PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 773, 23 March 1910, Page 7

PERSONAL ITEMS.

■-■■-;;,■■-■'>. ;. ;-"»■"■■ '. ,;" - -' ■ ; ;■ [' ■All; the. Ministers of: the. Crown will be .in' town, to-day.!., _, .; ;. \'-. ■The Minister (Sir Joseph ;Ward| intends '.-.to' remain in Wellington during Easter. Towards the end of the month he will, visit.Otago and South-! land; in company with, his Excellency tie: Governor;';>'..;. ;, '.'.-."■,. ; ■ : :;■. .The Hon. A. Ngata> intends to visit the Urewera .district at an early date in connection with the operations.of the Urewera Act, which comes'into force on AprilT. \.'- ;;.;:.■; .' : ;';\ '■ ,;..•;. ..-. . .The Hoiis.'Dr. Findlay, and A. Ngata have arranged;td; spend the Easter holidays, .71 Wellington. .. ••■•-. :}. Mr , . G. Laurenson,. M.P; ; for Lyttelton, is at present on a yisit to Wellington.-; ■.- ,■ •".'■■.■ ■:■■'. '-■"■'■ :■■' '■'.'• ■:■:■■■■■'!■ ■ .- : ,- , •..■Mγ; .Ke'isington,'Under-Setretary.fo!: Lands, .'returned.'!to AVellingtbn from : an official/visit : to .the Tajpq district yes-; ;.terday. : .'.... ..■.';" ■:.'"'■. .:'."'. !'\ ■ ... :. v.Mr.' Nashi-of • Sydney, who. is -president of; tho New South ;W£les Rowing Association, ■ left last: night for " the , south-en'route to Australia.' ''■'. '..-.. Several :friends ,pf,. the late Colonel. Gorton^Lpf.Bulls, who., helped.consider-' ably, to erect" the .Greatfbrd Church,,and ' : acted as lay reader for 25 years, intend . commemorating his memory., by install, ing a window adjacent to the pulpit.of 'the church (says a Manawatu pap*?! , ), Whilst in England Captain.Levin >viil anaege for such a window to be forwarded to New. Zealiad I'cr the purposa 6tated.v ■ ,-..;. ■;.■:; . ■ . '.■:• , ; '' .., '.-' 'Word: was .received ■ in: Wellington yesterday by'cable, of the death of Mr. : Chas.H.. Campbell, managing director in Victoria for Messrs; Dalgety and Co. Deceased was a • Scotchman ;by birth, and was educated at Trinity X/ollego, Glenalmond, Pertlishire; 'When a young man ho was sent out to the East, and .was engaged : in . mercantile pursuits, Jirst in ■ the Straits . Settlements; later-on in Java. •-'■ At the end of , four years he returned to London to take charge of a branch of tho business, and was eventually, chosen to bo- secretary arid manager of an Eastern bank .there. Mr. Campbell was afterwards appointed .by Messrs. Dalgety-s head- office to take :up the management of the MelboTrhe branch, and arrived in Victoria in June, 189 G. -Prior to being appointed managing director, -Mr. Campbell held the;position of- manager at Melbourne' for nine years. 1 ■: : ' . ■ ~ . 5 ■ Mr. .A. ■ Holland has been . appointed la judge of the Native Land Court. '.". Dγ; Hay -was 'appointed: house 'surgeon and. assistant. medical officer at Rotorua by the Government yesterday. Mr. James Mackenzie, Commissioner of Crown Lands for . tho : Wellington Land District, returned -yesterday evening, after conducting the Crown lands ballots, in ; Wanganui.. .'. ' .' Yesterday morning tho Prime Minister (Sir Joseph Ward) received from Captiiin Scott a cable message expressing his appreciation of New Zealand's contribution of £1000 towards his pending {Antarctic expedition. . ■ The members ,o£. the ..staff %f Messrs. Ban; Leary, and Williams, last ovening, made a handsome presentation to .Mr. T. Ballingall, accountant-to the firm, on tho occasion of his approaching marriage, which is to take place at Dunedin next week. Mr. S. S. Starkmade the presentation on behalf of his fellow-members of the staff. -\ .Mr. P. C. Raphael, secretary of the New Zealand Cricket. Association, arrived, from the south yesterday morning. He is staying at the 1 Grand Hotel., ■ ...■■..' ■■• ~/■ -~:'. . . The Rev. Mr. Gray Dixon, minister of St. David's Presbyterian Church, Auckland, has' received a 'call to tho Presbyterian Church at Palmerston North. ■ Tho. vacancy there was caused by the Rev.' I. Jolly having accepted a call from St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Auckland. —Press Association. Mr. Alfred Linley, a partner in West's Royal Pictures, will leave for Christchurch this evening, in order to be present, at tho opening .of West's new theatro ,in that . citjy-an event which takes place '-to-morrow evening. News has. been received that Messrs. T. J. West and H. Gee will visit Wellington shortly. ...-•' ■■,-■■

' Mrs. Alexander, of 109 Salisbury Stroet, Christchurch, mother of Mr. IV. F. Alexander, of tho literary staff of Tire Dominion, died in Christchurch last night, after a long illness. A very sociable gathering was held en Sunday afternoon at tho Primitive Methodist Young Men's Bible Class rooms, when the members and friends of tho class gathered together to bid farewell to tho Rev. W. S. Potter, president of the class, and Mrs. Potter, who arc about to leave for a trip to the Old Country. The guests werb .entertained at tea in , the class-room, and expressed their appreciation of the work being done in the class, and the good results which' have been accomplished. Mr. Potter spoke of the many happy hours he had spent with the . young men, and the source of encouragement and ■ pleasure it had been to .him to ; work among tho young people