PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14927, 27 February 1912, Page 8

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mil. J. Craigie, it is understood, does not desire a further term of office as Mayor of Timaru, and a requisition is consequently being prepared, asking Mr. W. Raymond, solicitor, to stand.—Press Association. Mr. Harold Beauchamp, chairman of the Bank of New Zealand, will leave London bv the P. and '(). liner Malwa for Svdnev on March 3. Mr. Beauchamp will join the Now Zealand steamer at Sydney for Wellington, and will probably arrive in the Dominion on April lb'. Mr. C. W. Blackwel . having resigned his position in Messrs. Brown. Barrett and Co.'s employ, was the recipient of a testimonial and cheque from tiio firm, and a handsome case oi pipes > from his fellow employers. ! The Bishop of B'endigo, who is on a holiday visit to Cambridge, was the! preacher at the evening service in St. Andrew's Church on Sunday. This even- ; ing he will give a special address to men j at' the meeting of the Cambridge branch of the C.E.M.S. _ i A representative deputation of North- 1 cote electors waited upon Mr. Geo. ; Kraser, at his residence, last night, with j ,i request that, lie should allow himself to be. nominated as a candidate for the position of Mayer of Northcote. The [ spokesmen. Messrs. I'tobt. Hutchinson. A. , M. Mowlem, and Arthur Greouslade, re- j ferred to Mr. Fraser's continuous services as a member of the Council since the in- | auguration of the borough, and to his I practical knowledge of the affairs of the j borough, and nnreel his acceptance of the j request of the rcouisitionists. Mr. Eraser i thanked the member of the deputation for j their kindly expression* ami consented to become a candidate for the position of i Mavor.