PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13397, 28 January 1907, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Captain Backsthom left for Wellington on Saturday by the Mokoia.

Mr. T. Buttle returned from the Smith by the Takapuna yesterday.

Mr. Meddiugs returned by the Takapuna yesterday from the South.

The Rev. T. Lane was a passenger to Gisborno by the Mokoia on Saturday.

Sir Edward Gibbs was a-passenger from the South yesterday by the Takapuna.

Mr. and Mrs. A. Sandford returned from the South yesterday by the Takapuna.

Mr. L. Tolhurst was a passenger from the South by the Takapuna yesterday.

Mr. M. McCallum was a passenger by the Raruwa from the South on Saturday.

Mr. and Mrs. T. O'Leary arrived from New Plymouth by the Takapuna yesterday.

Mr. C. IV. Garrard, inspector of schools, was a passenger South by the Rarawa yesterday.

Mr. C. Grey was a passenger to Onehung? by the Takapuna, from New Plymouth yesterday.

Mr. John Rowe, Mayor of Onehunga, will leave for Taranaki by the Rarawa tomorrow afternoon.

The Rev. Fathers Rogers, O'^ullivan, and Hearu arrived from Sydney by the Victoria yesterday.

The Rev. Mr. Henderson arrived at Onehunga, from New Plymouth, by the Rarawa on Saturday.

Mr. W. A. Boucher, Government pomologist, came up from New Plymouth on Saturday by the. Rarawa.

Mr. C. T. Major, principal of the King's College, left by'the Rarawa yesterday, on a holiday visit to Taranaki.

The Revs. J. S. Joyce, J. Campbell, and P. B. Lawler. were passengers from Sydney by the Victoria, yesterday.

.Mr. H. A. Nichols, M.L.C., of Tasmania, who has been on a visit to Rotorua, leaves for the South Island this afternoon.

Mr. D. O'Donoghue, headmaster of the Mount Roskill school, returned from a tour of the South Island, by the Rarawa on Saturday.

Mr. R. Crowe, inspector of schools, left by the Ilarawa for New Plymouth yesterday afternoon. He was accompanied by Airs. Crowe.

Mr. F. W. Ward, editor of the.Sydney Daily Telegraph, passed through Wellington by the Maheno on Saturday, on his wayback "to Sydney, after visiting the Exhibition.

Heir and Madame Wielaert, Mr. Hamilton Hodges, and other members of the Auckland Orchestral Society, arrived by the Rarawa on Saturday, from Christchurch.

The Lord Mayor of Melbourne (Mr. Weedon) and Mrs, Weedoti, who have been visiting tile Hot Lakes district, leave Rotorua. to-day for Wellington, via the Wanagnui River.

Kenneth I. Woodward, who passed the matriculation and medical preliminary examinations at the recent New Zealand University examinations, received his education at King's College, Remuera.

Mr. Charles Riesop, in charge of the signal station at the Manukau Heads, is at present enjoying a well-earned holiday. During his absence, Captain J. Grant, of Onehunga, is in charge of the station.

Miss Elsie Edmiston, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Edmiston, of Grafton Road, returned to Auckland by the Victoria, from .Sydney yesterday. Miss Edmiston has been for the past 18 mouths on a visit to England.

Mr. Belcher, general secretary of the NewZealand Federated Seamen's Union, who has been selected to represent the seamen of New Zealand at the Maritime Conference in London, arrived at Wellington from the South on Saturday by the Maheno, and went on to Sydney by that steamer.

"Mr, D. Mahon, second master of the Auckland College and Grammar School, who has been on a visit to Kurope, returned by the Victoria from Sydney yesterday./ Mr. , Mahon . .spent a considerable time; on the Continent studying the educational systems of various countries.

Master Irwin Eric Paris, son of Mr. Paris, audit inspector of the Railways Department, has passed the medical preliminary examination of the New Zealand University, which includes the matriculation and solicitors' 1 general knowledge examination. As he is only a few months over 15 years of age, this must surely be a record for the colony. He is a New Plymouth boy, having been born there.

Major Gordon Chesney Wilson, M.V.0., and Lady Sarah Wilson, were passengers from Sydney by the Victoria yesterday. Lady Sarah is the sixth daughter of the seventh Duke of Marlborough. She was taken prisoner outside of Mafeking, on December 4, 1899, but, was subsequently exchanged for a Boer prisoner. Ladv Sarah was married to Major Wilson in 1891.

A presentation was made at Pukekohe, on Saturday, to Mr. W. F. Massey, Leader of the Opposition, in connection with the complimentary garden party to be tendered to him by the members of- the Political Reform League, at Pukskohe, on February 16. The presentation took the .form of a handsomely illuminated and framed invitation card to Mr. and Mrs. Massey, and family, and it is signed by Messrs. . John Sclilaepfer, C. Shipherd, and 11. H. D. Wily, president, vice-president, and secretary respectively of the Pukekohe branch of the Political Reform League. It was obtained by means of subscriptions from Mr. Massev's supporters in all parts of the "*»» Franklin district, and it forms a pleasing mark of the esteem in which Mr. Massey is held in the electorate.