PERSONAL.

Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 136, 19 June 1901, Page 3

PERSONAL.

Mr .T. 51. Gouldsmith, of AVaimata, was n pnsscngor by the AA r aihora yostcnlay. Mr Hilton Lysnnr roturnod from Auckland by tho Waihora ycstorday afternoon. Mr T. Steolo, the popular host of tho Albion Club Hotol, returned to Gisborne yesterday. Playgoers who romombor sliss Blaud Hcwson, tho charming contralto, who Was with “ Tho Pollards,” will bo pleased to loarn that Mr Dix has secured kor for his New Zealand circuit. Mr AV. 11. Groom, one of the Queensland members of the llouso of Representatives, sat without interruption in the State Legislative Assembly for 89 years. It is believed that no other politician in Australia has such a record. Troopor AVilliam Jefl'ery, son of slr Jotlcry, of Lawronco, Otago, who went out to South Africa with tho Seventh Contingent, is attached as'dispenser to one of the field hospitals, and has been promoted to tho rank of corporal. Prior to leaving Dunedin to tako up a position in tho AVcllington branch of tho Union Steam Ship Company, slr R. Back was made n presentation by a number of his .personal friends. slr A\. Hamblctt loft Gisborne last night to fill tho vacancy in tho Duncdiu office. Messrs John M‘Nab and Henry Pope, who left Lawrence, Otago, some months ago with the intontiou of followiug their trades in Durban, have gone in for military life. The former has joined tho South African Light Horse, and the latter has attachod himself to an ambulance corps. Mr Popo’s defective eyesight prevented his inclusion in the first-namod corps. . , A Loudon correspondent writes: — Miss Celia Dampior, tlio New Zealand violinist, announced a concert in connection with Miss Margaret Harding. The concert was given in tho Steinway Hall, and was uudor tho patronage of Lady llanfurly, Lady Augusta Orr-Living, Lady Edmund Talbot, Lady BaAersea, and others.” It will bo remembered that Miss Dampier l' camo to Gisborne on the occasion when the Tasmania was wrecked. Coningham, the petitioner in the famous Coningham-O’Hara divorce case, is at present in Carterton, says the Pah hit u a Herald. Ho is touring the AVairanpa, disposing of cash registers. In conversation with a Carterton tradesman, he is reported to have said that he intends to ro-open the divorce case as soon as funds permit. Mr Singleton, tho new cheese expert from Canada, will bo located principally in the South Island. Mr John Church, who has held the position of secretary of tho North Otago Agricultural and Pastoral Association for 2S years, was presented with a valuable silver salvor and a purso of 75 sovereigns on retiring from the office. Mr George ’ B. Hislop was appointed secretary of the Society. A London correspondent writes: —Mr Spencer Gollan’s remarkable successes in the sporting world still continue to be a prominent topic of conversation. Tho extraordinary change that has come over 1 his luck is quite phenomenal. Last year won nothing at all substantial, whereas this year, although the season has hardly be tr un, he has already gained two races worth altogether nearly £4OOO, both run within three weeks of one another, and this money amount is, of course, entirely exclusive of the large sum ho has probablv won through bets. And to this, of *• course, has to bo added his brilliant achievement on the water..