PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 493, 28 April 1909, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

The Prime Minister • (Sir Joseph "Ware and the Hon. R. M'Kenzie are &t Dunedit and the Hon. G. Fowlds' travels thence t Christchurch to-day. The Hon, A. J, Hog is at Tauranga, and the Hon, A. T. Ngat at Patea. The other. Ministers nro 1 town. A Mr., T. Parata, M.P. for the Southoi Maori District; was in town, yesterday. The Hon. D. Buddo leaves for th 6 sou] to-night. On Friday he will present tl prizes'won connection with the St. Joh Ambulance classes at Christchurch. Mr. L. S. Humphries, of the firm of Hun phriea Bros., returns to Wellington by tli Hiverina after an abscnco of" near) 12 months in Great Britain and America. Misses J. Ore and M. Welby (of Wellinj ton), Mr. E. Reynolds (of the firm of E. Re; nolds and Co.), and the. A. de t Robinson (of Tinakori: Road) leave for bye ney on Friday, by the lloana, en route fc England. ' • •- The Hon. R.i M'Kenzia goes to Auoklaii on Saturday, and will'proceed to Wailii I meet a conference of Inspectors of Mine Tlionco he will travel overland .to Gisborm inspecting the proposed route of the Eai Coast railway. • _ •. < : ' T.ho c!oath ,iB ! reported of 'a"very <jld Foxt<> resident, Mr.' Seab.ury. ...The.docca,s?d gentl; > miin ,'(finys idiir" " IPaliiietsfcSn cidrresponaenl was for a great numbed of years, pilot at th Jlnnawatu Heads, and was greatly rospecte in tho Foxton and . surrounding districts -

Oil Sunday afternoon, at the Sydney Stree Schoolroom, tkie Rev." A. do H. Robinson >va iresented with a ; fareweU gift. of a purse c overcigns from the Vestry,.. the .. Sycliio street Sunday-school teachers, the churc rorkers in Tinakori Road,' and other friends Mr, Robinson leaves for England'on Friday. The following are, the saloon' passenger ivho left London by the, Rimutaka on Marc iß:4}tr.../ Six.. lLand- Mis, Alexandei kastn' N; 0. Alexander; Mr. R. J. Ooi bett,l Sir Geo. and Lady Dallas, Miss.-.!* Hassall and maid, Mr. 0. S. Mansfield, Di J. Hi Scott, and Miss D. Thimton. Mr. T. F. : Grey; Chief' Clerk.'of''the Di fence Department", is retiring on supe'ronnui tion, on grounds of ill-health. Ho will ri linquisli his appointment on Friday ties and later will leave for Australia. Mr. Gre may either settle/in New South-Wales,/c Queensland. " Tlie Hon T. Mackenzie, Minister in eharg of the • Tourist Department, told a Clirisl church reporter yesterday morning that h had decided not to continue having a curate at' Resolution Island. , Mr. Goldfinch; tn present curator, will therefore be withdraw! Association. Mr. J. J. Butler, solicitor, of., Newtown has received the appointment of manager, fo Messrs. Read and Miller, of their branc] business at Kawakawa, Bay of Islands. Mr Butler, who was a member; of thoj Catholi Young Men's' Club, was the. recipient of t presentation, and ,was • accorded., a heart; send-off. ■ ; : Tho following are. at present visiting Wei lington from, abroad Mr. J. F* oareoi (Manchester), Mi6S E. ,M. Scott (Bedford) Miss E. Tidswell (Bosmere, England), Mis, G. E. Brooke (Yorkshire, England), Mr. H. C AVebster (Cheshire), Jloitsrs. C. N. and R. J Trappiis Lomax (Claytc n Accnngton England), Major B. Hcr.d (London). - Colonel R. H. Davics, _C.8., Inspectoi General of tho New Zealand .Defence l<orccß will, it is understod, leave for England o; May 20 next, in accordance with tho polio: outlined by the Prime Minister recently wit] regard to the reorganisation of the torccs He will be absent for.a considerabkyienod during which ho will .study, recent develop ments in tho art of wir. Sir George and Lady .Dallas are passenger; by the Rimutaka, which left London oi March 18 for Capo Town, Hobart, and Wei lington. Sir ,Geo, Dallas, the third, barone of tho line, was born in London in 1842.. Hi was educated at Eton, Heidelberg, Dres den and Paris, and 'entered tho Foreigi Office in, 1863, of which ho was ohief olorl for several years. Lady Dallas is'th*y daugh ter of tho 'late RoV. Canon Welby, of Bar rowby, Grantham. • Rather a novel situation has -arisen in re gard to the Mayoralty election at Gisborno where Messrs. W. D. Lysnar and AVm. Mille: are the contestants. Mr. Miller went to Atis tralia a few weeks ago, fully expecting to re turn in time for the olection, but the busi ness which took him to Sydney lias detains him so that he cannot get back in time. Ii tho meantime, his nominators/ Messrs. A. F Kennedy and J. Shferidan, are fighting tin contest'on his behalf. ' Captain Henry Rose, of, Oakwood- Court Kensington, Loudon, who was formerly man ager at Wellington for tho New Zealanc Shipping Company, and who is royisitinj New Zealand, leaves for Rotorua this morn ing in . company with . his . two . son's, Messrs A, B. and w. Bose. Captain Rose intend; to loave for England, via America, in,.abom a month's time, on wliicli occasion he will bi accompanied by Mr. A. B. Rose, of Welling : tori;' '■ : ' At 4 o'oloclc yesterday aftern6on jtlio Cit; Council staff made a presentation to tho re tiring Mayor (tho Hon. T. AV. Hislop). I took tho form of a roller-top oflico desk aiu chair and a solid silver rose bowl full, o] roses. On behalf of tho staff, tho, Towi Clerk, Mr. J. R. Palmer, paid a tribute ,t< the excellent rotations which had, alwavi existed between the Mayor; and (tho couuci ; staff during his four, successive terms >oi office, and wished him every , success in tin future. Tho. Mayor briefly returned thanks L and expressed his pleasure in acknowledginj J tho good work done by tho staff.