PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1309, 12 December 1911, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Jli.s Kxrelloncy t)>o Governor iraa at Gliri.slrUiirch ycstordny.

, Ihe Pi-.ine Minister (Sir Joseph Ward) is etill ii: town. Inquiries mado lost evening fa.'led lo elicit, any information us to Ins intended movements in tho immediate future.

.Sir Jμ. Carroll left by tho iMain Iriuik express for Auck);tnd yesterday.

Tbo Hon. 1). Buddo is at Rangiora, Sir John J'iiidloy at Auckland, tho Hon. J. A. Millar at Dimccliu, and tho Hon. A. T. Agala at Napier.

The Hon. ]!. M'Kcnzic left by the morning express for Ilnwke.'s Hay yesterday and is now at Napier,

Tim Hon. T. Mackenzie left yesterday for l'uhiatua.

M.njor-Oem;ntl .A. J. Godley, Command, ant of Hie Koi-cc.-, in at present at Tan. iiinruniii. lie will lie ab-onl from WeL Imgtmi lil! Thursday next.

Liputcnniit 11. JI. W. Richardson, of he New Zealand Stair CorjK, will reImvo Uiplnin A. 11. Itiissnm, Area Officer '"/, | hf! ,W"llinB(«n (jroup and Adjutant ol the I-ii tli Regiment, during the latlit h (ilwm.e on sick leave.

Mr. A. G Melville, of Melbourne, submaunder oi the Industrial and Ordinary JJi'paitmenl of the Colonial Mutual Ash'TaiiKft Company, is at present a visitor Ui n<. lingtwi. Aocomimnicd by Mrs. M..-.V111.J and Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Bnker, ol AkdUmr-ie. he will leave for Hotorua and (Vairakei to-day.

Mr. JI. ,r. Kvardan, secretary of the Nanpiitcrnitn s Luioii, is ."penilinn a few ','■'? A" V l ''" I '"''". "here ho went to at-u-tKI tho liciirjiiß of <i cdiniteniation case.

i , r- J/.'i '-V^,*' 1,0 ,l!ls ,ll?en vice-presi-dent ol the Cooks , nnd Waiters , Union fciuee early in 1908, wok ycskrdny, at an ifilornial mwling of monibcrs nnd commitlMiiii!!), pi'i'jienioil »it)i a gold jni'da), fi'iital,|y in.«cribcil, in iccojjniliou of his {iu-:t wrvicc.-. The office of president is vjirant owing to th« dnparturu of Mr. A. J Piter irom AVcllingtoii, aud its duties will he discharged ijy Mr. Helyvr until the vacancy has Wn filled lit n special mcftiiiß to l» held for the purpose. Mr. G. l<. Donnelly, of Hawke's Bar, arrived in town last night by the Napier express.

Mr. Thomas Cotter was sworn in rs King's Counsellor at the Auckland Supremo Court yesterday morning. ' His Honour addressed .Mr. Cotter, and in thn Murs2 of his remarks paid lie was glad to 1» able, to pay that his relations with tho loaders of the Auckland Bar generally had won of tbo happiest character. "I urn glad also (o bo able to pay," continued Judge Edwards, "that ttiere arc other gentlemen of tho Bar in Auckland upon whom, though junior to yourself, and properly postooiird to yourself, thetame honour misfit worthily bo conferred. It' I may lx> permitted to Pay po, the number of honours such as this should in my opinion be limited only Ijy tho number of gentlemen worthy to receive them, la this matter, however, I have no voice. I. liavo much pleasure in your case in welcoming your addition to the number of those upon whom the honour lias been conferred, and in formally calling you within tho Bar."