PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9774, 22 March 1895, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Bishop Morax, of Dunedin, has been completely restored to health. Mr. A. P. Seymour has been elected chairman of the Marlborough Education Board for the nineteenth time.

Major Kemp, the known Wanganui chief, left yesterday by train for Kotorua to attend the Maori Parliament.

Messrs G. H. Harris, of Pelorus Sound, and F. E. Moore, of Hawera, have resigned their commissions as Justices of the Peace.

Mr. H. Price, of Wellington, won the third prize, amounting to £562 10s, in Tattersall's consultation on the Newmarket Handicap. At the invitation of Messrs. Reid Bros., Captain Preston, A. D.C., will take a day's deer shooting at Motutapu, probably on Wednesday next. Mr. T. B. Curran, M.P. for Kilkenny, the youngest member of the House of Commons, has just made his maiden speech. He was educated at Sydney University. Colonjl Kilby, of the Salvation Army, who holds the position of chief secretary for Australia and New Zealand, has arrived at Dunedin, accompanied by Major Liegh. They will in all probability visit all the stations.

Mr. J. Nicholson, a prominent member of the Wellington Rowing Club and the Athletic Football Club, has been transferred to the Auckland branch of the National Bank, and left Wellington by the Penguin fast night to take up bis new duties.

Private letters from Sir George Grey state that he is still undecided as to his movements. Some deputations of Cape colonists have interviewed him to pay a visit to the Cape, and ib is possible he may do so in returning to New Zealand. At latest dates Sir George was in fair health.

H.S. H. Prince Francis Joseph, of Battenberg, accepted yesterday morning the invitation of Professor Schmitt to a trip to the Island of Motutapu. The other members of the party were Colonel-F. Townshend, and Captains Clayton and Preston, A.D.C.'e to His Excellency, Lord Glasgow. A pleasant run down to Home Bay, the residence of the Messrs. Reid Brothers, was made by steam launch. Mr. John Reid received the party, and welcomed them to the station. The party, after a brief stay to look at the ostriches and the deer, and view the numerous islets of the harbour and Hauraki Gulf, returned to town in time for lunch at the Northern Club. In the afternoon His Worship the Mayor (Mr. J. J. Hollard) drove the Prince and Colonel Townshend to the top Of Mount Eden, the town clerk (Mr. P. A. Philips) being also of the party. The Prince expressed himself as " perfectly charmed," with the panoramic view before him—the finest he had seen in the colony. On coming down the mountain, a detour was made along the Mount Eden Road into the Epsom-Onebunga Road as far as the Pah, and thence to Mount Albert, from whence i fresh view of the upper reaches of the Waitemata was obtained. The party then drove back to the Auckland Club. Before parting with the Mayor, the Prince thanked him for the courtesy extended, and also expressed his hearty good wishes for the prosperity of Auckland and its citizens. In the evening the Prince and Colonel Townshend dined at Government) House.