PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 442, 26 February 1909, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

''Sir. Joseph-Ward,-ffi6-Hon;,G-Fowlds, .the; Hoij.' the Hon.' A.: Wy Hogg, and •the Hoii. T. Mackenzie'are ; in day,- arid;■■■'the'. Hbn.' :D. ; Buddo ,'wiU arrive , here ■ to-night:, from Napier. .:: : The J.Carroll and tile Hon. ,R.,M'Kenzieara in. Auokland, aiadtheHoh'.A. T. Ngata will'be 'there this '.'evening, v .■lie'-Hoii.' J. A; -Millar is af.punedin.,;i;,. i:';,::: : -;: :;:;■};■■ }.:.;(■;.-. ;y ;: ; :The Vfery Rev: Father O'Shea, SM., V.G.,m has.'.retunied" from .Meanee^ ; ;::-'V ; :;::■;■;.'; I

The Governor has appointed Mr. W. T. Wood a member of the Foxton Harbour Board.

;.-';Sergeant;FolleyV of; Hokitika;. whoswill: I replace Sergeant Treanor ; at' Napier,, ; will !leave Gfeymouth-on March. l::to take over :his -new , :, duties, yt" /■■:''■' V, v -;.;^: ; :y : .: :■'■■■

: :: : slessrs.: W..:S.:;Furby: (telegraph .engineer) 'arid, J;: of telegraphs').: '•are at. present-in .the' Hawke's Bay district .on > departmental .business.: ... ;■..;'■ .;.;.'' :■•';•..

i. rlixe: follpwirig'teachers have resigned from iiiie service of , tJio Education Board •—Miss -E. Pickering, Petone ; Miss ■U; Dement, Brooklyn; Miss Hi-Blomq-iiist,,To Ore , Ore; Mr.^A.'Wedde r Waitakcke> , . ■

: ' Mr.'' A. N. Burns/t captain .arid -'adjutant of tho Waixarapa. Battalion of Public. School; Cadets; has resigned''his position on account 'of?pressure .of school;-'business'. Mr.- Taylor has been appointed' to ■ the command -of ■ the; Eoseneath detacliment.of'school,cadet-s, : vioeMr>;Bary^(resigned).' :■.."■■■[■-.■ "<. : ;:;-.,:';■ : ;

: .Commissioner M'Kie, head of, tKo;, Salva- ' taon Army in Australia, has not yet: received news of his. next field 1 of labour;;. The commissioner Ayill'preside at a farewell congress ,in, Melbourne,: trom May 9 io \ 18,"previous 'to : llis departure, for. England.J : Colonel Knight,North.lslandPrbviuoialCom : .- mander of the Salvation-Army,f>ill attend tlie.;congrbss.; : :- ,'-'.;, '~}■: ■.■:;■; .::-y; : ■■•';■'■■

/Tho following have beeri-appoiritedofficiat-ing ministers ' under tho ■-' MarriageV •Aot :— Church of England•s'The'-Bev.'. A., T.'Bristetl ■page ) '--A.'K.O. l '::ahd'.tho"B-e\':;;O.--M;- , St«iit ) , M.A. ■ Presbyterian Cburbh:. '.] Mr. ■■'■ &. .M.. Mears.- Baptists: Mr; R. Brand,'the Rev: f. \V.. Shiner,, and:the\Rev. :..W-..''R."'-AVpqlley: Chiiroh of Jesus Christ: of, Latter-day Saints: :Elder' , Oriniis -M. ;;Bateß."->. : f" '■'~"'. : ; :..'-, :.;" . : .

' iieuteriant-Colonel :.Knight,;;. Provincial Commander Vof ..the 'Salvation■; Aniiy,■,'■'.'arid. Staff-Captain CrameSj Provincial, Secretary, leave .on a visit to Auckland to-day.v They, will; return "next Wednesday, and. meet',.Col-, onel. Graham, of; Melbourne, at Wangamii liexb Saturday.. 1 Colonel Graham, after nold-' ■'iiigj very- successful: .mission',■•services'' in Hawke's.'Bay,"is now in tie;Wairarapa.district."; Miijpr jSoldaway; officer in eharce of yie:'young people's work, is :,with 'Colonel: Grahim. ;; . •■ ■';:■. .-.,•■. .'■'■..-:]

: j Mr.< A. L.:'Muir,. editor of the "Poverty. Bay. Herald," Gieborne,: is spending a few. days in Wellington. .: ; ' /'. ■ ,',:." ' : .

