PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14214, 10 November 1909, Page 8

PERSONAL ITEMS.

I Alb C. F. Bennett returned from Dune- | din, via the Main Trunk express, yester- ; day. :■■■• , .' '" -/: '-' '■

Mr George Morse, handicapper to the - Auckland Racing Club, left for Wangamu 1 by the Main Trunk line last evening.

The Rev. J. L. A. Kayll, visiting adviser to the Prisons Department, has completed an inspection of the Hanmer tree-planting-

-tamp/and is now in the Otago district.

The Rev. A. Macaulay Caldwell, formerly minister of St. Stephen's Presbyterian i Church, Ponsonby, who has accepted the racancy in Chalmers Church, Tiniaru, left '' for the South last evening. ■ -

Messrs. J. B. Hall (chairman) and Mr. A. L. Parsons (deputy-chairman) will represent the Christchurch Fire Board at the conference of tire boards to be held at Wellington (says a Press Association message).

Sister Finlav, of the Waihi District Hospital staff, who is taking up a position elsewhere, was presented by the nursing staff on Monday evening (telegraphs our correspondent) with a handsome silvermounted brush and comb, and a goldmounted umbrella by the patients.

Mr. C. F. Mark, secretary to the Auckland Trotting Club, leaves by the overland route this evening, en route to Christchurch, to attend the conference of the New Zealand Trotting Association* with the representatives of the Australian trotting associations, which opens on Friday night.

Mr. George Fenwick has resigned the editorship of the Otago Daily Times, and will be succeeded by Mr. James Hutchison. Mr. Fenwick "retains the managing directorship. He had contemplated laying down editorial cares before leaving for the Press Conference, but at the request of the directors he decided to continue control for the additional term. He has held the position of editor of the paper since 1890.

Miss E. M. Coad, who has been teacher at the Wayby school during the past two years, was entertained at afternoon tea by the parents and friends of the children prior to her departure from the district (writes our correspondent). Miss Coad was presented with a handsome dressing case on behalf of the parents and a silvermounted purse from the children. , Mr. Chas. Thomson, chairman of the committee, made the presentation, Miss Coad ratably responding.. - * ~ •

Mr. J. B. Lewis, barrister and solicitor,

; of Hokitika, who died last week, aged 67 ! years, was born in London, and went to Victoria with his parents in the sixties. Mr. Lewis arrived in Otagp, in 1858, and - ■ the following"year went to the West Coast, >. shortly afterwards becoming manager for Mr. S. M. South, Crown Prosecutor of _ Westland. Subsequently he returned to f- Dnnedin and' became associated with Mr. * John McGregor*," with whom he completed * his law studies. In 1873 .he was admitted • as a barrister of the Supreme Court of " New * Zealand. % He settled in Hokitika in is 1882.' .Deceased was president of .the -' Westland Law Society at its inception, .-«?*, -and he .held that position ' continuously - until the time of his death. "" ..:■'■■'