PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10038, 27 January 1896, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Frofkssor Tcbbs returned from Sydney by the mail steamer Monowai, on Saturday. Judge and Mrs. Barton are passengers to Gisbotne from Sydney by the Tasmania. Mrs. J. T. Warlow-Davies and daughter arrived from Sydney by the Tasmania last night on a visit to their relatives in this city. Bishop Grimes, of Christchurch, arrived by the Takapuna, on Saturday, to attend the funeral observes of the late Bishop Luck.

Mr. James Mills, managing director of the Union S.S. Company, left for San Francisco by the Monowai on Saturday en route to London.

Mrs. J. E. Girruthers, wife of the President of the Wesleyan Conference, died at Karelian, near Camden (N.S.W.) on the ]9th inst. Sho was 42 years of age. _ Among the passengers to Wellington from Sydney by the s.s. Wakatipu last week were the Hon. Mr. Trickett, M.L.C., of New South Wales, and his two daughters, who intend to pay a visit to the Sounds. Mr. S. Spragg, of Dunedin, had a very narrow escape from drowning while bathing on the beach offKuri Bush, but was bravely rescued by his nephew, Mr. George Fenwick, jun., who was bathing at the same time.

Among the passengers by the Tasmania from Sydney last night were: Messrs. H. M. Gelling. A. Uoldwater, R. W. St. Clair, and H. J. Bailey, who have been attending tho recent swimming championship meeting at Sydney. Mr. Wotherspoon, under whose supervision the steamers Buteshire, Banffshire, and Perthshire were built, is making the round trip to Australia and New Zealand by the Buteshire, in quest of health and information. * The Rev. J. Crump, tho well known Wesleyan minister, was married in Nelson on Tuesday to Mrs. Barker, a resident of Richmond. The wedding was celebrated at Clear Mount, Milton-street, the residence of the brides son, the officiating clergyman being Kev. George Bond. The Rev. Rainsford Bavin is preparing for a six months' visit to England when his termofserviceabtheCentral Mission expire?. He has booked by tho German steamer Bayern, leaving Sydney at the end of April. Mrs. Bavin will accompany him. The committee of the Central Mission have expressed their deep regret that they cannot retain the services of Mr. Bavin as superintendent after this year. A well-known Dunedin Timber merchant, Mr. George Findlay, died on the 19th inst. He had been in Dunedin for a long time. Cn arriving from the Old Country he lent a hand in establishing the firm of Findlay and Co.; subsequently he was a partner in the firm of Findlay and Murdoch, and on retiring he set up business on his own account in Cumberland-street. Among the passengers from Sydney by the mail stamer Monowai were Mr. James Fairfax sen., one of the proprietors of the Sydney Morning Herald ; Mr. L. D. Nathan, who has returned from an extended visit to Europe; Mr. Henry Wilson, of the New Zealand Herald, who has been on a short visit to Sngland ; and Mr. H. F. Christie, of Patea. sludge Windeyer, of the New South Wales !sench ; and Mr. H. Zimmermann, tho Cyclist champion, were through passengers to San Francisco by the steamer,