PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 10832, 16 August 1898, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Percy Cavtll lias joined the ranks of professional swimmers. Mr. L. D. Nathan was a passenger to Lyttclton by the Takapuna yesterday. City Councillor Smith, of Wellington, intends to resign after 13 years' sen-ice in the Council. He projects a trip to England. The Hons. W. McCullough, W. T. Jennings, W. Kelly, and Major Harris, M.L.C.'s, left for Wellington yesterday by the Takapuna. It is rumoured* at the Thames that Mr. J. H. Harrison, of Auckland, is likely to be a candidate for the Thames electorate at the next general election. Captain R. 11. Caitcheon has resigned command of the barquentine Neptune, and Captain Jahns, late of the Stanley, has been appointed to take charge of the vessel. Mr. Albert Bruce, town clerk, of Thames, has left for Wellington, in order to bring under the notice of the Government several matters affecting the interests of the borough of Thames. According to the British Australasian, M. Henri Kowalski, formerly of Australia, who visited New Zealand with a concert company about six years ago, "has accepted a very excellent appointment in Paris in connection with one of the leading firms of music publishers." The Oamaru Mail states that Mr. J. C. •Watson, who defeated Mr. R. E. O'Connor in the New South Wales elections, is an Oamaru lad, and served his apprenticeship as a compositor in the Mail office. He is one of the foremost amongst the labour members of the New South Wales Parliament. ill-. J. M. Brigham, secretary and treasurer of the Harbour Board, accompanied by Mrs. Brigham, left for Sydney by the Waihora last evening, en route to England. A large number of friends assembled at the steamer to wish Mr. and Mrs. Brigham bun voyage. The Payne family of musicians and bellringers arrived in Auckland yesterday by the s.s. Mararoa. Since their last visit to New Zealand they have toured twice through England and South Africa, and have met with phenomenal success. They are at present resting at Oneliunga, but will shortly appear in Auckland. At a full meeting of the directors of the Tonson Garlick Company (Limited), it was imauimouslv resolved to'appoint Mr. G. C. Garlick (tile late manager's eldest son) managing director of the company. Mr. Garlick has a thorough practical knowledge of the business, having been for many years in some of the largest furnishing houses in Melbourne. The display in the new warehouse, which has been so admired, was designed and carried out under his personal supervision. , As Mr. Ernest Seiiatz, the well-known and popular vocalist, is about to leave Auckland for Wellington, his many friends have decided to tender him a monster benefit performance, which will be given at the Opera House on the evening of Friday, September 2. Prominent members of all the local musical societies have promised to assist, and from present indications it would appear that the programme will be one of the best ever presented to an Auckland audience. Mr. Scliatz has made many friends in Auckland, and iney will learn with regret of his aporoacliing departure for Wellington. Miss Jessie Weston, whose book on " Imperialism" was noticed at length in a recent issue of the Herald, arrived in Auckland yesterday by the Mararoa, having come to Australia by the Ophir. Miss Weston is a native of Auckland, her father having been engaged for some time on the literary staff of the Daily Southern Cross. Miss Weston was for some years a teacher in Wellesley*treet school. She determined to go to London, and enter there the crowded ways of literary labour. She has been a frequent contributor to some of the foremost magazines, chiefly on subjects connected with the Jolonies, and she has published a novel entitled "Ko Men." The book on "Imperialism" is composed of a series of articles which Miss Weston contributed to a leading London review under the nom de plume of "C. de Thierry." It has been most favourably reviewed, the Daily Mail and Pall Mall Gazette devoting leading articles to it. Miss Weston is on a visit to the colony for rest and thange. I