PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 703, 31 December 1909, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

• The Prime Minister (Sir Josephs Ward) ■:,< • and -Lady:. Ward:-leave. to-night for ■ tho south. They will be present-at: tlie BlufE regatta on January 3 | The Eon A. R. Guinness left last night -for Kotorna,' .where." he 'intends , to spend a fortnight The .Hon. J. CarrollandDr.Findlay , ■ aro staying in town for the Vew Year ;hblidays^v;'\Last^:mgM^KtKe^S®6h^AE. i M'Kenzie ■ left for - the West Coast; -. ,via: \v. v Chnstchurch, and the. 1 Bon;. , -.D. i -Bnddo went on; a ■ brief . visit to s Kaiapoi.' - This ■»: j ; morning: the Hon. !, A: Nfrata proeeedsrto ! (his home at Port Awanuii -.By: the south- / ■ ; ern. 1 boat; to-night < the >. Prime t Minister •' . will be' 6 passenger. The Hoiii-T. Mackenzie will be in Dnnedm to-day. .A Press Association massage; states that ; thevPrSmier. of: Now. South -Wales (Mr. C.:: G.-.-'YVade),: accompanied' by- his; wife and • son, has lcfL Sydney for Auckland. Mr. Wade, .whose: health' has [not vbeen; good for some -weeks paiit, contemplates a sojourn at Botorua. The Hawko'sßay Presliyteiy yesterday sustained a call to tho iiev. A. Whyte, Havelock North, to Port Gjalmers.— Press Association. >■ x i ' . The late Captain A. A. Brcrsii, pilot m tho service or the Lyttflton"Har- . bour Board; :whose .death-waiKcamotmoedt:. v.;: yesterday, was - well'; knownamong* mas- • ter mariners on: the .'New -'Zealsind' coast . 'i In former years lie was m the service of. -~ the. Union Steam Shrp ■ Company, >; and. -ata various times had command' of ithe'-Wai-.-. ; and the'Hanpiri. Subsequent!/ he was ' chief officer of the Mai-axoa for some time, ;and he joined theitMonowan in a - V similar..capacity when th!at::TO(isel.piada v .< a tnpwrth a, New Zeahunlcontuigent to South Afnca. Captain Brown ithen joined the pilot staff of tho Lyttelten Harbour. Board aboot eight or;iane-year« i :-:- ago. . Last winter he a contracted:' an ■ ill-. ness, and about two months ago.he mad#: - w a trip to Aastraba to" > On returning," however, he had i not 1 been t more ' than i two iweeksn oil -dntyi- Triimi , k a v i .! recurrence of..the'' troidjlo ineceasilatfedi'hM'-'.frv returning, to bed, andrho never, recovered. .. Captain Brown was about forfyrfive yeait

of age, and Jeavcs a widow. At Richordson ' .aiid Co.'B- ofFtco,-- Port :;. > .5 Ahnnn, on Friday, Cap Jam T. Krorii, for mjmy years m charge, of olio of th« : ..•< company's •; lighters,-was - they recipient-, of • • a 1 purse of sovereigns on ;(ie .occasion!ofii-:' - his retirement from theifirm's-employ.:,-The presentation was mads by Mr. P. H. Kelly (Uio company's* manager).—Hawko\l •. Bay "Herald." ; /■ | <■ Just prior to closing fcr tha hobjlaja • •. on l*VKiay evening, tho staff-ot'.Mesjrs, Murray, Boberts and Co.'s Nupiec office : presented • one of • their :■ namlier i- -Mr, W--E. Saunders, • with-iour • liandsoiM •• « picces of'plate, 1 smtably rnscnbeil.' -onithd iv .v , occasion -, of . his ■ approaching < marriage.—-. >-.■ Hawke's Bay "Herald " s' 1 Three Napier residents, [Mess's. B. 3. Duncan, W M'Carthy, anl F, 0 Smith, -left yesterday-, afternoon- on-whi±. should vv' prove r a most .- interesting andi-enj ovable • trip (eays onr.- speivJ .'joorraspondemt). The idea 13 to eiplore Dtuiky.:Sonnd, , <Bnd:;-:v;;; tho party proceed to tie Victoria, then to Invercargill liy tram, and - thence ito the; Sounds ;by j the ■ eteamep;r -s ■ Invercargillj-which- monthly ;.tnps; : -;,< to ■: Preservation rlnlet. v-This istonmer ;has.; •been,- specially chartered\to\go itov-DuEkyi-'As Sound;' a' distance 'of about.3s• miles. The'.* :tourists ;wiU disembari jtbsre, ■ and'epondf! : about- a month' in T the Sound viewing th* scenery, surveying historic spotu, bfce. f Archdeaoon Averill, Bishop-elect of Waiapu, and' ! ilrs. Averill, b£t<lo good-by* ./. :■ to' parishioners' of.'. St.i-Micliael's -it a gar-; .t. den There ~ 'a' ivery-large •attendance, 7-.!&ndiadv<aitago.-i. was taken of tho opportunity to present >the archdeacon;with,a. goldrepisoopalinng andfdomestic' silverwaxoioil;'. behalf ;of. the -v; clergy fof-the. diocese,.»Aniaccoßip:fflyuig-'.. address ■ stated: that.: they, dissired jto .arjdl.--themselves of an opportunity, of express-.- -- ing smcere-.-personaf; esteomt and appreciaj.; hon of /ATcndeacon? Averill s faithful and .-- devoted work, and. "earnest vnsheS fortna . ■ : bucccsb un<l€r< Alnnghty. Cfad,. m- t fch© J higk - , - sphere of work to which he his been palled'." In* gifr»j; Arch-. i deaoon, Avenll that he.- v i c^iv^'A-bank .6lip -for: tokea ( troiA;: . parishioners;and members oongiw- iu. , gation —Proi>s Association J A •'-A'Press'Association'tolcgTam^frijm.lJaiir edin states - that- Mr. J* * > .for... many yeais. city.;vuluer,' (liod . jcstorcUy. . morning, after a long illness \ 1 The death occurik on Wednesday evenw ' ing at tho Victoria Hospital of ILr. L J. Hornblow, well known m Wairaiajpa and! Wellington The deceased ,wits a'brother of Mr. John Hornblow (prtpnefor of th« "Manawatu Herald"), Mrj K -,E Horttblow (propndtor of■ thoMangaweka t*et- i; , tier"), Mr E Horhblow (pnntcr, Newtown), Mr C W Hornblow (Utharn)* ana Mesdames T T Kedman ,and J, { Maxwell, of the Wairaiapa t ' It is almost certain thai Mr. H., W« Harrington, officer m chargii of ttioWellmgton Post Ofhce, will.sijccfeedi JIT A. Qjßollard as lnbpcctor of'.Telegiaphs oa the latter officer's retirement \ Colonel Knight, officer commanjUg th» , Island division of the Salvation Amy, has' returned to Wellington from i' Elthom, where he opened (he too Boys: , Home which has been presented to tha ' Armv bv Mr T. N Jenkins, of Etawera, one of tie most devoted adherents to tho cause in In ew'Zealand The homo, which* is a 25-roomed structure, situated on, a ten acre block of good) lancl just r outside Eltham township (also the gift ,of Mr. Jenkins), was 6pened on TucsdaV Jli» Dxcellency the Oovernoi wis to have of- . fieiated at the opening, bat omnj'to the sitting of Parliament ho was defamed in town, much to tho disappointmem. of th# Eltham public Brigadier Bray officcrm charge of the social work of fto Army, 'and Captain> Orames,-.0f,/tho,:staff,, jWcr».i-.. present at the ceromony j , *- =====