PERSONAL MATTERS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 70, 23 March 1907, Page 5

PERSONAL MATTERS.

Dr. Makgill was a passenger from ths South this morning by tha Rotoniahana. -The Acting - Premier (Hon W. HallJones) will return from Christchurch tomorrow. The Attorney-General (Hon. Dr. Findlay) will arrive from New Plymouth this evening. The Commissioner of Police (Mr. Dinnie) has returned from an inspection of tie police stations in Nelson and MarlborougL. Mr. F. J. Sharland, of Auckland, a member of the Royal NeV Zealand Yacht Squadron, is at present on a visit to Wellington. The Minister of Lands (Hon. R. M'Nab) will leave for the South on Monday and bs absent from Wellington until after the Easter holidays. . Colonel Robin, chief of the New Zealand Military Council, left for Sydney by the Warrimoo yesterday to attend the Commonwealth voluntoer manoeuvres during Easter. The. Inspector-General of Hospitals (Dr. Valintine) who has been officially visiting the' hospitals in the Auckland and East .Cqast districts, returned to WeHirigton yesterday. Mr. J. A. Brailsford. of the New Zealand Times literary staff, who has accepted a position on tho staff of the Taranaki Herald, was presented with a token of esteem by his confreies yesterday. On the occasion of his transfer from tho Railway Traffic Department to ths Stores Manager's office, Wellington, Mr. A. E. Bright received a presentation from the Stationmaster (G. G. Aioken) on behalf of the traffic staif as a mark of esteem and good fellowship. Miss Gibson, who was formerly on the staff of the Terrace School, but has been relieving at another school recently, Has been appointed a junior assistant at the Terrace School. Miss Turner has been asked to take temporary charge of the T« Wbiti SchooL Miss E. Barkley has been appoint sd an assistant at the Pahiatua' School. "~Mr. James P. Smith, an engineer on the Karamea, and an old association football player, was entertained by a number of his friends at a smoke concert on Thursday evening. Mr. Smith, in replying to the toast of his health, spoke highly of the manner in •which New Zealand engineers were treated in tho large engineering work shops at Home. ■ Dr. E. Schultz, Chisf Justice of German Samoa, who has been in \\ ellington during the last two days> left for the ! North this morning. Having obtained six months' leave of absence, he has decided to spend it in Australia, New Zealand, and the islands of the Pacific. Though Dr. Schultz has only been half a dozen years in Samoa, he is recognised as an authority on native customs and legends, having made a special study of them. He has just published a collection of Samoac, proverbs in book form, with explanatory notes. Miss Grace Wilson, a University student, died suddenly at Christchurch yesterday. Very few of her fellow students knew that she had been ailing, and ihe apnonnceinent of her death (says a Press Association telegram) came as a great shock. Miss Wilson, who was about twenty-two years of age, had been a pupil of the Christchurch Girls' High School, and frcm that instiTution she ■went to the University. She won a senior scholarship in 1905, took the B.A. degree in the'same year, and tKe M.A. degred with honours in English and French last year. Sis moaths' leave oi" absence was granted by the Technical Education Board last night to Mr. George Reed, instructor in plumbing, to enable him to visit the Old Country. In his letter ! of application, Mr. Reed said he Was making the visit primarily to get an up-to-date idea of the practical methods in sanitary science, so as to still further equip himself for his work as an insttttctor. In moving that the application be granted, the Rev. Mr. Evans said that Mr. Reed was to be commended for his enterprise, and the board shcrdd encourage, rather than discourage, such a spirit of investigation. Other members of the board agreed. "At the conclusion of the Wellington Rifle Battalion parade last night Colonel Davies, Inspector-General of the Forces, presented the battalion shield to Lieut. Collins, captain of the team representing the Post and Telegraph Rifles, which wpn the trophy at the annual competition at Trentham last Saturday. In making fh« presentation, Colonel Davies congratulated the team on its success. He reminded the team that shooting was not the be-all of volunteering. There must be drill and discipline as well as good marksmanship to make efficient Soldiers. At the request of Lieut. - Colonel Collins, Colonel .Davies presented the long-service medal to ColourSergeant Bould, of the Guards (sixteen years* service), and the colonial auxiliary volunteer service medal to Corporal Atkinson, of the Cycle Corps (twenty years' service).