PERSONAL MATTERS.

Evening Post, Volume LXX, Issue 48, 25 August 1905, Page 4

PERSONAL MATTERS.

Bishop Ncligan and Mrs. and Miss Nelinfan, of Auckland, are poming to • Wellington by the Papanui. ' Dr. Mason, Chief Health Officer, trill be back in Wellington from the North to-night. . . Mr. C. E. Kember's resignation of his Peubenantcy in the Heretaunga Mounted 'Rifles is gazetted. Mr. Ben. Fuller, of the Fuller Proprietary, returned from Dunedin thia morning. The appointment of Mr. J. R. Smith as successor to the late Mr. H. J,, Knowles, an chief accountant in the Da. partment of Roads, is gazetted. The City Council has accepted thi» resignation of Mr. W. Branigan, foreman of the Kilbirnie Fire Brigade, arid Mr. W. Forsyth has been appointed, to the position. By an Ordcr-in-Council published in , yesterday's Gazette, Air. W. C. Kensington, -who on the 3rd hist, reached tfra age (sixty years) which entitled him toretira from tho Civil Service upon si superannuation allowance, U " Esquired "- to continue his duties as Under-Secretary for Crown Lands and Immigration. H. was Mr. Kensington' 6 intention to dako advantage of the opportunity to retire on his pension. A private cablegram received from Sydney yesterday afternoon by Mr. James Mills, Managing Director of the Union Shipping Company, announced the suddeu death at Sydney of Mr. H. d« V. Gilbert, passenger agent in the Sydney office, for the Canadian and Australian Lin<K of steamers. Mr. .Gilbert was well known in Wellington, having been forseveral years in the local office of tho Union Company.' Deceased arrived in the colony about 25 years ago, and settled' in the Rangitikei district. Ho came to Wellington and joined the clerical staff of the firm of Messrs., Wilson and .Richardson, drapers, after which, about 1889, he entered the office of the Union Con*., pany and remained there until 1900,, when he was transferred to Sydney, where he resided up to the time of hi.T death. " Mr. Gilbert spent a few weeks' holiday in New Zealand recently. De> ' ceased, who was a son-in-law of Mr. William Wallis, of Nairn-street, leaved a widow and five children. One of the sons is at present attending Wellington College. The flags on the Union Company's office and on tho shipping""™ port were flown at half-mast yesterday aiternoon as a mark of respect to the deceased. THE VOUCHER ENQUIRY. « REPORT NEXT TUESDAY. It was expected that tiie report o! the Auditor-General on the SeddonFisher Voucher Enquiry would be presented to Parliament this afternoon. Tlwreport, however, will not be presented until next Tuesday afternoon. CITY TRAMWAYS. o — BEATEN BY A POINT OF ORDER. As an advocate of contract v. daylabour in .connection with the Island Bay tram-n-ay extension, Councillor Trevor tabled the following motion, hoping to bring it on at last night's meeting of the City Council : -^ "That tenders be called for carting metal and gravel to the tramway extension to Island Bay; also for levelling and ballnsting tho track, Island Bay extension; and that tho resolution to carry out the work by day labour parsed on the 6th April, 1905, be rescinded." When Councillor Trevor wished to move as above, Councillor M'Laren raised a point of order that full seven days' notico had not been given. The Mayor upheld the objeci|OD, so the motion stands over. Councillor Trevor sat down muttering dire things about "the Labour Part ( v." KILBIRNIE TUNNEL AND OTVvJii, J MATTERS. Councillor Morrah asked if estinU'\<t had been obtained as to tho cost of aa electric watering car. The Maypr replied that the Engineer had made enquiries, and found that the cost was too great to bo entertained by tho Council. He had under consideration the cast of constructing a car himself at a much less figure, and he would put the figures and plans before the Council as soon as possible. Tho question of the Kilbirnie tunnel was raised by Councillor Winder, -nho asked if tenders had been called for tho work. The Mayor intimated that they would tiy and have them in before tho 12th September. The Tramways 1 Committee recommencied:— (1) That the salary of Mr. Russell, Overhend Superintendent, bo increasad from £4 10s to £5 per week. (2) That a temporary shed be erected at the power-houso for tho protection of the emergency waggon, at an estimated cost of £40. The Committee also reported that it had set up a sub-committeo to confer with * cub-committee from the ! Tramways Union, for the purpose of discussing and endeavouring to Settle the demands of the Union. The report was adopted.