PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10126, 8 May 1896, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mb. G. A. Bottle returned from the South by the Flora yesterday. Mrs. Ellen Lloyd, a very old Hawke's Bay identity, died on Friday last. Inspector Hickson is at present on a visit to the police stations in the Waikato district. Mr. W. T. Glasgow, secretary to the Marine Department, left for Wellington yesterday by the Mahir.ipua. Mr. James Russell was entertained at dinner last evening, by the members of the Northern Club, prior to his departure for

England. The Very Rev. Father Lenihan, who has been to Dunedin in connection with the consecration of Bishop Verdon at Dunedin, left Lytteltou by the Takapuna, for Onobunga, yesterday. Mr. Jonathan Bid mead, another of Wellington's pioneer settlers, passed away on Friday last at the ripe age of 85 years. The deceased left England, in the ship London, on Ist January, 1842, and arrived in Wellington on Ist May, with his wife and child. He leaves three sons and two daughters, 32 grandchildren, and 30 grandchildren. Mr. Bidmead was widely respected for his straightforward and upright character.

The death is announced of Mr. Joseph Rowe Card, of Roiigemont, Pictou, one of the oldest and most esteemed ol the residents of that town. The lato Mr. Gnrd was a member of an old family of the same name resident at Exeter, Eevonshire, and came to the colony in the game ship as the late Governor Browne in 1855. For some time he was occupied in farming at Mnhurangi, in the Auckland district, but in 1861 was appointed Postmaster and Collector of Customs at Picton, and remained in that position for some years. He leaves a widow and four grown-up daughters, one of whom is married to Mr. J. T. Mowat, who was recently appointed Chief Inspector of Stock at the Falkland Islands, where he and his wife and family are now residing, and another to Mr. J. Conolly, solicitor, of Blenheim.

A very pleasing ceremony was performed at the Auckland University yesterday, when Professor Oxford, who has been conducting the Latin classes during the past term in the absence of Professor Tubbs, was presented by Mr. F. J. Ohlson, on behalf of his brother students, with a handsome silver-mounted meerschaum pipe. The recipient, who acknowledged the gift with a few suitable remarks, has, during bis brief connection with the University, endeared himself to all those with whom he came in contact, and more particularly with those with whom he was more intimately associated in his professorial capacity. _ The Professor also takes a keen interest iu all outdoor pursuits, and was himself one of the old athletic representatives of the Cambridge University. It is rumoured that he will shortly become connected with the Wanganni College.