PERSONAL MATTERS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXI, Issue 135, 8 June 1906, Page 5

PERSONAL MATTERS.

The Hon. Kathleen Plunket returned from th© South this morning. Mrs. Wallls, of Bishopscourt, who has been on a. visit to Christclmrch, cam© back to Wellington by the Mararoa to-day. Captain Braithwaite, A.D.C. to the Governor, was a passenger from the\ South by the Mararoa this morning. •Mr. F. J. Hutchins, of Woodville, has been appointed clerk of th© Woodville County Council, vie© 'Mr. W. Nicholson, resigned. Mr. C. Holdsworth, General Manager bi ihe Union Company, is at present on % visit to Wellington. He will leave lor the Sooth to-night by the Mararoa. His Excellency the Governor will return to town by the 7.20 o'clock train jthis evening for the special purpose of Attending Mr. Lemare's farewell recital in the Town Hall. ■Mr. R. G-ilkison, who " unsuccessfully contested the Tuapeka seat at the gensral ©lection, was yesterday presented •frith a purse of sovereigns, subscribed by all parts of th© electorate. Mr. John J. Smith, who has been in business in Wellington as a cab-pro-prietor for dyer a quarter of a century, died on Wednesday, after a short illness, aged 52 years. ' The Minister for Jnstice and Mines |Hon. J. M'Gowan) returned from the Wairarapa last night. Th© Minister for Lands (Hon. T. Duncan), vrho is at present in Dunedin, will be back in Wellington on Sunday. Messrs. A. Macdonald and J. W. Dowling have been appointed cadets in the Treasury Department ; Mr. L, E. Johnson has been appointed a typist in the Department of Roads ; Mr. F. P.. Burnley, a cadet in the Department of Lands. Mr. J. D. M. M'lntyr©, who, after thrft© years' service, has left the employ of 'Messrs. Kirkcaldi© and Stains to join tha firm of 'Messrs. Lingard and Co., received a presentation yesterday from his late fellow employees. ■ r At a, meeting of the Police Provident Fund Board this morning pensions wero granted as follows: — J Sergeant James O'Malley, Masterton (age limit), £125 18s 6d per annum ; Sergeant M. Walker, Tauranga (medically unlit), £93 13s 8d ; Constable T. Whelan, Auckland (ago limit), £98 11s. ' Dr. Ewart, Medical Superintendent of Wellington Hospital, and Mr. P. S. Garvey, Governor of the Terrace Gaoi, •who have been incapacitated by illness, ire progressing favourably The former is able to take a little open-air exercise, and it is expected that the latter will be well enough to leave hi* bed in a day or two. *■ 4 Mr. J. C. Cooper, Vice-President of the Wellington Provincial Executive of the Farmers' Union, writes contradicting the statement that he had left the shoemaker's bench to become a. Crown tenant. He adds : "I regret to say this statement is not correct, as I never ■worked at a shoemaker's bench in my life." His friends in Mount Ida electorate intend making a presentation to Mr. A. L. Herdman, late member for the district, in recognition of his services and as a tribute to the statesmanlike qualities possessed by him. Voluntary subscriptions to the amount of about £100 have been made, and subscribers have yet to decid© the form of presentation, which Trill probablj be made in Wellington some time next month. Mr. F. G. Bolton, the first Mayor of 'Eastbourne Borough, was born in Wellington and educated at Wellington College. He served his articles with Messrs. Bell, Gully, and Izard, and was subsequently in the employ of Messrs. Chapman, Fitzgerald, and Tripp. When only nineteen he passed bis solicitor's law examination, and his barrister's examination when twenty, being admitted a barrister and solicitor in 1888. After practising for some time in Wellington, he was joined by Mr.' P. Levi. That partnership has now been dissolved, and for the last year or two he has been associated in business with Mr. Organ.