PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14530, 18 November 1910, Page 6

PERSONAL ITEMS.

" Mb. R. rHAicrfWEiA, ; of the ' New Zealand. § Shipping Company's Lyttelton staff, is at '> present on a visit to Auckland. I • ■ - •' • , lit" ' r The Hon. - Sir Maurice O'Rorke took his Ite-; 'seat* the- Legislative Council yesterday Pfe?- - Afternoon, after being duly sworn in. Mg£!}l•»'* ' • -i fert -: . Mr. James Dykes, secretary of the Weill v." . lington Savage Club, left on his return home i fay last night's express. While hero he was ], staying at the Royal Hot-el. lip ■ ' ' — ■ §|: . Mr. W. Paget Gale, of Dunedin, who is ?v- - •' to judge the musical events at the Auckland fc "Competitions Society's festival next week, 5;: - is due to arrive here on Sunday morning by $■. the Monowai. j£» * Mr. J. M. Clark, of Wellington, -who will *5 . judge the elocutionary competitions At the ~r" Auckland Competitions Society's festival, "4 . -will arrive in Auckland by the Main Trunk ; train to-morrow morning.. : Mr. and Mrs. H. Prime and family, of <c . , Oiiehunga, . and Mrs. Prime, senr., are passengers by the s.s. Maitai, which leaves '*4- for San Francisco on Saturday. Mr. fe.v£:' . 1 Prime, who lias sold his business, intends iftijr ■to settle in America. •'' . | Y Mr. Justice Cooper is •expected to . arrive P.... 'in Auckland to-morrow morning. He will f£/.- v deliver a judgment at tho Supreme Court that day, and on Monday will open the S&&V- -criminal sittings of the Court. ' — M- ' : %l "" His Excellency the Governor left Weill g i | lington for Featherston yesterday morning, |! " attended by Captain Hamilton, A.D.C. l^'-'.CCaptaia Mait-laad, A.D.C., remains in Wei'p' ' lington for tho present. His Excellency '0 r , will , return to Wellington on Monday or lllfjf'/'- : .Tuesday. . . £"■ ' Mr. and Sirs. F. Montague, of Welling- ■ ton, will arrive in Auckland by this morn* T „ jog's Main Trunk train. Mrs. _Montague IsS ' ''is'.to act as the official accompanist© at the ?? J Auckland Competitions Society's festival, !'•> 'which commences on Monday. During ■ their visit Mr. and Mrs. Montague will be |,V ' "staying at tho Royal Hotel. il&P" " > '•**: •> -• ———' - - Feeling reference was made at the Genes'_ - ■ ral Assembly of the Presbyterian Church mi::- ■ yesterday to the condition of the Rev. T. % - McDonald, of St. Peter's Church, Christie -.- church, who had been attending the meetll! ings of the Assembly. During his visit f;:;:*•- to Auckland Mr. McDonald had consulted I&Jv? a. specialist, who had ordered him to withdraw from the active ministry lor at least !&>:■ - six months. A motion of sympathy was ;'' moved by the : Rev. G. K. Stowell, l&i-- - ■ "Seconded by the Rev. W. J. Comrie, and e£r-' carried unanimously. Archbishop Redwood, who represented *"New Zealand at he Eucharistic Congress §$4"'''-• at Montreal, returned by the _ Moeraki from Sydney on Wednesday. His Grace, if* 1 who was the 'sole representative of Aus- ~ Itxalia and New'; Zealand at '.the; Congress, [ -visited tho chief cities of . Canada and jfe' i'the - United States afterth conference i : : . : was over. 1 - At Ottawa - ha was the guest p t L\ of the Prime Minister _ {Sir Wilfrid p' :i;J - Jjdurier). He returned via' Queensland, M -N- some days with" his brother, Mr. MS 0 *- TVernon "Redwood, who is : Mayor of Too- >:•; ;• woOTaba, The funeral of Mr. John Edwin Davies, 1 Native i V-.School', .Parnell, took; Dlace ;at Purewa : yh ss | : -cfflnetery on Wednesday aiternoon> when . the Rev. Canon lilac Murray, vicar of St. ( officiated, i In accordance with ( PSPv^anl''' ? bftrespt«ssed' wish of! the deceased, mourners ;included the 'present principal J ;*ep»; | !! headmaster of„,St. Stephen's Native < .School, Parneil, took place at Purewa - -cemeterv on Wednesday afternoon, when ■ the Rev. Canon Mac Murray, vicar of St. , 1 Clary's, officiated. In accordance with ( •an oft-expressed wish of the deceased, | v the service was of k private nature. The 3 mourners included the present principal of the school, Mr. A v .Wilson, four repre- ; * . «entativec; of the St- Stephen's Old Boys | / ; Association, whtk - acted 'as pall-bearers, . |M * and 30 papila o{ the school, trad feelingly ( Plfe'S "Msndeted a Maori hymn at the graveside. The floral tribute* included wreaths from staff, s pdpils, "ana old' b6ys y; 6f St. < ft 'Stephen's. The • hymn, Now the Las'""'''' bearer's Task lis O'er," concluded : a , -"simple, but, deeply impressive tribute to pSj one whose. untiring labours -on their behalf will long -be remembered 'by the : native race.' -; - -V. ■ ■ 1 Mr- George Gray, at one time account- ] '•I'l'sat of the Post, and Telegraph Depart- f V' jment/ and comptroller of the Mctoey Order . >01 apA Ravings - Bank, died at Ins residence, 5 E. race * • 'moriiing/; after'' a. ' Sfr. Geoicge Gray, at one time account- i I ant of the Post and Telegraph Department, an d comptroller of the Mctoey Order . , and Savings Bank, died at his residence, 1 / Wellington, yesterday morning, after a, < 50-/^7 ; very :- long illness. y- The; deceased came to ] , New Zealand when six years old in'. 1853, } : landing at New Plymouth with his father, { v<;-the. late Mr. : mv Gray, sen,, for. many • nwtfector &of pcet ;'• offices/ : aaid 1 •at the time of ' his deatii T^'^.seore^ ; ' - tary - to .the .Gkmeral. Poet. f Office. * Mr. < ( ; 'George Gray was.; bom at Aberdeen,and was educated in Taranaki, and later , lv,;\ \ 'at Nelson. He j<aned the telegraph service 'm ; 1867, and t was subsequently pro- * S'Mg^* ; moted ;to be senior ; "4«rk in the account- « |p 'ants' branch of . the combined Post - and * .Telegraph Deparxment. ' Upon; the ap-. ] HpiP. : ■ pointment in 1891 »of ~ Mr. -J.v K. ? Warbar- j : f ' ton as Public Trustee, Mr. Gray was ap- 5 pifgi to the position which he vacated 'when retiring on penadon in: March, 1907 1 III" {says a Press Association message). • - ' ' - t ===== :