MAINLY ABOUT PEOPLE.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1266, 4 June 1896, Page 20

MAINLY ABOUT PEOPLE.

Miss Maude has resigned the post of matron of the Christchurch Hospital. The Premier returned from Hawkc s Bay last week. , TT ~. T TT It is rumoured that the Hon W. J. id. Larnach cornea in for a large portion ot be £3,000.000 said to have been left by Aw lately deceased uncle, Mr Donald Larnach The Pope has the largest collection of gold and silver plate in the world It is said that if Hia Holiness were to melt down all tnc Vessels, medals and other golden objects preserved in the Vatican the result would make more coin than tho whole of the present European circulation. . . Mr J. D. Ritchie, Secretary for Agriculture, Mr Kirk, Government Biologist, and Messrs Palmer, Blaekinoro and Mayo, Government Pomologists, left last week on a visit-, to the experimental station at Moinohaki. , , , , • j Detective Chrystall, of Auckland, is to replace Detective Kirby at Napier. Mr McPherson has been promoted to bo first officer of the Wainui and Mr Stewart is now acting as second officer. Mr Greenfield, who has been performing tho duties of Stipendiary Magistrate hero during the absence of Mr Martin on the Horowhcnua Commission, left by tho Wainui for the West Coast last week. Sergeant McArdlo, of Masturton, who has been transferred to Nelson left Wellington for his new quarters by the s.s. i enguin yesterday. . . , . , Constablo Cox has been appointed truant officer for Petone. , An ex-teacher of the Victorian Education Department, Mr W. H. Den try, has commenced an action at law against the .State tor .£20,000 for wrongful deprivation ot oilioo. Mr Dentry was in a State school in the Golao district, and was relieved from duty on tho ground of permanent ill-health. He was offered a pension computed upon ins salary, which amounted to about £IOO per annum, but he declined to accept tins, taking instead a gratuity equal to nine months tall pav. 110 was not satisfied, however, ana lias resolved to go to law, and the heavy damages he claims are for loss of office and the worry and vexation ho has been caused in conscsequence of the action of the department. _ Mr Armitago, whose death is announced in this week's eablemcssages, was oneof the most | famous of English painters He was a pupil , of Paul Delarocho. In 1875 he wa? appointed Professor and Lecturer on Painting to the Royal Academy. The deceased artist was ,J years of age. „.„., The Sultan of Turkey lias about 2000 horses in his stables, and about 500 carriages. Ilia horses include specimens of nearly every breed in the world. His finest horses are of Arabian blood and his favourite mount is a beautiful Arabian bay. The Sultan is very fond of riding around the grounds ot his palace. Abdul Hamid Khan is a good shot and can break a dozen glass vases with a revolver while galloping past then; on horseback. He has always been particular as to the horses of his army. Each o the regiments which accompany him to the mosque is mounted upon Arabian horses ot one colour The Marquis Noailles succ-eds M. tierbette as French Ambassador at Berlin. President Kruger, fearing that further plots are being organised in the Iransvaal, has strengthened his house guard I he Government have decided to allow the statue of the late Dr Stuart, of Dunedin, to bo admitted into the Colony frc-oo. duty. ■ The French Academy ot Medicine have awarded the Prix St. Paul, vane, at £IOOO to Dr lloux, of tho Pasteur Institute and Dr Bohring, of Berlin, for their joint discovery | of the croup vaccine. By thus equally assodating their names in honour, the Academy is desirous to give official recognition to tho > claims of tho German mvnni as co-discoverer. Constablo Lionel Bradley Pilknigton who recently died from fever at Metres, Western Australia, has been discovered to have been the heir to an English baronetcy. A brother of Mr Duirs, of Wnakamara, Taranaki, was one of the Johannesburg prisoners, and on Tuesday Mr pairs received a cablegram stating, "All well, released MrG.C. Batemau, formerly ot tho Bruce Herald, has purchased the Inglewood Record from Mr C. G. Beckett. There died at Arrow a few days since one who was practically connected with the openin- of the interior of Otago-Mr i nomas Murray. He was a pioneer waggoner, and at this occupation made a fortune. He was possessed of considerable wealth when ho died —£■lo,ooo some state. Mr P S. Browning, erstwhile ot Dunedin and Reofton, has settled down in London as secretary to certain of the New Zealand mining enterprises at present engaging public attention. , , , , , , Mr and Mrs J. L. Wilson, of Auckland and i Miss Wilson, left the Arcadia at buez on their way with tho intention of visiting Jerusalem and making a tour o! Hie Holy Land the Russian Minister of Finance, has been appointed Secretary ol Sf itc, as a token of the Czar h special lavoui. Thomas B. Keel does not lake a Prosidential contest with that phlegmatic coo no,-, , that would be exacted from a man of hi.-, , apparent calm. In spite ot Ins size we.gh and general bearing, Speaker heed , a man whose nervous system is of the lug. yor • iscd and impressionable kind. Likel.icouiC; operaliero.be is inclined to " bo.l within To the public he seems to be a man ot ironclad indifference to fate. Jo his intimate , friends he is known to be as sensitive as a hates to be stared at " It is not very pleasant to havo an opera-glass levelled at you ot fourteen paces, or a revolver at four,'' ho says. But he does not object in the least to interviews. " I refused myself to three diplomats," lie said one day but 1 received five journalists. learned more from them than I could have learned trom tnc others. , -, m.i„ Mr H G. Youngtr.au, ot the Post and lclcrrraph staff, was presented by his follow officers at Nelson with a pipe and a matchbox, on the eve of his transfer to N Stain W. J. Keid, formerly of the shipStar of Russia, is in command ot tho Star ot England this trip, and with him arc the following 'm oers 0 ers —Chief officer, Mr Weceh.; second, J. D Wilson ; third, H. Ulyatt; chief engineer, Mr Gillespie ; second, J. Bmney ; third, J. 1. Forbes; fourth, If. Norman ; chief refrigerating engineer, J. Jenkins. The late Mrs E. Marvin, who recently died at Kirk wood, Mo., U.S., was an of the late ox-President Hayes. .When the evil war broke out she was living with, a family of Southern sympathisers «i Illinois Rutherford B. Hayes, as is well knowv.as a strong Union man and became a BUpoesatttl officer in the Northern Army. His sister did not forgive him for taking the side of the and tliwwere never reconciled.

