PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13782, 22 June 1908, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

' ' - ' .'■' I w ii. — ***** ".u?»« 'A.'.;.: ; Captain F. Fletcher came up from Wellington by the. Takaptuna yesterday. Dr. Sampson, of Dunedin, has been appointed bouse surgeon at the Gisborne Hospital. , Dr. E. H. Makgill, of the Health Department, left for Wellington yesterday by tue ' ' Rarawa. The Revs. H. Reeve and Ballantyne arrived from the South by the Rarawa on : Saturday. Dr. Purdy, district health officer, was a passenger from the Bay of Plenty by the .;.;'> Ngatiawa on Saturday. Mr. R. M. Houston, M.P. for the Bay of Islamic, arrived from Mangonui by the Clansman on Saturday. Mr. C. F. Mark, secretary of the Auck- '', '•'■' land Trotting Club, returned from the South ;'. by the Moana yesterday. Sergeant Moore, of Newmarket, has been transferred to Whangarei, and will leave on Friday to take up 'his new duties. lKv',7 Mr. J. F. Hartland, secretary of the Auckland Racing Club, returned to Auckland by the Moana from Napier yesterday. The Hon. E. Mitchelson, chairman of the '-■' Auckland Harbour Board, returned from Hokiaaga yesterday morning by the Claymore. ■■■■■ Mr. Gordon Esam, orchardist at the Waerenga experimental farm, has been appointed inspector of orchards for the Auckland '.y district, " .Messrs. J. 0. Dunwoodie and M. A. Scott have been appointed engineers on the «.?. Takapuna, vice Messrs. O. H. Dillner and Jeffries transferred South. Mr. A. Duncan, New Zealand golf champion, left Wellington by the Maheno for Sydney, to take part in the Australian golf championship meeting next month. Mr. H. Henson. of the Auckland branch of the National Bank, who has been on a brief visit to Australia, was a passenger ;: by the Sydney steamer last night, ' Captain Seymour, formerly of the R.M.S. Britannia; having retired from ; the service, : : Captain' Preston, of the R.M.S. Mongolia, now takes the title of commodore of the P. and 0. fleet. ' ~ , - , Lady Stout, who is at present in :Rotorua, addressed a meeting '■' of Maoris in | n ■•' / Tama-te-Kapua on Wednesday afternoon 1 last, and also at Whakarewarewa on Frij day afternoon, her addresses being interpreted by the Rev. F. A. Bennett. - . Mr. E. R. Hood, of the Auckland Gas ' Company, and son of Captain Hood, harbourmaster at New Plymouth, left for Dunedin Yesterday by* the Rarawa in order to see his "brother, who : was seriously injured on the steamer Kaitangata at Port Chalmers. Mr. Leslie H. Reynolds, who for several months has been located at Otira in connection with the Arthur's Pass Tunnel, ar- *-:''••' rived at Wanganui last week to inspect the . harbour workis in progress there. From Wanganui he comes .North to investigate ; and advise upon harbour works at Wairoa i and Gisborne, and shipping facilities at t:-.■'■•''■ Tokomaru Bay. An old Indian Mutiny veteran, Edward Denien, formerly of the Royal Artillery, has rI ? diid .-''at';; Portland (Victoria) Benevolent Asylum. ■ ' Denien accompanied Sit Colin '.''Campbell's expedition to the relief of Luck- ' HOW. He had for many years been receiving a small pension. t Not a' single mourner \■• attended Jus funeral. On the day of , Denien's death another Lucknow veteran, Dr.. Johnstone, •<>-sought admission to the ;<r ■-' asylum. '' - ; Mr. G- S. Tilheradge, who became so popular in Australia and, New Zealand in the days of the Brough-Boucicault Company, has returned, to Sydney from London ~.' (writes our Sydney correspondent), to ap- ■ pear in' the new company supporting Miss Margaret Anglin, the distinguished .American actress, whose tour of Australia will begin on Saturday, June 27, in the adaptation by Cosmo Gordon-Lennox of Henri Bernloin's drama "The Thief." Miss Ada y Dwver, who is to play the title role in 1 "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch," has - also arrived, with several members of her ' company, from Vancouver. The members of the company with Miss Dwyer include Miss Helen Lowell, the original Miss Hazy; Mr. Weber, who will play Stubbins; Miss Florence Busby, who appeared in London as Miss Lucy,"and is cast for. that part in ; ii Australia; Miss Jennie Eoiffarth, remem- ,' bered in the first Australian production of • "Trilby," who will portray Mrs. Schultz; Mrs. Arg'yle Campbell, Mr. A. W. Maffim, Mr. Jo*. Smiley, Miss Pearl Lagan, and Miss Lottie Alter. " Mr. T. H. White, the popular manager of the Auckland mill. of the Kauri Tim- ' ber Company, was the recipient of-a handtome presentation from his fellow employees on Saturday, on the eve of his departure to take over the managership of the company's Sydney branch. Mr. W. ■ ? H. Trevarthen, head of the door depart- *; meat, presided, and referred in terms of ' high praise to the tact and ability which ' Mr. White had displayed during the 17 vears he bad been manager here. Mr. C. i i Soper also testified to the excellent qualiid ties' of Mr. White, and to the good feeling: which had always existed between him ':• S; and the emplovees. The chairman then .'■■; called on Mr. E. L. McKinstry, the new manager of the Auckland branch, to make the presentation— gold watch and- illuminated address to Mr. White, and a gold ■- cable bangle to Mrs. White. Mr. Mc- , Kinstry expressed the regret which the employees as a whole felt at Mr. Whito's „.'•' departure, and also their pleasure at secd ing that his fine qualities had been recognised by the directorate in promoting him. The address was the workmanship of Mr. H. Ward, one of the employees of the company; and was a fine niece of work. Mr. White replied in feeling terms.