PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 666, 17 November 1909, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

A London Press Association cablegram, • ro« ceivcd last ovenink, states, that the Hon. Wil- . Jiarn Hall-Jones, New : Zealand High. Commia.' ; sioncr, is progressing satisfactorily. , Mr. 1 P. L. Hallfehsteln (president of the Cant terbury Employers' Association), Mr. H. Broadhead.'; (secretary), ; and.; Messrs. . F.- W Hobbs,' aid K. F. England (members of. th« association) left Christchurch for .Wellington . tast night to attend the nlinual rnootiMß of the New Zealand Employers' Federation.—Press Association. ' ' • ■ mossaga from Auckland' states that thei Auckland tfniversity has awarded the : ,follaying scholarships i-dlllier Scholarship, H, C. Johnson Carterton* ftitilit.' 1 r 0 ! rE |^ P ' ■ S'i' a i'•Mluigton, Auckltmdj Auckland? 0 bcholarsh, P- A. Gray, \\MGifford Marshall, solicitor, of Wangwmi,; returned by the lumkina vesterdnv atW a visit to Groat Britain. * . I. J . ,r : v c - y- , Sb "Chto n ,. Auckland manager of : tho New Zealand bhippmgCompany,, who has been on ii holiday visit to England, 1 arrived ' back yesterday )., the Turakma. Airs and Miss ■ Houghton also; arrived by (he tamo steamer,. ■ ' ... Mrs. G, H. Scales and her niece, Miss It Arnold, arrived from London yesterday by tlio lurakina; Miss beales, who went over to lio- : bart to meet lifcr mother, alsd tetunied bV the 'i'urakina. ■' ' ; ". l)r. Av jzardj wlio has boon oil a visit to Great Britain, returned: to Wellington yesterday by ,tho iTurakmai. . . > •••>, ' .Mr.' F> J.VNatliau, bf. Pallnerslon 'Notth/ ■ ftlib has been b'n a Visit, to England, returned .. to Wellington J'esterday• by'tho 'l'M-aiilim.-. Mi 1 ./' Nathan was accompanied by his wife. Mrs. Jooseph and Miss. ,1 bseph N'ere also pu? , seugers by tile same steamer.' . ' ; ."' . The funeral of Mr. Joseph Hicks, chief mo.: chanical engineer to the harbour board, which''' took place yesterday morning, was largely attended.'.'.'.Among, thosio ' present were Air It. Fletcher (moirtbcr of the harbour- board),, Mr. v > 'H. Ji. 1 Nicholls (secretary), Mr. J. W Marchbauks (engineer), Mtv;A.,,V. II; Monro, (ivlnirfinger),'Captain Johnson (harbourmaster), Mr. W. i 1 erguson (formerly secretary am! engineer). - Mr. W. Prince (late whariinger),. and about, • 150 l-reemasons. Tho service at til" I'tavcsido '■ was conducted, by tliu ltev. James Paterum, ciiu the beautiful Masomc service was rend by ; Bro. 'Johh I'ait, W.M.', of Lodge Waterloo,- and Iivo» Jas. Godbcw P.M. Miss Rosina Bucknianu has joined the raids of .the Royal Comic Opera Company, kite is to make her fast appparauco .with tho Com- • pany in. lhe'.'Udyf)andlcs,? , -.at Melbourne/ ! . oil b;\turd«y oyeuiug next. ••• . • ■ . l'he' Mowing gentlemen', will represent tho Auckland Employers it the aft- . Zealand Employ- >, f,S 4 >' a JtionMf (president),.. .L Miller (vice-president), 6? Rhodes, ami 'r Hodgson (meiiibel'S of executive), and C. Gro®venor. (sbcretiiry). . • • _ Tlk> Itoiuan Cathplio Bishop of, Auckland (l)l Lenihan) celebrated the thirteenth, annivorsarj ■ of his consecration on :Monday; CongratuhS' : tory telegrams woro received from various parts ' of Aw .Zealand atid Australia. *■ r •; Mr. Justice 13dirards, arrived fvom Aucklanj' last evening. ■ ■ ... ■ According to- an int-crviow in tho Svdllej' ' Heforee, Mr. M. Long, the American i)avii ■ CUp toiims plajtr, now in Allstlalia, intendl to visit Now Zealand. ' - Mr. Gil, Hoi-klns, «ho has.been 1 touring' vari. ous parte of New Zealand in connection with tho management of thi West Pictures compan. ICS, intends IWivtilg for Sydney bv tho next stoamor to jom West, Pictures' head" office etAIF. • • t Sub-lust)ector O'Donovtttii of Palmerstan. North,' who' waS; taken sudrlehly ill on Ratitr. day ovcuinif .from ho.wuri'lmKo of thu rtoiiihcli, ■ is still. freak iand coniliied to bin bisl;. lie if ■ Uttcndcd daily, by Dr;-' »»d it «fl| U Some days before h6 ■ ifi about ■