PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 489, 23 April 1909, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Iho Hon. G. Fowlds is at Timaru, tho Hon. Dr. Fiudlay at Napier, tlio Hon. A. W. Hogg en route for the Thames, and tho l'rimo Minister and other Ministers of tho Crown, aro in-Wellington.- ' Mr. Di H. Guthrio. M.P., Oroua, is paying a short visit to Wellington. ■' Mrs. Neil M'Lean left on a trip to. tho Old Country by tho Corinthic yesterday, i,. Mr. W. H. of Dannevirko, is visiting Wellington. ' ■ Miss Hodgo, of Duncdin, has boon appoin-: ted to the position of assistant at tho Central ■ Library.. ■ Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Chapman, of Lower loft by tho Corintlno yesterday on a tour of tho world. Mr. Watkin Mills, the English baritone, who toured New Zealand about four years ago, is contemplating another tour' of tho colonies. ': - ■ Tho Hon. A. W. Hogg, Minister for Roads, and Bridges, loft for Auckland by tho midday express yesterday. Ho goes on to Thamee by steamer to-day, and will then travel overland, via Waihi, to Tauranga; Captain C. S. Hodge, a well-known master marinori residing at Port Chalmers, diod yesterday, aged 77, years. Ho came to Now Zealand in 1864, and retired from the sea in 1892.—Press Association. Mr. Frank Levy, advanco representatiyo.' , of the Mcynell and Gunn Dramatic Com- \ pany, has arrived in .Wellington to make' arrangements for tho appearance of, the organisation at the. Opera House. . ... ,' Messrs. G. Laing-Mcason and M. Denniston have boon appointed directors on: the Rogotire Non-Puncturo Pneumatic Tyro Company, in place of Dr. Izard and Mr. N.Dalston, both of whom havo left Wellington for> an indefinite period. ■ The Rev. Father O'Donncll, who is leaving on a trip to Ireland after fifteen years' labour in Gore, was last night presented with : 2oo guineas from the congregation and a gold watch and albert from the citizens.—Preßß Association. ■- V' ' ' ; " Tho foltowing names of officiating ministers under the Marriage' Act are gazeted:— Rev. F. W. Sutton, M.D. (Anglican); Mr. Matthew M'Lean ' (Presbyterian) j Revs, Edward Bawdry, Harry ' Cottam, Norman Hydn, and Joseph Burton Suckling (Priioitivo Methbdist). ( :."''" . '' :. Tlio Hon. Dr. Findlay will visit Hastings' on Saturday. During his stay in Hastings, it-is probablo that ho will confer, withtno, llov. v. L. Kayll on the question of reform, a subject in which the rev. gentle-,' man has keenly interested himself for tho past ton, years. ' ' • >.'■' -. ••' •■; ..-'■■'-;' Mr. R. T. Simons,' who loft' Auckland ro- v centlv for Sydney, on route to Noumea, wbero • he will take uptho position of British Consul,, ha? ' for fourteen years occupied I a similar position.in Tahiti. For'nearly thirty-five; years Mr. Simono'has been a resident m tho tropics, having lived in East Africa, Rod Sea' provinces, Tahiti,' and India.V , • : },:;;'' Hori'Manapuri, of Porima,.a member of tho Ngatitea tribe,; who; was well-known in the Wellington district, died in tho Wellingtori Hospital on Wednesday night.. The ~ body was taken by the. 4 p.m. tram yesterday to'Porirua, .where a, tangi. will bo: held. The interment mil take .place, at 2, p.m. on Sunday. ,' -,'..'• • \ J 'A Gazette notice, states that Mr. S. J.,', R. Stammers, of 28 Moorgate Street,, London, solicitor, has, been appointed, his.-.' Honour the Acting Chief.: Justice, _a Com- - inissioner of tho Supreme Court of Now. Zealand in England, for. tho. purpose of .admin-., ''storing and taking' oaths, affidavits, and .affirmations. ..': Mr. V. G.Day,'S.M., was farewellod yos-: torday'by the Christchurch Law Society (says a Press Association telegram). Mention was . mado, of Mr. Day's, four.and a baU^ years service in.tho;district; during which ho baa; been on tho .best terms with the' profession, > who felt keenly his leaving, i Mr. Day has beou transferred to Timaru, but .will,also art. - atAshburton and Rakaia. ■'•' Tho Hon. G, Fowlds, Minister for.Education, arrived in Christchurch from' tho north • yesterday and left> by tho first oxpress for Timaru. He will probably visit Waimate te-day,' and go on to-Dunedin on Satur- : day afternoon.'' On' Tuesday next tho Mini-, ster. will open tho ( now;.training college,for.;, teachers in Dunedin.. He wilt return north , on Wednesday, and loavo for,, Wellington by, that evening's steamer.—Press Association. , Dr. Peter H. Buck (Tollanginirba), MJ?V who .has severed his connection with the Department of Publio Health, was presented on' Tuesday with ! a ;memento;. accompanied; by an address, in which eulogistic reference:, was made to his work as Maori health officer for' the 'Northern district (states tho • "Horald")'/ The presentation was'mado by ■ t>T. John S.' Purdy,- district health; offioer, Auckland. ■■-.'.■-...•.'.;:!. '~ '■.!■■.

