PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 403, 12 January 1909, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

The Hon. J. A. Millar, the Hon. J. Carroll,,tho Hon. Dr. Findlay, the Hon. A. W. Hogg, and the Hon. D. feuddo will be in town to-day. The Prime Minister is at Elderslie, the Hon. G. Fowlds is at Half Moon Bay, Stewart Island, the Hon. R. M'Kenzie at Takaka, the Hon. T.> Mackenzie, at Balclutha, and the Hon. A. T.'Ngata en route for his home in the Gisliorne district. L / '- _ Mr. C. P. Kenny, from Auckland, is' staying at the Hotel Windsor. ■ The Mayor (Hon. T. W. Hislop) is expected back this morning from the south. The Hon. A. W. Hogg,'Minister for Labour, returned to town from Masterton last night. - . . - - - Captain Vaughan Lewes (of H.M.S; 1 Cam-' brian) and his, wife.are staying at the.Royal Oak Hotel. .- Among the visitors at the Hotel Windsor are Ml'. John M'Call, of Paisley, Scotland, and Mr. S. B. Levien, from. Nelson.". "v Dr. 3nd Mrs. Marten, of Adelaide, who have been making,a.brief stay in Wellington, : -' Mr. Murdoch M'Lean, of M'Lean Bros.' the.Otira tunnel contractors, -last"Bight for Lytteltbir'en* route 'for Otira. Mr, anil Mrs. W. R. May, of' Richmond, are to leave "Wellington by the Moeraki on January 21, en route to England. They are to return via Vancouver.-; , ' ; :. : Mr. . Louis' S. Robertson, the Scottish light-weight, champion wrestler, was among, the. passengers who arrived by the FedeTal-Houlder-Skire litter Cornwall-on Saturday.Mr. and Mri. H.' W. Anderson,"of 43 St. James Grove, Kingston-on-Thames, are visitors ,to; Wellington; ' They are leaving this evoning. for the West Coast, and will afterwards visit the Hot Lakes district. They are j.to leave Auckland for...Vancouver on 'Febrruary 17. , , ' , r Mr. and Mrs. Russell Richardson and Mrs.' M. E. _ Turner, of Scarborough, England are visiting Wellington. ' Th6v aro' to leave for the Hot Lakes district on Saturday "and will return via the Wanganui River v ■ _ Mr. C. D. Morpeth, public accountant, .who for the last ten.years has beeh an Associate ,0f tho Incorporated _Society of' Accountants and Auditors, Eng., has received advice from London that he. has been promoted - to: tho fellowship of the society.

_Dr. Hardwick Smith,,who is succeeding Dr .Ewart as medical superintendent of Wellington Hospital, will commonco his duties next .Friday. Dr. Ewart concludes his term tomorrow, and he leaves the same evening : for Dunedm, irhere' he will-take part in -the examination of nurses. ■_ Dr. E. H. 11. Milsom (who acted as locum 1 U Pll Albert Martin, of this city, i whilst tho latter was absent from tlie.Do- ' minion on a-recent visit to Europe) terday morning for Palmerston North, wliere ,iio intends to commence the practice of his profession. • v The Hon. T.. Mackenzie proposes to resign from tho Ofcago Education Board, but as lie intends to-maintain his permanent residence' in Dunedm, he sees no difficulty in continuing his connection with tho Hospital Trust and tho High School Board of Governors. _ The death is announced at Ramsay Lodge, Dunedm, of Mr. John William Laing, aged 83 years, and father of Messrs. W. M.Lain" of 'Glencneff,'' Bideford, Wairarapa, and David Laing, New' Plymouth. The late Mr. Laing had. practically sixty years of colonial life m Australia-and . Now ,Zealand.. • The Hon. A. T. Ngata presided at a meet- ° n . Sundayj when Mr. Dimant, of Melbourne gave an address. At the Strangers lea of tho association Mr. Ngata was warmly congratulated oil his, promotion The. new Minister left for the East-Coast yesterday. ' ' . Mr. F. Waymouth has resigned his position as managing director of the Canterbury frozen Meat Company (says a Christch'urch Press Association telegram). The resignation will.take effect on March I next, when Mr Waymouth will proceed to England to attend to certain matters on behalf of, the com-' Pany-

