PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13724, 14 April 1908, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

. • Ms. J. M. Walker, architect,' and Mrs. w«ttfc South by the Manuka yesterday. ■' The Rev. J. Cramp, accompanied by his wife, left for the South by the Takapuna yesterday. ; V - Mr. T E. Bonne, Superintendent of the Tourist Department, left Wellington for the . South last night. Mr. C. H. F. rough ton, officer in charge of the signal station at Kaipara Heads, is at present on a visit to Auckland. Sir Edward Lechmeve and Lady Lechjnere leave for Fiji by the Talune to-mor-row, en route for Vancouver and England. Mr. and Mrs. Alister Clark, of Melbourne, "who have been visiting Auckland and the South, left for Sydney by the Mbkoiia last evening. Captain W. F. Norbury, of the Northern Company's steamer RaraAva, and Mrs. Norbarf left for Sydney by the Mokoia last evening, on a three weeks' holiday visit. Mr. D. W. Duthie, manager of the Auckland branch of the National Bank of New Zealand, and Mrs. Duthie were passengers • to Sidney by the Mokoia last evening, en route to London. Motions of condolence in connection with recent bereavements were passed to Messrs. R. H. Crudge and C. Hudson at last night's meeting of the Mt. Eden Borough Council. Miss im Thurn, daughter of Sir Everard hn Thurn, Governor of Fiji, and Miss Baker, who have been spending a short holiday in v New Zealand, leave by the Talune for Fiji to-morrow, en route for Vancouver. A Press Association message from Adelaide states that Professor Bragg, who has been connected with the Adelaide University for 24 years, has accepted the Cavendish chair of physics, at Leeds University. Mr. H. E. Partridge, who for the last six months has been on a business visit to the United States, Cuba, Mexico, the Philippines, South Africa,, and India, will be returning to Auckland in about a fortnight's time. ; w' : v ' /— •' • Captain Hemming, who was for some years in command of the R. M.S. Miowera in the Canadian mail service, is at present in Auckland, and proceeds to London, via Vancouver, leaving Auckland by the TaY, lune to-morrow. Mr. Wm. Black, architect and civil en- ■/ gineer, and a member of the Capetown City Council, is at present on a "Visit to Wellington. Mr. Black took second prize in the competition for a design for the Auckland Town Hall. ' It is reported at Waihi, says bur correspondent, that efforts are being made to induce Mr. Glanville Hicks, formerly of Waihi and now cf Wellington, to contest the Ohinemuri seat, in the Government's interests, at the forthcoming general election. -

Mr. S. Gallichan, general secretary to the executive and president's council of the New Zealand Liberal and Labour Fede- ; ration, returned from Whangarei on Saturday, and left for the Waikato yesterday "i morning. To-day he will leave for Wellington by the Rarawa. , * Mr. and M)rs. T. Moncrieff Pattullo, late of Waihi, left by the Monowai on. Saturday : for Wellington, -where they will join the Ayrshire, which is timed to depart on the loth for London, via Monte "V ideo. Mr. and Mrs. Pattullo expect to be away for seven. or eight months. On their return v they will probably settle in the Waikato. Mr. A. Hempton, manager of the Bank of New Zealand at Whangarei, who has br.3n, granted eight months' leave of absence, to enable him to make a trip Home for the purpose of recruiting his health, was accorded an enthusiastic send-off by a number of leading residents. Mr. Wood- * ward, one of the relieving managers of the iv North Island, takes over Mr, Hempton's duties in his absence.; At last night's meeting of the Mt. Eden :' Borough Council,. Mr. E. H. Potter, speaking for his feUow-councilloid, requested the Mayor (Mr, ; 0. Nicholson) to allow himself to' be nominated for a further term of office, drawing attention to the fact that the estimates of expenditure for the year had been well within the limit, : showing & due regard for economy on the , part of the Mayor. In consenting/ to the : desire of the Council, Mr. Nicholson said he did? so principally for the reason that several important works commenced during his term remained to be completed.

The . present Surveyor-General, Mr. T. Humphries, holds rather a unique record in the Civil Service, being perhaps the only " officer who has l*e©n in the service for half ■ a century Mr. Humphries is 67 years of ". age, and joined the service as a cadet in the Survey Department 51 years ago. He served through the Maori 'wars in Tara- ~ rt&ki, and in 1875 became inspector of surrey under the General Government. He became chief surveyor, and commissioner in Taianaki in 1885, and filled the same position in Auckland, Hawke's Bay, Nelson, . and Canterbury before succeeding to the >' position of Surveyor-General in 1906. Mr. Humphries is one of a small batch of officers in the same Department wSo* hold the New Zealand war medal. The Under--Secretary (Mr. Kensington) is another. i ...... . . 1