PERSONAL.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 72, 7 March 1911, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Lord Crewe’s progress is steady, but his convalescence must be slow. The German Crown Prince has arrived at Cairo on his way home- > wards. ! i Cabled from London that Lord I Lansdowne is absent from the! House of Lords through illness, but; is improving. . The Bishop of Melanesia (Bishop; Wilson) will arrive in Napier on the; 30th instant. He has arranged to ; preach at the Cathedral the same evening. The Hon. R. McKenzie, Minister; of Public Works, will return from; Auckland via the East Coast, so as , to travel over the route of the proposed Napier-Gisborne railway. The Chief Justice, Sir Robert! Stout, returns to Napier this even- ; ing. He will preside over the adi joumed Napier sittings of the Sul preme Court, which are to be con- ■ tinned to-morrow. ■ The marriage was c. eb rat ed yesterday at St. Patr vk s. Napier.of Mr. James Walshe, Ree f ron, and; Miss Frances Johnston, Ashburton.: The Rev. Father U’Connor per-, formed the ceremony. i

Mr. James McMillan, caretaker of the Arcade, Nanier, has received after 42 years a war medal from Government. Mr. McMillan served in the Maori War from 1868 to 1874, and was in Poverty Bay. Wairoa, and Taupo fights. The final draft of stations in connection with the Wusleyan Church shows that the Rev. H. L. Blamires and Rev. G. Burcheel have been appointed to the Napier district, and the Rev. A. C. Lawry goes to the curacy of St. Jonn's, Ponsonby. Brigadier Bray, in charge of the Salvation Army’s social operations in the North Island, leaves Wellington on Friday for London, to act as the Dominion's representative at the congress of the heads of the Salvation Army’s social work throughout the world. —Press Association.

The friends of Mr. Henry Hill, Inspector of Schools for . Hawke’s Bay, will be pleased »«■» know that he starts to-day on Its homeward voyage. He says: —' I shall be leaving London on March Fih, travelling through Switz sriand, Italy, up Vesuvius, thence io Egypt, the Pyramids, and catch the Scharnhorst on April 2nd at Suez.” At Dunedin last Friday morning Mr. Justice Williams was reminded of the fact that that day was the thirty-sixth anniversary of his elevation to the Bench. Mr. Herbert Wdbb, president of the Law Society, waited upon His Honour, and tendered the congratulations of the Bar, also their earnest hope that he would long be spared to discharge his responsible duties. The Judge, in thanking Mr. Webb and the profession generally, remarked that he was afraid he would not be able to remain on trie, Bench for another thirty-six years.

The Prime Minister, prior to his departure, did two thoughtful acts. [ On Saturday morning, in the company with Lady Ward, he placed a 1 wreath on the grave of the late Mr.; Seddon. Observatory Hill, Bolton, street cemetery. En route north the > previous week from Dunedin he' left the express train at Palmerston, South, and visited the graves of the : late Sir John and Lady McKenzie, in company with one of the deceas-1 ed’s daughters, and placed wreaths} on both graves. i Departmental changes show that! Mr. F. L. Aspinall, assistant dis- j trict land registrar in Napier, has been appointed district land regist- ■ rar here in the place of Mr. L. G. | Pauling, who is transferred to Invercargill, and Mr. J. A. Fraser, ’ clerk in the lands’ office has been; appointed assistant in Napier. Mr. Bamford, Registrar-General of Land (Wellington), who is retiring,! will be succeeded by Mr. G. J.! Bridges (District Land Registrar. Christchurch), whose place will be, taken by Mr. W. Kinks, of Dune-’ din. Mr. C. E. Nalder (Invercar-| gill) will replace Mr. Wilks at Dune-1 din. j

The people of this district will be pleased to learn of t’>e splendid success achieved at the Edinburgh University by Mr. J. Drummon l an old Napier High Stho.l boy, who has been studying medicine. Having passed his finals, Dr. Drum mond has been appointed to the position of clinical r ssistant to Sir Thomas Frazer. Mr. Drummond’s a son of Mr. John Drummond, an erstwhile Taradale resident, and now of Dannevirke. Besides taking a leading place in both football and cricket, Mr. Drumm >nd (.blamed a distinguished place : n all his examinations, giving ample testimony of exceptional ability. It is interesting to note that his place as captain of the cricket eleven at the University has been taken by Mr. G. V. Bogle, another Napier High School student.