Mr. Clement Wraggo, the gifted meteorologist, ivliose previous lecture tour of New Zealand will bo remembered pleasantly, is now m Wellington in' the course of a second tour, during which ho will show a great number, of views. Tho first of his threo ■ Wellington lectures will bo given in the Town Hall oil January, 20. After his local lectures Mr. Wragge- will visit the northern towns. . Yesterday morning tho' members of the Stock Department presented Mr. J. A Oil. ruth, late Chief Goto-ww 1 with a handsome sot of smoker's requisites Tho presentation was m&uo i, . _■ ■■ ' : son, Inspector in charge of district, and Mr. Deem, Inspector of °the West Coast district, both of whom made speeches befitting the .occasion. . The death took place in Nelson 011 Friday last of Mrs. Caroline Gannaway, widow of the late Mr John Gannaway, who was well known m Wellington shipping circles. The deceased lady, who for the-past soven years had been living hev married daughter m Nelson, was born 79 years atro in nt.il worth/Southampton Many years- ago she came to New, Zealand with hor husband, and on his death, she went to live in Nelson where she was greatly respected. The members of her family are:-Mr. W. Gannaway, inspector of telegraphs; Mr. Charles Gail' naway, assistant postmaster at Wellington • Mr.■ t rod Gannaway, of: the Telegraph Office Uinstchurch j and Mrs. Thomson, wife of Mr' i J. D. Ihomson, of tho Lands Office at Noll sou;

Tiva "passengers who arrived in Wellington by the Fedoral-Houkler-Shire linei Cornwall on Saturday were:—Miss Bradbury. ?w Ernest and family (2), Messrs. n Wilson, L. Scott, A,. Spence, Mrs. florrester, and Miss Wheeler.. The death was announced, in Christchurch J'*.of. Mr.. John Baldwin, who from ~.U P till.a few years ago occupied the position of headmaster of tho Sydenham btete school.. The Press Association tele«graphs: —The deceased gentleman, who was corn at_ Basingstoke, Hampshire, in 1840, arrived m New Zealand in 1874, having been engaged by Lord. Lyttelton „for educational service m Canterbury.. Mr, Baldwin wan tor eight and a half years master at Brookto°k «P the post at Sydenha filled with such distinction nrniJu Tlle deceased gentleman 16 foul i3ation of the State ™.! j 'if system, as it was his wont" every Lvc „?■„ r 6°. contingent of schoolGovernor s Bay forian "encampment on military lines. , .

aid''WW v K I {S S\J, the Auckland "HertnV « at nu-. 1 " E - Ba ™e. E.CJ, M.P., i« !j- p% Chairman °f Committees in tho but, although Mr. Baumi' based has str ™6 claims, repoft is only Son tW 0 ! 1 ttat ho will, be the ,v ~T I Chairman of Committees. nominatwf'htf L Houso < will not be nominated before the House meets. Several 3' v ir or ' tbe are likely. Eat, ¥ M J" (Aueklanj f Wni t'n& ; i . Sir Steward +™V xr ' rin ■ • ' Laurenson (Lyttelpo?nted Thp ln? S als ° Probably be. apff f J mw p i"s e s lor " Whip (Mr. A. Kidd) failed to secure re-election at the genera election, and ;it; is stated that , v o '™ l ) the late'junior Whip,' will probably not accept re-appointment: Neither of the tiro late Opposition Whips, Messrs. i . Lethbnrlge and C. Lewis, sought reelection, • and, therefore;; new.-appointments will-be necessary. . ■ -

+i, v ' S ener ai secretary,'of.- v .the Y.M.C.A.,: leit -yesterday to spend': art .couple -of days .in Hamilton, where• ho wilL' , assist. the Y.M.C.A. to: furnish- its-new i-. rooms. The .secretary of the Y.M.C.A. at Hamilton is Mr. T. Vincent. *; ?' Gavin, son of the late As- >-'■ sistant' Controller-General, and for man? years an officer of the Public AVorks Depart, ment, has just returned to New. Zealand • c from the Umt&d States to accept an appoint- ; ment as engineer for Messrs. M'Lean Bros, at the Arthur's Pass tunnel. Mr. Gavin left the_New _Zealancl Civil Service' to go- to South Africa during the short "boom" period' which followed the war. When the depression: began he went to"the. United: States, where ho was holding an . important appointment when Messrs. M'Lean' Bros." induced him to enter their' service. Mr. Gavin, : who came to Wellington from Auckland'via the Main Trunk , line, left Wellington last night, on his way to Arthur's -Pass,