PERSONAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 750, 24 February 1910, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS

The Hon. D. Buddo, who . had'been on' to -Hastings- in. connection; with, i -nr ' brigades'? Conference, returned, to Wellington last night. ;

: MTvenzie, ■ Minister .for Public Works, returned to Wellington iast ; night,- after, visiting the Motiieka 'district in compauy L with His Bxeeliency '• .the Governor.

Tlie ilon.' A. T. Ngata visited'Palmer- |: or ™ yesterday for the purpose of attending a,meeting of Natives at Oroua ; B ™gc; with reference to the settlement of Native lands.

' E. J. Wilson'. M.A., tho Canterbury College candidate for the Rhodes Scholarship, is: advised: by , cablo;:that ;he . has passed his :B.Sc. examination. -, ; . _Mr. J. Nelson;;, third son of. Mr. H. Nelson, of Messrs. Nolsoii, . Moate;,' and Co., who has been kmio years studying 1 •tea,.with his' father in ' New, Zealandj! .Iw-yes for Ceylon by the Orontes, .to: join the firm's Colombo house.. Before completing his course' of ' training, he . will have some' time in Calcutta, studying ■ Indian, tea. A year ago Mr. Nelson spent sonic time with the Australian brokers.

Mr. Barrington Waters will manage fot Messrs. John . Fuller and Sons when that firm tako over ' His' Majesty's Theatre from. the Royal Picture . Syndicate at the end of March.

. Messrs. W-. Triffit, J. Wilkes, Haggas, and Myers, well-known- wool-buyers, are returning to London |)y the Arawa, which •leaves at noon to-day.

Tho Very Rev. Dean MTfenna' left Jitasterton .yesterday for Auckland, to be present at the funeral of Bishop Lcnilian, which takes place to-inorrow, .•

~ Mr. Duncan Campbell, of Newtown; has consented to allow himself to bb'nomin? ntod for a seat' tin the Hospital Hoard,. to he eleqted (under tho provisions ofthe new Consolidating Act) op March 10. v

- Mr. Claude Whaito, well-known' iii theatrical circles, arrived from Sydney by the Warrimoo yesterday to; take np the management of West's Pictures' in "Wellington. Tho King's Theatre, in which West's are concerned with tho Knyal Picture Syndicate, 'is rapidly approachiug completion.

: During Lord: Kitchener's stay in Weilington, his staff .officers will liavo tho'uso ' , of the Governor's drawing-room in tho . < Ministerial: ./resi.denco "in „ Moleswortlr , Street for'their secretarial, duties. -

Mr. James; Mowlem, one of tho oldest residents of Palmerston North, who haa recently 'undergone; an ; . operatioii'.jjt $ private' hospital,. is maiing ■. rapid )'re.-' covery, and will very shortly bo able to leave tho •institution;

••-A private letter-states that- Misa'Amy.Murphy, the ex-Dunedin soprano, ■ who ' is now resident in Sydney, intends to make a short concert tour-in New Zca-'\ land in April.

_ Mr. Andrew Black, .the' .well-known lingush; baritone, arrived from Sydney by .the WarrimbD '. last ; evening. V:He''" is; to sing in Wellington earl yjicxt'month.

Mr.'Harry Floyd,-who trained Arnst in. V-' his: race - for the rowing: championship of. - tho.:world, arrived from Sydney bv the Warrimoo .last evening.- 1 Mr.;Floyd ,r in-'. v tends to see the race,'between Arnst and ' Whelch■ at Aiaroa -on April' i, and will 1 : '. probably visit; that port ■ a . week before iST' i ■ '-'lend'his experience to the\-. - worlds champion, in his training work. " v . .But .the primary, object of Mr.. Floyd's- . •visit ;to New Zealand is to enjoy ,j a holiday, during which he • -will do some fishing . and shooting 'in- ! the Wairarapa and on D'Urville. Island. a DonmoN representative on the. Axnst-Barry race on' tho Zambesi,. Mr. .Floyd confesses, himself - nonpluSd : : by the, conditions wider which tho race- '■ is to bp rowed. Mr. Floyd states that tha championship conditions Bet out:thiit the - race must bo for JESOO aside, yet bo fax it has; been.announad'tl^'ii;Ttillbe fori' - a .purse/ of £1000;: put:', up by South';'(> African people. If: this is tha arrange.. ment—and other hns so far hoen. &n- ; ' . nonnced—it'willleave it open;for anyone, to- deposit JflOO and challengo AiSc to' - row for' the Ohampionship of tho world l - and .£SOO osido a day before ho 'rowsBarry, in which case tho match with tho •Encliehman for tho jmrse could not ta£»> place until the'legitimate challenger was. '' . satisfied. Mr. Floyd- says that' there is little dorubt but that the- stake conld be ■■■• divided into tho two sums, so as to comply with the championship conditions, but so '.- far he has seen no movement in that •direction.' . The; visitor - was disappointed ; that the public <3H not appreciate Messrs;;-' : Messena and EnsWs sportsmanlike en-' deavour. to popularise ..rowing Von tho Manawatu Elver, but is of opinion that ,a.-: much more satisfactory result would have ; .. . been if some,arrangement could -; ; have been mado whereby Wanpraui • and . Foxton could have co-operated .in amtng-' ; ing; a: Towing carnival. Ho waa.afraid that-Foxton. was too'much ."off the' . i.E for the public of Wellington to attend, f