PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 721, 21 January 1910, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

His Excellency the Governor 'is at present., at.. Kakahi, on. the Main Trunk line.v ;v - <.;k'• -. .(■ /w.-;,■.>;. _With the. exception of tho Hon. Dr. Findlay, who is at the H<irmitage, Mount 'K Uook, the Hon. <T. Mackenzie, who is in punedm, and the Eon. A. T.'Ngata, who is - at- Port • Awanm;,t all the Cahinet Ministers are at present in town.7 V' • ; sThe'Primo Minister (Sir' Joseph "Ward) ;tml: leave. Wellington., for-: Hastings.' to--2m Wi morningi Ho will'remain.- theretill Tuesday, ;s.nd will ' formally open -tb« ne\r ,post office on . Monday, afternoon," ny >- i to; Wellington -on- the evening, ofv ; the . following day. ' ' r r . . .'7 . Mr.-R.-E., Martin, Opoosition organiser, *r is . at present;in'Napier.y. jr* A. E. Mabin, toad of Messrs. Levin - 'fand Ck). s \vool and flax dopaiiment, and '-i Mrs. Mapin, leave on a tnp to tho Old .Country, by the lonio in ApriL »!• co -. Toogood, of tho legal firm of I' ield, ■. Luokie, and. Toogood,' returned :. i| s from.a trip to Australia oil "Wednesday. ' , ¥j- D- J. Kenny has returned from a -li terbury ° n tb ° Sol^' n Ri V«r. Can- ;] !. ' Jlr ,- and Mrs. -E. T. Taylor, of KilbirnW W are leayng for England on: April■ ii BO t .vV; i March 1,. as was announced. r ; -.! ' : Dr. Hugh Douglas, of Hamilton, is at I present on a ■visit- to Masterton. ?: : " ! D : ohief inspector of th« Auokland, Education ■ Board, has beea ; ap- v' ; - ported- to represent • that body ■at the < m '¥ . educationalconfer- . <enoe, to be told m Wellington. ;v. • A snap-shot photograph, of Mr! Mori- .' son. (formerly;:of .the .Wanganui College,'. ■rS 11 an undergraduate of Balliol College, Orford; University).. winning th«"' .. rreslimen s half-mile 1 race Appears in the --t. Sporting-.and .Dramatio News" of. No- ' '• : p" if M '" ""F Oll is a son of ° V Mr., U 13. Monson, barrister, of Wei- '■

~ - Among, the .'visitors : to. New Zealand at ' present are Mr. T. H. ' Quaife, MA,. I; VP* f.or 'l ¥ r ' W " T ' Q«aife, u ' B v. °f ; Woollahra'.- Syd- v ne y- left , for: tho.- south - on- 'Wed-', nesday/ evening with the intention of making a tour of the .Cold Lakes. . . ' r " the Wairarapa, baa ■succeeded Mr.: Herdmah'as: auctioneer: for . : Messrs. DaJgety and Co. m the Wellington .district.; . ;■ . : , Bohertson, Secretary of the Post nJriS g -pk Apartment, is at' present '/ . 4 a y «av6-m' thie; souiK.' .-'.." - v - Mr. R. A. Wright, MP., is at'present (mjojing a holiday at Rotorua. ';; .CaptainF. de la Cour Cornwall, 8.N.R.: who commands the 5.6.. Kaipara,; which : .recently ;S^uck::in : :-Kangitoto !; Channel,- :i3:j' a son or the late' Captain Cornwall,"a re- : tired pmoer of■; the: Imperial Army,. who ior-manyr years,; and; upVtp the time of ills death, farmed a considerable tract of. '■"id i Block,Tdranaki; This is ' , no f:*»; first stroke;of'bid ; luck that has / befallen ;the . Cornwall ' family.'..: Another. '■ & ? U TO V n S ' a moml 'e r of the Torpedo Corps. ■ at. \v ollington,';and was :very seriously.in-' jured in' the ;ineimorab!6- : that -' 1 took/ plate there. some; sixteen years ago. Captain: Cornwall : is V: brother-in-law of.\ Colonel« R; . H.-VDavies,! C.8.,' Inspector-'-Ueneral . of .tUo-New • Zealand .Porcesj- who married' Miss.iEildeiiCornwall.— r 'ol>-- : ' server." :

