PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 915, 7 September 1910, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

On leaving Ngahere (West Coast) Mr. P. White,: Public Works engineer,' was presented on Friday, night last 'with- a. purse of sovereigns. ~';•■' ;'•-. ■' ' ; Mrs. Kobert; Brough,: the. popular : actress, has been engaged by Messrs. H.' Plimmer, and R. Denniston :'for "Lover's Lane" and "The Passing of the Third Floor Back." The company is to commence" a tour''" of. New Zealand next month..'. .'■:;;■ '; ■: A Press. Association message from Gis--borne states that Mr> David Whyte; sen.,a pioneer settler of the Tiniroto district, and father, of the 1 local Railway. League, is dead. : It was largely due to .Mr. Whyte's constant advocacy of a light railway.for that district• that the East,. Coast Main Trunk line was.commenced. ':..; , The annual practical examinations .on. behalf of the" Associated Board of- the R.A.M. and theR.C.M;, London, will be/conducted this year. byi Mr.' Howard■• Hadley, who arrived in Auckland on Sunday last. He is due in Wellington on October :7, ■ and departs for. the south,about'a'fortnight later. - Mr. Hadley-became'a student at the Royal .College of- Music'in 1892. : In 1896 he obtained the Fellowship of the Royal. Cpllege.of'Orgahists,;and for, a short time' afterwards. held an.ap-: pointment as organist. This, however, he soon gave .up, in. order to undertake .several tours as solo pianist... In 1597 he 'went; to Vienna for further study, and a year later, to : Berlin.;.' Since-then,; he. has'become well known as a pianist.. A. few of his compositions have, been published,- including works both for. piano and for violin, arid, also some: songs. . ;' Fire and marine- underwriters, to the number of aboii!.;3o, met in the..Underwriters' "rooms, in . the .government Life Insurance : • afternoon, toinake a presentation'to' Mr.- Wil.liam ;Gill, on the occasion of his.retirement into private life from -the position of manager, of 'the..Alliance -Assurance Company; Ltd;,' Mr.'H.'B.'Kempthorue, Chairman : of the". Wellington -Fire. Underwriters' Association,' in presenting Mr. Gill with a • iandsomely-illu'miuated address, mentioned, that•'.- tie recipient had been for 19 years a member; of the fire, and Marine Underwriters' Associations, and for 10 years.chairman of one or other body, or a member of ..the committee. The address .stated: '"Members freely recognise the fact; that .your voluntary labours,, always cheerfully:.-given, 'have contributed in no small 'degree to the present satisfactory position, and.you may be assured that the important part vnu have - taken' in promoting. the interests of the two organisations has-been greatly appreciated.- Mr. Gill' suitably replied.. ■''. :.;-.-■ .Before the'departure of the first train .from Te Aro yesterday morning, a plea&y ant gathering took place in the, stationmas: tor's office, when Mr. T.'Bowlirigi on behalf of workers travelling by that train, .presented Mr.'.W.' J. Feeney,. assistantstationmaster, who is being promoted; to the Thorndon passenger department, with a fountain pen. In making the presenta- ■ tion,' Mr, Bowling referred in pleasant terms to the courtesy extended by. Mr. Feeney to workers during the'thTee years. he has been stationed at Te -Aro. '. Mr. Reynolds, stationmaster, endorsed the re'marks made concerning. Mr. Feeney.;.. ■