PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 550, 3 July 1909, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Tho Ministers of tho Crown will be located to-day as follow—Wellington, &e AcfangPnme Mmistci , (Hon. J. CarrtlJ), Dr. Kadlay, Hoi. D. Boddo, Hon. A. T. JNgataj Auckland, Hon. G. Fowlds and Hon. t linokendo; Duncdin, Hon. J. A. Millar) Nelson, Hon. B. ii'Konaie. t The Hon. H. F.'Wigram, M.L.C., » in town " Mr. F. 18. Baume, K. 0., M.P,, ia et pro- 1 sent visiting .> Wellington, n «.■> */. nw* The for EduoV"' r tion, trill open thd district' high school atil* Pdbiatua on July ?1) ~ - ' Mr). Ciarles Stewart,,of ihd Stewart. Tim->3n bor and Hardware Cdrapany,, of CotiftMay.-ia Place, hae returned from a visit to Australia. , : Mr.' Arthur, Glover,, of Wellington, who) has Wen pri a trip to JBngla.'Kl, returned by, N the Turakina on Wednesday. Mrs. Carroll, of Gisbdrne, wife of the Acting-Pnmo Minister, is a visit&t toi Wellington. She is staying at tho Hotel Oecu. M"r< John Duncan (of term and Do.), and ' Mrs. Duncan were passengere for Sydney by tho Moeraki yesterday, , • ' Mr. A. 0. Crawford, of Wellington, is fci ,' present spending'a holiday, at'Kotert*. Ha ~ is not likely to return Until tile cad of toe month.' , '"■ Mr, Vol Johnston,,oae at the WhrisjaJii general managere of the Unkm Stoain,Ship • Company, left for Sydney yotterdtf by U* . ■ iloerafcl. , ~ ' ' l Miss Ainy C«stl«f loft Lewie* kt Mel- " bourne yesterday. , Slid is td flak* a totf of Australasia under the manflgoinerit of t the TaiU. ' . \ . > Mr. J. E. Bnrith. who bis b«n agpo ntod to succeed Colonel Gudgeon as Ecsidotlt Commissioner ill tho Cool GMtrp, leaves today to take up hie new duties. Tho death occurred at New Plymouth on ' Thursdny of Mr. George Cock, eldor brother of Mr. Ilichard Cock, formerly Mayor of Ij wr Plymouth) and of Mrsi It- J. (Col.) Collins, of ■Wellington. i ' ' Tlio Hon. T, Maokenzie, Minister (or Agriculture, loft yoatorday on a,vis>t to tho Auckland district. He will open tho Hamilton show on Tuesday. It is probable that he will bo absent from Wellington about a week. Mr. Wang Chung-tsian, who Jj) J* strengthen the secretarial staff 6f tho GHinos* Consul (Mr. Yung-hang Hwang), .will reach * Now Zealand by tho N.Z. Bw*** *•" steamer Tongariro, duo at Wellington about July 29. The new secretary ie acooinpanied by his wife. * A Napier Press Association telegram etates that tho Vox)- Her. J)r. Kennedy, ftbo a faring Btewaoe U> take aptfc «*to»lup of , St Patrick's College, Wellington, has received presentations from the parishioners and others testifying to tho esteem ho has won during his 1G joars , rcuidocco in tho district. Mr J. G. Smith, general' manngcr far Australasia of tho Intel national Correspond* once Schools, left for Sjdney by the MoofaW td rnako a lound of the branches'and w, opoii up thirteen now agcricirs of Son, find Btvoii, J \Vho baa boon Appointed ta&nagor of the sohools at juditoou.i.e. ».'' bavo WeHington for that city on l'liday ntott. ( ' ' Mr. T. W. Arthur, who resigned a sliort time ago from too Wellington, Zμ ogjeal Gardens, whore ho held tho position of head keeper, oft on Thursday evening for Sydney. HoTreturning to England. His long experience and abilities in iMologicn matters have been of vnluo m tho . d«\' 010 l )n '* n,l t ot the Zoo, and much rcgrot is folt et his o> i parturo. I Mr W. P. James, S.M., whoso recant 1 HlHePri lias necossitaW his temporal? retire. , ' mont from tho Bench, is 56 years <>f <i&6. Ue has four Tears further seivicc still to run before ho will bo eligible, to retire on pension allowance. With roior6iico to tho foregoing, I a correspondent wiit«s:-"It is generally 1 known that Mr. Jainos was one of tho or ; I ginatoie of Rugby football in Wellington." i A Dunedln Press Association tolpgraa stetee that at the Court ycslerddy, Bwoh and Bar. united in saying iarwell to Sill)inTliccW Norwood, who has been *»nefei*ri . loVllingUm. The HUsifctrate , dofftou) tho sat.slftotioh o: Uβ M I at tho manner in which Mr. Norwood naa 'S.fo.mod his duties. Tho M<s manner• m which life conducted cases ihenod how «* pfnlly they had been piepaicd, Mid liw »orship felt Vrwniil picture nrcnnßM Ulating Mi! Norwood on his transfer, w.ucli lie toek to wean nn noKnowlodgmont of Ills wertn., Mi Ilniilon, on "bolwlf of the legal profcsMOli oxiMLSBCsd reglot at paitlng With a partitinlarly ablo oilicer. and couittOUft gontleman, ono whom be hoped to see, in Qtio eoUM, ia » high frlaco in the DefArtaioirt.