PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 517, 26 May 1909, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Tha Prime Minister and ! the Hone. J.' A-, Millar, 6. Fowlds, and Dr. Findlay are in Wellington: to-day> The Hon ( James Carroll is , at Uisbornei and tho Hon.! A. T. Ngata at t J ortAwan'ii. 'Tho lion.', D: Biiddo ie fen route for Wellington by th 1 6 Main Trunk 1 rail- ■ teay, while, tho JHon; A. W.. Hogg and the Hon. T;; Mackenzie ro to Eketnhuna to-day , , .v.. ■ Commissioner.Jii'Kie,':of ,th 6 :: Salvatioto . Army,, lias loft Melbourne ; finally;for Europe; ; ;' '■■ - Sydney,'arc. at present visitilig Wellington. Captain-; Blackburnb ' returned,; from. •■'. the' ; south yesterday. .'-, .•■!■'•!,\- '•;,.! '~, ■ • Mr.' i Justice- Sim arriyed by tho Patoen*; from tho south yosterdayi , .,-.: ■.■ '..,-,' ';.';.. Mr. Ci J.' BiltOii, dccouiitant of tho Nupis*' branch of the Bank of Now; Zealand,;'Mb yesterday to assume chdfgo of tho Tnihape .iii'auch-.of tho; batik,' teiriporafily. :.;>.. ' ,', Bisiiop Mules, of Nelson, Bishop.Williams, of Waiapu, and tho Vori. Archdeacon Williams loft for tho to attend important Ahglican. conferencea in Clirisi> bhurchi ■ ' ■■■'}■'■: ' ■■''i' , .'■"•■■'' ' '• .': '■';■■ :' ■ Mr. V. '■ H.'Pyiie,'.of l'yno and Co;, the '.veil-known;-stock . and".st-ation agents,.of, ' I'hristchuroh, has (writes, our. Chnstchurch correspondent) joined tho board of dircctore of the. Nowi Zealand Shipping ■ Company.,.•, ■' Coiond R.H. Danes, C.B;, of the Now Zealand Defonce Forces; with Mrs. and Miss Daviee, leaves for Lj'ttclton this eveniiig by the Maori, to coniieot.with the Now Zealand Shipping Company's .liner ■; Kaipara, ,whioh . sails for Ix>ndon to-morrow.. ' ,:.-. ...■■;. ■'.'-. ;.' The death occurred yesterday of Mr. Gep, ■ Ularki- of Constable Street,>;ail old:rosid«\t of Wellington; l Mr. C|ark was for" many v(''i s tqcou.itant to, the\ftrm of Veitcb. and, Allen; and was highly;respected by all who t'.ip* ■ him/- . .:' •: '.■• ..' ,: .' '~''■ Mr,' Geo.:H. Barnes, manager;for Moyncll and Gunn's ''Cinderella" Pantomime Company, jiclegraphed yesterday, that ,tho company opened in Auckland on Monday evening to a packed house; Tho performance was'.rocoived' with, enthusiasmj and tho,, advance ' booking Was phenomenal. . ■~.;■ Tho Hon. A. W. HoggJ Minister for Koads and Bridges, goes to Ekotahuna by to-day's express W) attend tho banquet whi:li;,. will bo held to-night in connection with tli« ciinlerenco of tho Wellington and Provinci.i'' l-ranch '.of.:'tho New Zealand Farmers! 'Union. ' Jlr.. Hogg will return to town to morrow, ;'. ' , ; '~ ; V Tho Ywj Rev; Father trice, admuußtrotoi of the .Homan.Gafholio...Cathedral,,! Olirist- . church, acting,on medical advico, ■■■ is reikiqdishing; duty for a tiino and taking'a. rest and change •;Father.Price'' will join the, Is- . l.m'd stumor Manapouri; at .Wellington 0n.,. Thursday ,to 'cbiinect with tlio■ Marii)osa at Tahiti for California. Ho expects to return '■ to Christchurch cai-ly in Ostobor. ;: .'■' Mr. Hnlph Brewer,. who has, for foar years, ■ been an omployeo of Messrs. Laery and Co., and who is leaving to tako Up a" position-in Taihape, received yesterday as presentation from his fellow workers. Mr. , Harold Brown, , - on behalf of tho employees of Messrs. ilaery and C 0.,: presented him vith a set, of pipes, and a silver ! caso and holder. . ■ '■; ~ ;'• . Mt. G. W. Woods, president of the Now, Zealand, Atlilctic Union, arrived from Invorcargill on Sunday, hnd leaves for Wanganui' this morning in order to confer, with officials , of tho Wailganui Caledonian Society with a • view to. thatbody'saffiliation.with tho union. , ■'•■ At this evening's conferenco Hip Fcilding , will be represented) and it"is antici- ' ! pated that. tho points in dispute will ■be soW ' tied/ .•■ '■ ..■;■;/ : " '■...■'•■ ■; ''','■{ : ;' ! - ' :'\.':S Mr. T. R{ Cooke, secretary of the Welling-, ton Orchestral Society, who is. about to' leave' Wellington to spend two or three yeare ' in England, was on Monday evening .entertainod by the meinbore of the AVellinglon v Commercial- Travellers' Club, who presented him with a : gold watch, suitably inscribed. ,■ Mr. J. M. .Turnbull occupied tho'chair, and an interesting musical programme was arranged by Messrs. ,R.. T. Hobcrtson, Edwin Moult, and E. J. Barnott. :. ''.''■ . Mr. ; Jlontnguo' Scott, .tlio well-known arfc: istjiwlio died in Sydney recently, was said to bo tho first man who'over took a camera to' New Zealand. 'Tho deceased was' noted foi tho cxcolloneo of his pictures of racehorses,. v He had been ailing for soine montlisj and had reached tho ngo of 74,yMiSi Tho late Mr. Spottjiad had along ■ ns.siicintion' with Uio pictorial press, and Ins cartoons were n fea. turp of 6omo of-the journals he worked for. : At pno timo or. other hu also painted most- " of'the great hprscs of tho Ailstrnlnsian turf. ■ : Ho Was looked upon as tho oldtsst- urtiet ir Australia. < • ... ■.■•.':"... ■"