PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12408, 22 October 1903, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

——— —G-~ . "* Dn. Mackellar was a passenger to New Plymouth by the Rarawa yesterday. . . The Hon.Spp.Rcex Lyttelto* left Wellington on Sunday last far the West Coast, on his way to Christchurch. Signor Bragato, Government Vitieul- ■'' turist, was a passeager to New Plymouth IS , by the Rarawa yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. J. Odium, of Ponsonby, accompanied by Mrs. Hopkins and Miss Odium, were passengers to the Islands by the :' '; .. Manapouri yesterday. ,r" Mr. Austin Walsh, manager of the || American Tobacco Company, and Mrs. Walsh, were -passengers to Fiji by the . Mauapomi yesterday. * • Mr. J. T. Julian, chairman of the Auckland Harbour Board, left for Wellington by the Rarawa yesterday on business con- ' neeted with Admiralty House. Mr. J. Sinclair, inspector of factories in Napier, has .resigned his appointment in order to take up the positionof buyer for ;:.■ ";' the Oamaru Freezing Company. Mr. P. M. Hansen, general manager of the Auckland Electric Tramways Company, I '.;-.•■.•'•"'left for New Plymouth by the Rarawa yesterday, en route for Wellington. Mr. Morris Pox, actuary of the Government Insurance Department, who has been .'"V representing the Government at the Actuarial Conference in New York, and has also been visiting England and the Continent, is returning to the colony via Suez. / . Mr. J. G. Castle, manager of the Gear Company's preserving- works, at Pet-one, Wellington, leaves by the mail steamer Sonoma to-morrow, on a short trip to America. His -visit is principally in connection with new machinery for that branch of the company's work under his control. The scheme for the . taking over of the State debts by the Commonwealth Govern- :*_; ment, on the basis of the allocation by the fj> • State Governments of the net railway earnJ.> ings to the payment of interest on the' W ' amount of debt, mentioned in our cable !. ' ' messages to-day, was first outlined by Mr., J. R. Martin", P.S.S., now of Auckland, when he was acting as secretary to one of the Federal Ministers a few months ago. Mr. M. Farmer King, chairman of the ■•' ~ Colonial Iron and Coalfields Construction ' I , Company, and Mr. Nicakus, of Messrs. ;! Mercei, Nicolaus, and Company, mining en- ,' ' ' gineers, are expected to arrive in the colony . next month, in ordei to visit these parts of i , the colony in. which options to work iron- ";. sand, iron 'ore, and coaj, have been granted the 'company. It is proposed to erect {, " works at Parapara (Nelson),* New Plymouth, ,i and-Paten. It is the intention of the parishioners of the parish of Otakuhu-cum-Panmure; to present Canon Gould, on his retirement from P:ii,i- : the cure, after faithful service extending over 43 years, with a purse of sovereigns. The presentation' will be made by Bishop Neligan at the Public Hall, Otahuhu, on November 16, and already a considerable sum has been contributed, including one donation of £20. A social will be held in connection with the presentation. About 20 mambers of the party of 200 immigrants, who arrived here three years ago, ,*;.' assembled at Canning's cafe last evening, ? , and entertained at a dinner, Mr. W. Ran- • r stead, who was mainly responsible for the arrival of the party in the colony Mr. Herrick, on behalf of the party, presented Mr. Ranstead with a very handsome writing- ;: ;; table, and in doing so mentioned that the partv was scattered from the North Cape to the Bluff. While the majority had quite ,' realised their expectations, there were, of course, some failures. Some after a short '„ stay, had gone Home. Of lhe.se several had returned to the colony. On the other hand, ' others had been highly successful. The * table is a beautiful piece of work, executed entirely in New Zealand woods, and reflects great credit upon the makers, Messrs. T. and feS H. Cooke.