PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10420, 19 April 1897, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr. John Banbury was a passenger to San Francisco by the Alameda on Saturday. Sir Hugh Nelson, the Premier of Queensland, served his time with on accountant in Ipswich. Mr. R. H. Byles left for San Francisco, en route for Loudon, by the Alameda on Saturday. Captain Pollard, R.N., has arrived at Sydney from England, to take command of H.M. s. Wallaroo. Mr. James Morgan, business manager of the Ada Delroy Company leaves for Sydney per Anglian tomorrow. A statue in memory of the late Mr. W. B. Dalley, Q.C., P.C., will be unveiled in Hyde Park, Sydney, to-morrow. Mr. James MiGowan, M.H.R. for the Thames left by the Alameda for San Francisco on Saturday en route to London. Mr. John Kinloch, M.A., died at Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, last week. He took his degree with Judge Windeyer in 1859. Mr. W, Young has been appointed Auckland consul by the league of New Zealand wheelmen in place of Mr. E. Nordeu who' declined to act. Dr. Fitchett, Crown Law adviser and draughtsman, is paying a short visit to Auckland. He accompanied the Premier from Wellington in the Tutanekai. Mr. Robert Macquarie.aged 87, a nephew of Governor Mncquarie. formerly of New South Wales, died at Gawler, South Australia, on the 9th instant, from injuries caused by falling into the fire. The Hon. W. J. Larnach and wife are at present on a visit to Auckland. The representative of Tuapeka, Otago, it will doubtless be remembered, was Minister of Mines during the Stout- regime. The Rev. W. Beatty, M.A., vicar of St. Mark's Church, Remuora, was on the morning of Easter Day the recipient of an envelope containing 50 guineas. It was placed on his breakfast table as an Easter offering from St. Mark's parishioners. Felix Tanner, the young man who performed the feat in Melbourne and Hobart of fasting for 40 days and 40 nights, is now in Hokitika. it is probable that Tanner will attempt to fast for a similar period in Wellington shortly. Mr. Leslie Harris, of Dunodin, left by the Alameda on Saturday for a holiday jaunt home. He will stay some little time in America, then journey to England and the Continent, and returns to New Zealand about December. Yesterday the Hon. T. Thompson entertained a number of those who had journeyed from the South to bid farewell to the Premier and party for Home. Amongst those were: Miss May Seddon, the Masters Seddon (2), Mrs. and Miss Crow, and Mrs. Brown (Dunedin), Mesdames Wilson, Schoch, and Kennedy McDonald (Wellington), Hendre (Auckland Tailoresses' Union), Keats (Democratic Union), Rulo [Liberal League), Weiss, Dobbie, etc. The party was driven to Otahuhu, where a ivarm welcome was extended by Monsignor Walter McDonald. Mr. Thompson's hospitality was greatly appreciated.