PERSONAL MATTERS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 28, 3 February 1908, Page 7

PERSONAL MATTERS.

Sir Joseph Ward' loft Auckland for Wellington yesterday to welcome the Hon. Mr. Hall-Jones. He will return to Auckland most probably towards tho end of the week, and make his promised tour of the North, which will, most likely extend over a month to five weeks. On Saturday afternoon the. Premier attended the meeting at Government House convened by T *M- -pv-w *~ --~«ider the question of infant life protection. Presentations have been made by the J. Leydon and P. J. Moran, two members who are about to be" married. Mr. George Benstead, who has been selected for the position of director of the School for Defectives to be estabKshed near Oamaru by 'the Education Department, reached Wellington from London by the Corintbic on Saturday. Mr. W. H. Samson, who was until recently, in "the, office' of .thar Supremo Court it Wellington, and who is now Deputy*Rogi«trar of the Supreme Court at Christchurch, has been admitted a barrister and solicitor, of the court. The only member of the Cabinet at present absent from Wellington are the Prime Minister, who will be back from Auckland to-night, and the Native Minister, Avho will not leave Gisborne for the seat of Government until the end of this week. The Minister for Marine and Labour (Hon. J. A. Millar) will leave for the South on the 17th to continue the tour of Otago an<i: Southland, interrupted through his presence being required on tho West Coa6t in' connection with tho coal-mineTs' dispute. , At the meeting of the Wellington Diocesan Standing Committee last week Archdeacon Toogood took advantage of tha opportunity to wish Bishop Wallis Bnd ! Mrs. Wallis a safe and pleasant voyage to London. The Bishop is leaving to attend the Lambeth Conference. Mr. James Calders, of Napiur, a wellknown telegraphist, has recently retired on pension from the Post and Telegraph Department. During Kis thirty-nine years' of service he had many interesting experiences in different parts of New Zealand, and fcr sticking 'to his post at Opunake in the 70's ,when the Maoris were causing trouble, ho was officially thanked, by Majors Atkinson, Brown, and: Parris. Mr. Andrew Hamilton, who has been on a tour of the Old World, returned to Wellington by the Corinthic on Saturday. Mr. .Hamilton was hon. treasurer of the Wellington Bowling Club for many years, and on his arrival home 'he lost no time in visiting tho green and foregathering with his old companions, from whom he received a hearty reception. During his tour he visited England, Franco, Switzerland, and Italy. He was impressed while irJ England with the dire poverty existing in the large cities of England', and the apparent lack of power to combat, their afflictions which marks the majority of those people thus afflicted.

A 6itting of the Lower Hutt Court was held this morning before v Dr. M'Arthur, S.M., and Messrs. Cudby, Wilkin", and Chapman, Justices of the Peace. For cycling at night without lights, Edward Strand, Michael Moran, K. Coulston, Charles Cottie, Frank Perry, Charles Clayton, and William Henwood were each fined ss, with costs 7s. Cornelius Murphy was fined 2s 6d, and costs 7s, and P. J. M'Henry, 5s and 9s 6d costs for cycling on footpaths. On Bis wife's application a pronibition order, to take effect in the Wellington, Newtown and Hutt licensing districts was issued against William Hoppy. "Xot a week passes without someone appearing before the court for using disgusting language," said Mr. Riddell, S.M., this morning at the Magistrate's Court, when a man named John Bennett was charged with using obscene language in Waring Taylor-street. The defendant was convicted and fined £5, in default, 48 hours' imprisonment. TWO SOVEREIGN REMEDIES. The FAMOUS SANDER AND SON'S PURE VOLATILE EUCALSTTI EXTRACT was proved by experts of tho Supreme Court of Victoria to possess curative properties peculiarly its own, and to be absolutely safo and effective. Therefore, avoid the crude oils which are now palmed off aa "Extracts," from the use of which a death was reported recently, and insist upon the GENUINE SANDER AND SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. For wrinkles, sunburn, all blemishes, pbappod hands, inflatned skin, etc., use SANDER AND SONS' SUPERBA SKIN *OOD No lady should be' without it. Wrings permanent health a/d beauty to •very skin. Chemists and stores. — Advt.

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