PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13625, 19 December 1907, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Ma. H. Blot left by the Takapuna yesterday for the South.

Messrs. C. Perrett and J. Hannan came up from the South yesterday.

Mr. John Fuller, jun., of the Fuller theatrical firm, left for the South yesterday.

Dr. R. H. Bakewell, of Onehunga, left by the Takapuna yesterday afternoon, en route to Wiujganui.

"Sergeant J. Twomey, officer in charge of the Onehunga police station, returned from ft visit to tho South yesterday.

Dr Gatley, Government Medical Officer for tha Cook Islands, was a passenger from Rarotonga by the Manapouri yesterday.

Messrs. J. 0. Batcheloi, A. G. Marshall, J. E. Smith, and P (J. Lewis, were passengers for the South yesterday by the Takapuna.

Captain Cummings, harbourmaster at Gisborne, who is at present in Auckland, will return to Gisborne by the Monowai on Saturday.

Captain H. M. Hay ward, late of the mail steamer Ventura, is now in command of the s.s. Mariposa, running between San Francisco and Tahiti.

Mr. F. G. H. Moore, son of Mr. H. G. Moore, of Dunedin, has been appointed a member of the professorial c-taff of the Royal Academy of Music, London. s

Mr. G. Hogben, M.A., Inspector-Gene-ral of Schools, returned to. Wellington by the Warrimoo from Sydney yesterday after a 10 months' tour in Britain, Europe, and America.

Lieutenant Pesom, of the U.S. navy, arrived from San Francisco and Tahiti by the Manapouri yesterday, and leaves for Pago Pago shortly to "join the warship Minneapolis.

Pa-ariki, the ruling chieftainess of the Takitumu district, Rarotonga, and wife of Makea-Dajiiela-Vakatini, of Avarua, was a pjissenger by the Manapouri from the Islands yesterday.

Mr. H. Bracy, who has been recuperating at Rotorua, left for Wellington on Tuesday, to make arrangements for Mr. J. C. Williamson's Opera Company, which opens there on Boxing Night.

Captain Rolls, on his arrival at Sydney with the Union Company's s.s. Mararoa, relinquished his command to Captain Bentlev, of the Oonah. Captain Rolls will probably bring the Flora back to New Zealand.

Mr. A. H. Holmes, clerk of the Magistrate's" Court, Wellington, is on his way , to Auckland, via the Wairarapa and Hawke's Bay, on a visit of inspection to the various Courts in the districts mentioned.

Mr. Gerald A. Jackson was appointed county engineer at yesterday's meeting of the Waitemata County Council, succeeding Mr. H. Munro Wilson, resigned. The appointment dates from the beginning of the year.

Mr. T. Hutchison, S.M. at New Ply mouth, who has just returned from England, has received notice of transfer to Oamaru. Mr. Fitzherbert, S.M., who has relieved Mr. Hutchison at New Plymouth, will remain there permanently.

The Hon. J. A. Millar, Minister for Labour, telegraphed to His Worship the Mayor (Mr, A. M. Myers) yesterday, stating' that he expects to arrive in Auckland on Saturday morning, via Onehunga, and purposes remaining for the holidays.

Mr. Albert Furness a.nd Miss Beaumont, both of whom have been employed by the firm of T. H. , Hall and Co. for some years, *** been presented with a handsome silver plate* afternoon tea service and tray by the * staff, on the occasion of their marriage.

Mr. Ebenezer Steven Nome, second son of the late Rev. Thomas Nome, of Papakura, died at Johannesburg on December 16. Mr. Nome had been manager for the South British Insurance Company at Johannesburg for many years, and the cause of his death was heart complaint.

. At the presentation of prizes at King Edward's College last evening, Mr. F. E. Baume, K.C., MP., chairman of the Board of - Governors, presented tie principal, Mr. T. Harle Giles, with a case of pipes and a tobacco pouch, as a mark of the esteem in which he is held by the staff and pupils.

Mr. W. H. L. Galwey, manager of the Masterton branch of the Bank of New South Wales, jams presented with a gold watch and an illuminated address by the citizens of Masterton on Saturday, on the eve of his departure for Auckland, where he will act as temporary manager for some months. ' .

Miss Matthews, principal at the Girls' College, Devonport, who .is shortly leaving for England, was yesterday presented by her pupils with a set of greenstone and silver spoons and a similar set of forks. Misses J. Frater and M. Miller made the presentations on behalf of the senior and junior pupils respectively.

The Victoria College Council, Wellington, last night considered applications for the chair of mathematics. There were 37 applicants, including five New Zealanders. The Council's choice fell on Mr. David Kennedy Picken, M.A., at present chief assistant to the professor of mathematics at Glasgow University.

At a meeting of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church last evening, a unanimous call was given to the Rev. A. A. Murray, licentiate of the Presbyterian Church, to be its pastor. The call will come up for disposal at the next meeting of the presbytery of Auckland, on January 7. St. Andrew's Church became vacant in June, 1906, when the Rev. H. B. Gray, the former pastor, left for Dunedin.

Messrs. Martin, Hey wood, M. Hampson, Calder, Goldwater, F. G. Dunlop, M.A., and A. F. Howartb, 8.A., of the Auckland University College, have been informed of their success in connection with the law professional examination*, each of these students having gained his LL.B. degree. The following other students also secured passes:—Messrs. Allan J. Moody, R. R. Bell, L. B. Gilfillan, W. E. Bruce (five subv jects), R. S. D. Abbott, Hall Bkelton, and J. Melville (four subjects), Malcolm McArthur, A. Towle, W. Oliphant (three subjects). In the first section Messrs. M. M. Ballin, C. Richardson* J. Oliphant, and A. M. .Towitt gained passes, as also did Mr. A. S. Moody (Onehunga) in the intermediate examination in medicine.