PERSONAL MATTIES.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVII, Issue 111, 12 May 1909, Page 7

PERSONAL MATTIES.

Captain O'Sullivan, Director of Military Stores, is on a business visit to Christ-church. air. J. iLomas, Chief Inspector of Factories, leturned to Wellington from Auckland last night. Mr. E. J. Fallu, on the staff of C. M. Banks, Ltd., for some years, and who had been a prominent member of the ■Wellington Poultry, Pigeon, and Canary Society, is about to remove to Victoria. Dr. Grbb and the Rev. J. Cpmrie haveleft Wellington to attend the meeting of a committee which has been constituted to arrange for th© appointment of a, successor to the late Dr. Dunlop, Professor of Theology Mr. Francis E. Petherick, solicitor, a member of the firm of Messrs. Bunny, Petherick, and Ayson, was to-day admitted by Mr. Justice Chapman as a barrister of the Supreme Court, on the motion of Mr. Fell. The many friends of Mr. Ernest Waetney, accountant of the National Bank, Grey-street, who has been lying seriously ill for the past month, will be pleased to hear that during the past day or so he has shown marked signs of improvement. Mr. H. F. yon Haasfc was to-day elected a member of tShe Senate of the University by the District Court of Convocation for the Victoria College District. Professor G. W. yon ZedHtz was also a candidate, the voting -being — Mr. yon Haast 197, Profescor yon Zedlitz 118. Mr. Garnet Holmer, of Jesus College, Canterbury, who is classical professor at Cs»?ir Js University, was a passenger by the Talune from San Francisco, via Papeete, to-day. Before leaving the university Mr. Holme produced Henry Vandycke's "House of Rimmon" in the famous Greek theatre attached to the university. Mr. J. Schaeffer, of California University, was a passenger by the Talune to-day. He has come over to learn all he can about New Zealand Rugby football. When he returns he will coach the California, or Berkeley, team fov their match against Stanford University, their old enemies (in a football sense), in November. This is an event for Cali i fornia, which is regarded in the light | of almost national importance. Mr. J. T. Hall, of Wellington, who has been to the Old Conntry on a six months' tour, returned to-day. In Mr. Hall's opinion, New Zealand is not advertised at Home in such a way as to attract the attention of the moneyed classes. Canada's methods impressed him as being much more enterprising. "New Zealand needs only to be made well known at Home,"/ said Mr. Hall, to a Post reporter, "to, induce a very desirable class of people to come out here to settle. We need to wake up,'* he concluded. !Mr&. Eliza Ann Mayer, who had been in business in Wellington for the past fifteen years, died last night, aged 66. ■The deceased was born in London, and came out to New Zealand forty-six years ago. She was married in Dunedin, where her husband died in ISBO, and ■where she carried on business for some years before settling in Wellington. Her death was not unexpected, as she had heen in ill-healfch for a lengthened period. Her family consists of Mr. \H. G. Mayer, engineer, Willis-street; Mr. T. Mayer, 'of Ross and Glendining's staff in Wellington ; !Mrs- Flinders and Mrs. Harper, also of this city; iMes. Winmill, of (Lawrence, and Mrs. iMorton, of 'Melbourne. On Saturday afternoon last, the lady officers of the departments of Tourist and Health Resorts, Industries and Commerce, and Advertising, gave a farewell afternoon tea to their departing chief, Mr. T. E. Donne., and took advantage of" ths opportunity to present hirii with a handsome travelling despatch bag. Misses Dimant, Sorameryille, Lambert, and Jenkins, representing the various departments, made speeches appreciative of Mr. Donne's kindness and consideration towards the members of the ; also expressing regret at his approaching departure, whilst congratulating him on his appointment to an important official position in London. Mr. James Perry, who was in the 60rvice of the Wellington Gity Council for ten years, and afterwards became borongh inspector in •Palmemston North, has teen presented by the municipal staff in that town with a gold medal on severing his connection with the corporation. The Mayor (Mr. Nash), in making the presentation, referred to the able manner in which Mr. Perry had discharged his •work, and added that he had filled the position of inspector with great credit to himself and advantage to the borough. Aji afternoon-tea service ot silver and a tray were presented to Mrs. Perry. The Borough Council has sent Mr. Perry a, very flattering testimonial' as to ability and energy, and expressed regret that owing to the completion of the seweragejvorks it has been necessary to retire him.