PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 597, 27 August 1909, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

All the Ministers of tlie Crown, with tbo exception of tho Prime Minister, will bo in _ Wollmgton to-day. The Hon. D. Buddo, Minister for ,'lft ternal Affoirs,' loaves to-morrow on a visit to the Auckland district. Tlie appointment of Mr. H. B. Sorcusen ad Consul for Denmark at Chrifltchurch Jim bcon provisionally recognised by the Gov

eruor. : .v:. Mr. S. Carroll, secretary of .the ..Welling-,-■-ton Chamber of Commereo, will visit Sydney during the progress of tho., Empiro, Chambers of Commerce Conference. Dr. Ai ;M'Arthur, S.M., and : Mr. D, M'Kenzie (Chairman;and North Island member respectively of the Railway Appeal - Board) leave by thiß morning's oxprcssfor Napier, ; to attend a sitting of the board.- -' The Wellington HarboUr Board'e delegates at the,:Harbourß Conference to open in Wellington on September 21, will bo the chajjy , man (M-r.' Ti JiL Wilford., M.P.),- Messrs. 11. :• Fletcher, and J. G. Harkness,: and tho; sco-; .- rotary (Mr; 11. E.-Nicholls). : The Harbour Board yesterday ' granted..;nine months' leave of absence to Mr. V. L. Oachemaille: treasurer and assistant 6ecro« tarv- to enable'him to visit Europe. Mr. Cachemaille : intends to stas next Fobruary >; ;.-:y'-- \ ■/ . : ;; ..;.... \. : Mr. John Hutcheson, a past chairman of v the Wellington Harbour Board, baa- presented a framed enlarged photograph of himself to be hung ill the board room With , the portraits of his predecessors; and 6uc- , ccssors in office. The board yesterday passed a vote of thanks to Mr.. Hutcheson. , Mr. A. M. Feist, headmaster at Ohatt School/Miss lY O'Connor,: solo, teacher; at - Kaitoke School; Mr. J. Kay, headmaster at Hamua School,' and Miss N; , Thomas, pupil , teachcr at Mount Cook Girls' School, have . resignedfrom- .the servioo >of the. Wellington Education • Board. ■ - ... ' : '. t. A tangi is bting held at th 6 Black Bridge - pa (says our Carterton correspondent) pvot - the remains of Blanche Aropere, who died there'on Wednesday. Deceased was tho wife . of the late Wiri Aropcre, 1 known: otherwise as "Billy the Maori, who,- during the pro-'... grefis of tho Maori War in the early history of -NcW Zealand, wrb one of tho ohicf guides and interpreters to tho British forces. Tho death' of Mr. Samuel Brown was feelingly referred to by the Mayor New-r man) at tho mooting of tho City Council last night. "A man of very wide knowledge s.nd industry, and one of the most capable men I have ovor mot," was Dr. Newman's tribute | to, the abilities of the late Sir. Brown, and to hie porsonal character he also made ap- ( pfeciativo reference.. "As councillor and Mayor he did very valuable - tho , Dominion is poorer for his loss." He moved', that , the council send a resolution of condolence to Mr. Brown's family. Councillor* Smith and Luko added, their tributes of es- .v teem, and tho motion was passed unanimously. - : . ,

.'Mr. Robert Lee was yesterday unanimous* ly re-elected chairman of , tho Wellington. Education Board for tho ensuing term, and also appointed to represent tho board on tho Training .College: Committee of Advlcfli :■ In oxprCssiiig his acknowledgments to tho board .-{Or:his re*clei)tioiVi as ohaiimaiii Mr. too ro« marked-that during tlio last twelve, he had every school over, the; third-"" class.grado in the uoard's district, and on each ocoasion had ftddresscdythe. senioi scholars on topical subjects; he . i hads inoi . misßod a single board meeting, and had rogu< lftrly attended nt tlio offico two or throe times • weekly. During tho year under review, the board had praotically rebuilt some of tho :lftrner schools, and had also ereetcc! hew schools iii important and growing! centres. In matters oducatifcnal thori was to b» notod a tron'd of ideas in a direction, which : ho was pleased to see, a_ trend irt the, dirco tidn'of adapting idlifiati6n to tho lives ol ' ; tho learners, to the chd tliat all Mte Ming fitted for tho \Vork they Would liavft to de ft lata* life.