Colonel J. : Stacoy, .well known'in_mih-' tary circles in Canada, and the .United States, has been ■,' a visitor to Palmerston North. Colonel Stacoyis visiting v«nou6 parts of tho world on behalf of tho Associ-, ated Chambers -of. Manufacturers of the. United States., .He Was just on thopornt of leaving Sydney for. America (says tho: "Standard") when ho received a cable 6ta> ing that his'son was seriously ill, and had gone to Palmerston to undergo an .operation. Ho" is now making fairly .'satisfactory, progress towards' recovery."..'-,- ~'',. ~ ' Tho nows of tho Very Rev. Dean Smyth's removal from-tho charge of the Roman-Catho-lic parishioners of Hastings was reccived_ with deep 'regret; which is not by any means confined to the members of his Own congregation. 1 He has (writes our Hastings correspondent) just completed his twenty-fourth year as parish 1 prießt'of Hastings, during which time ho has built a splendid church containing a beautifully-toned organ: Besides this he has. established the convent schools. He takes up his duties as superior of the Meoaneo Mission station at the end of June. ■■ v .'■ ■ . . Mr. Crackonthorpc, chess champion of Victoria, and his father, also a Melbourne chess plaver of note,' are. paying a visit to, New .Zealand. andvaro-at present on'a.trip,toRotorua. Thov will return to .Wellington, sbortlyto bo the guests of Mr. Natusch, and it is tho intention, of Mr. Crackenthorpo,. 'ran.-, to play sovoral games with leading Wellington exponents of chess.: There also, talk-,of a.blindfold-match being arranged bo-:, tweon tho champion and Mr. J. A. Connell, a local.chessman well versed in this; stylo of, play, -.i Mr. . Crackenthorpo, it may ; bo .mentioned, 'was second in. tho Exhibtton chess' championships .held, throe years ago. -v - , The 'announcement of the appointment of the Very' ltev. Dr. Kennedy, of the/ Meeaneo Mission, to the. rectorship'' of St. 'Patrick's College, Wellington,' rendered vacant by tho resignation of the Vory Rev. Father A. Keogh,-was received hero (writes our ftapier correspondent) with gouoral feelings of congratulations mingled, with keen regret that Hawke's ,Bay was to lose one of its finest, scholars .and most' usoful citizens. During his residence at Meoaneo Dr. Kennedy haß taken a live interest in the welfare of tho district, and his astronomical and meteorological investigations have been a, feature of interest throughout the province. Thanks to his untiring efiorts, tho Ateeance Observatory is now one of the.best equipped in.tho Dc minion, .and by a valuable collection of data Dr. Kennedy has succeeded in establishing the fame, of-the Napior climate upon the solid baseof climatic, statistics. Dr. Ken-, nedy was a valued mombor of tho Hawko'a 13av Philosophical Institute, and his lectures, : which always bore tho Btairip of original re-, search,were looked forward to with a keen sense' of enjoyment by the general public Dr. Kennedy has been for 10 years in chargf of the Moeanee Mission. .