PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13482, 8 May 1907, Page 8

PERSONAL ITEMS.

■Mr.. J. E. March went South by the Rarawa yesterday. ' Mr. W. L. Berliner left for the South by the Rarawa yesterday. ' Mr. E. Gerard returned from Wellington j - 1 : yesterday by the Rarawa." "• ■'-■'■ j .■V. The Rev. Mr. FitzGerald left for Lyttelton yesterday by the Victoria. The Rev. W. E. Lush was a passenger to , . Napier by the Victoria yesterday. The Rev. Mr. Favell was" a passenger for , New- Plymouth yesterday by the Rarawa.' - j Dr. Buck (Te Rangihiaroa), one of the health officers to the Maoris, is likely to bo , stationed at Auckland. ■ Dr. J.; S. : Purdy, district health officer, t is at present visiting the Waihi and Thames - '■': districts on Departmental business. , Mr. Cyril Towsey, formerly of Auckland, . who is now in England, was reported, when "the' last mail left, to be making' excellent V?!progress with his musical studies. Mr. C. F. Mark was a passenger from the South by the Rarawa yestenLry". While away he attended the New Zealand Trotting Association's Conference at Chrit ..-church. ■ •>'.;.:. At a meeting of the Profess Board of ; 0 the University of Otago a motion was car- ;- ried (says! a Press Association telegram) congratulating Dr. Benham on his election as # : a Fellow, of the Royal Society. . • ;;• . , Advantage was taken of a parishioners' ■•' 'meeting, held in Bombay last week, to pre- ./■ sent the Rev. J. L. A, Kayll with a f small '" purse of ' sovereigns, " and to express regret at his departure. ? Mr. Penrhys i Evans pre- , sented the purse, and , expressed the regret -.-■'..- of the parishioners at Mr. Kayll's departure. Mrs. Townley, wife of the Mayor of Gis- .. borne, was presented on Monday evening, at • a family , gathering held in honour of the celebration of her -70th birthday, with a silver' rose bowl suitably inscribed. ..The presentation was made by members of the • fire brigade, of which Mr. Townley has been ;V superintendent since its inception. ■ The resignation of Mr. C. P. Murdoch as .; :' Devonport representative on the Auckland Harbour Board was handed in at last night's .■;. meeting of the Devonport Borough Council. The Mayor (Mr. Wm. ; Handley) said that he ■-. was sorry - that Mr. Murdoch had seen fit to , hand in his i resignation. a Mr. Murdoch had been elected as a member to the Harbour Board for a period of two years. ; Mr. W. ; ; Timewell said that Mr. Murdoch had stated when he was elected by the Council to the . position, 5 that in the event of his not being • returned as a member to the present Devonport Borough Council he would resign the position As Mr. Murdoch had not sought fj;' re-election to the Borough Council he was evidently keeping his promise. - : On the motion of - the ; Mayor < the resignation was received with xegi-et. . Subsequently Captain George McKenzie was unanimously elected to fill the vacancy.