PERSONAL MATTERS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 121, 22 May 1908, Page 7

PERSONAL MATTERS.

♦ Dr. Findlay (Attorney-General), speaks tit, Wanganui this evening. Mr. J. Prendeville is gazetted Lieutenant of the Eketahuna Mounted Rifles. Archbishop Redwood, who has been visiting Christchurch, returned to Wellington this morning. The Hon. J. M'Gowan will pay a visit to Gisborne next week. He will probably leave on Monday. Messrs. J. J. Mallard, W. D. Meares, and J. T. Skoglund will represent insurance companies on the Greymouth Fire Board. Captain W. O. Wray, Wellington Civil Service Rifles, who recently resigned, has been placed on the unattached active list with the rank of captain. The Minister for Marine, Laoour, and Customs (Hon. J. A. Millar) will leave for Dunedin on Monday and will address his constituents later in the week. Capt. (Acting Lieut. -Col.) W. G. Duthie has been promoted to the full rank of Lieut. -Col., and acting Major C. D. Mackintosh has been promoted to be Major. Mr. Justice Cooper is leaving Wellington to-morrow on circuit business. His Honour sits at Wanganui on 26th May, Palmerston North 9th June and Napier on 22nd June. All the members of the Cabinet with the exception of the Hon. R. M'Nab, who is in Otago, and the Hon. Dr. Findlay, who is in Waijganui, are in Wellington to-day. Mr. E. R. Reeve, solicitor, Auckland, has been appointed judge of the Native Land Court, Mr. Reeve was educated at the Auckland Grammar Scnool and was called to the Bar in 1897. A cablegram from Sydney states that Mr. C. H. Hughes, assistant manager of the Union Steamship Company's business at Sydney, has been appointed the company's manager for Tasmania, succeeding Mr. V. Johnson at Hobart. Mr. Guy W. Allen was the recipient of a handsome set of cased, silver-mount-ed military brushes, from the members of St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral choir. Mr. Allen is leaving New Zealand by the lonic to continue his studies in the Old Country. The Chief Justice (Sir Robert Stout), left Wellington for Auckland via East Coast last evening in connection with the Native Land" Commission which will sit at Rotorua on 2nd June and afterwards at Hamilton, Thames, and Coromandel, returning to Wellington early in July. The passenger list of the Maitai for Sydney includes Don Augusto Ruspoli, 6on of the Duke of Fiano ; Count Grunelius, and Madame and Miss Meyer-Leiden, of Frankfort; Mr. and Mrs. A. Muir, of Gisborne and Mrs. P. Salmon of Wellington, who are visiting Australia. Mr. Murdoch M'Lean, of the firm of Messrs. John M'Lean and Son., contractors for the Arthur's Pass tunnel, returned to Wellington from the South this morning. Some 70 or 80 men are now employed on the works, and Mr. M'Lean reports that there is no difficulty in regard to the supply. -» The following are gazetted officiating ministers under the Marriage Act: — Church of England, Revs. C. W. S. Moncrieff and M. Warner ; Methodist, Mr. A. Hardy Couch ; Baptist, Rev. R. H. K. Kempton ; Salvation Army, Adjutants H. Haywood and T. Simms ; Hikurangi Independent Presbyterian Church, Mr. M. boule. Mrs. Glover-Eaton, for many years the leading soprano at St. John's Presbyterian Church, is about to leave New Zealand to make her home in England. Last night she was entertained by the members of the choir and office bearers of the church, and presented with a cheque as a mark of appreciation of her services. The presentation was made by Mr. J. G. W. Aitken, M.P. , Aiie chair was taken by the Rev. J. Gib- | son Smith, and during the evening a programme of vocal and instrumental items was rendered by Mrs. GloverEaton, Misses Mowatt and Rash, and Messrs. Pope and Galloway. Mr. J. W. Black, private secretary to tho Minister for Lands, was presente-' yesterday afternoon by the other private secretaries to Ministers with a handsome travelling rug and a writing, case for Mrs. Black, on the eve of his departure to the Old Country. The presentation was made by Mr. W. Crow, private secretary to the Minister for Education, who remarked tfcat Mr. Black had well earned his holiday, having spent twenty-four years continuous- ] ly in the public ser-vice.» They -wished Mr. and Mrs. Black a pleasant trip, and a safe return. Miw and Mrs. Black leave to-day by the Maitai for Sydney, to catch the Marama for Vancouver «n route to England. Mr. William Reid, who has been elected Grand Sire of the Grand Lodge oi Australasia, has for about twenty-eight years held the position of Grand Secretary of the order in New Zealand. Throughout his career as an Oddfellow, j telegraphs our Dunedin correspondent, Mr. Reid has always been distinguished tor his enthusiasm, business ability and genial disposition. He took a prominent part in the making of Oddfellowship in earlier days and exercised an eager energy in the establisHment of the friendly societies dispensary, which, has developed into one of the most successful institutions of the kind in the world. Mr. Reid is secretary of the Caledonian Society of Otago. » Mr. W. H. Hampton tendered his resignation as president of the Wellington Trades and Labour Council at the meeting of the council last night. He expressed a wish also fo be relieved of his duties in connection with his position as delegate to the annual Trades Council's Conference. As a reason for His action iur. Hampton explained that he was about to become an employer of labour, and consequently would be debarred from taking active part in the workers' trade unions. The resignation was accepted with very great regret,, and as a mark of the esteem of his co-delegates the council decided to adorn its walls with a life-size photo of the retiring president. In replying to the commendations of delegates, Mr. Hampton assured them that he would always take a keen interest on behalf of labour in all matters affecting the workers, and that he intended to remain a delegate to the Labour Representation Committee, so as to keep in touch with labour in politics. Nominations for both the vacancies will be taken at the next meeting of the council. Peter Chalmers, a labourer, admitted this morning before Mr. Riddell, S.M., a charge of being helplessly drunk on the 14th May. The Sub-Inspector stated that the man had fallen into the sea, and when found was drenched to the skin. He was ordered to pay medical expenses 17s 6d, or in lieu thereof go to prison for 48 hours. John Joseph Reardon confessed to being drunk on £he same day. In this case the consequences were more serious, and the cost of curative treatment amounted to £1. The prisoner was ordered to pay this amount or suffer 48 hours' imprisonment. Frederick Pearce, on a charge of drunkenness, was re f manded to the 29th instant for curative treatment. A first offender was fined 10s. a second 10s, with a default in each case of 24 hours' imprisonment, while two others were convicted aud dis.qharge.d,