PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 762, 10 March 1910, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

■The Hon. J. A. Millar (Minister..for Railways) returned to Wellington from Feilding last night., , '.■",'',', . .

Mr.G. J. Anderson, M.P. for Mataura, who has been on a brief visit to Wei'lihgton, ■ went south again last night.

■ Mr.-Jae. Nelson, cleik in the PoliceCommissioner'e. office, has been appointed act-ing-detective, at Nelson.. He left for his: new sphere of duties yesterday. .Prior to his departure, lie was the recipient, of a handsoine presentation from his-associ-ates. ...' ;' '.'■ . . ,* '■ ■ ■ ■ ''.

On Monday evening, ■' at Heretoke, Mr. and' Mrs. Whibley and family were.entertained by about seventy-five settlers on .the 'occasion"of their approaching , departure'for Woodvillo. . Mrs.', Whibley : has for some been the assistant teacher'at the Heretoke School, and, on behalf of the. parents and'settlers, was asked during'the' evening 'to accept a. silver tea service and silver-mounted oak tray.'", "' ''" '■ "'.''■' ■'.'. ,'•'

.Acting-Detectives Ward and Gibson; of Christchurch, and Acting-Detectives Andrews and Hammond, of. Wellington, have been' promoted to the full. rank of' defective.' ■.• '.'"' . ■ . ■■. V ' ■'. ■

: Mr,. John' Joseph Bean, of Carterton, was yesterday admitted: by the Chief Justice, Sir Robert Stout;'to practise,as a solicitor of the Supreme Court. Mr. E. H. Dean supported the motion for. ad.missioh. .. . ■ :■ ; ; ; ."". ').

On Tuesday evening, at. the. Arcadia - Tea-rooms, the managers and members, of the session of Knox Chui-ch, Masterton, met -to bid farewell to. the Bey. A;.T. Thompson, :B.A:-;.8.D., who is leaving on a trip to: England, and also to make, a presentation to him on i the eve of his maiTiage. Appreciation was expressed of the good (work which Mr. Thompson had: done for the. church, and on behalf of the session member's and church managers Mr. E. : Feist, session clerk, present, ed Mr. .Thompson Avith a. solid silver tray, suitably inscribed, and a handsome solid silver sugaT and cream set. ■:'Another, presentation . was made to MrThompson on Monday evening last,'on the occasion of the Knox Sunday' School anniversary, when Mr. J. M'Gregor, sen., on behalf of the Sunday School, asked him to accept a handsome' travelling rug as' a token of the esteem' in which he was held by those connected with the Sunday School. ' ' . • -' '

■ The Rev. Herbert A. Walke, , • from Blnckhc-ath, Birmingham, who is to be appointed vicar of Eketahuna, arrived by the Eimutaka on Tuesday and lett yesterday afternoon for his new.charge. He will be licensed by the. Bishop' at Eketahuna to-morrow night. . :... Messrs. J. M. Richardeon and Henrj; Hnmo have been re-elected directors ol the Palmerston North Gas Company. : Messrs.' Rutherford and Conaell, of Palmerston North, were, on Tuesday .evening, re-elect«l auditors of the Palmerston North' Gas Company. • .. ; . . Our Dargaville correspondent states that Mr. llartin, organiser of the Political Reform League; is at present on a visit to Northorn Wairoa. . Mr. H. W. Batiste, of the touring lnanAgerial staff of Messrs. J. and N. Tait, reached Wellington yesterday evening-.to supervise the completion of arrangements in regard to the approaching; Besses o' th' Barn season.' Messrs. Johnston and Co., Ltd., agents for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, have. booked the following passcngore per s.s. Mongolia, which leaves' Auckland .on March 16:— Mrs. Cameron, Miss Cameron, Miss Couper, Mr. N. D. Cameron, and Rev. A. .T. and lira. Thomson, Masterton; Mr. and Mrs. Hiddell and- Miss Speedy, Dannc•rirke; Mr. Cohen, Wanganui; Miss Keisey,. Feilding; Mr. TV. Duncan, Mr. Tddd and Miss Humphreys (2), Wangaiim; and Miss Severne, Wellington. : Tke remains of- the late Mr. William M'CulloKgh, manager of the Bank of New South Wales, were interred privately., at the Karori-cemetery yesterday. Oni.v relatives and a few of his most intimate friends attended. The Eev. Dr. Gibb. ttticiated at the graveside,

Mr. J. T. Hogan, JiJ , . for Wanganui, proceeded to Ohristchurch last night to attend the conference of leasehold members on the land question. The death occurred at the Cambridge Sanatorium. on Tuesday of Mr; W. 'Wight' Smith, for some years in business: in Wellington as a land and commission agent. The deceased was a brother of Jlr. J. Emau Smith, Eesident Commis? sioner of the Cook Group, ■ and Mr. Agnien Smith, of Wellington. The late Mr. Smith was for a number of years an enthusiastic member of the Thorndon Bowling Club, and his. death will be deplored by many throughout the Wellington" district ..'.'. Mr. Thomas Pratt, who recently died at Invercargill, had been closely identified with the town since 1864. For the first twenty years of residence in Invercargill the deceased was prominent in public life, having been a representative of Invercargill in the, Southland Provincial Council and"-a member of the Executive Government. He took a prominent part in establishing the municipality of Invercargill with Messrs. Lumsden, (iarthwaite, Jaggers, and Scandrett. Eβ wasa member of the first Borough Council, and became the town's tliixd' Mayor. He joined, the council later as a member, and it is memorable that he was brought from a sick-bed about 6 o'clock one' mining to vote on a question that had kept the. Borough. Council sitting from 7.30 the previous evening. Mrs. Pratt predeceased her husband. Hβ leaves four daughters and.one son. A paragraph in the ati'mia! report of the Wellington College Old Boy? Association reads: "It is with the deepest regret that your committee' has to record the death during the past year of Mr.,W. : D. Lyon, an ex'president, and one of tho oldest and most enthusiastic members of the association." ' ' . '