PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14931, 2 March 1912, Page 8

PERSONAL ITEMS.

. Mr. F. J. Nathan has consented 'to allow himself to bo nominated as a candidate for ' The Palmerston North Mayoralty at the .-lections next month (says a Press Association message).- • •:. / Mr.. J. A. Young. M.P, has decided, ' owiriji to his increased public duties, not to ' .. seek re-election to' the Waikato Licensing '. Committee, of which he has been a member " continuously since, 1900. " ' .' Mr. J.' H. Bradtiey, M.P. for Auckland ' West, and Mr. J. S. Dickson, member for Parnell, will return to Auckland by the •Main i Trunk express train this morning. Other Northern members of "• Parliament 'will arrive on Sunday.morning. - -: - ... Mr. W. F. Mn'ssev' (Leader 'of the Opposition) will not leave Wellington for a few days. Now that the opportunity presents : "*• itself Mr.;Massey,j will take a fortnight s holiday to rest from the , strain ,of -the ar- * .v.duous:Work which has been imposed upon '•':■'■• him during the past six months. . Rev.' Father Toomoy, parish ; priest at 1 . Ellerslie, is leaving Auckland on April; 17 ori a 12 months" holiday, during which time he will visit Ireland and the Continent. On Thursday .last he was the recipient of a handsome , address arid. a-, purse of " . . ■ sovereigns from s his parishioners at Panmure. ;- • ' ' ; '■: I • : Mrs. J, Dellow, of Auckland, the" first f: . lady member of the 'New Zealand Metho- ■■ "■ (list Conference, ..was heartily •welcomed >J * at yesterday's sitting of the Conference, ' • liv 'the president ' (the Rev. W. Ready). x- air. Ready remarked that it .was; singu-c : larly appropriate that the first lady mem-. ■her* should be the daughter of the Rev; "' T.-"Buttle; the first president of the Conference. " " ' v \ Mr! W. H. Herries," M.P. for Tauranga, ' .accompanied-bv Mrs.-Hemes, will; leave • Wellington of. "March; 21 by the lonic for a • trip, to England. ,: Mr. Herries will spend about a -fortnight in England and return ' to New Zealand in time for the opening of : Parliament'in June. Mrs. Herries, who has ' lately been in indifferent "health, will re?. main in England for a longer'period, and may be rejoined there by her huabahiJ be- .. fore she returns, .-,.„> •;.. v Mr. Jos. Miller, - manager of the New Zealand Express Company, is leaving the Dominion on Monday next on an extended holiday trip to the Old Country. Mr. Miller for several years past, has occupied ; the position of president and vice-president • of the Auckland General Carriers'. Asso- • ciation. and of the Auckland Provincial ; • Employers'. Association respectively. rHe has received from each of these organisa- . tions letters of appreciation of his,valuable '' services' : .in the past. .."'• ■';_]"; : '"/■";;.',"': .:';,: *•> I;,