PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 667, 18 November 1909, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr.W. ; T. Glasgow, late Secretary for. Cn* : toms.'and Mrs. Glasgow, who havo tyeen on'a ■ trip to England, returned to Wellington by the ..: Manuka I ''yesterday.;:',.'■ ','' !......-;■,•..'.!'... ■;." :'.'.,' .'■■■ : Baron; arid Baroness von Swaino, oi Munich,,-, Germany/ were among the '.passengers., from ' Sydney by the" Manuka yesterday.. They have I ''"' recently: completed a tour .of Japan.. China; v : Java, and Australia, and;are proceeding on to-v Monte Video, by the Rimntaka on Saturday.;- : Tho... Sir George Grey : ' scholarship has ! been '. awarded this year, by the Professorial Board of*.-Victoria^; College.^to v Tho's. fl Lennard,Lan- , caster.;'' Thf scholarship is'' 1 tenable for a- '. year and 'is 'valued at- .£SO. VO;' '"',' .', ';■':;" -'■'Mr...CharlesVWilliam> Smith,:...' a... • native i-ol •> Denmark, dieijl at, Russell qn.Tuesday.'i. Ho was oyer' 105' years Vf' ago.' He. settled. in: Now ■ Zea-- i >v! land in 1878. .Previously he had, followed •tho.V sea,; and claimed to; have landed: on the coast between'pane Brett and Mongonuiin the early. ; 'twenties,—Press'Association. , : ../:...'!',.. ."-'. , 'Mr. .E..W. Stanford^''of, tho' Eastern Erten- '■■■ sion Cable Company's staff at Perth, W.A., ;was in ;Palmorston'recently for a fow; days; on hi» way to spend', his leave in Taranaki... '•-. , "Among I :those .who' returned to' Wollington by.'■ the Manuka'.yesterday,wore Messrs. T; 11. Jones :;. (of Palliser and. Jones), Mr. W.,Thompson' (of . Thompson Bros.); and Mr.! Geo.": Shirtcliffe■-■ (manager in Wellington fbr Messrs. A.' S; Pater- ', son and C 0.).". The two first-mentioned gentlemen have been' to'England.'/Mr.:ShirtdiSo has . been, on a.'flying, trip; to Sydney;..:.'' '■'■: Captain Anderson, of Greymouth, returned ; from a trip to the Mannka yes.terday. v ...,'- :.",-.'-''. •.'''■.'.'.•..'■:■:■',.■•.-. ~■■.■:■'; '■;■ Sir; Francis Price, Bart.; of Napier, will leavt ; fori London by i*-Jie Rimntaka on, Sattrfday. v ';;'■ ...Mr.' A. H. Casey, of the legal firm o l f Moran : and Casey, returned from a visit bo 'Australia ■ yesterday by tho Manuka. Mr. Casey was a lay ', ■. delegate to. the Roman. Catholic 1 Conference in Sydney; and at.; its conclusion visited, Mel-,, bourne, Ballarat, .and'Goulbum.:C j, u:V • Captain. G.S. Chief Instructor of Artillery, is at present in Dunedin, attend-,": ing. tho annual training camp of No, 1' ConW': :pany,. Otago jGarrison. Artillery. .■.'•'.•..: .;:-::.' . :'Mr. v John Callnan;;a?colonist, of overj f6 , •years'; standing,; died- at tho .residence of his, niece (Mrs. James Wallace), at Auokland, on . Monday. Tho doceased' gentleman .was born in New "South Wales in 1837, and; arrived at the - BRy of. Islands with his parents in the same V year.- After a-Bhort,residence there the Call-, ' nan family, as the' result of tho: Nativq' risin,?,' ' 'romoved to.Auckland,'where tho deceased 1 baa, resided ever since. Mr. Callnan icrved iri : the; . Maori war, and on peace being restored he', ;started 'in business: on his own account. ;con- '.■': ducting a successful bootmaking- cstablishiaent ; .in.Queen. Street for: many ysarsc-.,. '.(!';: '•:' Dr. Martin roturhed last night from"Mar-' tinborough,' where he was called to consult i' with Dr. Palmer; concerning; the '■' of ! ■ Miss Freda Martin, who was suddenly l taken'ill.', with appendicitis! ,The latest, reports stite v that; Miss Martin is going on as well as can " be expected. . ■;'•*;:■':';■ Mr. John Kirkwood Leys, the well-known novelist, author of "The Lawyer's Secret," "A v Wolf in Sheep's Clothing,":; Mystery," ana other' similar works, has died at the age of 62. A Scot by birth, ho practised;, for some'years:| as a barrister at Newcastlc-on-!: .'/.,. ; : v;. v ,; ]:■•;;./■■■'.:■': , ; '' ; ;;> ' Mr.. AV Linley,- of the Royal Picture Syria!-'-cate, arid Mr. Gil. P. Hoskins; of West's Pio-' tures' 'staff, leave for : Sydney to-morrow.'.'; .:; ;: The Mr. Edwin who is referred to in;' recent cablo messages as having decided to" devote Jil0,000; a year to the : of,' peace is a prominent American' philanthropist;,i rfow over 70 years; of age, he has made a for-' tune' as the publisher'of: school and'college, text-books, his business being reputod as secondto no other single house in America. In addi-' tioh to the universal peaco movement, he <ia ' especially interested in the housing of the' poor, and in promoting hotter conditions bo- ■ tween labour,and capital. :; : ~ . : : j. Sir William Lyne, MJB.R., who recently: suffored from a 6ev,ore attack , of; hemorrhage, had a slight; recurrence of tho. troublo ■ Thursday last.., , ; . ■, .% ■ News has been. received by Fodoral Labour party' that Mr; J: C.' Watsdn;. M;H.R,; is on his way back from, South Africa to Au* tralia.;.:- '"> .' : .'. ■:■ :.; ." .'■.-:■■•,■:.■■'.