Miss-Kirk]: lady the Wellington Benevolent Institution, v has been granted a pass -.the!, corporation tramwaye. V-' ; ;

-:: ThoHon. G. Fowlds, Minister, for Eduoa-tion,-roturned from ,tho .Rangitikei.last evenZing.. , He will open' the-Tetone Technical School -.to-day.- : i •■•''■.-:;Vo ; a.'. : j"';'.''.-''.-' , ' : '-. ■ •',

: The Hev;:FathOTKol]yj.for' ; fonr-years past curate, of the Roman ; Catholic parish of Mts : terton,- leaves, this'week, for, Patea, where.he : will dc relieving ....-.'. , .. ■■■ .; , .Mr.. Clarence Arthur,'' solicitor, of; Mr. ; C.•'; W. Tanner'a office. , : has /received .unofficial cable.advico' that lie has passed his final'eiamiuatioff 1 , for the' degree_ of , ! Batchelpr of

.The Rev; Father' Sauhdersixti, from ...Ire- ■' .;■ land, who was specially ordained ; tio;ta'ke.-up ■■■■/ ; work in the ■; Archdiocese;, is; ex-! ;,•> pected to arrire-by one "of ■'the'; next Home 1 - : . steamers. , His precise sphere, if. workVhae;:,".: ; / not:;yet been aUocated. \. ii-i':-: ~ ■'.. ":'. ■-. } t:\:■:■>'■■.

'""■'A tender his .been accepted.by.ihe'.iPublio, Works ;Department for the erebtion of a new. post office at_ohakune/:.,Theidffice: will be a J wooden building of one storyj mithquartera for a.postmaster.- The amount of the tender is about £800.;; :;.■'"'.'■;. -.:■.-■.., - ,-. =i v

Miss A. D; of-Wobistbn, Christ-' church;' has;.been appointed- cookery -instruo-' tress under;the WellingtonEducationßoard. Miss Eennie. has.; had ten ■ yeafs' , - experience in various'positions with/ cooking instr'uctipn;.and: hold* certificatea of the City, apd-Guilds. of : London for high-class .'and -plain' cookingj '•;...■;-;:;':' \ : ;' : ■'■■ .■•■:■_ ';•- v-y , ,'"

.;■ -Leavei;pf'-absence' has! by.-the'.?' Wellington.,Educatipn.Boarcl.,tp,the : fQllowing' ; teachers M'Kekziej-NeVtowii (to - the'endof the month); Mr. 6. S. Sharp )Admi--! .ril'Run;(March:<ls-f23)': v Mri'F.-'Brocketti: :' .Mount G^ok'(one, month) Glyde ■■ Qiik y, : :'(pne : -:Veek).;, j; Kprqkoro (oiie week). ! / : -.;jv x' : '■'■:'■ '■.'■■ v•:!

= It,is.understood •that.Mr. 0.; :E.-Bartra3n,v-of, Gisborne,v intends; 'resigning '■ .his seat -.'..as . a member:,of;the j>Hawke's.Bay"rLani^Bo.ard. , '.- No v . qflicial ;;iifprinatipn,i'li6iyever, l :lii'3 v ;beei ,' received "of.' 'the.. i act.- , :■ The Vesications vnll''' ernment'-r.epresentatives ,\dn'.'"tHe/:.l3o^rd ) ;.fM .the. -. positiok, ra'cated'; ■ by; :Mr.: ; !T. : i. Hyde,; has Dlao'.to be:filleil, ' ' '" ;, '" ■■ "•'■-"

