PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12892, 14 June 1905, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

I Miss M. Smith,, of Devonpprt, was a passenger to Sydney by the Mararoa on Monday, on a holiday visit to Australia. Cantain East, of the Tyser line, leaves Auckland for London by the Niwaru next week. "Mr. L. Simmons, of Palmerston North, left for the Eastern Pacific by the Taviuni last: night. Dr. MacGregor,inspector of hospitals and asylums, was a passenger to Wellington by the Moana yesterday. :. The Rev. J. M. Thompson, M.A.. was inducted to the charge of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Stratford, on Thursday last. Mr. J. H. Owen, general manager of Sharland and Co., Limited, left for New Plymouth by the Rarawa yesterday, en route for Wellington. Lieutenant Pickering, registrar in New Zealand for the Royal Naval Reserve, and v Mrs. Pickering, left for Wellington by the Moana yesterday. The term of seven for which the ; " . lions. J. M. Twomey and Lee Smith were appointed to the Legislative Council ex- ;£•; . pires on the 18th intt. Mr. T. E. Midgley. organist and choir- -; ' master of All Saints' Church, Ponsoaby, has ||1 been appointed to a similar position in the Unitarian Church. Poasonby. ; Mr. Glasgow, second engineer of the Tariuni, has been granted holiday leave, =-'.''- an! Mr. Finlayson, the third engineer. ■ takes up Mr. Glasgow's position in the meantime. '!'" The Rev. R. A. Woodthorpe. M.A.. chap- ; . lain to the Anglican Bishop of Cluistchnrcn, fiai 1 been appointed by the Primate warden Iftfjjof Selwyn College, Dunedin. He has had i|¥~. a distinguished career as a scholar. '■£■- : Captain T. H. Rattle, of the Wangajjni ..; Fire Brigade, has completed his 25th year 'j *Of fire service, and thus earned the New ', Zealand Association's gold star. -He intends to retire from active service.

Mr. W. Jaques. Government fruit canning expert, left Wellington yesterday for ;..,. Auckland. He. will traverse the whole of ; J the fruit-growing area of the province, and •'■' will make an extended stay in the North.

' ~ A Feilding' Press Association telegram States that Mr. Joseph Rodgers, clerk of the Court, has been presented by the justices ' of ILo peace and members of the legal profession with a purse of sovereigns on the eve . ■', of his departure for Gore.

■\,\ At the conclusion of the. practice on Monf§x day evening, a presentation of a marble /."' clock: was made to Mr. Arthur Larking by' the members- of the Onehunga Town Band, on tho occasion of his marriage. Bandmaster Eugene Hulse made the presentay; tion. ~ ,

; ' - Mr. Neville Shaylc-Georsre, son of Mrs. Shayle-George, of Ponsonby, left for the South by the Moana yesterday, en route to liJi; Europe. After spending some months in Europe, Mr. Shayfe-George will visit the United States, and will then return to ""Auckland. "" *

> A private letter from. London sUites that Captain W. S. Atfcin, K.N.R., lute of the '< Sivaw-Savill liner Tonic, has been given command of. the Atlantic liner Cymric. It was understood that Captain Carter. R.N.8., formerly of the Afric, was to take command i of the lonic..

•' Dr. ,T. Mcintosh.Bell. F.U.G.S., director of the geological survey of New Zealand, ~ arrived in Coromandel yesterday afternoon ■."' (writes our correspondent), on a brief preliminary visit. He intends proceeding i':.;■ overland to Thames to-day, and will go as far as Waihi. , :*K ; :'?-'' ; :-'i*-'''' ""■ •'

Mr. D. Morrison, who has been appointed ■ agent for the Union Steam Ship Company at Rarotonga, left by the Taviuni last night,' to take "up his duties. Mr. Caffin. who has been acting as agent for 1 the company at Rarotonga, returns to Auckland "by the Taviuni. . t - Mr. J. ■■ M. Johnston, one of the Land Commissioners, left his fellow Commissioners *. . jfc Masterton, on Monday, and went to his ;:i home in Palmerston North. Mr. Johnston T had not been in the best of health for oome tiir.-.*. and as lie had contracted a rather ■ .' severe cold he decided to rest for a couple of days. 'The Hon. Seymour Thome George, : 'v. M.L.C., who is suffering from the effects of a. broken bone in the thigh, caused by y*""a fall .through slipping on the floor at j>\ the Auckland Club, is. as his many friends ;/- will be pleased to learn, making very - • , favourable progress towards recovery. Ho I ■ however, be confined to his home for several weeks. The Rev. T. H. Sprott and Mrs. Sprott were presented by the, vestry of St. Paul's Church,' Wellington, with a. large, hand-somely-embossed silver bowl, on the occasion of their silver wedding. The Dorcas Society presented them with a case of silver toilet requisites, and the choir of the church with silver 'sugar basin, jug, ana tongs. , „-.:■ A-., quiet but interesting wedding took place at the residence of Mrs. Wight, Te Puke, Paeroa, last, week, when Mr. Edward Tennyson ' Conolly, son of ex-Judge Conoily, of Auckland, was married to Miss Mary Wight. Miss Katherine Wight ■;."' (sister of the bride) acted as bridesmaid, and Mr. Adam Wilson as best man. The marriage ceremony was performed bj the Rev •!- L. Pafctullo. Presbyterian minister, of VVaihi, in the presence of the immediate friends and relations of the happy couple. The presents were numerous and Valuable! Mr. and Mrs. Conolly are taking up their residence at Waikino, the former being attached, to th© Waibr Company's staff -at the' Waikino battery.