PERSONAL MATTERS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 65, 14 September 1911, Page 7

PERSONAL MATTERS.

Mr. C. B. Pharazyn was a passenger from Sydney by the Manuka yesterday. Mr. J. H. Chineon, chairman of the Auckland Harbour Board, returned North to-day. Messrs. John A. Plimmer and Chae. Plimmer aw leaving by the Manuka this afternoon on % visit to Melbourne and Sydney. Mr. 0. A. Griffiths, of Blair-street, who h*as been in, Auckland for a considerable time, returned to Wellington yesterday afternoon. Mr. Wytme Jones, a former resident of Wellington, ie conductor of the "Gay Gordons " orchestra, which arrived from Sydney yesterday. At a. meeting of the Oamaru Presbytery y&sterdnv, it was itnanimoMely resolved to nominate the R«v. R. J. Porter aa the Aee-embly's Moderator for 1912. Messrs. W. H. Tripe, H. A. Tripe, and Lieutenant-Colonel Hume, will be amongst tlio pa«s«nger« bjf the Tyser liner Whakartta, which leaves Wellington tomorrow for Queensland. Professor MacHill&n Brown, who has been explonng iti tne Solomons returned to Now Zealand via Sydney yesterday. Reference has been mad* in the cablegrams to the Professor's researches into the. origin of the Polynesian*. Colonel Bridges, commanding the Australian Royal Military College, Baa informed Ma-jor-G^nei-al Godley that lie lias promoted N. I, K. Jennings, one of the ten cadets seat by New Zealand to the Australian Military College for training, as A <?ftdet flofl-comiaifisiotted officer, Colonel Vernofl, designer of the Sydney National Art Galterv, who is at present in Wellington- iv connection with the Parliament House architectural competitions!, wilt preside at the ketttre to be given at the Arts Clttb thte evening by Mr. A. Ha-miltou oil a National Gallery. Mr. C. S. Lan Ch«, the nowly-appoint-ed Chinese ' Comul in K-ew Zealand, is due to arrive liete from Sydney on Wednesday next. He has travelled abroad, is a Shantung Malt— the province in which the Germans have teen most active ; and speaks Cantonese, the language spoken by almost all the Chinese in New Zealand. Mr. Eugene Ossipoff, the Russian singt-t* who toured the Dominion some months ago, wa» a. passenger by the Aorsngi, wliidh arrived from San Francisco arid ports to-day. Ite is booked to leave by the Moeraki for Sydney tomorrow. Other passengers from San Francisco were Mr. W. J". kovelocki of PalmeMon North, and the Rev. Fathers Quimi and Treapy, who are returning to Sydney after a sojourn in America. Throogh the death of Mr. Joseph ftapley, whb died in Christchurch a few days ago (save a local paper), the Methodist Church has lost one of its most devoted workers, who for a period of thirty-two years has occupied many Canterbury pulpit* with great acceptance. Commencing hifl work as a hdme missionary in th« St. Albam circuit, he feubfitefiiieiitly had charge of the Amberley. Sheffield, and Methven stations, vetiring ft few years ago td St. Albans. where he «pent a gora deal of time in, visiting the *ick and in pulpit minietratiofla, The ranks of Rugby enthusiasts in, TAtftrittld wwe lessened this week (stated the Taran*ki News) by the death of one of the most popular supporters, Mr. Alf. Jury, ivho died at waitara early on Tuesday morning. He had only been in possession of the Club Hotel at Wait*ra for- about a month, Whilst lecovaring ffturi an, illn®s^ h© was exposed to the night air, and contrasted pneumonia, to tfhich he succumbed in about a itetk. Fe? *em# year* Mr. Jury was on the management committee of the Tarajtaki- Rugby Union. He was hotelkeeping at Okftiawa, Normanby, and Bawera. ROYAL SHOW IN MELBOURNE, STOCK SALES, By Tmefriph,— ft«i A«wc!st!«u,-.C6i)yrl|hv, (Received September 14, 1.40 p.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. At the Royal Show stock /salei the following prices were realised ;— On Account of Mr. James Lawaon, New Zealafld— Draught stalltone Fancy and Black Points brought ISO and 125 guineas respectively, and t-..0 mates 50 and 53 guineas On account of Mr. Reid, of Darftelde —English Leicester ram, third prizetaker, seven guineas, and another four guinea*. STRIKE OP SCHOOL CHILDREN farades in the streets, teacherFstoned. • Bj TelegrM&.-Preii Asfeciatioß.-Copyftgtii LONDON, 13th September. Schoolboy strikes continue at Ashton-under-Lyne, Grimsby, Bradford, Sheffield, Hull, and Leith. Hundreds of children are parading the streets proclaiming their demands for leso wo?:* and less c&ne. The strikers at Hull stoned the teachers and marched to the school Afmed with broomsticks, intimidating the non-strikers. There are some strikers at Salford, but the movement at Manchester has collapsed; and the truants have been caned. Disturbances have occurred at Hoxton, Islington, Enfield. Tottenham, Fulham, Clerkenwell, Kentish Town, and Step' nev. The. strikers held meetings on the streets, and marched in procession carrying cardboard banners inscribed "No cane" and "More holidays daring the,, liot weather." Crowd 3 of mothers assembled ai a number of the school doors at closing time to take the strikers home. OPPOSITION CANDIDATES AND PROHIBITION. » Sir,— l have just had m.v attention called to your issue of 30th August,, ee-ntain-ihj^ an account of the recent slander notion, Monckt&n v. Brown. Mt. Bfo*n is reported as having stated that I. called upon him and informed him that he had been dropped m a candidate because "the Opposition Party could not identify itself with' a No-license candidate." I wish to stale that I nover made any such statement to Mr. Btown, and the' fact that we have got several No-license candidates and members of Parliament in our party if, I think, sufficient to show fchafc there ostn bo no gi-otind for such an assertion. I liAY<3 just returned from the Auckland province, and now take the earliest opportunity oi giving an emphntid denial to Mt. A Brown'd statement, Mr. Brown knows fmripotly well tho reatons I gave him.— I am, etc.| U. R. MARTIN, _ Opposition Organiser. Wellington, 12th September, 1911. BOXING, -— " » ■— . Patrons of boxiug arc asked to note ihat thn bos plan for the light-weight ehftttinioaship contest Tracy v. Ilannan will oe opened «t Armit'9 on Monday