PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1939, 23 December 1913, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

• iColoiici-A.'W;"Robin,' C.D., who lias :iren attached to tho coJor.iul section of the British War Office for over a .year past, wili arrive in Wellington te-mar-iew by the Maungamii.

J ho llun. \V. Fraser left for' Auckland last evening. The lion. W. H. Hern».*s wili lt'avc for Auckland to-morrow, and the Hon. W. Ji 1 . Mas-scy (Prime Minister) after Christinas. "The Hon. l'jshw will return to-day from Chnstchmx-h. Tbo Hon. Jas. A'licn is at Dmindin, and the Hon. R. 11. Rhodes at Ghnstohurch. The Hon. A. L Hwdman the Hon. 11, D. Ml, and Hon. Dr. Poniafo are in Wellington. On Christmas Kve, 1841, the Rood snip Blenheim arrived in Port Nicholson v. 11.11 300 bcottisli passengers and immigrants. Amongst them was Mr ri s % o,vn > tllc well-known mident oi the upper Hntt, one of the very tew who made the passage from the Uicj Country in the Blenheim who stil! reside in these parts, appointment of Superintendent A. liieiy to the chaj'ge of the Auckland police district, in place of Superintendout A, J Mitchell, is announced, superintendent Kiely has been in char"® at Auckland practically sines the beginning ot the strike.-—Press Association. 1 lie Mannganui, due hero to-morrow irom Sydney, wili have a verv largo complement of passengers. In additic'u to "the mny who have been kept waitnig at Sydney through tho stoppage of t.ic steamer there aro the members of the "Within the Law" Bral'natie Company, and the New Comic Jpoia Company. Th-i? iirst-ncirn- coinP»ny will commence a season "at tho Opera House on Friday evening, and the New Comic Opera Company will commence a tour at Auckland oii Bering Night.

_ Tbo "specials" that are still in quarters at Buckle Street have ni.'ido a presentation to Mr. Magce, the camp postmaster, in return for tlio uniform courtesy and consideration ho lias shown thorn during tlio period of tho camp. Tlio presentation was made by Captain Jackson, Mr. Jfagee- mailing a suitable reply.

Mr. 1«. G. Sedgwick, who brought a party boys from Loudon for the Victorian Government, will arrive iu Wellington from Sydney to-morrow.

Dr. G. W, Harty returned to Wellington from the south yesterday morning.

Messrs. Rowley, of Gisborne, Dnggau, of Waipawa, Harvey, of Danncvirke, and Garry, of Otaiic-, arc the delegates representing the teachers of the llawkfr's Iky Educational Institute at the forthcoming annual conference to bo held in Auckland, commencing on January 5.

Many old residents of Otago will learn with regret of tho death of Mr, Ralph Steele Nicolsoti, who died at Eglinton 011 Wednesday. Mr. Nicolfioa was bom at Kemback, Fifeshiro, on February 6, 1828, being tho second son of the Rev. Dr. Nicoison. well known for many years in Hobart. He caino to Otag<> with Mr. James Maeandrew and tho Hon. W. H. Reynolds in the schooner Titan, arriving in 1851. About two years later he crossed to Ilobart, and there carried on a chemist's business. In Hobart ho married a daughter of Mr, Leonard Pearson, in 1854. He returned to New Zealand by the brig Lady Dcnnistcm in October, 1863, and started storekceping oh the. O'lago diggings. He joinod the Mosgiel Woollen Company when, as a private concern, it was in tin: hands of Mr. A, J. Burns, ami became secretary of the company, hold--ins that position until laid aside by a paralytic stroke in March of ISP-G. Before Momiiiffton was constituted a borough, Mr. Nicoison was a member of tlio Road'' Board, and .afterwards he served as a councillor, being' made Mayor for the 1880-81 term. He always took an interest in Presbyterian Church matters, talsing pari in tbo Disruption of 184.3, Mrs. 'Nicolsou survives lior hus-< : band, and there are five sons and fivo daughters. Tbo sous are: "William, secretary to the Mosgiel Company; Leonard, who lives at Port Levy; Edwin, in Hallens'toin Bros.' office: Ralph, in tho railway service at Dargavillts; and Jamesi who resides in Wellington.

Mr. P. AV. Fairoy, of Nelson, is stated to have boon waited ou b,v certain representative citizens requesting him to stand for the Nelson scat iii tho Government interests at t'fto next ricetion. Mr. Fairev has not decider! what action ho will tako in tho 'matter.

Mr, C. N. Vers ley, R.8.A., tho wellknown artist, has taken up his residence in tho Mount Albert district, Auckland.

Dr. J. Falconer Brown has returned to Auckland after an absence of nine years spent in studying at Edinburgh, and gaining experience in various hospitals at Homo. 'The Rev, E. A. Kirkwood, president of tho Baptist "Union of Xew Zealand, lias returned to Auckland after a holiday visit to Australia.