MAINLY ABOUT PEOPLE.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1248, 30 January 1896, Page 20

MAINLY ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mr James Mills, managing. director of the 'Union Steamship Company, has gone on a "business trip to England. Mr J. R. Fairfax, of the Sydney Morning Herald, is at present on* a tour through New Zealand. Mr Justice Windeyer and the cyclist Zimmerman are passengers by the Monowai, which is bound ior Auckland and San Francisco. ~ ' - •' Among the passengers from Sydney by the a.s. Wakatipu were the "Hon Mr Triokett, M.L.C., of New South "Wales, and his two daughters, who intend to pay a visit to the Sounds. .-.;-., Miss R. W. Mckerj?6w> 8.A., Dunedin, has been appointed .first assistant at the Prince Albert Auckland, and Miss E. M. Rainforth 4 tant. - : : . ' .•'•'' . The &PV0 1 A.sw&ak : 0 f organist and choir*. IQ ?' s s e ? x Mark's, Remuera, has been filled by +j,& Appointment' o£ Mr McMillan, who ftke position in-the Church of St. Baptist, Manchester. Tjuring the last trip of the Anglian, from to New Zealand, and prior to her arrival at Auckland, the saloon passengers presented Captain Hood with a testimonial purse of sovereigns. The testimonial AdW signed by 40 passengers. Although it is Hptain Hood's first command in these waters, ■ has a large experience in other parts of the ■>rld, and 12 years' experience in AustraHn waters. He was in command of one of ■3 royal mail steamers to and he also the Melbourne excursion steamer He Hygeia, a vessel that, makes 22 knots an Bur. Bbur Masterton correspondent writes: —Mr B. C. Buchanan is suffering from a severe (Rack of. sciatica. Captain Eose has been nominated for a further period of membership of the Harbour 33oard by Messrs J. H. Williams and E. .Anderson, representing the .payers of dues .sand owners of ships. The monument at Dunedin in memory of the stewardesses of the ill-fated steamer Wairarapa is of white marble, simple in design, and stands on a granite base. It bears the following inscription .—" In memory of Charlotte McDonald, Annie' Macquaid and Lizzie G-rinrod, stewardesses, who were drowned in the wreck of s.s. Wairarapa, Great Barrier Island, 29th October, 1894. Erected by the stewardesses in the U.S.S. Company's service." At the foot of the granite an anchor-shaped wreath of roses and farget-me-nots has been laid. The Mayor of Karori (Mr R. C. Bulkley) will represent the Karori Borough Council at the conference in reference to the weekly halfholiday. Constable O'Farrell, of Johnsonville, and Constable Lyster, of Petone, are about to retire from the force on compensation. Both men have been some years in the force, and Constable Lyster has long enjoyed the distinction of being "No -1, or the policeman having the longest term of service. I On Friday the Premier sent for transmission to Her Majesty the Queen a message of sympathy and condolence in her sorrow for the bereavement of her daughter. He sent it on behalf of the people of New Zealand, who admire the noble spirit in which Prince Henry of Battenberg joined the Ashanti expedition, and deplore his sad, untimely fate. The Premier also sent a message on Friday to Archbishop Redwood, expressing regret at the loss of the distinguished prelate Dr Luck, and offering his co-religionists sympathy and condolence. Mr J. P. Firth,-principal of Wellington College, and Mrs Firth returned to Wellington on Friday from Nelson, where they have been holiday-making.

