PERSONAL.

Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 326, 30 January 1908, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Miss Lily Buick went to Wanganni yesterday for a month's holiday. Nurse Beswick was a passenger from Palmerston for the North yesterday. Miss Essex, daughter of the Mayor I and Mayoress, went to Auckland for | a holiday yesterday. Colonel Robin, C.8., Chief of the Staff, has gone to Dundein for a fortnight. The Hon. J. A. Millar, Minister of Labor, will remain in Wellington until the middle of February. Colonel Porter, C. 8., resigns his position as president of the Tai Rawhiti Land Board on the 31st inst. Mr F. Aitken is recovering from the rheumatics which laid him up recently.

Mr and Mrs Louis Blundell, Mr Leonard Blundell and Miss Coates, who journeyed round the world, returned to Wellington yesetrday. Mr F. Halden, of Manchester, England, passed through for Rotprua via the Wanganui in yesterday's express.

Mr A. W. Bell, of Bell Bros., leaves to-day for a fortnight's holiday at Foxton beach, now - a very popular seaside resort. Madame Clara Butt is to give two farewell concerts in Wellington on March 3rd and sth—after the Palmerston concert. Mr K. Martin, the Opposition organiser, is moving his headquarters from Auckland to Palmerston North. Mr Dyer, of Bannatyne and Co., and son-in-law of the late Premier, was in Palmerston yesterday, and proceeded to Wanganui. Mr A. Harle, of fihe Union Bank, New Plymouth, aged 18, is said to be the youngest associate of the New Zealand Accountants' Association. In the early days of Palmerston Hospital many a casualty case was attended to by Miss Dougherty herself when no doctor was at hand, and attended to with success. Miss Gill, formerly charge nurse at the Wanganui Hospital, lately private nursing there, has been appointed matron of the Dan nevirke Hospital. Col. J. S. Lyster, Commandant of the Queensland Defence Forces, arrived at Wellington yesterday on a month's trout-fishing holiday in the Dominion. The Minister for Lands, after visiting Waerenga experimental station yesterday spent the night at Tauaranui. He is to go through Palmerston to Wellington on Satur-' day. " Mrs W. T. Wood, who went to Wanganui yesterday and is to return on Friday, informed us that on her return she intends to begin an active campaign in favor of au Old Men's Home for Palmerston. .Mr W. T. Wood, M.P., proceeded to -Wellington by t% express yesterday to attend the annual meeting of the Wellington Harbor Board which takes place to-day. Master Harry Essex, who has for some time past been attending the Napier High School intends, entering jLincoln Agricultural College, Christchurcb, and\goes South, next week. Mr F. G. B. Gill, youngest son of Mr W. Gill, manager of the Wellington branoh of the Alliance Assurance Copmany, was married at St. Peter's Church Wellington, to Miss Mabel Price. Detective Kennedy and ActingDetective Ede, of Cliristchnrch, are to proceed to London to give evidence in connection with the. oharge of perjury against Miss Robinson, in the Druce case. Two well known residents ot Nel„son, in Mr Chas. Fell of Atkinson "and Fell, barristers and solicitors, and Mr D. F. Edwards of Messrs Dudley and Edwards, are at present on a visit to Palmerston and are staying at the Grand Hotel. Australian squatters, including Messrs T. J. Coffey (Crookw;ell, N.S. W.), P. Moore (Dalton, N.S.W.) W. Pioche (Burrawa, Vic.), and T. ' Roche (Gunning, Vic.), are visiting the Dominion and have gone South. Miss Shaw, of Auckland, has passed her examination as associate member of the Institute of Accountants. She come out at the head of the list; and is the first lady in New Zealand to become an associate.

The secretary and treasurer of the Miss Dougherty Testimonial (Messrs Bairaud and Rutherfurd) received many intimations of desire for participation yesterday. Mr J. HT P. Strang who is taking a keen interest in the matter, also received cordial promises;of support yesterday. On Monday evening a presentation was made on behalf of the employees of Mr L. Simniona to Miss I. Miller, who has accepted a position as head milliner with v a firm in Westp.ort. Miss Aramburd» made* the presentation, which took the form of a handsome wrist watch. Constable Connor, the victim of the recent alleged stabbing affray, left by the express yesterday for Rotorua for six weeks' rest. He was accompanied by Mrs Connor, and has obviously not yet recovered, hb he had to use a stink and was limping rslher painfully. Mr Win. Hall, secretary Wanganui Jockey Club, was in Palmerston yesterday between trains going on to Paliiatua in the evening. Mr Hall was the chief mover in the conference of secretaries held in Wellington last week, from which ultimately good results are expected. Mr Mjdgely Taylor, the eminent Encrlish engineer, whom the Auckland Council has brought out at a cost of £2000 to advise further on the drainage question, will pass through Palmerston on the invitation of the - Napier Borough Council to report upon the Napier sewer outfall. Mr Harry Saunders, the wellknown traveller for Macky, Logan Stein and Co., Auckland, passed* through Palmerston for Auckland. He was racing against time in the hope of being in time for his mother's funeral. Mr Saunders who is known in Palmerston, had been in Christchurch, but on reaching Wellington received news of his mother's death.

Dr Newman passed through to Marton yesterday morning returning to Palmeniton by the afternoon train when ho left it to join Mr Percy Baldwin here. The popular ex-mem-bor of Parliament informs us that he is succeeding in getting a professional player to exploit his anoient coeyh-shell trumpet. The doctor is an expert in regard to Maori instruments and his addresFes, illustrated by calls on the long ancisnt war trumpet, are remarkably interesting.