PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 401, 9 January 1909, Page 5

PERSONAL ITEMS.

; Primo,Minister : isVen .route : for JHders; - lie," the Hon.T. Mackenzie for Dunedui, anc -. thevHon. D. Bnddo for Kaiapoi. The, Hon ,; G. Fowlds is in Stowart Island, and.tho Hon. ; Dr/.Findlay at' Dnnedin. The Hon. J. A Millar, the Hon. J. Carroll, tho Hon. II M'Kenzie and the Hon. .A. :T. Ng&ta sro lr Wellington. v : 1 Mr.-Arthur Sima was a passenger for th< Bonth yesterday. 1 n v: Mr, Edward .Reeves, elocutionist, leaver to-night for Christohurch. Mr. G. T. Booth, of Christohurch, went south by the Mokoia last 'night. .Colonel Hume, Inspector of Prisons, is on a Departmental visit to Napier. Mr C. H; Weston, of New Plymouth, haf . been-appointed'Crown Prosecutor. . Mr. G. W. Hume, F.1.A.N.Z., returnee .:■: v to Christohurch by' the Mokoia yesterday. v'j:; ■■ ...Mr. 'A. : R... Main, of tho College of .the ■ Bible, Melbourne, is a visitor to Wellington, ■■■■■Majorv-.floldaway. Young People's Secretary, of the 1 :' Salvation Army, -returned libl > night from tho north. •-.The Honl R; M'Kcnzie, Minister for. Public '.- Works, leavos by the Ar'ahura to-night, tc ■spend a few days at Collincwood. .■ ■ n ■ ; : Mr. M.. Myers, Crown Prosecutor, is spend- • ,ing,a holiday u in >the ;South Island. Ho is •■■■^"■■i,v. ,: expected back about the middle of the month. ;■ '-Inspector Ellison, who' is atpresenton his c i - .i- perioaical tour ■of ?inspection .in tho Waira:Tapa,.is duo back in Wellington'to-night. . .■ . ■ 'Mr/ J; Carrad, senior in the Magis- , • . trate'B" Court office,.-is .to, leave: for Palmor- ■ Bton North next Saturday, to .'put in two . weeks' relieving duty. : :■'■■■ Mr.'G. C.'Lyttelton, of<the:Customs De- ; partment; Greymouth, bas~ been transferred - Niipier. He leaves Wellington for that town to-morrow. ; -Mr. D. A. Aiken, assistant general mana? •',■■>■■■ ger of the Union Steam Ship Company, left by tho Moeraki yesterday for Sydney on. a business trip. The Eon, A, W. Hogg, Minister for Labi';/ n;:;';;bur,'..will:be: aipasseriger,' to, Mastortbji' by, the ■ mail strain .this . morning.. - Ho., intends :to .•■ return on Monday evening; ; •; -. ;'' -y • •' Tho death took place on October 24 last in ■ ■' London of Mr. Clement Stone-Wigg, the . • elder brother of Bishop Stone-Wigg, who ' ;'' ■ ktely. resigncd the seo of New, Guino'a. • ■ Mr;. Lewis de Green, , the Sydney musiohn, ■ ... who- is visiting Wellington, : entertained <a number of; his friends at supper at Godber's . Booms'last evening. He leares this.morning for Rotorua via Auckland. '.-Mr. Fi'-L;, Orchard, -of the United- Insurance Company, has :been appointed an in- '... -Bpector. -for', the Guardian- fire. Assurance ■"Company;^. Liisutenant-Coloncl--. .Knight, Provincial . Commander of the Salvation Army, has re- ; turned 'from' his; visit tOtTauranga, and will v spend the/week-end'in Wellington. ■ ■ Staff-Captain . Orames,. Provincial Secretary of the 'Salvation Amy, leaves to-day for '.Woodville;.' and will.' afterwards; ; go .on to .v%".'. will conduct special meeti pi'gs for about three weeks. . -.v:,; i .rAfter the-battalion parade last: night .the -■■rv/ Highland Rifles held-a, meeting for the pur:.pose of; electing. an 1 officer.: '; The', result was :r. ? .the; eleotion ■of Mr. .George Willis,. who was ; lately lieutenant' in: the JohnsonTille ißiflas; ■ ■... v- ifr< 'Bnddo;:: Minister -.for Internal -Affairs : and-Publio Health, has accepted an mvita- . •.. tioii to. bo. .present at : a .promenade ' con-. 11. cert, to be' tendered toMr. J. Vigor Brown, , member, for Napier, at Napier, oa January Mr. W. Coffey, secretary of the Welling- .. . ton 'Boxing Association/ has been. advised :■. • tliat Mr. W.: F: Corbett ("Amateur,", of the •v ■* - -Sydney : /Referee") iwill,;ift all probability ac- ■ "'' company Burns,'rthe ; pugilist, .