PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13049, 14 December 1905, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Thbßev*- J'. Urquharb left for tie South ' by the Rotoiti yestf rday afternoon.: : * Mr. and Mrs. E. Withy were passengers by the Waiotalii from'Ohiwa yesterday. . '' The ReP r . Mr. Dunkley arrived at Otffehunga from the South by the Rotoiti yester- ; - '; day- ' -- • ... .' Captain Colin McDonald, late of the Monowai, is now in command of tho Wat- - ksre. \ '*■ Captains Baickstrom and McClure were . ' passengers to the South by the Rotoiti yes- ' today. ■ • Sir R. G. Lockhart and Lady Lockbart arrived at Onehunga from the South by the Rotoiti yesterday. _ St. David's Church, Woodville, has given a unanimous " call" to the Rev. Mr. Evans, of the Theological College. Dunedin. On the motion of Mr. A. W. Blair, Mr. Stirtevant Piggin, of Waihi, was yesterday •-. admitted to."practice as a solicitor of the . Supreme Court. 1 On the motion of Mr. J. R. Reed, Mr. J. „ B, Sharpies, of Auckland, was yesterday admitted to practice as a solicitor of the Supreme Court. ; Captain Champion, of tho Government schooner Countess of Ranfurly, accompanied 1 '"V 4 by his wife, left for Wellington by the s.s. Rotoiti yesterday. Mr. George F. Gray, .Liberal organiser, has been unwell since the elections, being \ completely run down. He has gone to Waiheke for a change. At a meeting of the Trust Foard, held on Tuesday evening, Miss A. Wignall, of Wel- -- ;; lington* was appointed matron of the Parnell Orphan Home. Mr. C. W. Cummings, second officer of the s.s. Rarawa, has rejoined that vessel "•' , after having successfully passed, his foreign master's examination. * . 'itMrs." F. J. Ravner, returned: to Auckland by the Sierra, after visiting the United States and Europe. She is accompanied by her sister, ' Miss McLeod. , Mr. Alex. Macintosh, general nauatgcr of the Bank of New Zealand, has -been re- ; ' ' elected chairman of the Associated Banks i in New Zealand for the ensuing year. . The Rev. Canon Mayne, of Dunedin, who ! ' • has been appointed 'to succeed the late Dean ' Hoveli; in charge of St..Johns'. Cathedral, , Napier, arrived at Napier on Tuesday. Mr. Justice Williams' 12 months' furlough begins in ' February (telegraphs cur Dunedin correspondent). It is expected . that Mr. Justice Cooper will take charge ' of the Otago judicial district. .V.,' • ■■ . Mr. Chas. Cuming, a journalist well ■- known in agricultural and pastoral circles, has been appointed iditor of the Farmers' Union Advocate, the organ of the Farmers' ■'/ . Union, which is to be publish*! in Wellington. , • ■..... .'i 1 ' In view of the fact that Mr. Guinness is certain to be chosen Speaker in the new ■ • House of Representatives for the second term, unopposed, the Dunedin Star says the ,' ' Government is likely to recommend him for '.a knighthood. A cablegram has been received in Petone. Wellington, from the Rev. J. D. Russell, f stating that, he and Mrs. .'Russell had reach-. ' Ed Fremantle on the Orotava, from London, "All well." They should bo back, in Petone on the 20th inst. Mr. Percy Morgan. Government geologist (says tho West Coast Times}, is making a satisfactory recovery, under the care of Dr. Telford, at the Ross Hospital , from ■ the effects of the accident he sustained, at Ross by falling over a- cliff. '"Mr. W. B. Buller, the local manager of ' • the Bank of New Zealand, has been granted 12 months'■ leave of absence, and early ,'in the New Year will leave on a trip to f-.England, accompanied by his . wife and 'daughters. One of: the inspectors', will be in charge of the branch during Mr. Buller's absence. ' Mr. L. W. D. Andrews, who lias been - promoted from the Wellington office to the I - managership of the Auckland • branch of the United Insurance Company,; leaves for the North to-day. The vacancy in the -. Wellington office has been filled by the promotion of Mr.- McKenzie, the resident ■ secretary of the company. >.'• • At" St. -Andrew's Church, Cambridge, on Tuesday, Miss Lilian M. Gardner, second daughter of Mr. M. E. Gardner, of Camj- ' bridge, was married to Mr. Geo. T. Heath, of Ngahimoti, Nelson. The service was . choral, the bride having been a member cf the church choir. The ceremony was performed by Archdeacon Willis. Mr. and • Mrs. Gardner will go to their home ait Nelson, via the Wiuganui River. :.