PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 498, 4 May 1909, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Sir Joseph Ward will be at Christchurch to-day, tho Hon, J, A, Carroll, at Hastings, Uio Hon. R, M'Konzio at Waihi, and the. m^Vr 1 • m South, Canterbury. Tho Hon. A, TV. Hogg is en route for We]lrngton, and tho Hon?. J. A. Millar, G. Fowlds, Dr. l'mdlay, D. Buddo. sod A. TNgata aro in this city. . , ' 1 rw Conciliation Conimiesaoneir, jolt for Pioton yesterday. Ho is oxpcctod back to-morrow morning. . M'fj® Acland, of Christchurch, r and Mr. and Mrs. Empson, of Wanganui, leavo Wellington for Sydney by the TJlimaroa on Juno :25. .. The Hon. A. W. Hogg, Minister for itoads and Bridgos, is expected to return to Wellington to-day or to-morrow from his northern tour. _ Miss .Amy Castles will; mako a concert tour_or Australasia under the management of Messrs. J. and N. Tait, . commencing at Sydney m August. Mr. Ernst: Effo. of Antwerp, leaves for tho Wanganui Rivor and tho Hot. Lakes Hub, morning. Another visitor,. Mr. J. G. Ross, of Embro,' Canada, leaves this mom- 1 nig for Itotorua . / • , ■ A. resolution congratulating Dr. Newman « upon his election to the office of Mayor war heartily approved at lost night's'meeting ol the now council of tho Now Zealand A.A.A., of which he was elected president, : , Son: A. T. Ngata leaves for OPukcv toraki, Otago, to-night, to attend, a Maori Council meeting, He will return to Oaa terbury in time to attend a Bunilar gather* mg at Kaiapoi on Saturday, and will bo in Wellington again this day week. W- p. Gordon, manager and engineer ' at Wellington of . tho National Electrical and Engineering ■■ Company, Ltd., has accepted tho position of' tramways engineer at Brisbane. Mr. and Mrs, Gordon leave for Sydney en routo to Queensland on. Friday next. " . Th© administration 1 of tho Old Ago Pensions Department has been assumed by the . Post and . Telegraph Department, as from baturday last, ,It is understood: that the late Registrar has been offered,:but has;refused, an appointment in another branch'of , tho sorvioe. It is understood that Mr. J. Emaji Smith. Registrar of Old Ago Pensions, whoso Department will be, merged, in tiho'Postal Do- ' partment, has been offered and has declined the position of head of tie Government Firo Insurance Department, ,4: J'- Holmes, Engineer-in-Chief of ttio iublic Works Department, left yesterday to jour tho Minister for Publio Works (tho Hon. E. M'Konzio) at Waihi.He will nooompany the Minister afterwards to Tauranga and Gisborne, returning with him to olhngton about the middle of .next week.. T At the annual meeting of tho Wellington Ladies Hockey Association appreeiatory reference was made to' th<j services of the late seorotary, Mr; J. D. M'lntyro, to the cause of ladies' hockey in Wellington, and on ttie motion of Miss L. M'lntosh'ho-was accorded a nearly vote of thanks, ■ Mr. T.:E. is proceeding to London as oommorcial agent for the Government,. leavcs;for Sydney by the Moeraki on. May 28, and will thorc conncot.'witli the l.'arid 0. steamer M<joltan, which is-duo to sail for London on June 5. . , T Friends of, Mr. Walter G. Poster, of Lower Hutt. entertained himat lunch at the Grand Hotelyesterday, prior to Ibis leaving for England..; Occasion,was taken of the gath-■ .enng. to present Mr. Foster with a travelling rug, and a deck chair for Miss Foster. ■ Mr. and Miss Foster: leave, for England bythe Ruapehu on Thursday. A largo meeting of Wellington citizens yrai hold at the Grand Hotel last evening to oo» sidCT the matter of a farewell function to'Mc T. E. Donne, who; is leaving tho Dominion this month to take up tho position of Trade Commissioner and Immigration Agent in London; Mr. H. 0. Tewsley ! presided. It was decided Donlte 'at a dinner, and make a suitable'presentation. A wiis framed to arrange details, . and Mr, Jamos Dykes was elected hoa. socro-tary-'and-treasurer. 