PERSONAL MATTERS.

Evening Post, Volume LXVII, Issue 22, 27 January 1904, Page 5

PERSONAL MATTERS.

Mr Ho^bon, Rccrctaiy for l'-ducalion, left for the South last night. 'I'lui Premier aud part> will attend tho fteitiirin.iiKV of "A Si ranker in a Stiango Laud" ,i( tlii> diH'r.i. llmi.s.> this evening. Sir Andrew Arnviitong, of Ireland, who is touring Now Ziml.iiicl, arrived m Wolliuglou from tli>' .Nuitli Ui.st nifjht. Mr. Charlcß l'limnu-r, who was in a critic vl Mtato of health fur somo weok>», is now able to tako walking oxeroo. Mr. (.'. J. R cakes, Assistant Chief Veterinarian, will leave, for Aui-kla-nd tomorrow on depart mental business. • Captain Ilennuh, «>fflcor in charge of the Government Ruildinge, ictinned Irom Auckland by Iho Uotoiti this morniiig. Captain J. and Mir Rhodes, of Sydney, airivod by the Manuka thito nmrning. u nd are. staying nt tlio Ruv.il Oak Jlotcl. '' Kiiffinoer-Lii'ut. Morgan, R.N.. arrived with liis wife from Home by tho Manuka I thi.H morning to spend a holiday in tho colony. Archdeacon Grace, of Blenheim, arrived by tho Penguin tn-<hiy on hi» way to tho meeting of the Anglican Hynod which i.s to be held at Auckland. Mr. S. W. Luxford ha.* accepted nomination for tho position of President of Iho Manawatu Agricultural and Pastoral Association. Professor Eastei field has been elected Chairman of tho Kxhibilion Kdncalion Committee, and Mr. A. do B. Btaudon of tho Fine Ait.* Committee. Mr. J. Vile, member for Munaw.ttu, Mr. Georgo Fowlds, member for Grey Lynn, and Mr. A. D, Willih, member for Wanganui, are on a visit In Wellington. Tho Premier lias intimated that ho will be in Palmcwton North on 4th February, cousequcullv the Manawatu (South Africa Veterans' Association w ill hold its banquet on that date. Bishop Julius, of Christchurch. ia to bo tendered an ollicial welcome on his visit to Auckland to attend the Synod. Tho fir j*t inipoitaut buyiness will bo the election of a Primate in succefc&ion to the lato Bishop Cowie. Tho Mini.ster for Public Woiks (Hon. W. Hall-Joni"-), who has been inspecting tho roads in the Waiiarapa and Hawkes Bay, wa«» to leavo Danncvirkc this morning for Mang-.iwcka, where he will spend a day before returning to Wellington. ( It> in the intention of Mr. Herbert Filzhcrhcrt, whose black and white work ovor the .signature of "Fit/," is wellknown in tho city, to Iwivo shortly to study art and try Inn fortune hi Lou don. Mr. W. L. Sievers, who had been I some thirteen or fourteen years in tho Harbour Board's bcrvice, latterly as toll clerk, died Jast night iv his f'ifty-lliird year. .The deceased was tho only son of ' tho lato Mr. A. Sievers, ono of Welling- j ton's early ecltlei.s Mrs. Margaret Chmtio, the centenarian, was buried in the, Sydney-street Cemetery yesterday. The h\wt forty years of her life were, .spent at Karori. Tho Mayor of Wellington and other officer bearers of St. John's Presbyterian Chinch, of which she was a member, attended tho funeral. Mr. W. V. Burrows, C.E.. formerly of Wellington, has hk'n transferred from Luskintyro (East Muitlanrl), where how«» resident engineer for the New South Wales Government, to Richmond (Hawkesbury River), where ho will bo in charge of tho construction of a largo concrete bridge. Mr. Burrows is a »po- j cinlist in bridgo building. Lord KHbunk has written to Iho Tourist Department, stating that ho was lcav- j ing London for New Zealand on tho 31st i December by tho s.s. Turnkiuo, and would reach Auckland about 17th , February. He purposes staying at Rotorun, for about six weeks for tho trcalinont of rheumatism. His Lordship has booked his roturn pnssago by the Ruapehu, which will sail for London on tho 14th April. At a meeting of the committee formed in Auckland to erect a htatuo of Sir John Logan Campbell, a letter was read from Mr. W. Lesho Morrison, of Wellington, offering to submit a design, and Mr. A. D. Riley, late Director of the Wellington Technical School, suggested that Mr. Alfrod Druiy, R.A., of London, should be furnished with' photographs nnd details. The committee decided to invito designs in Groat Britain and Australasia for a statute either in marble or bronze. Mr. ■ Robert Fletcher, of Messrs. Fletcher and Co., carriors, was nominated this morning as representative of the payers of dues and owners of ships on tho Harbour Board. Tho seat has hitherto been represented by Mr. Nicholas Reid, who is not seeking ro-eloction. Mr. Fletcher's nominators wero Messrs. H. Baldwin, D. J. Nathan, Harold Bcaucjmmp, G. F. Gibb, S. Robinson, W. Hildreth, and T. Munt. Nominations close on the Ist prox., and if a- ballot is required it will bo taken a week later. The illness from which Native Land Court Judge Butler is suffering will, it is expected, prevent him from resuming duty for two or three months. When he was at Tokanuu about two months ago ho bruised bis left hand while rowing a boat in which he wiu» making a journey on business, and blood-poisoning sot in. It was feared that the hand would havo to bo amputated, but happily tho necessity for such an operation was averted. The Judge is now suffering from sciatica and diabetes. Ho is under treatment at his own homo in Wellington. Sir nugh and Lady Nelson arrived by tho Manuka this morning from Sydney, with the intention of spending a holiday in tho colony. They go south this evening. Sir Hugh Nelson is ono of tho most prominont of Queenalundors, and for many yeara has taken a loading part in its nationnl affairs, having for some time occupied the position of Premier. Ho has been out of oHico for nomo eight or nine yeai*, and at present occupies tho dual position of President of tho Legislative Council and Lieulenant-Qov-ernor of the colony. Mr. Frank Tatc, who is tho Director' of education for Victoria, arrived from Sydney this morning. During his ei.t weeks' stay in the colony Mr. Tatc in to make an official inspection of our schools und general education sy«tom.' It ia hi« intention to sco our city, town, and country schools at work, and his observations aro to bo embodied in a report to tho Victorian, Education Department. The system of educational control in Victoria differs entirely from that of New Zealand. Mr. Tatcv controls the whole of the staff of 27 or 28 inspectors, whereas in New Zealand tho 28 inspectors aro controlled by tho rCducatiou Boardfl, which institutions, ns well as 'School Commissioners, are unknown in Victoria. Mr. Tn to, who has been in ofllce an Director for two years, goes into tlm country for a few dajs, returning to Well ington "to attend the conference of inspectors which m to bo held next week. Afterwards he will make his Unir of tho colony.