PERSONAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10132, 15 May 1896, Page 3 (Supplement)

PERSONAL.

f„ V)>— ? 1 ® ... : s '/) *■"}?.* ''lA.O Tnfi Rev. Father Hyland, who lifts beet? for sorao time curate at Aslibnrton, baa been appointed parish priest of Ross. . His Ashburton, congregation have presented, him with a ehequo for £60. . '.As . The appointment of a town clerk came up for consideration at the Thames Borough Couucil meeting, for which position sixiteen applications were received. Mr. Albert Bruce was appointed to the position. 1 The staff of the Wellington station of the New Zealand Hallways, on April 27 presented Mri A. Bumbery with a handsome set, of careers, a toast rack, and 1 a jam-dish, 'in honour of his recent marriage. The Rev. Father Hyland, who has been for some time curate at Ashburton, has •'been appointed pariah priest of Haas, on ,the West Coast, His Ashburton congregation have presented him with a cheque for £60.

Mr. J. James, captain of the Dunedin Amateur Boating Club, has been presented by the club with a cruet, pickle jar, biscuit barrel, and other articles, in honour of bis marriage, At the Dunedin Telegraph Office the staff presented him with amarbla clock.

At Caversham on Monday, May 4, Mrs. McChesney, of Caversbair, was presented by Mr. Mackenzie, orj bohalf of a number of friends,'with a purse of sovereigns, 00 the eve of her departure for South Invercargill, whither Constable McChesney has been transferred

On April 18 the Countess Wachtmeister left by the mail steamer Monowai, having finished her lecturing tour in the Australasian Colonies, She goes from here to Honolulu, where she may reside for some time before proceeding through the United States to Europe. . A farewell social was tendered to the Re*, E. Mulgan, on April 27, at Onehunga. For the last 17 years Mr. Mulgan has ministered at St, Peter's Anglican Church, Onehunga, but having attained his 80th birthday, his advanced age and declining health compelled him to resign his charge. At Dunedin, on Saturday, May 2nd, Mrs, Burn, who was the first principal of the Girls' High School, was presented with a purse of 160 sovereigns for the valuable services she had rendered, with an accompanying letter. A portrait of Mrs. Burn was presented to the school by Mrs. Burn's I friends.

The Christchurch Press of April 21 has the following" Yesterday Mr, L, A, Cuff, who has resigned the local managership of the Phoenix Assurance Company received a handsome present in the shape of a solid silver cigarette case from the genera) manager of the GOinpa"ny, Mr. R. M. Simpson." - The Timaru Presbyterian Congregation held a very successful social gathering on April 30, about 450 being present, in celebration of the 21st anniversary of the Rev. W. Gillies' settlement as minister. An illuminated address was presented tc Mr. Gillies, and a purse of sovereigns for Mrs. Gillies.

A very pleasing ceremony was performed at the Auckland University on May 7 ( when Professor Oxford, who has been conducting the Latin classes daring the past term in the absence of Professor Tubbs, was presented by Mr. F. J. Ohleon, on behalf of his brother students, with a handsome silver-mounted meerschaum pipe. Mr, F. H. Bakewoll, whose name appears in the list of those upon whom he degree of M.A. had been conferred by the University of New Zealand, is the second son of Dr. R. H. Bakewell, of this city. Mr. Bakewell has been for several years employed as a teacher under the Wellington Education Board.

On April 20 the employees of Messrs. T. and S. Morrin and Co. presented to their traveller, Mr. H. Fraser, who is well known in commercial circles, a handsome gold albert and pendant, suitably inscribed, being the occasion of his severing his connection with the firm, with the intention of starting business on his own account.

