PERSONAL

Evening Star, Issue 14414, 9 July 1910, Page 6

PERSONAL

Mr Horace G. Wilson has severed hie connection with the Yorkshire Insurance Company in order to take up the position as chief clerk to Messrs Bred rick and Chalmor of this City. Mr J. A. Hutton, chief postmaster at Wellington, who ie retiring, was presented last night with an address from the lettercarriers. tor Joseph Ward made the presentation.

Tha Hon. J. T. Paul reaches Dunedin to-night. He comes South as president of the-Tailoressas’ Union to attend the function of that union’s coming of ago, which is expected, to be tho largest gathering of female workers held in this City for many years.

Yesterday at St. James’s Palace King Georsfo formally conferred the honor of knighthood on Sir William Hall-Jones and Sir T. B. Robinson (Agent-General for Queensland). Captain Webb has been re-elected chairman of the Australasian Steamship Owners’ Association.

IxMidon advises that numerous Tariff Reform meetings are being hold to do honor to Mr Chamberlain on his seventyfourth birthday. .Mrs Asquith (wife of the Prime Minister) ac com panics Lady Islington to Plymouth to-morrow to bid her farewell.

,^Mr ; ,W. G. Duffiokl, of ftemth Australia, has bean appointed professor of physics at the University College, Reading (England). The death ie announced of William James Rolfc, American essayist and author of fovoral works on Shakespeare, aged oighty-three years. .Miss Pacey, of Dunedin, whose success at the local competitions is well known, has bean engaged by the Gisborne Orchestral Society" to sing at their concert to bo given on the 19th inst. She leaves by steamer on Tuesday. Mr C. R. Smith, of the Alliance Assurance Company, will leave for Wellington on the 20th inst. to hike up his new duties there.