PERSONAL

Evening Star, Issue 14497, 24 February 1911, Page 4

PERSONAL

Hi.-- Excellency the Governor has accepted the position of pnlion of the I'acili,Suit Rathine; and l.iie-saviiie; Clul). Mr J, mips Dickson. chairman of the Roitobdlo Road Board, intends to ctaiid at. the foithinmine; liaihov elections as :i candidate for tin; representation of _thc combined district of Peninsula, 'tanai. Waikouaiti. and Waihnno. Cavorsham residents w ill learn with pleasure that. .Set.acrmt Biid. for many veais in char;,':- of tho Culveidou district, has just lippn promoted to the tank of sergeant, and transferred to Auckland. At a farewell soord last week testimony was given to tin; popularity of Serjeant. Bird and Mrs Bird in the district., and to the tactful and courteous way in whnh Sergeant Bird hud earned ' out his, duties. Mrs Bud was presented with :i very ,-uliflantial purse, of sovereigns. .Mr Edmund Ale\-. Duncan was yester<lav admitted by His honor Mr Justice Williams as a solicitor of the Supreme Court.. Mr John MucGregor appealed in support of the. application. Mr William Dawson ami Miss Ruby DawFOH leave bv the Mamma, on tho 12i)i prox. for Hobaii, where, they join the Orient, liner Olrrmto. Mr Dawson and 1.:.; daughter will be in London at- the tnm- ..I (lie Coronation ceremonies. Lord and Lady Islington IoK R>r lie North, liv the first ■express to-day. ' I|l ' Prime Minister and Lady Ward v.vre !1 of Anckln.nO is Archdeacon Crowley, of Gedong. Ihe .v.-nod vec-terdav revolved a. edible- irom tno_-■.!< ;i----dc-acon accepting the position. He l« <-a'<l to he a, man of elriknig pertonnhty. ;,. line preacher, and 10 Have a canacny .or i-adm-shin. lie is ;i iiir-h ( hiirihman. hut and tolerant in his views lie was :>,mongef tho first of the Englkn curates to accept- work ill Australia. S-i"v.:mt. Gvuiekshank. at presen;, stationed'at Ni'.pier. has lieen appointor Mihinspector. and will he transferred to Rmicdin. He h:i« thirty-two years' eontinuoils service and an oxoolJent record. I,e served in Dumxlin for a. number of yoa.rs. became fiorgea,nt in IPOO. and has been fined ftafionod at U olli'iief on, Dannevirke, and Napier. The Right Rev. Dr \erdon. Catholic Bitdiop of Dimedin. went to Oainaru todav for confirmation services. Mr J. Douglas PeiTilt, who has been on a sketching tour or Mount Cook nn<l srrr-1-oundi.ng kko-s, arrived in Duntxlin last oveniiitr, and intends making a ehort stay amongst his old friends.