PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1031, 21 January 1911, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

* Tho Prime Minister (Sir Joseph' Ward) and all tlio Ministers witli the exception of the Hon. G-. Kowlds andMr. A. T. Ngata, who is 011 the Eas?' Coast, will bo in Wellington to-day.-' Cabinet did not meet yesterday. The Hon. Dr. Fiudlay returned to-! Wellington yesterday ■ morning from theS sonth. Alderman Milner Stephens, of Syd-1 ,-ney, uho has been making an extend-' ed tour .of New Zealand, left Willing-, ton by the Maraina yesterday on ln« homeward journey. Yesterday -afternoon Mr. Stephens visited the Town: Clerk (Mr. J. R. Palmer) and was! shown by him over the Town Hall. At a meeting held yesterday it waSi decided to entertain tho Prime Minister! (Sir J'. G. Ward) and tho Attorney-! General (tlio Hon. Dr. Findlay) at farewell banquet in view of their ap-j proaching visit to England, to be held! in tlio Concert Chamber of the Town-' Hall on March 2. His Excellency the Governor will be asked to attend, pad' Sir Robert Stout (Chief Justice) has; consented to propose one of the toasts.; His Worship the Mayor (Mr. T. M. Wilford, M.P.) will occupy the chair; and Mr. A. L. Herdman will make one! of the speeches. The banquet will b® entirely non-party. Tickets may be olx taincd from the hon. secretary, Miv James Dykes. . ' Mr. J. Barr, president of the NeWi South Wales Journalists' Institute, . is| to leave Sydney for Wellington to-day.-j Tlio visitor, who is the sub-editor .of' tho "Bulletin," and a journalist who served his apprenticeship on Wellington, papers, is to be entertained by ' thai Wellington branch of the Now Zealand' Instituto next Saturday' evening. Mr. John Kershaw, of the Welling-! ton Gas Company's staff, and a pro_m-( inent official in the Manchester dnitjfi of Oddfellows, leave's on a- trip to. Eng-. land on March 15, sailing, from Auck-; land by the Moldavia. He will be ac*' companicd by Mrs. Kershaw. Mr. J. R. Deimistoun, of Peel left for Sydney by the Marama yesterV day. J Amongst those who participated in. the function attending tho opening of tho now public hall at Eastbourne on Thursday evening was Mrs. Grant, widow of the lato Captain Grant. Oldresidents of Wellington will no doubt; ' remember Captain ■ Grant as master of ; the barqucntine May which' used c to, trade between this country and China* Although now well up in years Mrs. l Grant is still hale. She is also, it may, perhaps be added, a capable musician. At the function above-mentioned she played a number of waltz selections and' other music in a way that delighted all' her friends. Mr. W. G. Riddell, S.M., will re-, sumo sitting at the local Magistrate's* Court at the beginning of next week. Word has been-received of the death!' of Mr. John Charles Cavanagh, , of! Hamua, which took place on January--19. For a number of years deceased was iii energetic faming pursuits in tho Lower Hutt, being one of 'tho first settlers, in that district. He afterwards purchased land at Hamua,..being one of tjie first to settle in that district; and there he resided. for tho past 23years. "' Mr. Alex. Sutherland, the newly-ap-pointed secretary. of tho TramwaysUnion, lias taken up'his duties. The. union has arranged to secure a permanent offico in the/Trades Hall.; •