PERSONAL MATTERS.

Evening Post, Volume LXVIII, Issue 135, 5 December 1904, Page 5

PERSONAL MATTERS.

Mr. T. E. Taylor, M.H.R., was a passenger for Lyttelton by the Rotomahana on Saturday night. Mr. A. E. Keruot, Chairman of the Wellington Underwriters' Association, left for Auckland by the Takapuna yesterday. Captain Hume, offlcer-in-charge" of the Permanent Artillery, returned from the §outh yesterday. Mrs. George Nye, a respected resident of Foxton, of fifty years' standing, died at ■that town on Friday, aged 80 years. His Excellency the Governor is to pay his first visit to Southland in February, •when he will lay the foundation-stone of ■the new Town Hall at Invercargill. Mr. C. C. Kettk, S.M., of Auckland, ivho has received v six months' leave of absence from his Magisterial duties, is at present in Wanganui. Mr. W. H. G(*>rg<;, of Messrs. George and Korsley, Mrs. George, and Miss George, arrive from London by the WaiVare on Wednesday. The Supeiintendent of Electric Lines, Mr. J. K. Logan, who has twen on a visit of inspection to the East Coast district, has returned to WeLington. , Mr. Hogben, Secretary for Education, left for the North on Saturday aiternoon for the purpose of inspecting th,e Maori Secondary Schools in the Haw-kes Bay and Auckland districts. The Minister ior Public Works (Hon. W. Hall-Jones) has arranged to visit Tarn aaki on Thursday week for the purpose of opening the Mangaehu Bridge and dairy factory at Makahu. The following visiturs to the colony are staying at the Royal Oak Hotel: — Mr. and Mrs. W. W., Funge, of San Francisco, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Drysdale and Mr. A. D. Robinson, of England, Mr. N. M'Keever, of London, and Mr. J. R. Eeid, of Sydney. A Press Association cablegram received from Sydney to-day announces the death of the Rev. Mr. Dickinson, minister of •the Presbyterian Church, Gladesville. News also comes from Melbourne of the death of the Rev. Mr. Gardner, of the Presbyterian* Church, East Malvern. Mr. A. D. Willis, M.H.R. for Wanganui, who is about to make a trip to England, has resigned the position of Chairman of the Wanganui Harbour Board. Mr. A. G. Bignell has been temporarily appointed to the position. Mr. Willis leaves ou Friday, and expects to be away (from the colony until June next. Miss Myrtle Lee, formerly a student at the Wellington Technical School, has for the past three years been studying art in several schools in London, and has now passed the examination in various subjects for Abblett's Teacher-Artist Certificate. Some of her work is now on view at Beadnall's, in Willis-street.- Mtss Lee is a daughter of Mr. R. Lee, Chairman of the Wellington Education Board. -Colonel Charles Fyshe Roberta, C.M.G., Hon. A.D.C. to the King, is among the visitors at present staying at Rotorua. Colonel Roberts is a Crimean veteran, and was personally commeuded by Lord Raglan for valour. He also served through the Indian Mutiny. He was Secretary to the New South Wales Agent-General in 1873 and 1874, and from 1876 to 1891 was in command of the artillery forces of New South Wales. Mr. J. A. Kinsella, who was recently re-appointed Dairy Commissioner in New Zealand, returned to Wellington from South Africa, via Great Britain and Canada, on Saturday night, and has been heartily welcomed back. His arm, which he broke while riding in the Waikato dibout a fortnight ago, is mending well. After making a tour of the Wairarapa, Mr. Kinsella will make an inspection of the South Island dairy factories. Tie many friends of Mr. Thomas Bowden, jun., of the Railway Department staff, will regret to hear of his death, which occurred quite unexpectedly at an early hour on Sunday morning. Mr. Bowden was at work in the Traffic Manager's office up to Saturday evening, but on arriving home was taken ill, and died tome hours later from inflammation of the kidneys. The deceased, who was 34 years of age and unmarried, was the second son of Mr. T. Bowden, of Thorn-don-quay, and a brother of the Rev. Father Bowden, of Palmerston North. Mr. John W. Chapman, who is leaving Johnsonville to become a resident of "VVellington City, was entertained at a farewell social gathering and presented with an illuminated address by his fellowtownsmen on Friday last. The gathering was a great success, the local Oddfellows' Hall being gaily decorated with ferns and flags for the occasion. A lengthy programme of songs and dances was much enjoyed, Mr. Minifies String Band supplying excel^nt music. In the absence of Mr. Field, M.H.R. , Mr. F. T. Moore, Chairman "of the local Road Board, presented the address. . The remains of the late Mr. W. Warren, who was killed by electricity at the New Zealand Electrical Syndicate's powerhouse last week, were interred in the Karori Cemetery yesterday morning. The funeral was attended by a very large number of the friends of the deceased, including a number of members of the Old Wellington Navals' Association, of which/lie was a member, and four members of which — Messrs. Armstrong, Skinner, Kiernan, and Couper — acted as pallbearers. The burial service was conducted by the Rev. P. .W. Fairclough, of the laranaki-street Wesleyan Church.