-.to hew Zea■.viand.: i'hat gentleman^:writes ..that Burns ' ; K^ A :€:iaslac'cepted^ ; a :;' .'■ -ment'..with; -Mr. :.Harry Rickards, and, his re- " ■ r cent defeat has in-.no:way- affected the popu- >' '' .'larity : of tHe"'Canadian" boxer: witJi'tHe pub-' I'.On' Sunday evening .the Right. Rev. : the ;. Bishop .- .of.,' Wellington. will ; ipreaoh.. at ,^t.: Thomas's Church, Nowtown . •, South); ;'; The Bishop returned irom • Eng- .. land last: week,, after ■: an sabsence >of ■ several ■ ■-Jmonths, where /ho: had; been attending the • great Pan-Anglican Congress. Dountless many will be l pleased:to have.the opportunv.: v ity=of; hearing him .so- soon "after: his return home. ' i ■ Mr.' Alfred Teldhamwef 'the. New Zealand DistiribTi'tihg'.Coippa'nyj .. . " who is about to depart for Australia, /pras, '." v : ''yesterday,.'tho'irecipient;of 'a travelling-bag vpwesh;frbinv.hi8 < /fellowr"vv'orkQrs> The manager of tho: company, in l making:tho i/". ' ~ presentation; made'reference to the ability • and.character of Mr.' Yeltjham, and' stated • .that ho carries with him tho:hearty.good .-. wishes of all -with whom he had 'been asso- . ciated- during .his five years' service with the company, ; ' > . Three Cabinet Ministers—tho Premier, ■ - the Hon. T." Macken2ie, and - the: Hon, .D. Buddo—left .for the south by the Mokoia last night. Sir Josoph Ward/ accompanied by . Lady Ward, .was - leaving for a . holiday 'at ■ /Elderslie 'and Mount Cook. ■ Mr. Mackonzie . . ;has^. appointment :in: Dunedin on Monday, ' "and will attend a gathering of 'tho" Early , ■ ..: /. .Settlers' - Association:' of" Otago, in the Bal- : clutha on Wednesday. Mr. ■ Buddo ; , is - visiting his/;home in' .Canterbury,,: and- cx- ; . peots .to .return -on' Tuesday:' ■ .■ Mr.v Henry ,Bracy,i manager of the Ada ,-!■:■■■ Crpssley.-.-; Concertv,Company: ,(now: ; in. the :'..south), who had been ■ intimately associated : , with tho lato Mr. Geo. Lauri tor eighteen years,-was extremely'shocked on reading the ? >"i : ; news of. tho end' of his old friend and ■ comrade. Speaking to v a Dunedin "Star" representative, he snid: "On . Christmas Day I' was dining with .Mr. ■ K ■ the '.-;.'isubjeotv. : .of .poor, Lauri oropped up. From what Mr. Wil- ., hamson said I gathered that his case was a • very bad one, . Mr.; Lauri was engaged in 'America by Mr. Williamson m 1890 to■ suc- ■ peed. 'Billy! Elton.. This .was a caso in which on o . J pan, rr.etaphori'cslly and: iigurAtively .. Bpeaking,..steppod ( mtD .another. mania Bhoes. ■ fi' shoes,' hats,' and every- ■■ i. fitted . his'. successor. - v.The two men : iT'Oro of.: exactly.! similar build. Poor Lauri made his first appearance in Melbourne, m an . ; Amorioan piece chlled (The Merry Monarch,' ySTJstma.s, 1860. : Ho took up Mr. Elton's ' Jv ■ '* ln " ar ch, .1891,. and continued to fill ' ' tne.parT:. .of chief comedian m. the Royal :.; Comics till a few months, ago; when, his health , gavo_way. 'Ho wilLbesfc;be rejnemborod as ■ ::. : Ppko of Plaza iToro ■ in; 'Tho Gondoliers,' taptain Coddington in 'In Town,' Bouillon in Ma Mio Rosette,' the Mayor in 'The Old Guard, Jack Point m 'The Yeomen of the buard, and more particularly as Lurcher in .•; ,Collier S;- Dorothy. :Hia . recent' suc- "<•" c ® ss f s » Australia were 'The Lady Dan- '.. .- . .dips,; and,.! The .Girls of .Qottenborg.' .It was ' during the, run. of the: latter piece that lie' < :• '? 8 . taken ill and had to retire from :the . stage. , Mr. Lauri loaves ono son, a metallur- . . .Bouldor ; City,. nnd- a wife to • ciourji.thGir loss.'' •'