PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11871, 24 January 1902, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

.-,.— ——•—^- ——— '■ Sir Edward" Samuel was a passenger to London last week by the mail steamer - 'Ormuz. ;: ' .' Mr. W. ■'," T. Glasgow, ■ secretary of the Marine Department, is at present on a visit "" to Auckland. , ■: Bishop . Stone-Wigg, of New Guinea, left Sydney for London by the mail steamer Ormuz last week. '"■:;.< ■ Mr. E. Shillington, librarian at the Public Library, has been granted leave of absence to take.atrip to England.': v ' Mr. SI. A. Philips, Auckland representative of Messrs. H. Peabody and Co., of New York, left for Wellington yesterday by the Ngapuhi. '■'■.": .'.".''■•■ '■■" '■■'■■" The late Mr. Walter James Hill, whose funeral takes place to-day, was one of the Auckland Rifles under fire at Wairoa South, on September 17, 1863. : ; .■;:;.-. ■.. ■%'j.\ :',' Miss McFadgen, a young ; Wanganui ■violinist, : who has been studying in Eng- : ■.-land for the past two years, leaves London for Wanganui during this month. Mr. Downey, who has for several years been in charge of the native school at k Whangaparoa, has ? : been offered ; and ac- . cepted the Telvao school, near Parenga- i renga, in the Far North. • ■ The Registrar-General, who is attending ; the Australasian Statistical Conference at J Hobart, will visit Melbourne and Sydney j on the business of his Department before ho returns to New Zealand. He will bo absent ; for about another, month. ; ■'■,; ■■<.:-..■: : A Wellington Press Association telegram - ,states that Brother Urban, at present con- ; ducting the annual " retreat" of the Marist Brothers in Wellington, has been appointed provincial of the ; order in Australasia, in succession to Brother John, who recently ; became assistant-general. , The Rev. A. F. Maldon Robb, M.A., of St. Leonards Presbyterian Church, Brighton ■ Beach, Melbourne, will occupy the pulpit at First Church, Dunedin, for the next few Sundays. He is a son of the Rev. A. Robb, who was for over 30 years minister in Mal- . don, Albury, and Koroit, and a nephew by marriage of the late Hon. Francis Orrnond, founder of Ormond College, Melbourne. Dr. T. Hope Lewis, accompanied by Mrs. and Miss Lewis, leave for the United States and England by the mail steamer Sonoma on February 1. . It is the intention of-Dr.' Lewis to visit all of the principal hospitals in America and-, Great 'Britain, and . study the latest developments in his profession, especially as regards surgery.' He expects to return in about a year's time, and during his absence Dr. Inglis will attend to his ' practicp in Auckland.