A very pleasing ceremony (says our Hamilton correspondent) took place on April 27, when the staff of the Waikato Times presented the proprietor, Mr. George Edgecumbe, with f, handsome silver cake tray and address, signed by some fourteen of the employees. The occasion was the silver wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Edgecumbe. Mr. P. G. Didsbury, a son of the late Government printer, who left) Wellington for West Australia by the Mararoa on May 8, was entertained at supper at the Trooadero the previous evening. Mr. G. Fache occupied the chair. Mr. F. Pownall, in the name of the company, presented Mr. Didsbur- with a very handsome solid silver matchbox, suitably engraved. On the 21st of April Mr. N. E. Burton was presented by his colleagues on the literary staff of the New Zealand Herald with a tea and coffee service, on the occasion of his marriage with Miss Sis Faulder. Mr. W. Berry (editor), made the presentation, which Mr. Burton suitably acknowledged, Presentation?, to Mr, Burton were also made by the proprietors of the Herald.

_ At a meeting of the Senate of the University of New Zealand, the following resolution 8 were passed That the following be recorded as having passed - the special medical intermediate examinationE. J.. McAra, in physics ; E. F. Gill, in chemistry; F. F. Ulrich, in physics and chemistry; Jessie Maddison, in physics. That tha following be recorded as having passed tha first professional medical examination T. 'A. Will, W. J. Cran, ThatC. McLaverfcy be recommended to the Imperial War Department for a military commission. The Most Rev. Dr. Cowie, Bishop of Auck* land, and Primate of New Zealand, and Mrs. Cowie held an " At Home " at Bishopscourt, Parnell, on May 4. The weather was beautiful and there was a very larg< attendance of nearly 300 invited guests, while the arrangements for the reception were admirably carried out. Amongst the gnests were Bis Excellency the Governor, Lady Glasgow, Ladies Augusta and Dorothy, and Lady Helen Boyle, Majoi Elliot, private secretary to His Excellenoy, Mr. J.' J. Holland, Mayor of Auckland, The Right Rev. Bishop Wallis, of Wellington, and Captain Castles, H.M.S. Pylades, , A very pleasing function in connection with the departure of Mr. J. F. Logan, of the 'irm of Macky, Logan, Steen and Co., who leaves for England on a» extended business trip, was held at the Metropolitan Hotel on May 7th, when a large and representative gathering of athletes attended to wish that gentleman "God speed " on his journey, and witness the presentation to him of an album in token of the esteem in which he is held by all true lovers of outdoor pursuits in this centre. A very pleasant smoke concert was held in Mr. H. A. Grattau's Masonic Hotel, Devonport, on May 8, by the North Shore Cricket and Amr.:eur Athletic Clubs, as a farewell to Mr. Logan. During the evening the Mayor (Mr. Malcolm Niccol), who presided, made a presentation to Mr. Logan, which took the form of a beautiful walkingstick, made of puriri, and mounted with chased gold from the Tararu mine, with a band of the same metal bearing the engraving, " Presented to Mr. J. F. Logan by tha M.S. Cricket and Athletic Clubs. Me to ratou aroha.'" The Maori words signifying, "with-the greatest esteem and affection."

Mr. Jaß. Park, P.G.S,, late director of the Thames School of Mines, but who has resigned that position in order to take up ah appointment in the service of the AngloGontinental Gold Syndicate, was on May 7 the recipient of a very handsome souvenir from the old and present students of the School,: and also a highly complimentary certificate from the Council of the School. There was a very large gathering ot old and present students, and the President (Mr. James McGowan, M.H.R.) presided, and made the presentations, which, took the form of a very handsome .gold watch from the old students and a beautiful gold Albert chain with quartz pendant' from the present! sti'dente. In tasking, 'she presentation Mr. McGowan highly eulogised the services of Mr, Park during his long term as director, and said that he not only considered the Thames >. community had suffered a loss in the severance of that gentleman's connection with the school, but that it was also a colonial loss. Thespeakfer dwelt at considerable, length upon the good results accotpplißheid by. Mr. Park and the kindly, feeling,.that' had always existed between him and the students.' Mr. Park, in, reply, thanked the donors most heartily for ' their very handsome and valuable present, and said tbey . would ever remind him of the pleasant associations he had made ~ during his residence ,at the .Thames.'',