PERSONAL MATTERS.

Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 97, 21 October 1904, Page 4

PERSONAL MATTERS.

♦ The Superintendent of Electric Linei (Mr. J. K. Logan) returned from Auckland last night. Mr. C. V. Hough,ton, manager of tha New Zealand Shipping Cos. Auckland office, arrived from the North by tht Mararoa to-day. Mr. A. G. Johnson, captain of th» Wellington Rowing Club, who broke hfci leg last month, is progressing satisfactorily. The Rev. John Erwin, formerly oi Cambridge, Auckland, was inducted at Dunedin last night to the pastoral charga of the North-East Harbour Presbyterian Church. v The Secretary for' Agriculture has beerj advised that Mr. J. A. KkseUa, who it " to resume the office of Dairy Commissioner, left San Francisco for ' Auckland yesterday. Mr. Isaac Gibbs, general manager oS the New Zealand Shipping Co., and Mr Murray-Aynsley, Chairman .of Director* of the same company, passed through Wellington by the Mararoa to-day on their way to Dunedin. The' Rev. H. Van Staveren has suf. ficiently recovered from his illness t<» allow of his going to Rona Bay, wher« he has a seaside residence. It jb expected that the change will greatly expedite his return to good, health. Mr. John Duncan, of ' Messrs. Levin, and Co., and the members of his family who accompanied . him on his Englisk trip, returned to Wellington last night It was purely a pleasure trip, and Mr. Duncan states that he has come back feeling greatly benefited by the change of scene and holiday experiences. Mrs. W. B. Edwards, wife of Mr Justice Edwards, who was last week thrown from her carriage, though still confined to her bed, is progressing- at favourably -as can be expected. It is not anticipated that her face will be permanently marked from the effects of the fall. The main evil is from the shock to her system. Mr. R/ Miller, representative of tht Jubilee Institute for the Blind, is at present in Wellington on business connected with the Institute. He will be here about three weeks, and nill supply any information to those interested in the work of the Institute or impart instruction to the blind.. The Jubilee Institute is the only one of its kind in New Zealand, and the blind froni all parts of th« colony are received into it. Southern Cross Lodge of Oddfellows, at its meeting last night, adopted a resolution expressing its S9nse of the heavy loss sustained by the Order in th» . death of Bro. A. Small, Grand M&gfce* of New Zealand, and extending sympathy to his widow and family in their bereavement. The lodge-rooni was ordered to b* draped in mourning for a period of three months. All the speakers bore testimony to the high character and kindly feeling of the lore Grand Master. The San Francisco passengers who reached Wellington last night included Mr. James Cafdwell, M.P. for MidLanarkshire, >rho is making % short tour of this colony. In politics Mr. Caldwell is a Radical, and when not pondering upon the mysteries of State he is occupied as a member of the Committee of the General Council of the Glasgow University. He has been a member of tha Faculty of • Procurators at Glasgow, a practising lawyer, and a partner in a calico-printing business. He is*accom> pimied on his present trip by his daughter. The Auckland Star, referring to tin sudden death in Auckland last Tuesdaj of Bro.. Mark, formerly Dircdtor of tk« Marist Brothers' School in Wellington, says : j— "About a fortnight ago Bro. Mark had a very sudden attack of illness, and was convalescent when he met with this second 'and fatal attack. He hod risen caily in the morning, and had had breahfast with the other Brothers. On going upstajrs to his room after breakfast he fell, and in a veuy short time w«8 dead. Dr. Bedford, who attended him in his ( recent illness, was telephoned for immediately) but on arriving a feyv minutet later found that his patient was no more. The student* were in school when the sad event occurred. The Brothers conducted tliem to -the College Chapel immediately, and there the Very Rev. Dr. Egan, in a few touching words, told them what had happened, and ask* ed them to join with him in praying for the repose of the soul of Bro. Mark. It was a touching sight to see thosa boys mingling their teats with their Brayera for their beloved director