PERSONAL MATTERS.

Evening Post, Volume LXVII, Issue LXVII, 30 January 1904, Page 5

PERSONAL MATTERS.

— llw Excellency tho Governor and Lord N midland returned from tho Houth by the Kotoinnliiuia ihi.s morning. Tho condition of Judge Butler, of the Native Liind Couit, i« causing his frionds coiuiderablc «in.\iety. lkner.il Sir Robt-it C. Low, accompanied hy his daughter, left Wellington this moit'iing for Rolorua, via. Wanganui X^iver. Mr. Win. MorrUftcy, a well-known vefrideiit. nf UuweiM, dial v few days ago, aged seventy years, yo leaver a wife and iiino children. Major N. L. D. Smith, who leaves (ho Defence Oifico thisi morning, was prCKentI ed \\\\h a binoV.er's outfit »y members of the clerical stall" of the Commandant's Om'co yesteulay evening. Tho Rev. Father O'Hallahan, of Kumarii, leaves in April for an extended holiday. He will vis.it his parents m Ireland, and will probably not return before Chri&tmdb or early iv 1905. Profe&hor Gregory, of Melbourne Univcisity, is visiting tho Franz Joseph Glacier, nnd has taken with him an equipment of .scientific apparatus to investigate tho phenomena of ice pretsuie, etc, Sorgt. Miller, of the Lamblon-quay Polico Station, who has been in ho.spit.al for «bmtfc itro months, «uffeiing from an internal injury, is about ugain, and expects to lie well enough to resume duty in a week or so.' Tho. object of the Premier in leaving Wellington lus>t night ia to'fulfll n promise which ho made a few weeks ago that ho would spend a few days ii» Timaru before ho started ou his trip to the Chathumn. no will return to Wellington on Wednesday or Thursday. The Jlng ovor the Working Men's Club was flown at hnlf-maat to-day out of respect to tho memory of tho late Mr. Walter Hnyros, atow.ird al iho club, and formerly on tho steamer Rotomaluuia. He was 31 yearn of age, und his death whs due to heart disease. Tho Hon. 0. H. Mills will leave for Nelson to-night en route for Motucka, Collingwood, and T.ikakft. Ho will be accompanied by Mr. R. M'Kenzic, M.H.R. for Motueka, and will be present at the Takaka A. and P. Show. Tho Minister will return to Wellington on Thursday. Sir Joseph Ward will leave for the South to-night, but will bo back again on Thursday. On Monday ho will go to the Halnner Sanatorium to inspect works in progress thero, and on Wednesday will open the new railway station at Kaiapoi and lay the foundation stone of tho imjw Popt. • and Telegraph Buildings in that town. The Hon. Mr. Kins ton, State. Treasurer for Queensland, <tias returned from the North, and will leave for Sydney by the Worrimoo this afternoon. On hin way up to Auckland ho made a close inspection of the co-operative works, with tho object of being able to furnish his collengUßs with his impressions of tho system as ho saw it in operation. Miss Maxio Pripgle, 8.A., R.U.1., lately uppointcd first assistant mistress of Chilton Houm) School, has made a special tstudy of oliussicM, modern language*, literature, and history. After taking her degree she studied school method under Mi9s E. J. Hughes at the Training College, Cambridge, and afterwards held appointments in secondary schools in England. She brings with her very high credentials regarding her efficiency and Miccess as a teacher. Mr. A. Hatrick, Mnyor of Wanganui, who leaves on an eight months' (our abroad in March, will, when in London, supervise tho construction of three now Bto:uners which aro bring built by Mesors. Yarrow and Co., of Poplar, London, specialists in ohallow-druft RUanK-m. lhe new- vessels aro to be ready for next season's tourist Iraflic on the Wanganui River. Mr. and Mrs. Hatrick go Home via Australia and the Continent of j Europe, and will return vice San Francisco, after visiting the St. Louis Exposition. ' , On Wednesday lost, MifcH Mary (Mtiy) Grnco Rawlins' Brightwoll, second daughter of Mr. W. H. Brightwell, Ncwtown, wus iniirried at St. Thomas's Church, to Mr. William Harris, who was a member of tho First New Zealand Contingent. The service, which was a choral one, was conducted by tho Roy. Mr. Walker. The bride was attended by her three sisters and Miss Elsie Hovered, and tho bridegroom's assistants weio Messrs. Rquseell and Pnrkes. Amongst the presentations was ono from tho choir of St. Thomas's, both bride and hridegroom hnving been members of the choir. Mr. 1. J. Rothschild, who has retired from his connection with tho jewellery trade to become proprietor of tho Star Hotel in Auckland, wn« givtn a hearty •sond-off at tlie Empire Hotel la.st evening vby a large gathering of Influential citizens. Tho Hon. T. K. -^lucdonald, M.L.C., presided, and in presenting the guefct of the evening ivfth v solid silver nalver, fittingly inscribed, apoke in vnlogi»tic terms of his personal and busine** qualities, and of his effort* to make good the losj* he suffered of valuablo goods in the. wreck of the Tasmania. He wished Mr. Rothschild the be»t of good fortune in tho future. Tho Hon. J. Carroll, Nativ6 Minister, Mr. T. M. WUford, M.H.R., Mr. W. H. Alack, and others spoke in «. .similar .strain. Mr. Rothschild made a feeling reply, and heartily thanked the donors on bdiulf of his wife and liiimelf.