PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1295, 25 November 1911, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Sir Josopli Ward was nt Rotorua yesterday. Jin is duo lo leave Onc-hunea by the s.s. Uarawa for New Plymouth tomorrow, and is lo Kjicuk at Unu-nru on Monday evening. lie wiU probably return to Wellington on Wednesday next. Sir John Riidlny is aI, To Awamutu (Auckland), Sir .Ins. Carroll at Gisbome, ihu Hon. R. M'Kenzie at Nelson, the Hon. T. Mackenzie at Klthain, (lie nou. I). Buchta :it liangiora, I lie Iloa. ,). A. Millar at Diincdin, and tho Jlon. A. T. Ngata at Port Awanui. Tho City Engineer (Mr. W. H. Morton) left on a trip to Sydney and Mrlbourno by the Moornki last evening. 110 will return to Welliugton before Christmas. His Excellency the Governor spent yesterday at Wcstport. Mr. 11. .1. 11. Blow, Undcr-Scerclnryfor Public Works, returned to Wellington on Thursday, after an absence of about a week in tho north. Mr. H. J. Meyer, of Scatoun, has been mad* a premutation in recognition of his services in carrying out an extension to tho Koioan Catholic Cottage Chapel free of cost, as far as labour is concernod. J.IIO premutation was mado by tho ltev, Archdeacon Devoy. A Press Association message from Hastings state that the death occurred last night of Mr. Thomas Hamlin, 76 years of age., and a native of Exeter, llcccascd served in the Maori War from 1860 to 1863, and took part in the engagements of Matarikorika, Matrthiwa, Makoratnki, and othftrs. l'or gallant conduct ho was presented with ;in inscribed revolver by tho New Zealand Government. Mr. B. li. Salmon, secretary of (he New Zealand Football Association, leaves Wellington by tho Moana on Friday next to attend a conference of Association football delegates to be held in Sydney on December 14 and 15. Mr. H. N. Holmes, late chairman of the Wellington Football Association, also attends as a New Zealand delegate. Mr. J. Hammond, the aviator, who has been unfortunalo enough to suffer a ecvero illness since his arrival in New Zealand, is now quite recovered. With Mrs. Hammond he left for Sydney, en route to England and Europe, by the Moeraki last evening. The Rev. Matthew Doolaghty is gazetted as an officiating minister under the Marriage Act. Mr. John lon, one of tho pioneer settlors of the Waverley district, died at his residence at Kohi, nenr Waverley, on Wednesday,- aged SO. Deceased, who was a well-known sheep breeder, was highly esteemed throughout the district. Messrs. N. T. Lanibouine, 11.A., headmaster of the Mangere School, and J. \V. M'llwraith, M.A., LL.B., Litt. D., of the Normal School, Christchurch, wero appointed inspectors by the Auckland Education Beard on Wednesday. There were 49 applicants for the two positions. Tho staff of tho National Bank at Auckland assembled on Wednesday afternoon to bid farewell to Mr. I , '. M. Jervis, subaccountant, who has been promoted to the management of tho Durgarille branch. Mr. Baxter, on behalf of the staff, presented to Mr. and Mrs. Jervis two pieces of silver plate. Mr. Jervis feelingly replied. The authorities of tho Methodist Church at Christchurch have received cablo now 3 from the president of the British Conference that tho Hew Vallance Cook, one of the prominent evangelists of the English Methodist Church, will visit Now Zealand in 1913 to conduct the minimi of inspiration and appeal.—Press Association.