PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mataura Ensign, 17 April 1912, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Dt* Shore, of Mataura, returne<l hom|'.;by yesterday's express after spending a holiday in the North. The death/ is .announced by an Auckland telegram of Pev. H. P. Bennett, Presbyterian minister, as tlie age of 74. He bad been invalided for some years/

Mr'A. E. Horn (son of Mr and Mis H. G.' Horn, of Gore) has received notice that he has be-on granted tho assoeiateship of tho Otago 'School of Mines. ' ;;

Hon H. G. Elf (Postmaster-General \ lias had to cancel his visit North owing to the death of his wife's mother. He deft Wellington last night for DhrJstchureh. ... . .

f Zifyj'E. G. Wilson, who lias "acted as assistant to Mr J. A. Blaikie, surveyor, of Gore, for some years, has been take'u- iflt,o 'pHtnership; vffrif] practising under the name of Uluilcie and Wilson.

Mr Alex Milne, manager of the Mataura Dairy Factory, will leave by tomorrow morning's express for a fortnight's tour of the North Island. He intends to visit factories in Taranaki for tKp purpose of whoy butter-uialdng plants, onte ofwhichthe compalry intends to instal fop next.'sea-' son. % .;> j *"•* '■ The^'following jniemberjs-of-theJßC'' form through Gbreyby tho first e£pr|ss to-day to jjjbtßi)d-.th'«; bouquet to be termored-; to' Mr G. J. AnjdersonV M.P.,/at this ovetjI ing:-fMessrs/ W/ F, Massey, Buick, Noswortby. AHc/i. •Malcolm, Thomson. | Strailltn;. ; Frlst>il and Buehianan.ii ! j [ I * ■. ' ' Included !amo»g •". t'be several police | transfers' anct promotions that are about to takp plnecfit i* stated that Constable Porteous,,of b under orders to trapsfer to Epsom, 'a suburb of Auckland ; ''Constable Barrett, of Lumsdcn, is to fill the vacancy at Mataura; Constjjble(;Hendersou, of Qneenstown, is to go to <Lumsden/and Constable Lopdell, of to Qneenstown. A gathering of the residents r>f Menzies Ferry: took place at the schoolliouse'last week when a farewell social was tfiuleredito Mr H. C. Christie' »rri his ni|ce, Miss Kane, who are. leaving tho district. 'The evening was siyMit m story ;and! song'and a 3ancc..foilowcdi Mi' Alex 'Belj-/presided and at a suit able djiterval presented. Mr with aV gold albert and Miss Kane with a gold brooch set with rubies as a memento of|the kindly feelings of the residents towards them. Several gentlemen spolge- tin eulogistic terms of Mr Christie, awl Miss Kane, and Mr Christie inane |. suitable reply. The Edendale PresbyteiSaU Church choir also met, Mr Chaplin (fchpirmaster) presiding. Ho rel'errid i|-efilogistic terms to Mr Christie's as a nicnihi-r of (he choir and on of the cluiir \livs Crnnstoun pre||r|ted Mr Christie-with a. gold sovereigiifcafee as a parting gift. Other members |of.' the choir spoke and Mr Qhri.stio fei|ably'replied..