We learn, says the Otago Daily Times, that Mr Alexander Matheson, who, has been connected with the Mutual Agency Company for many years, has been appointed successor to Mr George Todd, lately manager of the Company. We understand, says the Hawera Star, that Mr Graves has been definitely appointed to the charge of the Hawera branch of the Bank of New South Wales. Mr E. T. Gillon, editor of the Evening Post, returned from his visit to Australia by the Waihora on Friday morning. The transfers of Richard Carter, landing surveyor, Dunedin, to a similar position in Wellington, and of Wm. James Hawley, waiter, Christchurch, to the position ■of first clerk, Wellington, are gazetted. I The Hon J. McKenzie, Minister of Lands, Psras a passenger South by the Corinna on Sunday morning. Dr R Fox has been appointed assistant resident medical officer at the Christchurch Hospital, in place of Dr Penwick, resigned. In St Andrew's Church on Sunday the Bev Mr Ocff at the conclusion of the service intimated that the organist would play the ''Dead March : in Saul" m. memory of the flats Prince Henry of Battenberg, the husband 'of the Queen's favourite daughter. He requested the congregation to stand after the lhlfissinp- was pronounced out of respect tor the deJd Prince, remarking that at a time when the prosperity of the Empire of which we form a part provoked the envy of other nations we ought to testify our loyalty to and sympathy for the Queen who is its head. The Bev- Otho Eitzgerald, eurato of St. Mark's, is to leave for England next March, having accepted the position of curate in a Staffordshire parish for two years. The late Bishop Buck was an accomplished musician, and played the organ particularly well. He was also a skilled botanist. Mr James Buchanan, of the firm of Buchanan and Co., manufacturers Qf the 1 House of Commons whisky, returned to Eon- > don by the Ruahine on Saturday night. < Mr Ijn.cb.anan is so pleased with the climate and

scenery of New Zealand, "chat he intends visiting the Colony agaiji next year* i Mr Martin Kennedy will shortly pay a visit i to Engl^na. The staff of the Wellington Telegraph r OMc<e has presented a handsome marble clock, r suitably engraved, to Mr R. F. Houlihan, late assistant check clerk, who has been promoted to the post of officer-in-oharge at • Blenheim. The Board of (iovcrners d£ the Napier High School have selected for the post of second master, Mr A. S. M. Poison, of the Timaru High School. • The members of the Bulls Presbyterian Church have presented farewell addresses to Messrs A. D. Thompson (who is leaving foS Wanganui) and ft. M. Begg (who proceeds to England), expressing, regret »fc their departure. Mr Daniel O'Connor is at present on a visit to New Zealand from Queensland, and has forwarded to the Hon Mr Seddon a letter of introduction from the Premier of Queensland, stating that he is desirous of making arrangements for obtaining supplies of ova or young fish for acclamatisation in Queensland. Mr O'Connor is well known on the other side aa an authority on pisciculture, and in connection with this industry has rendered considerable service to his colony. He has visited Christchurch and Wellington, and is greatly pleased with both places. Mr J. W. Johnson, who for the last seven years has filled the position of chief lighthouse keeper at Cape Saunders, is to be transferred to Farewell Spit. Mr Edward Jerwyn Mathews, of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, has been appointed Profes*. sor of English Literature at Canterbury College. As Monday was the 37th anniversary of the birth of Emperor William of Germany, the national flag was flown from the German Consulate. Captain Waller, late of the Flora, has been appointed chief officer of the Anglian. Mr F. B. Allen, of the Thames School of Mines (and formerly of Duneiiu), is leaving for South Africa. During the absence of Mr James Mills in England, Mr E. P. Houghton will act as managing director of the Union Steam Ship Company. Mr W. A. Kennedy, who has been in charge of the Wellington office, is to go North on Company business, and will be relieved by Mr W. H. Blacklock. ; Mr McFarlane, who has been temporarily in charge of the Wanganui branch of the Bank of New South Wales, has, the Chronicle un- ' derstands, been appointed manager of the 1 Ashburton branch of that bank, and Mr Stedman, who has been manager of its Timaru . branch for some years, has been appointed manager of the Wanganui branch. Mr F. J. Crawford, of Sumner, who served J his apprenticeship in the New Zealand Shipping Company's skip Waimate, ha* passed his . examination as second mate of a foreign-going ship. ( Mr David Glendenning, the well-known 3 Napier contractor, is dead. One of the pioneer oettlers of Taranaki, Mr \ Thomas Oxenham, died at New Plymouth last ] week. He came to Taranaki from the South ( of England in 1841, and went through all the vicissitudes of an early settler's life, taking an active part in quelling the Maori rebellion. t Deceased was 90 years of age. ] Mr Arthur E. G. Rhodes has joined the •( colonial board of directors of the New Zealand Shipping Company. Mr D. Strachan, formerly a pupil in the Port Chalmers District High School, has received the appointment of first assistant master at Kumara. Mr Strachan has had a , highly successful career at Otago University. -