PERSONAL.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 126, 13 May 1911, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Canadians hope that the Duke of; ; Connaught will be able to tour the : Dominion of Canada next year. j i Dr. Martin, of Wellington, is at present visiting Hastings, and is, staying with Father Keogh. ; I Mr. Fossev. the Director of the; Napier Technical College, leaves on Monday on a business visit to ■Wellington. j Mr. F. H. Robbie. of Bunny-; thorpe. who has been spending a ; few days in Hastings, returned this' morning. j The Hon. Thomas Mackenzie, * Minister of Agriculture, has been confined to his room suffering from 1 congestion due to a chill. In the meantime his immediate arrangements have been cancelled. The first visit to the theatre; since their accession was made by the King and Queen and the Prince of Wales, when they’ w’it- \ nessed the play “Kismet.” at the Garrick Theatre. i Major H. F. Head. R.A., late Director of Ordnance and Commandant of Permanent Forces, New Zealand, has been appointed to command No. 48 (Heavy) Battery. R.G.A., at Woolwich. ! Miss Grace Palotta left 'Welling-; ton by the Warrimoo last evening. She is en route to Vienna, where her mother is seriously ill. By! ; rapid overland travelling from Sydney she will just manage to! catch the Osterley’ at Adelaide, j Mr. J. H. Anderson, of Mr. J. R. ! ; Gillespie’s pharmacy, and Mr. E. A. Schattky. attached to Mr. H. J. i Webber’s establishment, both of; : Hastings, have succeeded in passing ■in Section A of the New Zealand; Pharmacy Board examinations re- j centl.v held in Wellington. Dr. Mawson, who is now making' scientific preparations for a dash ■to the South Pole, leaving Hobart; !next November, is an Englishman! by’ birth. He. however, claims to ; be an Australian for his parents! icame out when he was a child. He; is 29 years of age. i A London correspondent writes -., 'New Zealanders who intend to ; visit Ireland during the coming : i summer include Sir Joseph and; Lady' Ward. Dr. and Mrs. Findlay, i Sir William and Lady Russell.! During a portion of their stay’ there thev will be the guests of Lord and; Lady Plunket. at Old Connaught! House. Bray.’ I The only New Zealand artists in ; rhe exhibition of the Royal Society’: ; of British Artists this y ear are Mr. iE. IV. Christmas. R.8.A., and Mr. Owen Merton, R.8.A.. the clever young Christchurch painter. Mr. Merton’s pictures are both French scenes, one a shop interior (his' special forte) in Paris, and the ; : other in Brittanv. ; I *" < Mr. W. Armstrong, the new : Commissioner of Crown Lands for ; Taranaki in succession to Mr. F. j Simpson, retired on superannuaj tion, has been in the Survey De- ; partment for over thirty’ years. . For many years he was chief ; draughtsman and receiver of land ; revenue at Blenheim, and for the ! past two y’ears was chief draughts- ‘ man at Dunedin.