PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1116, 2 May 1911, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

To-day the Acting-Prime Minister (the lion. .J. Carroll), f*ho Hon. R. M'Kenzio, the Hon. G. Fowlds, and the Hon. D. Buddo will bo in Wellington, the Hon. J. A. Millar in Christchurch, the Hon. T. Mackenzie in Taranaki, and the Hon. A. T. Ngata on tho East Coast. The Hon. J. A. Millar (Minister for Railways) went south Inst evening. He will spend to-day at Christchurch, and go 011 to Dunedin to-morrow. He will bo absent from Wellington about eight days. Mr. W. 11. Boivden, postmaster at ICaiivarra, who has been connected witJi postal work for the last twenty-three years, has tendered his resignation' to the Postal Department, owing to personal reasons. The Governor, who is at present on a short visit to .Marlborough, will attend the races at Blenliei.il on Wednesday, and al.-o spend a few days shooting—Press •Association. A Ciisborne Press Association telegram states that Mr. Lysnar, Mayor of that town, left for Wellington on Sunday night to again consult a specialist regarding trouble with his eyes. Mr. Hugo Friedlander was yesterday re-elected chairman ol' the Ashburton Hospital and Charitable Aid Board.Press Association.

Dr. Ernest Boxer, from Glasgow, arrived from the Homo country by tho liotorua yesterday. He is to be associated hero with Dr. Mackin.

Mr. Alfred Inglescn, who has done a gpod deal of work as a scenic artist in Aon- /c»Laml during tho last quarter of a century, died in tho Wellington Hcsniinl last week at tho ago of 03 years. He at ?{r e n'' m ? P a i r }ted a lot of scenery for the Wellington Amateur Operatic Societv and it was Mr. Inclcson who painted the asbestos drop at the Opera House. The deceased was unmarried. Mr. M'JCern, chief overseer of the Government Printing Office, Sydnev, is on a visit to Wellington. D''- Clune, the ncwly-cousecrated Roman C . at ?, ollc Bishop of Perth (formerly head n l ?* , H «lcmptorist establishment in Wellington), has been visiting Melbourne as tho guest, of the Rev. Father Benson,' of South larra, who was a classmate of his at All Hallows College, Dublin. Tho Bishop intended to go 011 to Sydnev where he would visit Cardinal Moran. " Mr. James M'Gowen, Premier of New South' Wales, 'who is on his way to London to attend the Coronation ceremonies, has been touring. France. Mr. M'Gowen, who is accompanied by Mrs. M'Gowen, is due to arrive in London on 11 av 0. Sir William Lyne, M.H.R., left Sydney for London in the H.M.S. Omrali on April 2G. Dr. J. Q. A. Henry, the well-known evangelist, who recently conducted a campaign throughout New Zealand, passed through Sydney last week en route to Brisbane. Tlio Evangelical Couucil tendered a welcome to Dr. Henry at the Sydney Y.M.C.A. Sir John Fuller, who is to succeed Sir Thomas Gibson Carmichael as Governor of Victoria, is expected to reach Melbourne on May 21. He will be met at the station by his Ministers, and will proceed to Parliament House, being welcomed en route by the Lord Mayor. The swearing in ceremony, at -winch Ladv Filler will be preseut, will take place at Parliament House. Mr. W. 11. Herries, M.P., arrived in town from the north yesterday afternoon, and will leave tc-moiTow for Xelson, to deliver a series of political addresses in the South Island. He will speak at Wakefield on Thursday, and will then go on t.o Hokitika, liinm, Ross, and llumara, addressing meetings at eacli place. Ho will travel overland to Christchnrch, reaching that city about May 15, and will be back in Wellington about May 21, lifter which lie will deliver an address at Palmerstou Portia,,