PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12759, 9 January 1905, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Judge Dev.vister was a passenger from th« , ' South by, the Manuka; yesterday. Air Shirley Baker, of Tonga, loft for New Plymouth by the Earawa yesterday. - || The Hon. James Carroll, Native .Minister, was a passenger to Gisbome by the.Tarawcra on .Saturday. _ ■ Mr and Mrs. Francis Stevens Lave re- .*; turned to Wellington after a nine mouths' i trip to Great Britain. Mr Justice Chubb and son, of lownsvil'le (Queensland), left for Rotorua by the express train from Auckland on Saturday. Sir Robert Stout'(Chief Justice) and Mr. * Justice Cooper, left the Northern Wairoa on Saturday for Whangarei and the Bay of ; Islands. ~ Mr* Colin McDonald was a passenger from'the South by the Manuka yesterday to meet her husband, Captain McDonald, of the Aparima. . Mr Ewing, who was at one time an. officer in the service of the Union Steamship Company, was a passenger by the Aparima ( from Calcutta yesterday. ' Mr and Mrs. King, of Liverpool, who have been on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Pearce of Wellington, have made arrangements for a comprehensive tour of the colony. . ~ Captain David Watson, who recently retired from the service of the Union Steamship Companv, is to take up the position ol secretary to the Shipmasters' Association, at Wellington. ' Mr C. Holdsworth, general manager of the Union Steamship Company, and Mrs. Holdsworth, who have been touring the • world, were passengers front Calcutta by the Aparima yesterday. Mr. James Edmond, editor of the Sydney Bulletin, has written to Wellington Unit health reasons necessitate him taking a four months' holiday. Mi*. Frank Fox will have charge of the paper in. the absence of Mr. Edmond. < < His Excellency, Dr. Solf, Governor of German Samoa, intends going to Rotorua ■;, during the present week, and will spend the best part of a month in the Thermal Won- ! derland, in the interests of his health. Dr. Solf will then so South. Mr. Frank Lawry, M.H.R., who for many years has been associated with the Auckland Trotting Club, has been presented with ; : a life member's badge. The badge is of gold, and takes the form of a pendant, bearin" an inscription on the one side and a horse's head on the other. Mr. F. W. Mansfield, registrar of electors, prior to his departure from Wellington, on a tour through the colony's electorates, was ■ presented with a memento of regard by the staff at the Wellington head office. " The presentation was made by Mr. James Ban, - senior on the staff, and to the good wishes expressed Mr. Mansfield made suitable reply. Dr. and Mr?. Mullirr, of Roxburgh, Otago,"' were entertained at a farewell social recently prior to their departure for the Old Country. Dr. Mullin was presented with a purse of sovereigns and an illuminated address, as a token of esteem and appreciation of his work in the district, and Mrs. Mullin was • presented with a beautiful gold brooch set with opals and pearls. Lieutenant-Colonel Loveday, commanding the Public School Cadets, will leave Wellington about the end of the mouth, to be present at Oamaru on February 2, when the cadets will take part in the public reception of Lord ITunket. The Governor will take advantage of the occasion to present the South Island shield to the Oamaru North school, which has won it with a score of 711 points. Mr. J. R. Sharp, who has been in charge of the Gore branch of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company's business, has received intimation of his promotion to take charge of the Mastertou office. Mr. Sharp will bo succeeded in Gore by Sir. J. ? eed - at present stationed at the Bluff, and Mr. Reed's place in charge of the Bluff _ branch will be taken by Mr. R. J. Michie, now head accountant* at Inver'cargiH. Mr. Harry A. English has lately received a presentation at the hands of Air J \ ' Huttou, of Wellington. The gift, which took the form of a solid gold watch chain with inscribed gold pendant, and which as - subscribed tor by his late fellow-workers at Auckland was more than usually handsome and valuable. Mr. English, whose connec- £ S h , tl f Wesfc E » d Rowing Club made Lira widely known, is now on the staff of the General Post Office, Wellington.