PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 497, 3 May 1909, Page 7

PERSONAL ITEMS.

■ >. . bir -Joseph Ward is at Invercargill, the Hon.. J., Carroll-,en route for Gisborne, the at Waihi, tho Hon. A. , Ay. Hogg at Ro'torua, tho Hon.T. Mackenzie ,at 'rimaru, and tho other Ministers' in /Wellington. .'' . ;.;;. rV . , I'hof Hon. : D. Buddo returned- from tho 1 south yesterday. I Iho Hon, It. M'Konzie, Minister for Pub- , lie Worksj left for tho north on Saturday. Dr. , Valintino,- Inspector of. Hospitals,' re- ;': turned from Uhristohurch by tho Maori yosfcerdaymorning.'. . r;t7, : .V..- , ; Sir, [George.i CJlifFord was among the pas- , sengers who arrived im Wellington by ■ the' ..., Maori ■ yesterday morning. '; . ■ ■ ■ Dr. A. Tomplo .Perkins, ialeaving for-Lon- : don., as. ship's■■■ surgeon onthe ShaW-Savill ; steamer Kia Ora, which leaves Lyttolton on ,;Hay;'Y■■ v i The Minister for Railways (Hon. J. A. ~. . Millar) will ,go south this, week to inspect ; the Midland Kailway, and tho lines on the , West Coast. _ _ Tho health of Mr.,-W. D. Lyon, of Wel- .. .. lington. Terrace, who has-, been a severe auf- (.. feror • from.,a. chronic. complaint for a : long . . timo past, 'is,. causing ■. liis .friends great anxiety. . , ■■■;, - A meeting is to 'bo.held in the Grand : . ~, Hotel.at-8, p.m.: this evening in connection ■i with a farewell to bo tendered to Mr.-T. E. . Donno, -of : the-Tourist Department, who is ; ' . leaving for London about the middle of the i 'month to tako up. an-appointment .-.on tho staff; of' the High Comiaissionef. '; .•• -, u • 'headed ;by Misses (Beatnco*: Holloway and "Lillian • '•.. Meyers, and, Messrs; Herbert J.Bcntloy. J. B. . Atholwood, anil C. -11. Stanford, arrived- . i:;hy-" cS P r 'irom : New; ; Plymouth. ;• Their, season; commences to-night at the Opera House. '■■'■< .:.' ' ■ . Mr/jGeorgo Fannin, late chief clerk.in tho • Lands ; 02ice, Invercargill, is dead, states a . Taihapo Press Association telegram/ - Deceased held,a record of 32, years' Government sorvico. Ho only- retired last March, and '. . canio hero last Saturdayto settle 'with his .. second eon. ,Ho:was stricken with pneumonia • on Friday. His ago was 63 years. The business carried on for the last thirty : years by Messrs. Baker Bros, has lieen dis- ... solved by mutual consent, Mr. Horace Baker ,j;having i withdrawai framV'the ifirm and, with ■ his. two sons.,-.started-.business'-aa Horace Baker, Ltd., house and estate agents. Tho old-firm ..will be carried' on: by- ■ tho late ' senior partner, Mr. C. A. Baker • .Captain ; Renner, '• who. died suddenly, at , , .Wellington Hospital, was the son of George . .'Simmonds Itenner, • superintendent of the Hamburg docks, and pepliew of one of Wellington's oldest identities, namely, the late ; -Captain .Renner.The deceased was a reservo lieutenant, in • tho * German Navy, and ... .came to jthe colony 32 years ago. ' — Mr. G..W. Cox, of Mossrs. Sargood, Son, J : v i E\y pn's - boot .department,, -was. "the;''.re-' cipient of small ■ token ! of-iesteem on " the . occasion of s6vpring<his. connection with the , firm. -The presentation,was made by Mr. T. . ;.L;'Austm. (houso manager),; .who- Bpoke, in . ■■■:... nigh terms of Mr. Cox's ability'and:char*' . .'•v : "';acter. .M r .;;Cpx 'replied 'very 'feelingly,., > ; . .v-.Dr.. A.-.M'Artliur, .S.M., .. has' -been' ap- ' .:: pointed ,to succccd Mr, H.. Eyre Kenny 8.M., as chairman of the North Island llailway; Appeal iioard, Mr, Kenny, who is rev 1 • * .on' superannuation .after-,.12 years' ser- ; vice as chairman, ~was .farowelled prior -to ' . the rising of-tho board <at Wanganui. In acknowledging- tho remarks of .various'repre- . , sentatives on-the board, the retiring chair- .; said, tho work had been' a most inter--esting ono from;tho firit, and ho had ,takqn ; great, interest in it. t He had always.made a' point, in his -constant. travelling, of talking ' •to the .officers;and men 'in the different ! grades and branches of the Bervicfl, to mako - bimself better acquainted 'with tho system , of,work. Ho.was not relinquishing tho work without very great'regret, and it was ■ most; satisfactory -.-that, nl[; along- ho • had '. lievor had friction with anyone while connected with the board. Ho had formed a very- high opinion of. the officers and men of- j • the/Department, and did not think the out»ido world had any .idea of tho. high .spirit i and esprit do corps which prevailed .. among '• - themen..; I'robaßly the pick of them were ; the engine-men, on whose courage; capacity-, , r 'v?' j^d;.resource" the 'iives of. tire pub- ; ;...-.-.hp itself. All branches of the Department 1 , showed great spirit and devotion to' tho \ public servico. 1