5 >'• v."> .. J. 15. 'Barton (how in. Wellington), adjutant of the 2nd Regiment Auwclan? Mounted, Rifles, '.who is, on© of. the /fooj New Zealand officers selected by- the Gov* ernment to proceed, to ■ England ;toV undergo a special course of' military training,, was iarewelled in the. Hamilton Town Hall on' Ji'ursday last.. Mr.. J, S. Bond, Vy'lio pro sided,; said ho felt .sure that Captain Barton would do credit 1 to'.' his' country, : and,;that they would ,all have reason, to be proud when watching his futuro career. Mr. Bond then handed ■ Captaiil-Bai'ton-ar purao'cf kovereigns, .whicli had.'been subscribed by thq townspeople as a -mark' of .their esteem, , LioutenanfrColonol G. C. 8., Wolfe, officer commanding the Auckland military district, who. was. present, congratulated the people of the Waikatd.ori.ono of. their young men' having , been' selected to go to England for training.. -, Mr. G. F. o.' Cbmpboll, Valuor-Generali who is to bo : appointed Inspector-General of Defenco Foroes during the absonoo in England of Colonel Davies, entered the Civil Ser- ■ vice in 1874 as a cadet in t&o Public Works Dopartnwsnt. Bireo yeors ; later be was transferred to the Justice. Department,' and : m 1879 to the Land Tas Department: Ho was appointed Deputy Commissioner of Taxes in 1894, Doputy ' Valuer-General in 1896, Deputy Superintendent of tho Advances to Sottlers . Office -1896, ; and' Valuer-Gonera! 1904; • Tho Valuation Department is now to be combined with that of Laud arid luooim ; Tax,' under Mr, P. ; Mr. , Oampbefi passed his mffitary examinations and entered tho volunteer, service', as a ; sub-lieutenant of, tho Wellington Naval Artillery in 1887, and was promoted to be' captain in" 1894,' and lieutenamt-eolonol Wellington Garrison Artillery Divisiojl in 1902. " . Mr. 'David Ziman, of London, managing director of, the Consolidated ■ Goldfields ol New Zealand) which .oompany owns several of tho principal gold mines at Reefton, is at' proseirt on a visit to New Zealand, after oil absence from the-Dominion of 13 years. Mr.. Ziman, who is a brother of Mr. S. Ziman, of Auckland, will make; a short 'stay ih that district. Ho will visit Waihi before leaving on his return to the West Coast. Tho Consolidated Goldflelds Company oomprisos the .Globe, Progress, and Wealth of Nations mines at Heefton, .all old and well-known properties, from, which good results are now, being obtained. The company also qwhs the Blackwater ■ mine; near lieefton; which has latclv been opened up with very satisfacton results. >It• is also understood that Sir, Ziman, sittoe his arrival in Now Zealand, i fow weeks ago, has taken up, on behalf ol his' company, another extensive industry in the. South, Island,- which'it. is anticipated will, when developed, prove one of considerable value to the Dominion. News of tho death of Mr.: John Barker, at Waipawa, was received at Napier yesterday with deep' regret, (writes. our corrcs. pondent), Tho deceased gentleman, . who was ,70 years ,of was . regarded as the father of' Liberalism in Hawlto's Bay. Ho was born in England, and was brought up as a flourmillcr. Ho came to New Zealant in tho ship African in 18G2, and landed in Auckland, where lie'joined tho militia, and served in tho Waikato. Mr. Hatkor then 1 went to tho Hokitika gold-diggings, and twelve months later returned to Auckland, whore ho carried on goncral contracting work. In 1877 ho removed to Waipawa, and for many years conducted; business successfully as a building, contractor. Ho held positions on various local bodies, and was a member of tho Waipawa Town Board for many years, and was also ono of tho first mombsrs of 1 tlio Waipawa Borough CounciL Until rocontly ho was a Government meni' bcr on the Napior Harbofir Board. years ago ho unsuccessfully contested 1 thi Waipawa seat against Mr. T. Tanner.