'f^fr..{W- ,R- Haselden!has:been appointed. c jairmoni; of'-'.the;. LicensingV Committees °£ Manukau and /Fra'nkliii, -vice ;.Mr.-. HiW.:'Northcroft,>:resigned;.- .- is..; ; 1 ' Arthur./Simm'onds,: has .-'teen, arv pointcd a trusteo.ofi the/Napier -Hospital. Messrs. .A. -E, Eaglctou, K. Boocham/and. Cieorge,, Nelsoii v. havo.been' appointed members _of . the;-. Hawte's ' ; ':Bay . District Hospitalßoard aHd'Charitablo Aidßoard. . ■ Mr. Peter 'Keddie; well known in' commercial .qirclesvin: Ofedgo/and 1 died ...suddenly- yesterday,' '.'evening (says' a Press Association'message from, Timaru). Ho'had,/until lately,;been; an/inspector of factories,.'but-' had- retired 011 account of failing health.

-. ®T:. Alfred, Agassiz,'; who ;diod recently 'lif'A'av Sydiie'y. , !s«Ww : adventurous/career. in-New; Zealand -/and: Australia, saystho'' "Daily' Telegraph." "He .was; born ''in/'Devonshire;in:fiß4o, his father -being.. Dr;/,Lewis Agassiz,''late: of Bradneld, Kssex, took .his M.If.C.S.-'- iu 1863,' .and carae to .-Australia,' .intendingro. return.ln :.Sfelbourne ;h«. ihet Colonel Pitt;, ;vhd: was -raising;a i militii.forceV.to tako : part' in the; ilaori- War.-in-New Zealand. /:He.'accompanied. the force',to New Zealand; .and ■ SirGeorge.Grey appointed 1 he 'scrvedwith; t he; 70 th Eegiment, joining /tie- living-column-under Major Ryan. During ;the/\\ l ar Dr.'Agassiz' had -' many narrow /escapes,'. one being on-' theoccav sion = of /, the /.by tho Maoris of Dr.; Graco . and several missionaries. On another:;Occas'ion,'/-Br;:: Agassiz''was;, cap-- . tured and;, tied to! a .tree. ' He managed,: however, to oonvey. a'::message : to a /chief whom- he had.cured',of typhoid,: and;' .who.',rescued -!liim.Vl'Aftatl'iiie /war -the doctor,/who had married:;a-.'daughter, of' Dr./Dovlin, of' Whangarci, : camo to; Australia.; and was for a • time medical siiperr intendent of Bay- View House, Cook's •Eiver.'/ Ho went to f Cootamundr'a 'after' -this;/ and/was' there' when': the great' railway /acoident.i occurrcd in 1885; being/for a /.time. the':6nly / iuedical., : man.,;. attending' .the'.sufferers.;': After liu returned to Sydney iiis health failed. Death took: place from; diabetes..".His/remains' were interredi at ITaverlej'. Cemetery. . . . : . ; Mr. W. Mercer, a well-known 'Auck--land bowler,'-left ~by; the/Mahend/on - Mon- 1 day/ to. join tlie Orient steamer- Orvieto, en .route-.for: England.':: Mr.' I .Mercer - took; part - ini thd'. recent .'tournament ; held >a Wellington. •. y/:'tC ; V„ 'iMr. George Johnston, who ia reiirin? from the management.. of <: the .'Auckland: branch, of/.the - Standard ■ Insurance Com-/ panv, and; who for over ,87,' years' has been ■ connected; with ' insuranco :business .in. Auckland,; ; has,' been: preeent'ed with - a handsome, illuminated address, a case/;of pipes, a, matchbox, and 'a tobacco pouch by; the; members' of .the'.Fire and. Marine Underwriters' .Association of/Auckland!; as a token of the esteem' in which lie is held by.them.'/i-In/making' the presentation the chairman.-1 (Mr.;' Walker); r referred to:Mr./Johnston's .long'.and hon-. ourable' caroer in" ! Auckland, and wished: liini ..long' life,'-and/' happiness in;.:his:;retirement^VV';

Mr. ■ F.'; Harris; ,; secretary; :of the Fed-'oral-HoulderrShire /Line,, Steam . Ship - Company, 'accompanied by hia i wife ana - pool on: Tuesday; by the; Morayshire.'-, ' Ha ;■ intends;' visiting -all'' the., principal;-towns : : in' New, Zealand,;and : ivill;rDtoa .to.Liver. •: pool by the Morayshire. ' ..' i Mr. and Mrs. J. 13. ladder, of Is apier, who :are in Wellingtonrdttending' the: sit-' .tings' ,of . the . are. the ■ guests of iMrL ; : and; Mrs. /R-G.'.Crny,: of. - Clarein'ont; Grove.' :■ ; : ■