PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1197, 4 August 1911, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

His Excellency the Governor arrived from the south yesterday morning. He will visit Christchurch next week in connection with the Grand National Steeplechase meeting.

Mr. Thos. G. Macarthy, who lias been suffering from pneumonia, expects to bo up and about again early next week.

Tho death is recorded of Mr. George Moxted, on-s of the fast disappearing band of pioneers who arrived in the licet of .vessels chartered by the New Zealand Land Company to bring settlors to Wei-, lington. .Mr. Mexte:! arrived with his patents in the ship Lord William Benlinck, which arrived in Wellington on May 4, 1811. The family settled on tho old l'orinia Eond, near Kh.iudallah, and have been associated with the district ever since. Tho deceased married at nhiotc=n years of ase, and settled down to farm :it Tawa i'lat, where ho lived for lifty-sevon years. The deceased left three daughters (Mrs. S. Grcer, of Palmerston North), Mrs. T. Tremehri'iv, of t'awa Flat, and Airs. C. Wackrow (of Johnsonvillc), and two sons. The funeral was largely attended.

Mr. W. E. Pumfrey, of the staff of Sargood, Son, and Ewcn. has boon presented by his fellow employees with a travelling rug and a pair of sold sleeveiinks on severing his connection with tho firm prior to his departure from New Zealand. Tho presentation was made by Mr. T. L. Austin, varehousa manager, who paid a tribute to Mr. Piimfrey's work and personal popularity. Mr. S. A, Johnston, Rongotea, has been appointed a registrar of uirths, death?, air.l marriages. Tho death of the late Mr. Henry Birch, former manager and engineer to the Wellington Gas Company, was touched on by the chairman of directors at the meeting of th? company's shareholders yesterday. Bafore proceeding to the business, he said, he <lesired to draw attention Iα the abfcnco from the. meeting of the oldest employee of tho company, m<l to publicly express deep regret on behalf nf the board at ihp loss, by denth of its former manager and engineer, Mr. Henry Birch, at tire comparatively early age of sixty-ono. The appointment to tho Magistracy of Mr. Wvvcni Wilson was published in last evening's Gazette. Private news received by the last Pvdney mail chronicles the death at tho Borry Hospital, near Nowra (X.S.YV.I, of Hie wife of Mr. Thomas Lawson, ilia sculler. It will be remembered that Mr. Law?™ went from Nelson last February to compete at Sydney in tho Pnrramalla Hundred, in which race he was unsuccessful, lie afterwards took up a little natoh of- land at Sussex Inlet, on tho South Coa.vt (two hours' travel by coach and launch from Nowra). where ho was going in for poultry-farming. His wife became ill unexpectedly, and dic:l in the nearest hospit.il a few days later. Mr. Lawsou was at. ono time one of tho pilot-boat's crew at Nelson. Mr. .Tames Allen arrived in town yesterday, and took his place in Parliament. Mr. Frank Fill: will probably be a candidate for the Parnell sent at the forthcoming election. Ho will stand as an Inilcpcntlont Liberal. a party or pprciaiiy-eomriicwi linglisn* tourists are to lcrito Ixindon by the Arawa or. November 9 for a round-the-world trip, under the auspices of Messrs. 'J'lics. Conk and Son. They will visit in rotation the Canary Islands. South Africa, Now Zealand, Australia, the Philippines, Hong-Kong, Japan. Honolulu, and proceed Home via San Francisco and tho States. The party arc timed to ):o in Wellington on- January 21 nnd 25. Tho single faro for each of the parly is 030 guineas-