals whiV) tho combined fleets are there next week. Mr. Pommeroy left for Melbourne last week to personally superintend tho tests in connection with the explosive, and to work up his other inventions I for the market. ' '