PERSONAL ITEMS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 24 January 1911, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS.

, .'M*- Fowlds, Minister for Educatioii,, arrived at Wellington yegberdby [from Auckland by the Main Truhk train, and was met, by- hi» , colleagues, says a Press Association wire. ;v- ■ • ' • Mr W. Kraig, formerly on the staff •of the, Press Association; and - -wellknown as once Cable Bay agent, has joined the staff of the ">i£w. .Zealand •Shipping and Commerce,", as: managing •editor. , ( »• . .'l : -•. v . . Among, the scholarship, winners' this year _ was; that by Miss < Madge - McNaUb i Junior' - National-■' Scholarship);' of the CoiUngwood school. She is, the; second daughter of MrThos. McNabb who ihis wow a Junior National Scholarship. Mr H.' B. SandereJ ah, old"'kelson .boy ,tHe headmaster, of, the Collingw-ood dcfyool; is to be complimented on. the-.success of his pupils, this being the • third scholarship within the last, four, years;'t ; Eat pupils attending the school .have wen. ; / A Wellington press ;iiiat Prince Leopold of Bafetenburg- reached 'Wellington fnam. Auckland by; traia yesteaday, and was met by the Governnor, -the Premier, and the "Cabinet Minister. He went south bv ti;e Maori. A press message froni Christchurch received this morning, says that Prince Leopold of Battenburg arrived there - this an • will remain in -Christchurch a few, days prior to .cbrnhieilcing his tour the Dominion. > Mr C. Q. Wade, ex-Premier of £cw South Wales, left t>h- his,return-tib Sydney by the ;Marama, . after .spending a fontmght' ixl the"• Southern Lakes, - district. While admitting all the'attractions of the North Island in - iiesnect .to lis: wonderful, hot lakes he says that the youth Island as the place to go for a. trip that is both educational and bracing. ; He declares that the view iroin Lake Harris Saddle on a clear day is the finest and'grandest in Austrqlasia. By the death of Miss Amy Hayoook, Youngest daughter of Mr. James Haycook, formenly of Ngatimoti anil now of ■Rtichtmiond, many .people lost an esteemed friend. Up till atotrat six weeks ago the deceased to all abpearance, enjoyed robust health, but she was.strict en down. by an illness to. which. she succumbed. She was \videly esteemed on account of her amiable/nature,ind her eairly death will be deeply* deplored 1 , not only ;by the members of the family and those closely' associated with her, but by all with whom she jyas acquainted. ffhe deepest sympath v will- befelt with her parents and .relatives sa d bereavement: , The -i ntetment' l a,fc / tfte TRichihond cemetery on Friday lastattended by a lairge nurttber of reei'dents, the burial service bsine coiiducti'd by the Rev. A." J. Catr. 1 ' * '