PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12544, 11 April 1904, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Tire Rev. Father O'Neil, of Dunediu, is at ■present the guest of Bishop Lenihan at the ; -Bishop's Palace, Pcnsonby. Mr.. H. Tyser, of Napier, is to leave for England, by way of America, by the mail steamer Sonoma* on April 29. * The Bishop of Melanesia (the Right Rev. Cecil Wilson) and Mrs. Wilson left for the Islands by the Southern Cross on Saturday. : The Rev. .Dawson Thomas, of St. John's | Church, Dariingharsi, Sydney, has been appointed vicar of Holy Trinity Church, Gisborne. Miss A. M. 3. Cueighton. late of Driving Creek, Cetromaudel, has been appointed assistant-mistress ia the Whaugarei public school. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. St, Hill, of Haveloek (Hawke's Bar) are returning passengers by 11 the R.M-s. Rimufcaka. due at Wellington ";' from London this week. The Bishop of Melbourne, Dr. Lowther H Clarke, has been elected president of the Victorian Council of Churches, in succession to the Rev. Dr. Fitchett. Mrs. Emanuel Sword, a niece of Sir Walter Scott, the novelist, died recently at Bal:"brat.t Victoria. She had resided in Victoria continuously since 1852. Amongst visitors to Wellington is Major Patrick Van Agnew, of the British army, * : who came across from Sydney by the Manu- >; ka, last week, accompanied by Mrs. Van Agnew. : : Mr. Micliie, of Dunedin, who is to dis- ;• charge the duties of general manager of the Bank of New Zealand during Mr. A. Macintosh's absence in Europe, arrived at U "Wellington on Saturday. ;". Messrs.. Albert and Frank Jagger left : for New Plymouth by the Earawa yes- . terday, on a tour to the South, proceeding 4by way of the Wanganui River. They ; will be away for about a month. ; Captain R. M. Farmer, who brought the ; Union ■ Company's steamer Kamona over V to, New Zealand from Newcastle, is about to visit England on private business, and lias resigned his position in the company's '.- ■■' service. -Mr. H. W. Jolly, who recently sold his Wellington business, is to leave for the Argentine by the s.s. Papanui this month, accompanied by hi* family. Mr. Jolly, w,ho is a Spanish scholar, has written an article in Spanish which is to be printed in one of the newspapers of Buenos Ayres. ; '■■'.£ The many friends of Mr. J. Rolleston, • proprietor of the Central Hotel, will regret ' to learn that he is seriously ill. Mr. Rolleston, whose health has been failing for Rome time past, purposed leaving for Queensland to-day, with Mrs. Rolleston, but his condition became grave on Saturday, and so | continues, and the contemplated trip has "been- necessarily postponed. :.: v '. At All Saints' Church, Palmerston North, H last Wednesday, Mr. Frank Maxwell Leckie. son of the late Colonel William Leckie and Mrs. Leckie (Hill-street, Wellington), was married to Miss Irene Myra L'Estelle Taplin, i only daughter of Mr. Samuel Taplin, of Palmerston North. The bride was attended hy Miss Reed, of Sydney, and Misses | Rita Moss, May Moss, Aileen McKnight, and Phyllis Harden.- Dr. Cahill, of Wellington, acted as best man, and Mr. C. Norman Taplin as groomsman. The Rev. 0. C. Earper was the officiating clergyman. The following changes are announced in the officers ol the Northern Steamship Company : —Captain Arthur Stephenson, chief officer of the Rarawa, has been placed in charge of the Muritai; Mr. Bark, chief officer of the Glenelg, has been transferred . to the Rarawa- in a similar capacity; Mr. Woods, chief officer of the Waimarie, transfers to the Glenelg; Mr. Rawlings, of the Rarawa, goes to the Ngapuhi as second officer, and Mr. Freeman, of the Taniwha, takes the position of third officer of the '-■■'■ Rarawa. The Rev. Father Kelly, of Chicago, who ■ is making a trip round the world, and is at present in Auckland, is prosecuting inquiries in these colonies as to the working of the labour ; laws. In America it has been reported that the laws of these colonies are the acme of perfection. Father Kelly is carefully inquiring into the methods in order ; to determine whether or not they can-be : as successfully employed in the Stales. He has already visited "Australia, and leaves , - New Zealand about the loth inst., for Colombo and Calcutta, and intends to spend some 4 time in India. ....