PERSONAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 179, 13 July 1912, Page 4

PERSONAL

’ Mr. M. Myers. Wellington, pasted • ■ through Napier last evening on his j' way to Gisborne. j Mr. and Mrs. Goring Johnston, ' I Palmerston North, are at present on a visit to Napier. , Mr. W. D. S. McDonald, M.P., left Napier for Gisborne last even- ; ing. Mrs. A. A. George left Hastings i this morning on a visit to her daugh■l ter. Mrs. McKittrick, of Tikokino. s Mr. John Collinge. senr., left (Hastings this morning on a holiday ■ visit to Auckland. , | Mr. and Mrs. E. Dampney, of i Ngaroto, left Napier this morning ■ for Wairoa. Mr. R. Johnstone, accompanied bv M is. Johnstone, returned home last ; night to Matuotaraia from Napier. [ Rev. Father Sergrieff. of Welling- ! ton. is on a visit to Very Rev. Father ' Keogh, of Hastings. i Mr. Murray, secretary of *he .Christchurch Meat Company, accom- > panied by Mrs. Murray, arrived in Napier last evening on a short The Rev. G. Watson has resigned' the parish of Gee vest on (Vic.), and accepted work in the Diocese of Waiapu, under Bishop Averill. - A Press Association message states that Mr. Massey, Prime Miniter, will leave Wellington by the { Main Trunk train to-day on a short j visit to his family at Otahuhu. | Commissioner Richards, the newly- > appointed chief of Salvation j Army in New Zealand, and ' Mrs. ■ Richards are at present in Auckland. Mr. E. R Danvers, of the “Tri(bune” commercial staff, has accept - (ed a position in a similar capacity ion the Temuka “Leader” and leaves ! for the south on Monday next. I The following passengers arrived from Taupo last night per Hawke’s Bay Motor Company’s coach: — Misses McGill and HiU, Messrs. McGill. Grant, Wentworth, and. Patterson; Mr. A. L. D. Fraser, President of I the Hawke’s Bay Bgxing Association. left Hastings this morning for Wellington to attend the Boxing Conference Mr. A. Gregory accompanied Mr. Fraser. < Mr. Samuel Alfred Bristoe, a ' widely-known and popular old idenI tity of Timaru. died yesterday in his , eightieth year. He was a native of ■ Wiltshire, and came to South Canterbury in 1863. Previous to retiring from office the Hon. G. W. Russell appointed Dr. L. G. Calkwell, of Remuera, Auckland, as a medical inspector of schools, thus completing the four appointments agreed by the late Cabinet. Mr. Hedley James, buyer for the Gear Meat Company io the Dannevirke district .is making a good rei covery from a somewhat serious ill-. ' uess, says the “Evening News.’’ Mr. t James has been confined to his bed for the past six weeks, but is now able to get about. Mr. Thom McConachie, one of the first cattle dealers to take a mob of cattle from Nelson to the West Coast diggings, and before the road down the Buller Valley was constructed, has recently undergone an j operation for cancer in the Nelson ! Hospital. There is very sligfit hope ■of his recovery. The Hon. J. A. Millar says his health is slowly improving, but that his medical advisers will not allow him to undertake mental work for at least three months. After the expiry of that time he will be examined again to see if his health is sufficiently restored to enable him to resume active duties. ( Commissioner Richards, who has Just recently been appointed Comi mantier of all Salvation Army operation in New Zealand, will shortly pay his first visit to Hastings. This j will be the first occasion on which i a Commissioner of the above organisj ation has visited our town. The date fixed is August 15th. j Mr. Leo Myers was on Wednesday afternoon entertained by members of the wholesale and retail trade at the Waverley Hotel, Auckland, prior to his departure, with Mrs. Myers, for England. Mr. Myers I is an earnest Imperialist and while : in the Old Country he is going to devote the most of his work in the direction of bringing about closer I relations between the Homeland ; and the Dominions.

Mr. Alex. Jamieson. M.A.. the newly-appointed national secretary of the Young Men’s Christian Associations of New Zealand is at preI sent in Dunedin. Mr. Jamieson has f just completed a most successful , term of office as national secretary | for the southern section of the IY.M.C.A.’s of Australia. It is exI pectcd that the appointment of Mr. 1 Jamieson to thi- important position j will r<-s-,;]t in a great forward moveJ men: in the work of the Y.M.C.A. i His stay in Dunedin will he of short f duration, as l.“ is to meet the National Committee at Wellington at ■an early date. Dr. Janies Hudson, of Tapawera, ! through the car skidding on the road over the Spooner’s Range, on Monday . was formerlv district health offi--1 err fur Nelson and Marlborough. He married a daughter of the late Rev. J. U. Andrew, of Masterton. The ileccased was a brother of Mr. IV. B. Hudson, of the New Zealand Government Life Insurance Department. Mr. G. V. Hudson, of the New Zealand Post and Telegraph Department. and Miss Hudson, of Wellington. The late Mr. Charles Hudson. at one time assistant general manager of railway s in New Zealand, was also a brother.