PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1051, 14 February 1911, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

• The. Prime Minister leaves to-morrow for -the south, where he is to be fare.welled in' his,, constituency- prior to his departure for' England. ' 'To-day tho Prime Minister will\be in! Wellington, as will also be the Hon. Geo. Fowlds, the "Hon." Dr. Findlay; the Hon. B. MlCeh'zie,- and ,the Hon. D. Buddo. The Hon. T. Mackenzie'is in the Auckland district with the Scottish- commis- • sioners, the Hon. J. A. Millar is in Cen)ir(il"O -frtiil the'irons'.'J. Carroll and;A. TJ-X^a*^.pn"TO , l|ast-.Coast:.'_'';'' , The Prime Minister and the Hon, DivPindlay leave.-for England on March;. They will travel by the Victoria to. Syd ; . ncy and there take the Makura for Vancouver. . The Hon. Geo. Fowlds leaves to-nio'rrt>w for Wanganui. ....... ; •' Inspector O'Donovari," of the Palmeiiton North police-force,,leaves- for;-Invercar-gill at the. end of this week, telegraphs our correspondent. regret is ex-, pressed' at Mr., O'Donovah's; departure, as lie lias' ben particularly vigorous in'keep-.! ing'the town clear'undesirable characters.'. ' ' ■

: It is with, extreme regret, says the annual. report of the -Wellington Law Society, that the council. finds' itself called .upon to . report tho deaths of . no- fewer .thaji five members of the society-during "the,year, viz.:—Mr. J.. J. Devine, of Wellington (formerly u member of-the cou'n-'.cil)j-Mr.- Glenallan .M'Lean.,of -Wellington; Mr. L. E. Reade, of Foxton; Mr. V A. Snndilands, of Feilding; and. Mr. Jas. "Wilson, of Otaki: The deaths of Messrs.M'Lean, Reade, and Sandilands were .the results of accidents.. The :council has also to recor dthe death. (in England) of ■'Mr.' A. P. Buller, until recently and -.for many years past, a well-known and popular member of the society practising- in Wellington. ......

Mr. D. Morrison leaves for . Nelson -today to act as assessor for the Nelson em--ployer's in the tailoring trade in that city. ( Mrs. E. Eliza Crowther, relict of the late Mr. • Samuel' Crowther, 1 and' an old settler in Wellington, died at the; residence of . her daughter,' Mrs. W. Liddell. on Sunday. : The deceased, who was' 88 ■years of age, wasborn-at Halifax,.Yorkshire, and arrived. in New ' Zealand by •the ship Burnham in March, 1842. The late Mrs. Crowtlicr leaves seven sons," John, and Richard (Wellington), William (Shannon), James (Wanganui), .Charles (ltotorua), Samuel (Waiouru), and Joseph (Taupo), and five daughters, Mrs.- John •Prince, Mrs. E." Lowe (Wellington), Mrs. ■A; Bell (Dannevirke), Mrs. W.'King, and Mrs. W. Liddell (Kaiwarra)., There are also . sixty-si? grandchildren, and fiftythree greatgrandchildren! • .

, , Major-General Hamley, C.8.. who was out in the colonies for 50 years, is wonderfully well .vfith. the-exception of his lower limbs. He has just celebrated his 90th year, writes quite in a firm form, more like .tho. writing,of a man of 30, and last Christmas completed a drawing exceptionally well done. When in. New Zealand ho was considered the best, shot of his day. On the occasion of the late Duke of Edinburgh's visit tq the colony, his Kbypl Highness - and tha major had good sport together. During the' first part of the wnr in New Zealand MajorGeneral Hamley, C.D., was . the - commissariat officer. and cam" on board 11.M.5. Nigel with v the 6-ith Regiment, be-' ing conveyed'to Taranaki. The' crosfing of the bar at Mnnukau necessitated the hatchways being battened down. " MajorGeneral Hamley is now living at.Upper Norwood with his daughter. - ' ■

Mr. J. Coates.'of Wellington, is'at present on a fishing trip to Taupo. At the Waitahanui stream on Friday he secured .'a fine basket of 18 fish weighing 1461b?. ' •

Sir. Leo. M. Myers has been nominated for the position of president of the Auckland Chamber - of Commerce during, the ensuing year, and Mr. Geo. Elliott, for the office of vice-president. ' ;'\

. Mr. E. E. Statham, solicitor, hns decided !to contest the Dunedin Central seat at' the next general election. The seat is'at present Mid by Mr. J. F. Arnold.

Mr.' D. M'C'aip.. late superintending engineer of the Union Steam Shin Company of New Zsalnnd, and a well-known shipping identity, returned to Sydney on Monday week looking hale and a trip round tlfc world. Mr.' M'Cnis visited Sydney, Canada, England, and Scotland,' and lie found much to interest him, 1 going through the shipbuilding and engineering works on the Clyd;.

Mr. A. G. Wjjtson, who lias .been rubber-planting in Papua for tlm last four years, is arriving by the' Manuka from Sydney to-morrow, on a visit to Wellington.