PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13484, 10 May 1907, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

: ■''.Captain John Rolls is at present in com- ;! mand of the s.s, Tarawera. _____ " Mr. C. Widdicombe, of Parnell, has been appointed by the City Council to the . position of plumbing and drainage inspec-, ■ ' tor. ' . • ">■■"•■.' .:'.;:• '■-' ~~ ■ : '■••■.-■■'.'.• -Mr. G. L. Henderson, of the Herald Office, was awarded the only . medal , for steel and copper plate engraving at the New Zealand Exhibition at Chi'istchurch. The vacancy canned on the Auckland Hos- „.< pital and Charitable Aid Board by the retirement of Mr. M. Casey as the City Council representative, has been 'filled by the > appointment to the position of Mr. P. M. Mackay. '•'■' -' ; Mr. D. McFarlane, of Auckland, was appointed by the City Council last evening .'" to the position of chief surveyor in connection with.the proposed preparation of a detailed map of the. city. Mr.; James Rattray and family went . South yesterday by the'Rarawa. Mr. Rattray ; las been engaged for the last nine months with the Auckland No-License Council. * He has been appointed home missionary £-;.; for the Presbyterian Church in the Wairoa district of Hawkers Bay. ._.' v'■.-'■ ' . Mr. Barry Coney, who is well known in. • musical circles, has severed his connection with the Bank of New •Zealand, and proceeds to London in ' July for two years' . study of singing and the pianoforte, before ,s (. .entering the musical profession. He was the .■recipient of -handsome souvenirs from his ' ' fellow, officers, on leaving ,the bank. Mr. F. W. Markman, manager for Briscoe and Co., Limited, Wellington, who is ' about to take up a similar position in the v firm's Auckland house, was presented with a gold watch from the staff on leaving (telegraphs our Wellington correspondent). Mr. Evans, general manager for the. North Island, made the presentation on behalf, of {/.' the staff. . • Amongst the passengers to- Wellington; by the Ruapehu, on Wednesday, was the Rev. James Holmes, a Congregational minister, who has brought his wife and family (two sons and two daughters) out to New Zealand with the intention of settling on the land. Mr. Holmes was obliged to relinquish his work at Home in .the interests of '. the health of his youngest daughter. During the later ; ''. term of his ministry in England, Mr. Holmes. ', was assistant to the Rev. Silvester Home, •of Whitfield Tabernacle, London. Mr Holmes proposes to - - settle in Gisborne.