PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 427, 9 February 1909, Page 7

PERSONAL ITEMS.

■^The;; Prime Minister is at Rotqrua, Hon'. •Dr., Findlay'onhis'.way overland from. Rotorua.v'tb'.Wellington, Hon.;,A; T. NgatiTat Port the Hdns. : A> W. Hogg, 'D.ißuddo, G. : Fowlds and J. Carroll in.M'el-. ■JiDgtqn,;.:;; ; V .;'.-. : :\. ; :.:. : ;; v : -.;.-:'V;;; ; ' : ■ •'• ■ ■■■'•• The Chief Justice (Sir.Robert Stbutyieaves Auqklaridfor .Wellington to-day. ;-.,.-; ■ ; ! Leader of ..the .Opposition,l^' espeoted'to arrivefrom .the north : tb-riighfc..:...., •"■■ '/'.'■' ' '-■■""' ■;':' ';'.v ; ; ■ -M rs ' Tudor' Jones, returned: to;. 1 Weflmgtoiityesterday'after paying, a found of; ■. Mr^i^is^y^s. r ,p,LQr}ejitaVß4y,;is so far iroproved. lnvliealth' that.ho nasgpne to visit;hie ; son., : -Silr,:Gr..Stevens, at,QtaEi . : ■■' Minister: 'Healthj.'has. accOpted 'the' invitation-'Sf the Medical' Association , ' to ■attend., tho cQnference'ot Mapier, on February 22i.. : . ; who is succeeding 'Chief Dateotive M'Grath, who gees' to Christ-; 'church ..with ■ the_ rank of Sub-Inspector,' toot, /up'hisinew duties:yesterday. , Mr. Broberg is the youngest Chief Detective 'in-the' force.' '.' Co.lonel ': Ri -fl, Davies, ■ Inspector-General ; of tlie Colbnel.a. D. Tusou, AdjutantiGeneral,-' and Captain G v; S. vEichardsoh, ■Chief..lnspector:.of. Artillery, are: at present ;ifl -Aucklandr ;;."■'; S r ; ;.:'?:'; ■'■■■ - : .'\^ : \ At the Mount' Cook Police.Station yester- , day, Constable:L, ;T:. Moore was presented .by- his fellow-officors .with, a marble' .clock, suitably-inscribed; 'The presentation was. to mark the occasion of "the . recipient's ap'proaohing .marriage;,.; ; . '.'■. ■"■'. ~ . , .; '.The.. : Hon..:, Ri°: 'M'Kenzie; : Minister':.for .Mines, loaves, on an extended tour of .•the north, oil Thursday, morning. -Ho intends to visit the mining centres'and inspect the railway works in , progress and proposed railway ■"routes-:.!;. , .-'..-.. ',-'.-.; y ;,':>';,.■ .:-,,- ;'.' ;!'-■': \ : .'- : -.\, '■:'■. ; ;V' The. appointment of an assistant librarian at the Newtown Public Library-has been conferred upon Mr.: C. Petherick, a son of Mr. m.W. Potheriok (whoso efforts in-connection with; the establishment of the Newtown Natural History. Museum arc .well-known).V Mr. .0.. Petherick has: had some previous experience in library work. As to tjio : institution itself, "there are now. over 800. subscribers on the bppksj 'aiii it is' ; prpposed shortly to open the''institution all day,.instead of, as now, afternoons" and ; evenings only.: '.' ■:" .; . ;.

• • Mr.:L. E; Jackson, of the, Foilding branch of, tho:Now Zealand Loan \and Mercantile iAgency. ;Corapariy, is "to leave 'shortly for' Opuuakey where he will undertake the duties of auctioneer for' his; company.. Mrv Jackson (says;': bur; Feilding correspondent): has been from the start'one of-the strbngest.men : in the Foilding.Show.Association, and 1 has occupied itho position of president. . Hisseryicos wore'so.valuable to the association that recently the .members, tendered :him a complimentary' banquet, and presented him with an.illuniinated.addross. . -V- '■;■:■ -■"..- }>■:■:.'. ,.;. . ~ Sub-Inspector'Hendry, whose' woll-deseryed promotion Ho the: rank of Sub-Inspector, is particularly popular' among members, of the Auckland force: has'.had a long-.arid interesting career,■', although only 47 years of age: He joined, the New Zealand' Armed Constabulary as. far back'-as 1879j'.and .has..therefore nearly .'completed thirty years'.-' service. In 1881,: He was transferred to the Police Court ■at Wellington," and remained there for about six : months/•• Ho'' was then moved: to. \Wa"ngariui, and after'.'.a-short, stay there went to New- Plymouth in. September' 1881. Three years later, ho. was . appointed district olerk to-Inspector' Pardy, and was. with him till the .'lnspector. :was-: transferred to Dunedin in 1892. ../.He: then acted as clerk, for Inspectors/l'Kompsbn.and McGover'n. 1n'1897, Sub-Inspector. Hendry; was. transferred '"to Auckland as district ' clerk, and was in charge v of the district .office till 1901, when he was promoted to the. .rank of sergeant and given sectional duty in. Auckland. In 1903 he was plaoed in charge of the Newton Station, and remained there till 1906; when ho was made'station sergeant at Auckland.