PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1322, 28 December 1911, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

His Excellency the Governor and Ladv Islington are still at Chrislchurch Tliev are expected to return to Wellington on lhursday of next week. Buddo at Rangiora, the Hon. T. Mackenzie at Dune-din, and the Hon. A T at Port Awanui. Sir Joseph Ward, and Mr. H. G. Ell M.P who wos SeniD- Government Wh I "i l th f i nst ,f left for Christ church by the Maori last night. The Prime Minister is expected to return to \\ellmgton on Irid',y morning. v Mr - w : I , - Salmon, representative in Jew Zealand for Pandd. Phillips, and Co of London, returned from a vi"it to England by the Jfanuka vtsterdar He was accompanied by Mrs. Salmon. *" nP-\ ? hot l lns , Brown - tte well-known Christchurch coal merchant, was a a" tX. J 7 th ° M ™ Uk * r ,, Mr - C. P. Skerrett, of the legal firm of Chapman, Skerrett Wylie, amfTrip™ rCturned to Wellington yesterday afteawelve months' absence in England and thn Continent. Mr. Skerrett, who „ rather run down in health when ho left returns in excellent health and spirit? Hβ was accompanied home by his s ste rs Jlrs. Conchie and Miss Julia Skerrett who have been residing, in London for «mio timo past. Mr. Conchie, who has bu«ne« connections in .lava. ' ls n OW j n Australia, en route to New Zealand. Mr. Hugh M'Ncil, of Uriscoo and Co Sydney, nrrivod from Sydney by n,o la;\ m cveniug! e r ' alld left ' fi)r Dunedin Mr. Ben Davies, the English Innnr wh OS o coming to New Zeaff ha S K °rt« r ,»*. is not coming this loft <&. ' 'l S 1 mStt< - , ' ° f fact llt! ■S ,■ y for '•'""lor. yesterday. Jlic s Jvstii .DArgo, with whom ho tiu teo, knger! ' '" *'**' n foir Tlio friends of Mr. W. It. Jiidkiim the AlolbcjMrno "Age") will gnd o know that he .h«j rallied coMi&l Ihorc is, iipparontly, „„ mHmk of '™-; inanenl relief from the u.'.ladv f rol u - ,C 1 i' 10 , •■ d 11 s »» eri n?. U.I, although re stnctcd to tho uso of crutches on ac count of local we.ilcticsf, lu, ]„„ rco orrS suDioientlv to be able io got about ,g.?n to somo extent. * ln Mr. A. 0. de.l, Arnold, a Well-known Sydney lawyer, and secrerorv of tl lf . Sv f ney SpnrU Federation, arrived hern Vv the. Manuka ( 0 attend the meeting of the Olympir. Games Counril o f Australasia to be held this evoning

Jltv Ix'slio Ashbolt, formerly of Wellington, timl now connected with the tiiuher business in Molbouino, nrrived from .Sydney by Uio M.-iiiuku yoatcrdiiy. During I Ins absence of Mr. Wilford, the Deputy-Mnyor will Iw Mr. John Smith, wnior councillor, who ncl«d in l.ho sumo capacity enrly in Iho present yivir. Mr. .!. MVollum, M.l', for Dlfnboim, is a visitor to Wellington. Tim Rov, I'ord llutchinson oml Colonel Hnrkness, of (he Hril.iah Army, wore ponsuneers from Sydney by Uic Mtinuka yesterday. The Angiican Archbishop of Sydney (Dr. Wright), having l>ooll empoivmt.d by clio synod to appoint .six honorary canons, has; appointed tho following:—Rnvs. G, H Allnutt, rector of Obbitfv; K. C. Heck, rector of St. John , ?, I)arlim>hur.sti W. A. Charlton, rector uf St Barnabas's, .Sydney; E. G. C'runswick, rector of St. John's, JSishopthorpe; U. 10, Goddard, rector nf All Saints', Potorsham. Tho Archbihhop ottered a further honorary canonry to the H«v. Alfred Y»rnold, rector of Ashfiidd, but he could not we. his way to accept it.