PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 599, 30 August 1909, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

; .With ■'..". the ■ exception ■ of.. .the. Hon; D.-BuddOj'-.who is in the Auckland district, and the Hon.-: T. Mackenzie, * who ia en '. route from Wanganui, all the Ministers' for the Grown will be in town this morning. ■'.'." ! ■;: The Hon. T. Mackenzie, Minister for Agriculture, who has been, car.:a Wait to Wanganui. district, ;..'will return ,to town to-day. r '■;;Mr. H...#. King, on:tho.staff of the GJreytown;f District High School; has accepted an appointment' on the, Btaff of the Auckland Qrammnr School.,; ' ,//':■.• ">>'- : - y -V:/- : M : i It is- stated, arrangements.are beine ;mdde whereby Sh\ Joseph Ward will bo enabled to complete his homeward' 1 joufifeyWrdifi, Fiji by. • Ch^llingerv—Pres^VAesoc4atiion;:, : ,"•: :. .lif/IW.: J. :Porteouß, who returns, to' In-' dia in due.cburßeas a medical, missionary, was.ordained at- Knox, Church,-Dunedin, on Thursday,: as a missionary., of the Presbyterian ' Church. : ;^;.V. -..■■ ■■' .. .■..•;.::',: '.''■'.■ Cabinet, ' on.' Saturday, appointed, Mr.- B. Stocker,; who hae been associated with the olerjeal : work in connection with the Legislative Council for many years, to; the position of second''clerk aßsistant i to that boay, vice '.Mii'-G; Moore, who recently resigned'after' filling tho bifice for the last thirty years; , Messrs. Geo. Musgrove and ) Bengough (the Canadian cartoonist); were the guests of honour* at the ' Wellington' Savage Club kgrero on Saturday ovemng: A number of the, members, proceed south&qn Friday next, for; theVpurpose of entertaining the. Christchurch Savage Club' o-n Saturday evening.

.The contributor; whose articlee have been published in The Dominion on several successive Mondays! under ihe signature "X." reappears to-day as "J.Q.X." :He hais made: the: change;in-consequence of the letter "X" haying been used,in the same way by the writer bf a number of "Letters to the Edi--tor.V,vv ■:■;.-:■;•; -^ : : ■-.<-;-\ u ; : ;/ J : ....",■ : : '/:': iMr;,F.;M.;B. Fish'er, M.P., : of Wellington, was v ; introduced as a visitor to'-the Auckland Stock Exohango at the noon call onThursday. In roply , to the welcome; extended by the chairman (Mr. G: A. Buttle), Mr. Fisher said he thought it would be of advantage to" have somebody in the House with a : knowledge of their business, who would., bo, a,ble.to see to their interests..;■,' ;/: ;■ Mri A, T. Parkeaj who is resigning the position- of secretary to the Wellington Lacrosse Association, .consequent upon his removal to Masterton, was, on Saturday even- , ing, pre«>ntod by Mr;,A. H.. Casey, on be•lialf of the Management Committee and lacrosse players of: Wellington, with 'a case of pipes as a token of goodwill, and an appreciation .of his' services to lacrosse in the past. ;';'; .■'■•■■.-.••,■.• . . ; - ■■':.. •■-. Friendß of Mr. A: M'Minn, sen., will re- : gret to, hear .(eays our Palinerston correspondent) that he has suffered a relapse from his previous illness, and has been ordered by his medical adviser to retire alto- : gether from journalism. -Mr. M'Minn has therefore been compelled to resign the position which he has held for many years as sub-editor of a Wairarapa journal, and is .iiow... residing in; Palmerston. . ' -

. Our Feilding correspondent ; states that Mr. 0. C. Pieasiidts, who contested the Oroua seat in tho Liberal interest at the ■ last: general elections,. was entertained at Hastio's Hotel by friends and supporters last week. Mr; West, who was chainnart of Mr. Pleasants , l'"eilaing committee during tho election campaign presided, and Sir. Jj Morrison,? on behalf of .supporters, presented Mr. Pleasant* with a purse of sovereigns., '...-,. ■;'.'.... '• . ■■ ; . -