PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 725, 26 January 1910, Page 7

PERSONAL ITEMS.

•His Excellency; the ;• Governor, Lady . . Plunket, and Mr. H. C. Waterfield (pn- , . .-vate / secretary) : returned . to. Wellington ;;:v/ia^Aeyeiiing :: after.spendmg .a',:;wcek: : 'a.t'' -.y Kakahi,'/ontho ..Wanganui "River: The L:;'/P al^; ; {^d:.no t.ilnd j .the/fishing/very.good/.enjoyed: ing.i;; .They -will now/remain in. Welling-'; ton. until her- Excellency's departure -for: ;;g^;England;;by-;thehßuahiho : i'oii.:f!E , . • ••;. j 10, .ion j ourney.she will, bo, accompanied by Captain Gathorne-Uardy, A.D.C. After Lady Plunkefs.i departure,' his oExcellency,: accompanied; by - Captain Shannon, .AJ).C.;- and Mr. Hi Ci Wator.field, will m .a.l L -probability tour -the Nelson 'dastnet,'/returning".'in.'timo! 24).-';hThb.;.postponed;trip ,toi th 6 ;.- ."West-,Coast, .will.'probaDly follow. < His • Eicollency ;Will/leavo for/England at tho end'of May or early in Juno ./, -/ With tho excepfaon of/ths Hon. T. Mac- - kenzie, whd-is/at Dunedin, and'tlie Hon.' A. T. NgataJ who is at GiSborne, all the Cabinet-. 1 Ministers are. now. 'iin r.Wel-: lington. ' , : The ;Prime -Minister, - who - spent - the ;:V';/;:',w«ek-eM/-at Hastings, returned 'to town !•; J'n ; yesterday;:]• He'.-!. leave' .for. the; south'* to-night 'The Hon. :T»- Mackenrio will leave-.Dnii-. :'^>m^;\b^jyen;roiite:/for;:Wyi^ ! Lieutenant. Hector. ifLebd,- Miiitnander /- ;T : of--tho /.Wellington . boy scautsj- this week ijii?.;visittd rMding-f ah d ,t Palmerstonj.-Nortf : ; ) .;./M , ,organiSing business.' ; ' ;,vV!;;i v /; !; ! - ;/; ! Mr J Mackenzie, Commissioner of !:■ ,CroTO.. LandSj? r6tunied. •. to {-{■^"^■^.'----i^h^vfitom-ra'-visit .to'/tb.'o ' Pongaroa, Akitio, Alfredton, and Mana- ./. . trath .districts. • r' :

■ i.-Press-Association cablegram -received yesterday..-from London ■ confinris .--the 'statement published in our issue that Major Alfred St George .-. HamoTsley, who has been ek-cted Union--.inember -_ for the ■; Woodstock -division i . of : Oxfordshire,' • .was for - a long time re- , fiident in-.New. Zealand.- ■>Hi) ■ was• for■ ■v:. v: ytor3. a : 'MUcitor at.TiinaTO. : ;;'- -: -; - The Hon. C. G.? Wade, Premier of New be V itlie', ;:^fioat -r;of ! .-..•\:;.vNew/;Ze4land*Club%t-:i luncheon':, which is to be given at tho Y.M.C.A. on Friday. ' -. -.Mr. -H. -F. O'Leary, .of - the firm of ■ . Messrs. ; Wilford. and -Levi,' and Mr. F. ■ ...;.P*-.Kelly*of Mr..-A. Dunn's, oihee, -have-i ■ entered into.-.partnership, :and-- are--.'about' • . to-commence .business in. Wellington- as barristers,and:sijlicitors. - ; ; .-; .J. :. . Frawley,' of 'Trinidad, . arrived' .' ■.'by .the.Hauroto.yesterday, on ms-.'-tray : 'tb- ! - lAdel ; - s ' , Mrs.: W. J. Stevenson, wifo.of the Col- ,. i lector vof; Customs •: at Ilarotonga, ■ arrived •• ,;by-the-Hauroto-y esterday/vtogother ■ witli -, her: toother,; Mrs.: Mills, -of Wellington. i H. E.-Evarm. B-A.., .LL-B.:' and-his-aster,'f-.who'-liavejbeen paying: England a , lengthy visit, returned to; ellington' by . the Arawa yesterday. :• "i .

; - . Mr. a newspaper, proprietor from ~ - the town of -.Wellington, in Salop, lijngi • land, arrived from England by the Arawa : vesteiday.'.. .With. Mrs. Leek, 'ho intends : touring New Zealand. •.' '.. ... ' '• •, -Captaitt' Cozens,- who -had ■ command -of- ; ■ the ;barque A.ntiope on' tho run-, from : ; ; Wollington -to - San 'Francisco ,during the .■/; /: illness, in Wellington;' of .Captain;. Mathiel ; koii, returned to: Wellington; yesterday.by .- : tho..;Hauroto. - : '/■ _ . :'; Mr. -F. 'H. -Pope,manager : for the ,: Otago and Southland branch of tho State ' .Fire;-Office,'-is:;at - present'.,in.'town..' He . . leaves on Mday next on 'a- visit to Aus-' tralia. ' ;; Miss ..Catherine. J. Drummond, who'ro- \ oeived her . trainingat'; the .Wellington' • ' Hospital,- has been appointed matron of - the Victoria Hospital and Seddo'n. Annexe. The-resignation of Nurse J?ew,all, of ■ >.-. theWellingt/jn ~ Hospital ■, staff, •. 'was - ap.oepted. at yesterday's meeting/of the Hospital Trustees. A Mr. Alfred Hill, who recently returned from.: a -health-searoh ;in Auckland,' was among tho first (o extend. a -welcome back..-to Prof. MfMillan: Broivn, who re- ■ ™rned from a Pacific trip by tho ilaii- > .iThose; who read; Prof.'- • .: Browns interesting articles on the music : ; v- and drama, of Japan •••prill appreciate the community;.;of: interest -' whichexists - be-- ... twoen..him and-Mr.>Hill, who has done :■ much ,_to idealise tho fow- evidences of primitive, music among, the Maoris ■ As - to-,his; future .arrangements .'nothing -is .'definite, .but:-Mr.; Hill:may'fiiid it neces- ; ...Bary to mako a:trip to Australia.in the • near future. .. . •. - i;:,;;-:' '' '■. Among'.the passengers to Jarrivo ! from «England- yesterday was this. Rev. A. H. - Kennedy, :of Horbury, ' Yorkshire.' He ' conies -.to -New Zealand -to prepare the way. .- for : tho Anglican General Mission;' which .' will - commence work; here! in'; September. i ; :> In : ;this; preliminary, work; ne; will be,:asso-'j'oiited'^-.witH'.; Canon: Polloi(k,'jvtho: has al- '.. ready boon in Wellington several days. iosT<tS6ther>: : thCy.- ; >illi : tour:;'Newi Zealand, consulting the: clergy; find all > the .-;of - .'Mr.iKen--nedy..;: was ;■ irietand welcomed ~by. Bishop: IValllsj 1 : Canon > Pollock,; and ■ tlio'.Eev.. A; .' H, ComptoH (v.-ai-den'bf .tlie Hadfieid Hos- . ;-:Ivte!); ■ On■:'l'riuay,; he conduct a "quiet : v-'- : .i-day" ; for woraen.'ftt St; Peter's; Church.'-