PERSONAL MATTERS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVI, Issue 43, 19 August 1908, Page 7

PERSONAL MATTERS.

Mr. C. J. Reakes, assistant Chief Veterinarian, left Wellington for Hokitika last night. The 'Mayor (Hon. T. W. Hislop) returned to Wellington from Auckland last evening. Mr, D. Cuddie, Chief Dairy Commissioner, will leave Wellington for Dunedin this evening. Mr. J. A. Gilruth has left Wellington en for Victoria via Auckland. He will be absent from New Zealand for about three weeks. Mr. W. F. Massey, Leader of the Opposition, has returned to Wellington from Auckland suffering from a severe [ attaci of influenza. Dr. Mason (Chief Health Officer) and Commissioner Dinnie (New Zealand Police) returned to Wellington from Auckland yesterday. Mr. W. Pryor, secretary of the New Zealand Employers' Federation, returned to Wellington last evening after an extended tour in this industrial district. Mr. J. K. Logan, Superintendent of Telegraphs, has returned to Wellington after an inspection of the telegraph systems of Canterbury, Otago, and Southland. Mr. Henry Saint-George, the Trinity College examiner for New Zealand this year, arrived in Auckland yesterday, and is expected to reach Wellington next month. Lieut.-Colenel Bauchope, officer commanding the Wellington Volunteer District, and Lieut.-Colonel Hume, Inspector of Prisons, were passengers from the South by the Mararoa this morning. Rev. R. Ferguson, minister of First Church, Invercargill, has received a unanimous call to St. Peter's Presbyterian Church, Auckland. Mr. Ferguson was minister of Devonport Presbyterian Church, Auckland, before going to Invercargill. The inspectors of stock at present' in conference in Wellington are — Messrs. Duncan (Auckland), Deem (Wanganui), Miller (Poverty Bay), Ross (Hawkes Bay), Jenkinson (Wellington-Wairara-pa), Blundell (Nelson-Marlborough), Turner (Canterbury), and Bruce (Otago). Mr. T. Vincent, who has been appointed secretary of the new branch of the Y.iM.C.A. at Hamilton, is in Wellington at present, where he will remain until ; the opening of the Hamilton Association about 2nd September. Mr. Vincent has been the honorary secretary of the Levin Association since its formation about three and a-half years ago. He was one of the founders of that branch. Yesterday was the anniversary of the birthday of the Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary, when the Emperor completed his 78th year. The AustroHungarian and other foreign Consulates were flagged in honour of the occasion (says an Auckland telegram). The foreign Consuls and many prominent citizens paid their respects to Mr. E. Langguth, the Austro-Hungarian Consul for New Zealand. Mr. A. D. Willis. ex-M.H.R. for Wanganui, is lying seriously ill in a pri- ! vate hospital in Gisborne. Mr. Willis landed from the steamer on Sunday (telegraphs the Press correspondent), and had to consult a doctor, who found that he was suffering from inflammation of j the throat. Serious symptoms developed rapidly, necessitating an operation being performed, which made a great improvement in the patient's condition.