PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11371, 14 May 1900, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

The Rev. Charles Clark arrived from tot bouth yesterday by the Mapourika. Air. Justice Conolly arrived from Weilington last night by the Takapuna. air William Anstruther is a passenger from Sydney to San Francisco by the Mariposa. J

it The Hon. E. Shrimski and Mrs. Shrimski were passengers from the South by tie >• -lakiipuna last night. 1 Mrs McCash Clark, the Misses Clark, r and Messrs. A. and H. Clark were passengers from Wellington by the Mapourika yese tcrday. ■ } [r James E. Leahy is about to leave for • Blenheim, where he is to take up an importT ant position in the Government Lands Survey Office. i i "*' A ' ives a well-known ex-resident , of the Upper Plain, Wairarapa, is now at the front in South Africa, having joined tie | City of London Volunteers, f A private wire, received in Sydney from 5 Melbourne on Monday last, states that Mr. t W. R. Wilson, of St,' Albans, who has been > seriously ill for some time past, is gradually [ improving in health. [ Captain Felgale, who met with a nasty J accident while the Tomoana was in London, and which necessitated him staying behind, , had not made sufficient progress to take ! charge of the new steamer Mimiro, and Cap--1 tain Norman is coining to the colonies as her i commander. I A number of the friends of the Hon. Sir F. | M. Darley, K.C.M.G., Chief Justice and ; Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales, I have decided to present to Sir Frederick on his approaching 70th birthday, an oh" paint- '. ing of himself." to be placed in the halls of the Supremo court. At a meeting of the Special Sanitary Committee of the Thames County Council, which was held on Saturday to consider applied ' tions for the post of sanitary inspector, 1" ; applications were dealt with. These were at once reduced to two. and on a - ballot being taken Mr. F. Swindle)- was the successful candidate, he polling'seven votes to two for Mr. Pitcher. A Wellington Press Association telegram states that Mr. R. Hislop, stationroaster at Dannevirke, has been appointed railway auditor, vice Mr. C. C. Russell resigned. Mr. G. P. Kelly, of the engineer's office, Christchurch, succeeds Mr. Triggs as chief clerK of the Locomotive Department here, M" Mr. H. S. Jackson, of Wanganui section, succeeds Mr. A. T. Beat-tie on the Hun" 11 " Bluff section. The latter was lately 0' motcd to be locomotive superintendent of t' l{ colony. Mr. Duller, who has been appointed 1113 : ger of the Auckland branch of the Bank oi New Zealand, arrived from Wellington W the Takapuna last night. The Christ cluircn Press, referring to Mr. Duller, says: ing his long residence amongst us Mr. I' ll ler has make a wide circle of friends, w» will greatly regret his departure from *JJ midst. Socially Mr. Buller will be greatly missed. He will take with him to his WW sphere a host of good wishes for his ™ m welfare." ° .':' On April 25 Mr. Edgar Walton, eldest;, . son of Mr. R. Walton, of the Lion Boot*; 10 " ;■ tory, was presented by the employees »'' . a handsome marble clock, suitably i»*5J it being the occasion of his marriage to J" Mary Ross, of Cot-hall, Wanganui. ./*£p C. N. Barker, in a happy speech, made t» presentation on bohalf of'the employees, t {sM Harold Walton responding for his brotijCake and wine was then handed round. •, || health of the young coubli being pwP'jS by Mr.'Thos. Mills, ail present- heanw responding. ■■ ;.' : ;-%