PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12653, 6 September 1904, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mas. Thohas Cotter was a passenger t* Sydney by the Moana yesterday Messrs. T. E. : Taylor and G. Witty, : : M.H.RJs, left Lyttelton for Wellington last 'night. . "„ ; Mr. P. Perrofc, American. Consul at Perth, is a through passenger to Sydney by the Ventura. , Major J. T. M. Hayhurst, of Temuka, Canterbury, was a passenger from San Francisco by the mail steamer Ventura yesterday. Air. B. E. Isaacs was a passenger to Sydney by the Moana yesterday, and will return* to New Zealand shortly in H.M.s. Penguin. Mr. James Buttle, general manager of the New Zealand Insurance Company, left for New Plymouth by the Rarawa. on Sunday, en route for Wellington. Mr. S. H. Meyers, of Wellington, who has been on a visit to California and Mexico for the benefit of his health, arrived yesterday by the mail steamer Ventura. The Rev. Jas. Ferguson, of Sydney, and formerly of Otago, who has been on a tour of the world for the past nine months, is returning to Sydney by the Ventura. Messrs. C. H. Harper, of Chicago, and F. Gubin, of New York, two American young men who are touring the world, arrived by. the Ventura last, evening. . Mr. and Mrs. Kersey Cooper, of Auckland, who had been on a two years' visit to England, returned to the colony by the Papanui,'which arrived at Wellington on Sunday. On the application of Mr. S. Hesketh, His Honor Mr. Justice Edwards yesterday admitted Mr. Harrie Archdell Adams to practice as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand. The Corouundel District High School authorities have appointed Miss M. Fuller, late of the Parnell school, to be assistant mistress to replace Miss F. M. James, appointed to the Onehunga District High School. Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Hooper leave for Sydney by the mail steamer Ventura this morning. ' Mr. Hooper, it is understood, will tale up a position in the Newcastle branch of the New Zealand Accident Insurance Company. A Nelson Press Association telegram states that Captain Cox, the departing pilot and. harbourmaster, was presented last night by the members of the Nelson Sailing Club with a costly gold watch, and his qualities as a seaman were spoken of very highly. The Police Provident Fund Board has granted the following pensions:—Sergeant Forbes (Auckland), medically unfit, £81 8s 2d per year; Sergeant Moon (Whangarci), medically unfit, £105 Is 10d per year ; Con- | stable Hutchison (Auckland) retired at his own request, £93 Is 6d per year. ' Mr. E. V. Senn, chief clerk at the Auckland' post office, returned by the Ventura last evening from a sir. months' holiday trip. During his absence Mr. Scan has visited England and the Continent, and also several parts of America, including a visit to the St. Louis Exhibition. Dr. W. Creser, formerly organist and composer to Her late Majesty's Chapel Royal, London, arrived in Auckland by the" Ventura last evening. Dr. Oreser is conducting the New Zealand examinations in. connection with Trinity College, London. He will hold the local examinations this week. -.: , . >_ Our Matamata correspondent writes:— On Friday evening, in the lee.l hail, upwards of "150 friends, most (A whom were employees, past and present, of the .Assets Board, assembled to take part in a presentation to Mr. and Mrs.- John MeCaw, the former being the late manager of the Mater snata Estate. "'■' Dancing was indulged in until just before supper, when Mr. D. Goodwin presented Mr. , and Mi's. McCaw with a solid silver tea and coffee services suitably j engraved. A favourite mare, Trixle, was also presented to him. - Ho very appropriately replied, -thanking the «lo»ois or. behalf of Mrs. McCaw and hjmself. Three hearty cheers were then given' for Mr. and , Mrs. McCaw. |; [ The whole function reflects great credit up.in Mi-. Secretary Fergu;?son and the Management Committee. • '