.. ,The;lteT.^omM , -seej^wHo' : .'.WM:!ii;esteKlßy : .v ; :.'; v electedv"pre«denti:bfiHho-Methbdisfc V |t!oiifer-fth: enpe, is,; well'khcuyn.'infmany-parts 'of.NewM;"'•Zealand./-- -Prior elections he was set free from:pastoral-'wbrk-ini,bfder >..V; ■fe^nridertake--a\BpMkmgV;teur;'an- i -l|a^\ , Di>.'i : v; ; : the: ;New; Zealand ■ Alliance. ■ ■In • this/ : Wijet'v. with eiiccess,' v as--he' '■ ,; been; an.; energetic vworker':invtb;e cause,' and:is,a flnent'' : and■ .■■■'; ; with''. a manner, that makes ;fdr :: popularity. V ;11r... Fee,-was.stationed'dt'Rarigidra-'fbr iev-:. , ;~. ,eral-yearsj '■ an^; he left that district;in ;1908;;> ■:; iwheii;ho 'assumed "cliarge-of • the'y Hamilton. •'; ■■'•■' ■M«|thbdlst'-Cireiiit,-'changiiig--placcs ; witJi'- , -th9-'-^* : -

-: ! Sir.'George:.:Wilson, ; bf Wijsbri ■ and;' Co.' K left-,by ;: the/lonic yesterday; a '■:,;■. for.a.;tnp..to;;the ,01d, CouritryScAn 'a.]iußipir;;.S: ■was... madeV to ibis at .the '± annual. \>;? the Chamber-of.-Commerce,'. wheal :,.?■■ lMr;.'lGcorige'.:ShirteliffieSmoTe4:i^Shati,thisv:V:;.; : : .meeting' of ,;the ; ; Wellington : morce '.tenders'to ifr..G«ofge.., : \Vil3On : itsvaP"'??.'.^v cbuncilun 'past years, , aid .wishes: him w ;:V;., :a';-p!eßßanfymdr!,beiieficial :^trip/~iffl.'"the«p]d,'.;-"i.'--''?.', Country-and: a''safe; return;" .■'■..Mγ..-: Shirtcliffe.-■ a]so\'said that.Mr;.Wilsonj ; : thongh ; :put- l .Ußseß.'"fpward ) ':;..wM;:flneVof-=the, : 'jhost' i ■usofiil;merab'ers of/the, ,the; Esteem; of •alli-.j 'Mr. , J>;M'Lenan;secpttded. ■?:■;!;£• the-motion,.and'.the*.'president,'vin''--speaking '-'■:[ : said, He, had specially: askedjMr.' Wilson, iVa ; tosbe. present,.;so.;that'.-:the^^;;-me'mbers; : «ikht',::.;:;:; bid.-.him.'.farewelli'Vbut: tie^pressaie;S{/Ws"? ; ! ; V final .engagements, had presented; him :;fjpm-,a£v-V';v-tending..:;. •;; Thol resplation, was'; uflarunibusly.., ■ j f; '. ?,:si>(' ! ft J-/^'.

has a'ddtesscd V 'the:following -letter foitiiefclefgy'iof ,the'.dsai ',;; ■cese •,—;''■ Tdurn'ata',^>;, 1 . 1 ''Napier.—-Ify'.:/ \ ' d^ar,.? : ; brpther^^f 1 ■-j ■ 'cordauce''; , with<thfl..;aiui6uiipement^which .1;";' •:nxad9j^t!^ejDi.|»o^ifcSj!Md-'.m>NpTenii^j"l'v ; : -Kave: sent. i'.' ; jyith : ■■■, ing-'ypars/i.tTnayiibe-.allowed to retire from -■ -the.dioccee ;on;.: June.3O. nest, ; ,andi thaA'the..' bishops.; now;in.' Jfow.-Zealand-.. V. .tbiis'.li Tjo Primate. ynft. inLdue.oourseiauthoii-'S i'se. : pose,-ofi ; nominating ,'EomeUuitable.ilergymoii Hi: te-bobishop'of- tte. ; (Jioce6e, : .<and, yiauvdjy not-... : lieedto,be.remindedhow; : important-it-,is that'■ fi prayers should;be : offered.by; all l our.rpeoplei;t pn behalf of..tihe synod , that.it.iraay-be'gniaed .'; ■io'.the ; ',ch'6'ioe : ,fully\in:;s6 ;footsteps v'of.- Sh'tp-;;-; : ;he^d.V :^'l^;MSp'M^.a: ;ifpw : prayerl-Tl'. remain,' 'wur; affectionate; frien|?.- ,c andbr^therv'-W;;L."Waiapu.' , r , :/ \ji'' ,';