PERSONAL MATTERS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 26, 31 January 1912, Page 7

PERSONAL MATTERS.

Dr. Horbert returned from Dunedin this morning. Mr. A. E. Pearce, of Messrs. Levin and Co.. returned to Wollington by the Manuka to-day. Mi 1 . Robert Parker has been reappointed instructor in singing for the teachers' | training classes. Mx. John Fuller, jun., who has been on a visit to Australia, returned to Wellington by the Manuka to-da\. The Hon. W. C. F. Carncross, Chairman of Committees in fcho Legislative Council, is on a visit to Wellington. Mr. J. S. Turnbull, Education Board Inspector, who has been on a visit to England, returned by the Manuka today. Mr. E. F. Wells, of the Wellington Training College, has been appointed assistant master of the Patea District High School. Sir Joseph Ward, who was accompanied by Lady Ward, Miss Ward, and Master Ward, motored through from Napier yesturday, reaching Wellington in the evening. Mr. M. C. Barnett, district manager for the Public Trustee at Christchuich, who has been spending a portion of his annual holiday in Wellington, will return to Christchurch to-night. The Rev A. Hodge, of the Masterton Congregational Church, who is going to Napier, was tendered a farewell in the church on Monday evening by members of the congregation and representatives of other Masterton churches. The Rev. J. B. Glasson, of the Wellington Congregational Church, occupied the chair. Mr. Alexander, manager of the Dunedin tramways, has, telegraphs our Dunedin correspondent, withdrawn his application for the position of traffic manager of the Wellington tramways on the ground that it would be inconvenient for liim to attend the meeting of the Wellington Tramways Committee on sth prot In view of the approaching departure of Mr. J. T. M. Hornsby, who has coni -tested tho Wairarapa *oat in the interests of tha Liberal Party ever since 1896, ,a movement (states our Feathereton correspondent) is on foot to tender him a farewell worthy of the occasion, and Featherston electors are joining in the proposed send-off. Mr. A. A. Corrigan is severing his connection with the Wellington branch of the D.1.C., of which he has been general manager for twenty-one years, to-day. This afternoon the staff sent up to his room a handsome silver afternoon tea service and salver, inscribed: " Presented to A. A. Corrigan, Esq., by the staff of the, D.1.C., Wellington, January, 1912." The presentation was accompanied by the following letter: "Dear Sir, — On the eve of severing your connection with the D.1.C., we, the staff, desire to express our deep regret at losing a manager who has always worked in the best interests of the company, being at the same time n't and courteous to the staff. We ! sure a more humane manager it would be impossible to conceive of. W« ask you to accept the accompanying gift as a token of the esteem in which you are held. It Carries with it the very sincere and hearty good wishes of the j staff of the D.1.C."