PERSONAL MATTERS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 149, 20 December 1907, Page 7

PERSONAL MATTERS.

Mr. John Fuller, senior, will be leaving for the Old Country shortly. The appointment of Mr. Karl Joosten as acting German Consul at Christchurck has been officially recognised. Dr. Noligan, Anglican Bishop of Auckland, and "Mrs. Ndigiin and family left Wellington for London j'estcrday. Colour-Sergt Taylor, of the New Zealand Native Rifle Volunteer, has been granted the long service medal. llr. W. IS. Barnard, of Wellington, con of Mr. C. L. Barnard, Foxton, has passed his final solicitor's examination. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Tringhnm and Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Dwan, will leave for Sydney by the Mosraki this afternoon. Mr. E. T. Sadd, District Surveyor at Nelson, has been appointed Chief Draftsman for thai district, vice tho lato Mr. T. M. Grant. Mr. John Limber, who has so long been connected with tho Working Men's Club, has resigned the managership ; his health necessitating his taking a less onerous position in tho club's service. An Auckland Press Association telegram states that Ma6ter J. Colcman, of Wellington, has been .awarded a boarding school scholarship at the Sacred Heart College. The competition was open to the whole Dominion. Mr. G. S. Munro, who was general manager of the Exhibition, has severed his connection with the Public Service. He will loave for the West Coast tomorrow night, and leave there for England next month. His movements after then arc uncertain. Mr. Herbert Gaby, who has been over fifty years in New Zealand, is contemplating a visit to England early in the coming year. Since his long residence in the Dominion, Mr. Gaby has been inti' inately connected with the engineering and manufacturing interests of ""Welling, ton, and founded the Star Foundry at Ncwtown. He went Home in 1870 for a few months' visit The following ladies have been' appointed by the Government district agents under the Inf.int Life Protection Act : — Miss Sarah Elizabeth Jackson (manager of Auckland Industrial school) 5 Mrs. Ella Stuart Dick' (manager of the Wellington Receiving Home) ; Miss-Anna Blachford Cox (manager of the Christchurch Receiving Home) ; Miss Harrietto Petremant (manager of the Caverskami Industrial School, Dunedin). The. Prime Minister and the Minister for Lands (Hon. R. M'Nab) and the Minister for Education (Hon. G. Fowlds) are the members of Cabinet at present in Wellington. Sir Joseph Ward will leave for .Christchurch to-morrow night to attend the dedication of a set of bells at the Anglican Church, Addington, in memory of the late Mr. Seddon. Mt. Fowlds will go to Auckland to-morrow. The Minister for Labour (Hon. J. A. Millar) left , for that city this morning. The transfer of Mr. W. A. Hawkins from Wellington to Dunedin, where ho will be Registrar of the Supreme Court, is regretted by local trades union officials. The delegates at last night's meeting ,of the Trades and Labour Council warmly supported ■ a motion, congratulating Mr. Hawkins on his advancement and expressing appreciation of his courtesy and attention ' to union representatives whilo Clerk of Awards in Wellington. Mr. G. H. Hazlitt, who played so prominently in the test cricket match, finished at Sydney yesterday, is only nineteen years old. With 'the possible exception of G. Ferris and Syd. Gregory, Hazlitt is the youngest player who has represented Australia in a test match. Young Hazlitt is a son of Mr. G. Hazlitt, who' has acted os stage manager for Mr. , J. C. Williamson, for many years. Hazlitt plays for the Melbourne Cricket Club, and he very favourably impressed Major Philip Trevor, the- manager of the Englishmen, in the Victorian match. This authority predicts a great cricketing future for the youth, and writes :—"Hazlitt's bowling on o batsman's wicket brought out his pluck and persistence! Ho bowls to get his man out,' and he is not afraid to run the risks necessary for the furthering of that object. Hi's change of pace is cleverly accomplished, and he seems to realise what many older bowlers insufficiently realise, namely, that how the ball travels before it touches tho ground is as 'important as how it travels afiter it has touched the ground. I should like to see Hazlitt' bowl on. a wicket that helped him alittle." It is interesting to learn that Hazlitt has passed his preliminary law examination at Melbourne University, and will in all probability be selected as tho next H'hodos Scholar from Victoria.