PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 748, 22 February 1910, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

The programme for his Excellency the Governor's visit to Napier is as follows:— On the evening of March 2 hie Excellency will arrive by the express train, and will be escorted to his hotel by a guard of honour, At 11 a.m. on March 3 ho will open the children's ■ ward, at noon he will receive an address of welcome at the Marine Parade rotunda, at 1 p.m; there will be lunch at the Masonic Hotel, and at 2 p.m. his Excellency will depart for Hastings. ■ . ■' :

.The Hon. D. Buddo (Minister for Internal Affairs) left yesterday for Hastings, where he will attend the Fire Brigades' Conference/. - : - : ;..'■ ■-,

,' The Hon.: A. E. Guinness, left Greymouth yesterday for Chxistohurch, en route for Wellington to attend his Excellency the Governor's dinner to Lord Kitchener, on Thursday. ~'...' ;■

The Hon. A. T. Ngata, who haa beenat his home at Port Awanui since the beginning of the year, is : returning, to Wellington to-tlay. .■'■..■':.

Mr.C.'.H. Poole, M.P. for Auckland West, who has been on a visit to. Wollington,.,left yesterday, for .Feilding en route to Auckland. .. ; -;'. , : '.■'_ ■.

The Hon. Gco. Fowlds, Minister for Education, accompanied by Miss Fowlds and Miss Mills, daughter of the Hon. C» Mills,:arrived in Hawera.from New Prym'oTith on Saturday. They subsequently proceeded to the Dawson's Falls Mountain House.' The "party were met by the Mayor, Mr. H..W. Sutton.'•'.,- . .-. :/-.'

- The Commissioner of Crown Lands for Hawte's Bay, ilr. T.: N. Brodrick, and other members of the Hawke's:Bay.Land Board are at present in ■: Danneyirke, where to-day they will examine applicants for sections in the Knmeti Block, and to--morrow will conduct a , ballot, :■, .

Commander M. A. Eoberte, late New South Wales naval forces, who' is touring New Zealand, , is at,present in Wellington."'/ -.'■ :.:.:■.';'■ ."'."":.'■''.■' : '"'■.' '•• -. ':

A serious accident happened in Auckland on Sunday to Mr. C,-A. of Wellington.' 'A Press.Association,tele-: ;gram says that as Mr. EedgraT« was leav-'. ing'a ferry boat he , slipped.and fell to the lower deck, sbdldng his head against a projection. "He was picked up in . an unconscious state and conveyed to. the Auckland Hospital.- It was found that ( he was suffering from concussion'of the , brain,: and an operatioh was performed ; last night. ' Hopes of his recovery'are entertained. Mr. Eedgravo: has been land salesman: for Messrs. Bethurie and Co: for years, and is very popular in business circles. Ho. left 'Weflington last Saturday week to- spend ' his r : annual 'holiday -in Auckland, and revisit his ,father, ofvthji staff of the Land and Survey Department, who was recently transferred, from Not. eon to' Auckland. Messrs.' Bethune and -Co.' have been advised, from; Auckland that' there .is a slight:.;improvement, in Mr.\Eedgrave's condition..'•:■/■.' •..:■. ■• -..,;■

: ?Mr. L. T. ! :Watkins (of the':,nrm'of Watkins, Tyer and Tolan),. and Mr. Thomas ■Jones, ; of the: "Evening: Post," leavefor Eotorna by this morning's express to attend the annual conference of the printers .of -the (Dominion. •,:■':•■:; -'.*•■■'.■ '•■'■■'■': '-'.:'

■ ■ The Bev. Father Fay, of Blenheim, : lias been appointed successor.'to.-the'.late Veri. Archpriest Le Menant des Chesnais, parish priest of-Temuka, and'the Kev. Father Dignan' f bis .been' appointed curate to Dean Ginaty at St.. Mary's, Christchurch. FatherV Venning, of \. ;Timaru, 'succeeds 1 Father Fay at Blenheim. All • three; appointees are Canterbury >boys, and' were educated at St. Patrick's: College/,Wellington.'' '•'■■ -:'-\':'-'.:.'■ ':'. ■'j-AV'-. '■':■.'?.'.'■■'■:':•■

■'• Mr. .Vincent', Pike, manager,' of the Gisborne .branch,of. the. Bank:of New ._.Zea : - land, accompanied by Mrs.. Pike,"is en route' for Wellington for. a holiday ..visit. ;

'■'■' Dr. Sydney T.'.Champtalbup,'formerly of;■: who distinguished. Himself, recently .''at' Edinburgh,, has been appointed district health' officer at Donedin and Bacteriological lecturer". to;the. Otago University;. By this .'the reorganisation, of • the' Health .Department, ( whioh ,; has: been- in progress, for the'last nine': months, is. declared! to bo : completed. .""isW hae.been .received-that:Mr. T. : S.\ ■ Eiiscoe/'formerly. of ■ rWadestown; died, in; England: on'.February, -16, ; following..' the death of ; hi6Trife on 9. .Mr., Eosooe'TetirDdabout'2P'-,yeare ago .from the -'New "Zealand:;Goyernment,'. serrice. Mrs.''Boscoe was ,'a 'sister, of /the .late Major-General ,'Schaw, formerly : military adviser to the. Goyerhment. - ...'.;.x ;y.: ; ,;.-'V

.Mr. L. : Stowe, Clerk to,lie'Legislative CouMil.'.-has.'been granted."nine,months', leave of absence, and-jleft'.pn a visit, to the , Old Country, last week.; ■' ; :''; \- ■