PERSONAL MATTERS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 30, 6 February 1911, Page 7

PERSONAL MATTERS.

The Hon. R. M'Kenzie, now in the Auckland district, is expected to return io Wellington on Thursday. Mr. W. A. Veitch, president of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, has been transferred on promotion from Wanganui to Cross CreekMr. C. S. Nixon, Collector of Customs at Wellington, who has been ordered to take a complete rest from work for months, will leave for Sydney and Melbourne on the 17th inst. Mr. C. H. W. Dixon, of the Stamp Department, who recently received an injury to his leg from a cricket ball, as the result of which an operation became necessary, is progressing favourably. , • Sir Joseph Ward ljft Auckland last night for Ohakune, where he speaks tonight (states a Press Association telegram). He will return to Wellington toimorrow. Mr. A. G. Millington, of the Tourist Department, who has been in Sydney on relieving duty, returns by the Warrimoo on Wednesday, when he will take up duties in Wellington. Police-Sergeant Burrows, of the Christchurch city station, has been transferred to Gore_, in place of the late Sergeant M'Kenzie. The vacancy at Christchurch ■will be filled by the promotion of a constable to sergeant's rank. There will be no vacancy created by the appointment of Mr. W. Lomas, Chief Inspector of Factories to the position of Secretary for Labour, vice Mr. 'E. Tregear, retired. Mr. Lomas will (combine the two functions. Mr. W. M. H^ _jr has been elected chairman of the Metropolitan Permanent Building and Investment Society, in succession to the late Mr. A. T. Littlejohn, and Mr. F. W. Hales has been elected to the vacant seat on the board. Mr. J. M. E. Garrow, recently appointed lecturer in New Zealand at Victoria College, arrived in Wellington on Saturday to make preliminary arrangements for settling here. Mr. Garrow will return, to Dunedin by to-night's boat. An item of news which will be pleasant reading to the farming community has (states the Farmers' Union Advocate) just reached us. Mr. C. J. Seakes, Chief Veterinarian, has, by examination, obtained the Degrees of Bachelor of Veterinary Science and Doctor of Veterinary Science of the Melbourne University. As head of the Veterinary and Live Stock Division of the Department of Agriculture, Mr. Reakes has proved himself a - popular as well as a capable director, and has completely gained" the confidence of the farming community. Mr. F. C. Hay, assistant engineer, 'Public Works Department, Wellington, has received intimation that he has gained the highest place in the Associate membership examination of the Institute of Civil Engineers. Not being a student of the institution, he could not be awarded the Bayliss Prize, but the council has ordered that he receive honourable mention. He has been elected an associate member of the institution, and is entitled to append the letters A.M.I.C.E. after his name. Mr. W. L. Moore, consulting engineer, Wellington, also passed the examination. Prince Leopold, of Bettenberg, accompanied by Dr. M'llroy and party, returned to Wellington by the Mapourika iTom Westport on Saturday evening. Since leaving Wellington on 23rd January the Prince has toured the South Island. From Christchurch he went to Reefton, via the Otira Gorge, and thence to Westport through the Buller Gorge. The Prince was very much impressed by the scenery on his travels. During his brief stay in Wellington Prince Leopold was the guesi of the Governor and Lady Islington at Government House. He left to-day by the Main Trunk express for Waiouru, . en route for Rotorua and Auckland. Among the party were Sir James Mills, Lady Mills, and Miss Mills, and Miss Chirnside, of Melbourne. The party will travel overland from Waiouru by coach to Tokaanu, and thence across the lake to Taupo. The itinerary then is WaiT&kei and Waimangu to Rotorua, where a few days will be spent. Prince Leopold will leave Auckland for Sydney on the 15th Febrnary by the P. and O. liner Macedonia. From Sydney he will sail by the Niken Maru on the 22nd February ior China. He is expected back in England about the end of the first week in June. He will travel home via Canada. Mrs. Marianne A. Tasker, a prominent member of the Women's Social and Political League, died at her residence, Brooklyn, en Saturday. The deceased lady, whose age was 56 years, ' was the widow of Mr. John T&skeT, late chief clerk of the' Police Department, Wellington. She was well-known in political circles, being, at the time of her death, president of the Women's j Social and Political League. For seven years she was secretary of the Mount Cock School Committee, and in. this connection enjoyed the distinction of being the first woman to be elected to such a position in the Wellington district. Besides being for a long time president of the Women's Democratic Union — now amalgamated with the Social and Political League — she was also an active member of the Women's National Council of New Zealand — a body which was carried on for a number of years with marked success. Her husband predeceased her by five years. The deceased lady leaves a family of seven. The sons are : Messrs. J. M. Tasker, etationmaster, Taringamutu; and G. B. Tasker, of the mail room, G.P.O. The daughters are : Mesdames C. J. Erenstrom, Palmersion North; A. G. Quar-t-eTmain, Auckland ; H. W. Hawkins, iate of Auckland ,- and Misses M*. E. Tasker, Telephone Exchange, Wellington, and K. L. Tasker, Lower Hubt School. Mrs. Tasker had been ailing for some months, but her end came suddenly on Saturday. She had been *orty years in the Dominion.