PERSONAL MATTERS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 101, 29 April 1912, Page 7

PERSONAL MATTERS.

All the Ministers are in town with th« exception of the Rons. A. M. Myers (who is at Auckland), G. W. Russell (Taupo), and T. Buxton (Temuk?). Dr. Doctor, of Whangarei, has been B-ppointed house surgeon of the Totara Hospital, at Row. Mr. Irwiti C. Wallis. C.E., -who is on a business tour of N«\v Zealand, leaves to morrow for Auckland. Miss M. Hutehens has been appointed clerk of the Woodville County Council. There iveie six applicants. Mr. "\V. Fraser, M.P., returned yesterday from Otago. He will revisit his electorate at the end of next month. The Yen. Archdeacdh Smith, C.S S.R., oi Perth. Western Australia, who has been touring New Zealand for the benefit of his health, left for home by the Tahiti on Saturday. Mr. W. A. Richards, an ex-Governor I of Wyoming and a Commissioner oi ] Lands under the United States GovernI nit'nt, passed through Wellington by the ; Tahiti on Saturday. Lieutenant-Colonel CosEgrove, V.D., D'/minion Chief Cwnmisekmer of the Koy Scoute' Organisation, will be in Wellington on the 20th May, and will inspect the Boy Scouts here. In commemoration of h'm long and valuable services as Mayor, the Timaru Borough Council on Saturday presented Mr. James Craigie, M.P., aud Mrs. Craigie with handsome pieces of silver piate, as farewell gifts. Mr. M'Gregor Wright, who hae been le-electcd Mayor of Woolston, the Christchurch suburb in which the Hon. G. Laurenson opened a municipal library last Saturday, was for many years in bu&inees on Limbton-quay. Mr. Richard Pilling, has been appointed manager in Wellington for Messrs. S. Kirkpatrick and Co., Ltd., of Nelson, and the firm's representative for Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay districts, vice Mr. J. M'Callum} who has resigned. Dr. Herbert returned to Wellington yesterday from Kelso, Otago, ■ whither he went in consequence of the illness of his father, Mr. John Herbert. Mr. Herbert ha« somewhat improved in health, but is Btill confined to his bed. Mr. G. H. Scott, of the Scott Motor Agency, has left the Dominion for a business tour to the United States and Europe. He will investigate the latest developments in the motor world, and expects to return about next October. The late Mr. E. H. Dean was a prominent'mßmber of St. Paul's Pro-Cathe-dral, and at last evening's service there the Rev. A. M. Johnson, tho vicar, paid a graceful tribute to his Christian character and his deep interest in church work. Mr. Jesse Steer has (reports a Press Association telegram from Greymouth) •received a communication from the Masonic Grand Secretary in London notifying his appointment as District Grand Master for Westland, vice Mr. John Bevan, deceased. Mr. W. J. Thompson, an ex-member of the City Council, has signified his intention of becoming a candidate for the vacancy on the council caused by the election of Mr. li. M'L;aren to the Mayoralty. Mr. Matthew Murdoch hae also been asked to stand.' He will decide in a few days' time. Inspector Wilson, officer in charge of the Wanganui police district, declined (eta tee a Press Association telegram) an olfer of promotion to the charge 01 the Aucklancl district, a position rendered vacant by Mr. Oullen s appointment as CuminiKsioner. As inspector Wilson's t-im of service is nearmg completion, ai.d as he has made a home in Wanganui, m> did r not think it advisable "to a-iept the proffered promotion. A li-. W, P. Paton, who has been brJiff at the Magistrate's Court, Timaru, ■ fc-t- tome years, and \b leaving to become cl<-ik of the court at- Lpwer Hutt, was presented on Saturday by Mr. V. G. Day, S.M. (on behalf of the 'Timaru. Court staff) with a handsome case of pipes, ac a souvenir and mark of esteem. Mi*. 'Day also conveyed congratulations on Mr. Paton's promotion, and expressed good wi«hi». Dr. IJdwiu E. Slosson, of the New York Independent, a leading American jouriialißt and a collaborator with Dr. David Starr Jordan, was a passenger by the Tahiti, .which passed through Wellington on Saturday. He is visiting Victoria with a number qf other journalists at the invitation of the Victorian Government. Dr. Siosson, who is a graduate of Chicago University visited Victoria College «yid the Museum during his brief stay in Wellington. At the quarterly meeting of the Welr.!#??, I 'y? o « r »J>t»cal Union, held at the Oddfellows' Hall on Saturday evening, the following resolution was passed in euence : "That this union places on, record its appreciation of the services rendered to this union by the late Mi. D. P. Fisher, and expresses a sincere sense jOf its lots occasioned through his demise," The president remarked that it was fitting that such a resolution should f jb adopted at the first meeting of mem- ' hei -i of the union after the death of Vena of the union's best executive officers, he having occupied the positions of president and secretary, and also represented the union on the Trades and Labour Council and other Labour bodies.