PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 611, 14 September 1909, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

iI. , n r' r- is still at Rotorua, iUiu tlio Hon. '1\ Mackenzie at Napier. The latter'may return to Wellington to-night. The other Cabinet Ministers aro in .town.. During the absence of the - port Health Oflicer from Ti ellmgton on leave, Dr. Frederick Acmp has been appointed Acting-Port Health

iZ?"'i, D ; n °i ben i , 6ecrctni ;y of tho n«w z*a.l / Bands Association, litis -received' yord (says our Paluicrstou correspondent) that be lias been appointed supervisor for the tearlboiough Jubilee'band contest:to bo held during the first week in November. ■ .Tho Sj'dney University football team left for Auckland yesterday. r£°i 01 i O cA - V- ol)i , D ' CB '> of tho Gencial Staff, 13 still absent in the south, lie IS cxpoctod back in Wellington 'oil Thursday

Mr. William Phillips, tliO'MnjgeimriM.rcria 1 Wellington, who arrived here in 1812 11ml who was interviewed by a representative of this paper last week, wishes to correct the statement that ho was a member of IheNolson Provincial Council. He vns member for the Hutt in. the, Wellington Provincial Council when Dr. Feathorston ivas superintendent.' '•Dr. Pollen leaves for Sydney by tho Moann. on Friday to connect with. the Mooltan for. London. Ho does not anticipate arriving back in Wellington until March next. . Mr. Frederic Shipmaji, who introduced Dongough, the cartoonist, to this country, left for. Anckland by yesterday's Main Trunk express.' With. Mrs.i Shipman, who is at present .in Wol-. lington, ho loaves for Vancouver' by the next trip of the Marama. '. Mr. J. L. Dnbinett, of Wellington, .was among the accountants whose names ■' havo been approved for registration by' the'special board'.sot up. .. : . .• .• rln the reports of tho annual prize-day in connection with Guy's' Hospital; London, special mehtion is made of the namo of Mr. ,?• F. G. Richards, who won tho open Bcicrica scholarship of JCl5O.\ 110 received his primary education, at the To Aro State School, aiid afterwards at tlie Wollington College and Victoria College University (where he Won tiis Grey Scholarship). He obtained a scholarship .of iCIOO shortly after entering Guy's, so thatthis is UlO second occasion on- which ho llas distinguished himself at. the famous training institution-for tho lucdical profession./ In connection, with these various honours, it is in. toresling., to note that > the Treasurer's gold medal for chemical research wis this year won by Mr. Habibmia Ismail Janmahomcd, an Indian student, , The Hon. J.. A. Millar has been asked. by the Harbour Board' and Borough Council of Foxton to visit that town to deal with certain local-matters affecting the Marino and Railway Departments.' Mr. Miliar will? make the visit on tho first date available. The Hon. .D. Buddo,' Minister, for Internal Affairs, will leave .for Ohtistclmrch on Friday night, whore ho will meet a deputation. Ho will probably bo back in Wellington on Sunday. - 1 ..-■ '

An induction servico will be bold in the Brooklyn Presbyterian Church; to-night to in-. stal .the Rev. B. Hutson iu tho. charge, whichhas been vacant for nine'months., Mr. Hutson.. 1 comes , from . .Fordell,' ~near- Wnngantii. A,t. • Mangamahu, before' leaving, ho \vas cntertamed;; at aiSocial, and presented with a. travelling bag and The congregation, at Hot* -. . doll also presented him with. a.purse; bf;Sove- ,' eignfe, and with gifts.'for Hutson. At , the induction service...to-night"'tho Ecv.. , W. Shirer will preside, tho llev, A. Thomson, ■ of 'Pdtono, will preach tho scrmoti, and tho, Rov. J.'. McCaw, of Martinboroughj. will, ad-V ■ dress the people. 1 '• • Mr. C. M'Dontild, a brother 1 of Mr. Wi M'Donald, manager of tho' IJaupokohui )?ac--.-tbry, has "been', appointed mar.ngir .of the W.hakaronga, Factory (Palmerston), belonging to Messrs. D; Nathan and C 0.,, iii 6UCoession>,to : . Mr.# E. C. Wood, who has been to . the Dairy Commissioner's, staff. Mr. M'Donald x was a pupil of Mr. J. Sawers,--when tliat well-: ; known expert .'was '.in: charge, of, the>Edenc)4lo' Factory. His first factory was' th(> Brydone ' branch of the Edendal« Factory, viliicli h<? left.'. , in order to manage the Tentuka-Cheiesft ft&'.v, ,tory _of the, South' Canterbury Compai^y—a.' s , position whioh he has resigned to ;tnko up . the management, of the Palinerslon .Factory, . . ■ Mr. and Mrs. W. Bannerman, of Auckland, have been appointed master and matrou of tho ' Hawke'sßay United Charitable Aid Board's Old 'People's;Homo s at Pirko'lslaiid, near Napier.: IMr.'.Bannerman is.at present,master of Costlcy " : Home, .Auckland.—Press-Association. , , , . /-Mr. Johii. Gibb, oap of the Oldest, and- most ; *~; 'prominent'artists in-,the Dominion,, $ied in ,phristchurch on' Friday.' Mr.' Qibb was;born, .'. in.:1831 at. Cumbernauld,'Scotland; and . studied '.' ..under the late John .Mackenzie,, of Greenock/... ' His afterwards exhibited for several years at tho West of Scotland and the Glasgow Institute of ' Fine Arts. He arrived in the ship Merope, in .Canterbury, ih.1876, ,at a time, when - very." little oil-painting was .being done in the; Dominion.' Mr. Gibb's specialty a$ an artist (says tho. "Press") was in his wonderfully, rertishc treat-: ment of_ water in his many seascapts,. and'of •/ .'the details of shipping. Ho was'also'excellent in his landscape work, and partieularl- so m ■ the reproduction of-the magnificent sc&nory o I the'West.Coast Sounds and,the West' Coast, . Alpine scenery. Mr.- Gibb's pictures were al«,:■ ways nbticeable for the careful' and painsthkA ing work bestowed upon all tho. details. Ho ; : was a prolific painter, . having '■ exhibited ;no ; fewer" than five.hundrod:pictures' on varied; subjects at the.Canterbury Art Society's ex." / .hibitions. His work is represented in 6overal' • • Australian and New Zealand galleries. One of , his thi-eo sons, Mr. ,W. Monzies Qibb, has also «■; won distinction as an artist., ' ; v> • ■.