PERSONAL

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume III, Issue 166, 28 June 1913, Page 4

PERSONAL

Mr. Gordon Lloyd, solicitor, Da>»nevirke. is in Nupier at present. Mr. W II Cruwkshank, of Mas terton. staying at the Masonic Napier. v Sti-ero mid Brad', thrived in Napier by the conch from Taupo last, evening. It. is officially stated that Sir Herbert Miles has lieeii appointed '>ov r i no r of Gili nil I ar. Mr. and Mrs. Bowman returned to Napier last evening by the conch after spending 4 short holiday ; t Tarawera. Air. H. ti. Wright, st nt ionmnsle’’ at Caiteiiom has .eecivnl notieo <>l bis transfer to Waii ukiira-i in a similar capacity. Mr. .1. Nathan, who has been spending a few days holiday in Napier, returned to Waikare this morning by special motor car. The late Mr. Pot-punt Xlmgatt iEnropcan estate is valued nt .£3,1100,000 in addition to art objects worth £2.500,000.-- Press Assovitvtion.

Bi sho p A v eri 11 va s a p a sscngc r by the Maitai last evening for Dishorns where he will conduit the dedication service al the new Holy Trinity Cimri It The interiuit ional foreign seci clary of the Salvtition Army for Canada. Aust r.-ilia. and New Zealand nrrivos in Aiu-klaml by the Niagara next Tuesday. His Worship the Mavor of HusItastings (Mr. AV. Hart) was sworn in as a Justice of the Pv.uc by Mr. 8. E. Ah. Cart 1.;- B.M . at the Hastings courthouse this morning. Mr. Barren, of the Wanganui branch of the Bank of New South AVales, has been tnuWenvd to Auckland. He will be succeeded by Mr. Robert son. of tlie Auckland branch.

The Bev. P Ramsay is confined to his house with influenza, and thepreaeiicr at Bt. Andrew s Presbyteriati Chiirelt, Hastings, to morrow will be the Rev. Julies Patterson, of Wellington. Mr. \\. Alexander, the vn rtrn of Thursday evening's iiccidcnt mi Oinahn road. II a-tm.tr. was stilli <-i< nth recovered y<st<t < I a y after noon to be removed to his hmm* n here ho is now mnktng invonniblc progress.

Mr. 11. I). Bedford, of Dunedin, is expected Io pay a visit to Napier about .July 12th next to deliver an address on political subjects. Ke cently Mr. Bedford addressed 11 large audience in the Wellington Town Hall.

Mr. 1). Fogarty. who is shortly leaving Napier to take up his resi deuce in Tasmania, was met last evening by his his many tin mis ami presented with a purse of smiittguH and wished every success m Ins )ic v v 11 o 111 e. >S 11 bsequ e n I! y A 1 r■ Fogarty's friends presented her with n travelling rug. Dr. Kaldenburg, late "1 Guy's Hospital, London, and recent I.x ut Gisborne, was last evening appoint ed medical superintendent ol the Gisborne Ilospilal at a rnlarv of £S(M). subject to die eonlirmat am <>i Dr. Valiutine, Inspector-General of Hospitals. There were twelve applicants for the position. Mr. E. G. Gannaway. late Assistant Postmaster at WiHmgfon, :e-

ccivcd a handsome presentation from tlm olliee staff on retiring from the public service niter thirty-lour years' continuous work in Wellington. The presentation vas made by Mr. A. P. Dryden, (.'diet Postmaster, in the presence of every member of the staff who w;w able to at tend.

The name of ('apttim U. J. K Scddori. ci the New Zealand Stat! Corps, appears in a list issued by the War Ollicc o! \ i ' Gib" r- " have recently qinlilnd in lh>» seventh course "1 >1 rm t uui fit the I.ondou School oi Economies. The War Office, it appeals, pays tiie foes of the regular officers, for a note is appended stating I lint Captain Scddon was permitted to attend the lecture-. ’ at his own e.x pence.”

Mr. John Tovuiim, kmmn ns Gisborne's Grand Old Man, am* who was .Major for sinnc tears and is now chairman of the Gisborne Harbour Board, him resigned ns superintends nt of (he Gisborne Fire Brigade after close on thirty years service. His resignation was necessary on account <4 a legal opinion that he could nni reiam his seat on the board and he an active fireman as well. .Mr. Towulev resigned as superintendent mid «as reelected as chairman "f the Fire Board for the ensuing year. With the burden of over sixty years’ ,strenuous political sei'iee weighing heavily upon his shouldci r. Sir Charh-s Tupper, the veteran Canadian statesmen and c’X-Pre-mior. has returned to Britain to spend ids declining days with his daughter. Ho is now in his ninetythird year, and although bout and feeble.' he still maintains unimpaired all his faculties. Speaking of Hie future of Canada, lie said Hint during his long Ide then- he had seen groat and wonderful developments, ' luH after carefully considering oil tin- essentials that go to make up a great eat ion." he went on, " t veril.l Imh'me lluit Camidn's growth in the past will prove as nothing to the gh.rv of her future.”

Captain J. J. Pennington has lost retired from the I nion tom. iinny'*; sen ice. having nt mined the am- limit. He will proceed to S, .Gy the Manuka. Homeward )i..tind. Tw< nt \-t v,,, ji-ars ago tap tain Pennington was a chief officer , a the st MJ' of 1 ]|< T;v lunnhn Steam Navigation Cmupany. ami when the in tert sts of the latter company were . -e..i- >. c I mon t ompiiny b* ihi wime .in officer in the Roti Funnel i ;i f <-t. During liis twenty two year-' !•-( rv ice with the 1 |’)<m t ('Dipilll,', ! ( pti n l'i nninuton has had command nt the Koon? m Whaksttpu. ; 110-amoiid KMapo. Knt.iwi, and ! other steamers, and Ims long l»een {known a- one <’>f the most careful and i-eli.'kle . ■>mnc iide) - in the I fie. t.