PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1146, 6 June 1911, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

His Excellency the Governor will leave Auckland for Wellington by Thursday night's express to attend a meeting of the Executive Council, returning to tho northern city on Sunday. Later in the month the vice-regal party will leave for Wellington. Mr. Guise, his Excellency's private secretary, will leave next Sunday to make preparations. Lady Islington will follow two (lays later, and Lord Isiingcon on Sunday week. Lord and Lady Islington have invited Dr. Charles Harriss, director of the Empirt Musical Festivals, to ba their guest during his stay in Wellington. The Governor has also requested that nine seats be reserved for Government House party for every periormance in Wellington.

To-day the Hon. J. Carroll, the Hon. G. I'owlds, the Eon. A. T. Kgatn, and tho Hon. J. A. Millar will bo in Wellington, (ho Hon. D. Budrlo in Tnranaki, tho Hon. li. M'lvenzic at Christchurch, and tho Hon. T. Mackenzie in Otago.

The Hon. R. M'Kenzie, Minister for Public Works, arrived at Waimato (Canterbury) by the second express yesterday, and attended a special meeting of the Borough Council in the evening, when the desirability of getting Government assistance to secure Kelcy's Bush for water conservation purposes was placed before him, and the Minister replied favourably. The Minister will visit the proposed extension of the Waihao Downs railway to-day in the forenoon, and will receive a deputation of settlers. He will leave by the first express.—-Press Associiition.

The condition of the Mayor (Mr. T. M. Wilford), who is at present suffering from appendicitis, is reported to bo slightly better than it was yesterday. Mr. Wilford is making slow progress towards recovery.

Mr. Harold Bcauchamp, chairman of directors of the Bank of iVcw Zealand left for Pieton yesterday. Ho will return to Wellington to-morrow.

Mr. Alexander Mackay, whose death iji London was reported in a cnblo message yesterday, was not, as stated there, nn Australian merchant. He was a Londoner, and the head of the firm of Laughland, Afackiiy and Co., who do a large business with Australasia. Mr. Laughland, the former senior partner, died a couple, of weeks ago.

Mr. Ernest Kaai, of the lloyal Hawaiian?, is a gentleman of varied talents. He is a good vocalist, a skilled instrumentalist, and a composer of merit. He is manager of the Kaai Glee Club in Honolulu, an institution where Hawaiians are trained in instrumental work and part-singing in which they specialise. This club lias at the present time half-a-dozen choirs of Hawaiiaus under engagement, either travelling vaudeville circuits or located in bij hotels or clubs in the larger cities of the west. The club is under engagement to provide a choir for the Oregon Hotel (at l'oi'tliiiul, Oregon) for a term of five years. There is no compulsion for any one member to stay that length of time, and frequently members are replaced from Honolulu. These singers receive anything Iwfcirecn 30 and 50 dollars a week, out of which they have to provide their oivn lodging and breakfast. The other two meals arc provided by Hie hotel. In criilitjon lo vhcfo companies there are glee parties from the club engaged in seven of the leading hotels in Honolulu.

The death occurred at Wangannl on Saturday of Mr. William Blinkhorne an old resident of Masterton. Deceased, who was 71 years of age, '.vas a well-known member of the Foresters' and Druids' Orders.