PERSONAL MATTERS

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 147, 18 December 1913, Page 6

PERSONAL MATTERS

On 19th December Viscount Kelbutn will leavo England for VlStftV , 2<>ahmd, travelling via Suez \and x tjie OrieiiKlino (writes tho London lx>riesiiomW\ ft Tho Post). Ho is going QUtao r ,lak<k **> the > duties of his new BjUKrintment Iwft' Nfew Zealand, namely, tho> commands 5 tUe Pyramus. Lord Kelburu Jias jflfctf completed two years i?i& coninjahd , of tho destroyer Acheron, belonging to ilwftftrsL flotilla of tho First j%et, Job OTfiard which vessel he had tno^Ut»;»ujs{p <fl entertaining us hib gueat^tOlYa-^Sowsider-able period Colonel Goring, (wKo/wns on a visit from New Zealand; f Lord Kelburn looks forward with pleasure to hio sojourn in tho Dominion, y He will b« accompanied by Lady Kelbura, who will probably reside in Wellington or it* vicinity. i Tlie Hon. W. F. Massey and tho Hon. W. H. Herries will leave for Auckland in a few days. The Hon. J. Allen will leavo for the South before the end of the week, and in about a fortnight's time go to Auckland und Rotorua. On Monday next Eho Hon. W. Fraser will leavo for Auckland, and later on will attend the West Coast Jubilee celebrations, which open at Hokitika on 7th January. Tho Hon. R. H. Rhodes and tho Hon. F. M. B. Fisher are at Christchurch. The Bishop of Nelson, Dr. Sadlier, will be a passenger by tho Victoria for Sydney to-morrow. Tho Hon. G. Fowlds will leave Auckland early in .January on nn extended trip to Europe and America. Colonel E. S. Heard, Acting-Oaten-mandant, returned to Wellington from Now Plymouth last night. Mr. A. Guise, who was private secretary to Lord Islington, has taken up a position with tho .Canadian Pacifio Railway Company. Mr. A. J. Petherick, secretary of tho New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association, will leave to-morrow for Auckland to manage the championship tennis meeting in that city. Mr. A. C. Gow, who has been stationmaster at Feathorston for tho paht few years, has boon transferred to Ngahau* ranga, and Mr. H. Kearney, of (hat station, will take up Mr. Gow'b duties at Featherston. Mr. F. W. Furkert, inspecting engineer for the Public Works Department, who has been on an extended visit to Europe and Canada, returned to New Zealand by the Niagara. He is duo in Wellington from Auckland this afternoon. At the close of a, meeting of the Wellington Provincial Lawn Tennis Association last evening, the Chairman (Mr. R. Beere) on. behalf of the committee, presented tho bon. secretary, Mr. D. Murray Keen, with a spirit etaiul on the oc casion of his approaching marriage. Air. Beere referred to the good work done by Mr. Keen during his four years of secretaryship, and his remarks were heartily endorsed by Mr. * Arthur L. Berry (match secretary). At a meeting of the Fcilding Fir© Board yesterday, a motion w»tb passed regretting the retirement of Mr. J. J. Mallard, owing to being promoted to Dunedin. Mr. Pirani eulogised the services rendered to the brigade members and to the fire Bervice generally, referred to tho good feeling always displayed by Mi. Mallard towards his fellow members, and wished him a full measure of prosperity and happiness in his new sphere of action. Mr. Goodbehcre (chairman) endorsed tho tribute paid, und expressed his personal regret al losing Mr. Mallard's services. At the meeting of tho To Aro School Committee last flight a letter was read from the headmaster, Mr. Clement Watson, 8.A., informing the cbmniittou that ho had sent in his resignation to tho Education Board. The- following resolution was carried unanimously \ — "The committee expresses its sincere regvet that the state of Mr. Watson's health renders such a step necessary, and places on record its hign appreciation of the faithful and valuable work done by him during the long period of his headmastership, extending over thirty-three years, and its deep sense of the value of his services in the cause of education 'generally, and to the To Aro School and district iii particular. The committee hopes that his health will bo thoroughly restored, and that he will bo ablo to enjoy his well-deserved leisure for many years to come." The Secretary for Labour (Mr. J. Lomas), who retires officially at the .end of the financial year, 31st March, 1914, will be succeeded by Mr. F. W. Rowley, who is at present Chief Inspector of Factories and Deputy-Registrar of Industrial Unions. Mr. Rowley will assume office on Ist January, 1914, as Mr. Lomas, in accordance with tho usual custom, will actually terminate his duties on 31st December next to retire on three months' leave of absence with full pay. Mr. Rowley joined tho Labour Department about twenty years ago us a cadet, and has been attached to tho headquarters staff ever since. In or about 1903 he became Inspector of Factories, and three years later accountant, while in the year following he was appointed Deputy-Chief Inspector of Factories. In 1910 Mr. Rowley became DeputyRegistrar of Industrial Unions, and some three months since ho was made Chief Inspector of Factories.