PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13672, 13 February 1908, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

!•• Captains Hannah an» Maik were passenT gers from Wellington yesterday by the lafcar puna. ■ Mr. Fred Earl has been elected president, > and Mr. J. R. Reed vice-president, ,of the Auckland Club for the ensuing year. Mr. C. W. R. Suisted, Government in- . spector of machinery, is at present on a visit to the Bay of Plenty. . . Mr. E. G. Alien, M.P. for Chal- ' mers, who baa been on a short visit to, / ' Auckland, left yesterday for Wellington by the Main Trunk railway route. Mr. John Townley, who has been Mayor • of Gisborno for 19 years, has announced bis intention of retiring from the position it the end of the present term. ,- Captain Carey, formerly of the Moana, and an identity 'in former years in New Zeav ' land maritime circles, is making the. round ", trip in the- Marama. Captain Carey, who is 72 years of age, now lives at Bomb, ;^': ' • Sydney. i; Mr. .las. : Kowin, the well-known butter buyer, is accompanied on his present trip to New Zealand by Mrs. Kowin, he havL ing 'recently married again. Ho is on : • board the Arawa,. which will be due in *. about a fortnight. , Mr. Vincent Ward, second son of the :■ V Prime Minister, who has been connected f . with the Wellington branch of the National Bank, recently loft for London to gain commercial experience for three or four years, » prior to joining the firm of J. G." Ward and Co.

At a largely-attended meeting of members of the Church of England at Nelson last night. Bishop Mules was.presented with a purse ■ of sovereigns on the eve of his de- ,!' : . nurture for England to attend the Lambeth Conference. The Hon. Hall-Jones, writing to Mr. ,%-dlworthv, member for Kaipava, says: — - " lam glad to be able to say that, as rei; sult of the rent and change of scene, lam so .'' " improved that I feel quite a new man, and have no hesitation in taking up my old ' . duties again." .'.' '■' Sir William Owen, who has resigned from the Supreme Court Bench of New South Wales, is in his 74th year. He is a son of Colonel . Robert Owen, of the 72nd Highlanders, and a nephew of Major- • x General Owen and of Admiral Rich-, ard Owen. The family genealogical tree snows him to be a descendant of Thomas : ' Owen, judge of the Common Pleas, who died in 1598, and was buried in-Westmin-ster Abbey. Apart from his special padidal work, Mr. Justice Owen's career was marked by his association with two important Royal Commissions. The first one referred to Mr. Eddy,, late Chief Commissioner for Railways, against whom Mr. Schey, then M.L.A., figured. The report of the judge was. a scathing one, and completely exonerated,Mr- .Eddy. The other Commisison was of recent date, and related to the administration of the Lands Department. •"