PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 760, 8 March 1910, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

" ' . ■ , * ~ : The Hon. J. A. Millar (Minister'for Railways) left on a visit to the Eangitikei district yesterday.. The Hon.' T. Mackenzie spent. I considerable time at Hanm'er investigating the improvements and alterations' required at the ' Spa, and .. in inspecting those . eifected since his previous visit a year ago. '.Some of the' matters brought under His notice the Minister instructed should-he., attended to. Mr. Mackenzie returned to _ Christchurch yesterday evening, and will visit Akaroa to-day,' leaving this evening for Wellington.—Press Association. The Hon. D. Buddo (Minister for Internal Affairs) leaves this. morning on, a visit to Cambridge, where he, will inspect some matters' in ' regard to the ■ sanatorium, and to- the' Karere tree-planting camp in the Kotoraa district. Mr. Justice Williams is expected to arrive from the south in the course of a few days. , Mr. ■ Frank Ashbolt has resigned, his position as accountant to Mr. A. B. Kernot, after..several years', service.,'As lau!appreciabdn- ; of Mr. Ashholt's services, Mr. liernot presented him with a.cheque, and the staif also gave him a purse of leave on a. holiday visit to Hobart in a few days, and will afterwards return to /Wellington. ..... , ..

On Friday afternoon, - the Mayor of Dannevirko (Pastor Eiesj,. the Mayoress, and the Borough Councillors, bade farewell to Sergeant Cruickshank, of the police force, at a gathering which took placo ■in the Council Chambers. Apprecl.ati?n was expressed by those present of the way in which the sergeant had carried ; out his duties, and the: Mayoress, on behalf of the Borough Council,: presented Mrs...Cruickshank with a handsome rocking chair. In the evening another gathering took place, at which the Mayor,: on behalf : of the citizens, presented Mrs. Cruickshank. with a > purse of sovereigns, and ■ conveyed to her. and Sergeant Cruickshank the best wishes of the people of Dannevirke. On Saturday evening (says! a Manawatu exchange) Mr. Edward St. George Gorton, who has been visiting Bulls for the past _ few months, was the guest of a number of representative townspeople, who assembled to wish him bon voya"e on his return to the Argentine.' In the course of the evening, special mention was made of the work done for the agricultural and pastoral portion of the community by the Gorton family during the, past thirty years. Mr. Gorton- ant Ins _brother hope to return to New Zealand in a few years' time. Mr. E. M. Chettle, manager of the Hawera. branch of the Bank of Australasia, has been promoted to the position of subinspector of the bank in one of- the Australian Stales. .Mr. Eugene p. M'Afdie, eldest son of Mr - oweiL M'Ardle, who has been ill indifferent health for some time past, died at his mother's residence, Talavera terrace, on Sunday' afternoon. ' Deceased was educated at St. Patrick's College, and aiterwards studied dentistry in tho Dominion, and Philadelphia, United btates of America, subsequently return- !. U S to . Wellington, w here he had resided tor the past two years. Mr. George ■ Nash, of Wadestoira, has consented to allow, himself to be nominBo e artL' S * candidote for the new Hospital ' Last evening Mr. CyTil 'Ward, vicecaptain of. the Wellington Amateur Swimming Club, was presented by his lelloir membors with a travelling bag suitably engraved, the occasion being his' departure lor England by the Euapehu ' (T i r l , ay- Mem bers of the club recently held a picnic at Lyall Bay for Mr. Mr. and Mrs E. Barnes, of Poriiua, leave . the Moana next Friday for a visit to Sydney and .Melbourne. , of , c . lla %es are announced amongst the Anglican clergy of the diocese of Auckland. The Eev. E.' H. Morse tlle ®ome Mission wif p irr^ c , It° tllo J>arochial district of Waiuku, and the Rev. C. P. R Harrison,, of Waiuku, has been appointed to the parochial district of Waitara. The fif„ tt .!• a ? ne !/ as appointed to the Home Mission district of Te Kuiti ;