PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 613, 16 September 1909, Page 7

PERSONAL ITEMS

; All. the Ministers of thd Crown are in-town i •-, (o-daj, except tho Hon. Jambs Carroll, who is at Bulls, ■ ,the Hon. Dr. Findlav, who .is at v.- >;< Eotorua, ■ and the Honi who ia at To Aute. - The Actin£-Primo Minister (the Hon. Jamea I i :C'" : -SW°¥): leftj-jrosterday. for,; Par&wanui,'. near' i, Bulls, to receive -tho congratulations of tho West Coast Maoris.- upon his present'Minisj . : ferial' position.';, ! , Tho, Hon.' A.' T. Ngata loaves for .To Aute , to-day...":' ■ I Mr. :H.. i l . .von- Haast/of this.city, returned i • yesterday from, a .visit <to -Australia. ' ' _-- S- 1 . ! Dr,\ M'Arthur,; who 'tas been suffering from 1 Bn , °f influenza, is'reported to. he in' ':■>: a'fair; way towards recovery, and hopes to be : f . able: to; resume his seat, on tho bench in the i course ..Of a day or two. - - . - r: .■' Detective Al'llveney,Chief*, of tho Intelligence Department, Wellington, is at present 'I •on a holiday visit to .Christchurch. .and: Auck i :.;?^ d, lT f. r f Ked 'hnck from.'ifli,trip;.to.-America . the Ulimaroa-yesterday.-. - : : : = >• . - • ,jw ,Napier. correspondent): of . Air. J.-Kittow; tho proprietor of Glontui' ' i' ' '£ifr a u e j 'iJ l wa3 an- ehterprising settler/ es.tablished tho ;first, separator.in :Hawk?'s' Bay. ■ ' i, : .^'■^/•^yi n e?nt.E..l{ice,'-secretary tho Auck- ; ; Board; of Education,- will retiro from scr-' : T it o ! ~J end..of.ne.\t January, when he ivill - attain tho ago limit of 05 years Ho is at present .visiting Engliind-.on- leave',—Pross'Assoeia- •'•' tlftll. . ". - . ..--H ... : n» r i 'J u ° g u iang • Chinese' Consul,. ' •! . first visit to : tho South I :i' lsl V? , ..'-^::% ail ß...oxpeoi3;«to -be away::a !., , week, dividing,tho /.time: between .Christchurch i . ; and JJunedin.::•• •' I. ■ r -- ard " (Manawatu), ar- . X» w™ t OW ? rj ? ht an <l will interview i' ' tu : u' lar l i to " d i' 3r reference to i : • Z%5(T?i- Hflrb °?f ; Board > and 'other matters J i affecting his constituency.. ' - - > I '' mandger of tho j - Queensland Insurance Company, re'urned from - | a visit to -Australia by, tho Ulimai-oa yesterday, . i vi r ' c \ Aspen hurst, of Dublin, is a |..... to.Well l nffton..:He loaves:for the thor-' f-'-:""-. •'? I ,?l , J u Wgt.pt'.the. north .will time i 1.. .his. stay there, to catch the N'avua at-Auckland i Suva, where" he con- ! ',nebt with . Marama ; for',.Vancouver, - ■ . Among the. passengers who arrived from Syd- i ;- neyyesterday were lieutonant.E. V. Brunning,' - , : \, : >ofjßerlin,, and Herr R: loricke, of Kaiserhof 1 i •hi ■ : Wairakei,: - "Q ■ jg leaving For. yancouver on September. ' ' ■4- who distinguished himself i ; v «?i ? r nt f 1 i-al nsi an Am a- i ■'' Atnletic Meeting at 'Brisbano a ■ fortnight :, ! tho Ulimaroa j ' 'to. Wei.- ■' . , : .ungton by. tho Ulimaroa-yesterday, was Mr;iW." ! ■ ' -- of '-and- who- has . V.f - '£S?ViSi? *®rlds,to | ir. -He spont a conplo of v [Stir' W lll /^ and represented New Zealand' ' ' : at; the World's Congress of the Y.M.C.A. ' j'• <V Trade'. Commissioner, 1 - 1 -fe ; Wellington' by tho s.s.'' Hauroto -on J I • I'Tiday for, Earptonga and Tahiti. ' .j i p?&iF aridel P A former, resident' o! . 5®!5' W i ' i ? well-known musician, ari ' ' »J,i£' 'Wellington yesterday" morning ,from ' ' - and cal P o ° n .to Palmerston (savs our '■' "wfj' i-i y l ho - He' • v 'a ,; i ® QTeral musical 1 •, .- friends. - Mr. Orchard is to judgo tho musical < wmpet'tions to be held .at Dunedin. shortly. I . -Palmerston- for. tho- south to-day. - P n r '"f 6^ to that tho services -of • Jlr. G. vH. Lloyd, Government. Land Valuer - who .was located in, Woodvillo for some years ' i : VW , 'W.K llo r!«"'.retrenched: some months ' !'■; age, rctwned ;by-:tho Dopartment/ district* .hb headquarters..at HftworA/'... ilr^Bobert Jlolhday, of Wellington, tho writer i• ' «t»"S that, when in .Paris, he: met Miss Nora b ■' l i' h V ecei7 f d . her , education, at St Mary's Convent'in this city 1 i : and- who. subsequently left for London for the < : purpose'; of /completing ■' thnt :education -and I p! adopting.-: singing: as: a profession.. Miss Loni; « . : lnformed i ..tho.:.wnter. that she. had been- en--61 'gaged, to,-appear in', grand opera, at •: Nice for 11 • •,the.,.nest--two.-:seasoiis, and; was ;to open- 'as " 35" Julieti in,-.,-Komeo and Julief 'in November ' M'. : -';■/ntect/.c';-,:--; ; = : --.v-- - : -, IVv.; ;llrj and;Hrj. of Wellington , i who. have bfeen on A tour. of the .■world; returned ' by the' Ulimaroa yesterday. .V. .. . j .. '- ..jir.' l Fowler,'-Principal of Nelson Collego, re- : '' .. : turned bv'the unmaroa yestorday, with Mrs Fowler, from: a :trip .to England, and went on . to-Nelson.. . • ..'v.,- ; ," :,'l:Mr. and :Mrs. -li, Blundell havo -booked pas- 1 sages to Sydney by. the Moana, which leaves to-' niorrun- atternoon. - ■.- :v - b 'i Tho::New. Zealand boxing representativeswill i be among ..the passengers leaving for Sydney ( ■ by tho Moaua to-morrov.'. .'. : . v j IJ ■-%. Wauganui. Presby teryjias '' nominated' i Y : .tho llev.,Andrew Cameron as'Modorator for, thoGeneial Assembly. . -~ ' ' ':A very old resident of Gisbornc, Mr. John oil! Monday,- the. im- ' «j . mediate' cause. Of death being, congestion of the 't lniigs,: following on: a severo:cold, contracted J ?• ~ abotit ; :six weeks ago.' Tho late-Mr. Langfoid' ' . was born: in' Somersetshire, England, in IS-11, ; r and, as a-lad, . we'iit. to sea. ~ Ho was . in America at the timo of tho Civil AVar, after- <( . wards coming-to New:'Zeifiand.- :At tho time f ' .of tho Poverty Hay massacre (says the "Gis-' i I borne .Times")-he .was eniployed as'a' bakor for a '; ■■ ■ tho : colonial troops.V At tho time of -his death, t j / i Mr. Xahgfbr'd had: reached the age of 68 years,' c } . - having'.spent-12, years ',in Gisborno. "He leaves t j :" a . widow; and a family of five. ' I I ■ . . '■ ... ... . k '