PERSONAL ITEMS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14933, 5 March 1912, Page 8

PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr W. J. Trhwin, fiolicitor and exMayor of.-Beading, j.; died .suddenly on SatMifcWy .Morning from heart disease. Captain Saunders., of Wellington, who las been staving at the Star Hotel, left on a 'Visit."td'Rotontft yesterday morning. Mr ■" Robert 1 Weir, a tourist from "Melbourne, -arrived bv the Wimmera on Sun■day, L aid is staying at the Star Hotel..; '.'';-i\,, ■■-. ■'.■•" " '■'• ■ >M\iM's. sftinrtj C. Dromgool and-. A. Tudor Jamesttwere admitted as solicitors ,' nUfei)' S^prejne,,;Court ; Hamilton, yesterday. , \j' ' jinn J*'ill '> ' I !]_ _ '' Tt'is 'unde&tood that Mr. W. Pettie will consent to nomination for the Mayoralty ofoGislbome ; w)jen. his present term of office,, e,xpires. t _ i;i -^ (WessVr'.T/'H. T'ilks. Of Melbourne, and .WtV'flai'grfcw and H. Morean, of Sydney, arrived by. the Wimmera on Sunday, and are saving-at the Grand Hotel. • "Mr^ilrid 1 Mrs. J. Blvthe, visitor* from Sydney, arrived here by the Wimmera on Sunday, night, and after staying for a few (fjhys at the Star Hotel, will tour the Dominion. ,; 'Mr. John Mihvard. manager in the Pacific for the Pacific Cable Board, accompeffl# ibv Mrs. Milward. arrived from "Sydney bv the Wimmera on Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. Milward are staying at the -Grpid,Hotel. • •- Mr. W. Belcher,•chairman of the Qtago • Harbom Board, is ;at .present on a visit 'to Auckland.; Mr, . Belcher been, invited, to .accompany (.ho chairman, ..and "members of the Auckland Board on a visit of inspection to the various local harbour works next Thursday. -'"Mr. R. T. Bailey, representative at »Napier -for the -Labour Department; was .presented bv the employers and men .concerned in the recent waterside workers dispute there. with a .handsome sideboard '"'{says ' a,- Press . Association message), in appreciation -of his service? as chairman of the conference.,..,,. „_. v> ... , v ~„. .„ , •.; ; - "Mr. H. 1 Wilhelmseh, one of the.largest shipowners in Norway, arrived front Sydney by' the Wimmera on' Sunday On a -holiday. visit, in■*« company with his two daughters.' Thev are staying at-Che'Grand Hotel. .Mr.' Wtlhelmsen and his daughters will visit Rotoruaon Wednesday, and will leave Auckland for Vancouver on. March 15 by the Zealandia. ......

■' We Bishop' of Wellington ordained Mr. William Croff and "Mr". 1;!, D. A si: croft at 'St:' '' " Paxil's ' Pre Cathedral. . Wellington, vesterdrlV"'ni6riunii..''" > . "'Croft. ' becomes "cttrate t>i St.' Peter's, 'in succession to the Rev. C -'0: 'Mutter. Mr. Ashcroft will begin work .in J*t v Matthew's parish. Mastetton, after Easter, on the completion of bis term at Wanganui Collegiate School. Mr. AJshcroft , was at.one time a student at Auckland University" College and St. John's College, Tainaki.

■-';Dr.".o. Marchesini left 'Auckland for .. Helensville by. motor car cm Friday last to ■'conduct an argent operation. The trip was a very rough one. Deciding to Teturn by, way of Waiwera and Devonport, the" doctor found the roads so bad . that/ he could not proceed beyond Wai,werra«- At Waiwera the sua was very heavv, and the first-steamer, made .no attempt "to -approach' the wharf. Dr. •tfaxchesini -'has' thus been,*- compelled ..to "postpone his return- to Auckland until today," when it is hoped the steamer will ,be able' to 'Berth at Waiwera." V

. ■'* The death of Mr. J. E., Barrett, which "',' -occurred, in Christ church,; removes a. pro- ' minent • figure - in the horticultural life of •New Zealand: ,: Mr. Barrett distinguished in the cultivation of the : great plantation at Whakarewarewa in. 1898, and '; lie subsequently took charge of the horti__.Culture- division of- tho ■ Waerenga expen- ' ioental station, and ; successfully established -'.■ ■ .'orchards,' and laid out many miles'of •shelter plantations there. Mir. Barrett conducted : many -interesting experiments in* connection, 1 with garden and forage plants! and his original work in connec- . tion with his profession has been of im- . , mens© value to tho Government. On his resignation from the Agricultural Depart%.meht Mr. Barrett took up landscape work, and supervised some big undertakings in Canterbury: Has unexpected death has 'been-a severe .shock to-his relatives and •many. friends. He was only 38 years of ' :...; .age.«; ..... v „ . ' ,;'. .''.;.-. ' , \.. .'' ..;. '■;