PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13192, 1 June 1906, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr. and Mns. Rawxtnso.v, of Lake Takapuna, leave- on Monday next by the Westraii», on a five months' trip to England. -"■■•'■' -i'. ■■-' ■'.••■ :'.■"■■ * ~ ' ' '- Mr. H. J. Williams, sectary fro the J,y'v.n~«t--'victuallers' ■ Association, has returned to Wellington from a visit to Australia. ' ' ' . . J •»!.• M .-'-terfu- Lund.- (the Hon. 'i'.«.)?uiL.:,i-.'-!!:- l» s , been *" the Nwrth iv about '■j.r_ '-•••.-:•:-!:•;. -u,-iv€u hack JS We'lingipS ufl - .'"Mr. It. M. Houston, M.H.R., is still in Terr indifferent health, and it is yet ' doubtJul" whether lie will be able to --.nd the ? Stasis of a Parliamentary session. ' -f' : ' : '":'. This : employees -of. Sargood. .-S-jn, »-A Hwm assembled last &yj&>£?,jt "* present a "v! purse of di**,%M\ "bon voyage" i.': \c Mr. >«'' "„,»imson, who has resigned, ' _TU-.i Deing connected with the firm for the last '19 years. The presentation was made by. Mr. H. C. Tcwsley ,• . • • A Wellington Press Association telegram /states Unit the Gazette notifies the resignation of Dr. Pigeon as stipendiary magis- ,: Irate, • sheriff, and medical officer at the " Chatham Islands. The appointment is notified of Mr. Philip Best, of Nelson, as membci of tho Land ; Purchase Board of ;; Commissioners. .- * .'"- ' . ~

; ,' The members of the Wellington staff of the 'Commercial Union Assurance Com- . pany made a suitable presentation to Mr. J.- ilutchings ; yesterday, on , the. eve of his departure for Auckland; Mr.' Hatchings • is severing his connection with the com- . pany, to join the ■staff of the Sun Fire iV lnsurance Office in Auckland. ,' ; ','.,:' The Rev. Father Buckley.was tendered a farewell by the children belonging"to':St." MUry's Orphanage,■ Ponsonby,' last evening. ■f?-- Several musical items were rendered, and > v-tlie' accompaniments were played bv Mrs-. W. Ralph ' The Rev. Fathers 'Cahil", Mollpy, Murphy, and Holbrook were present.,"_ The llev; Father Buckley has been , , transferred .to the Ellerslie parish. ■Messrs.' J. F. McCarthy and Alexander ' Allan, railway workshop managers at Addingtbn and Petono respectively, returned to : Wellington from Sydney by the ]\ioeraki ;•]- on Wednesday. They have been on a visit to, Hie principal railway workshops of Australia, to make themselves conversant with ■ any new plant, appliances, 01 methods of carrying out work in Australia likely to be , of use in New Zealand. - ■ .Mr T. .Schnackenberg, who is severing * his- connection with -the firm ~■' of-' Messrs. -, Arthur H. Nathan, to lake charge of the New' Plymouth " branch of f Messrs. L. 'D. '. Nathan and Co., was presented by the employees yesterday with a handsome armchair, Mr. B. A. Kay in a very happy speech, made .the presentation, and expressed .the * high ,;: esteem. in which Mr. Schnackenberg was held by his fellow em- • ployeesl .'. 7AII wished him every success in his future career, and he would have..the S;■ i : g9<»l wishes of those with whom he had 1 Been connected ■' in his old ' firm. Mr. Schnackenberg returned his thanks for"the present, and their good wishes were cordially reciprocated.. Cheers were given for '^ Mr.; and Mrs. Schnackenberg at the close of- * the .proceedings. >.; '*„.. ~. . ...,..,.:.■ ■' - »The director of the Wellington Technical School {Mr. .W. S. La Trobe) states that he ;;!;;? has .wade satisfactory arrangements "to obviate the inconvenience caused by. the delay in the appointment of an art master, owing to Mr. Christie withdrawing his name after 'election. ~.The classes, for painting and drawing from life are to' be instructed by Mr. Scott, an artist of extensive experience. Mr. Scott passed about two years in Paris, under Professors Jean Paul, Paul Laurens, and Benjamin Constant, gaining first arid second mention in drawing at their rancours. Tie then spent eiorht months in Holland painting interiors. He had a picture accepted in the salon, and' received good notices in the French papers. His next field of study was Germany, and he.worked also in Florence, Rome,-and -Venice. -He-was engaged for *'■'. abodt'nine months on black and white work in London, and then left for New Zealand. One of his picture© was recently . bought by the Christchurch Art Society; for its permanent gsillery.