Colonel Fox was a passenger by the Takapuna for the North on Friday. Mr A. A. Howes has been appointed honorary masseur at the Wellington Hospital. News has been received in Auckland that MrW. J.Barclay, 8.A., has gained at the I University of Edinburgh a Van Dunlop j Scholarship in Physiology and Suigery of £IOO per annum, tenable for three years. Mr I Barclay, who is a son of Mr Adam Barclay, of Mangawkarc, gained a Junior University I Scholorship from the Auckland College and i Grammar School, and studied afterwards in the Auckland University College, and at the University of Otago. It is related of Millais, tho Royal Academy's new president, and now reported by the cable as dying, that when a? a boy he took his first prize for drawirg, ho had to stand on a chair to make himself visible io the audience. He was asked what he would like io have as a special favour, and answered, "Permission to fish in the Serpentine." Misses Maud and Daisy Fifchett, daughters of the Rev Dean Fiteiiett, of Dunedin, were passengers by the Gothic on Sunday. They havo been studying art in Europe for the last three years, one of them having attained high place in the famous musical circles of the Leipsio Conservatoire, while the other has dovoted her attention to paintiug. President Kruger, of the Transvaal Republic, has been a remarkable man physically. it is said of him that in his youth lie could run for half a day and keep pace with ahorse, j Now, at tho age of 70, he shows little signs ol .: having lost any of his physical or mental vigour. He is a rough, uncouth, opinionated ' man, but possesses the qualities of a states-' man.

Mr Cooper, late of Ngaturi. took charge of the Kaitawa School on Monday. The Hon E. Richardson and Mrs Richardson were passengers from Hobart by the Gothic, which arrived on Sunday. Prince Ferdinand, of Bulgaria, who re-

cently paid a visit to Robert College, in Constantinople, has presented to Mrs George Washburn, wife of the president of the coll 'go, a handsome gold bracelet sot with precious stones. He told her that lie hoped to again visit tho college informally. Captain Kidlcy is still in command of tho Gothic, and with'him are ; -Chief-officer, Mr Breen; second, Mr J. Thornton; third, Mr D. Jones; fourth, -Mr D. Gunn; surgeon, Dr T. H. F. Evans. Mr A. .vane, who was formerly purser of the Gothic, has accepted a shore appointment in London, and did not accompany the vessel on this occasion. Mr T. Morrison, the popular pressman, is oneof tho most prominent members of the Napier Cathedral choir, and on Friday night he was presented by Do in Hovoll on behalf of the choir with a dlvcr-mouuted malacca cane. , The death is announced of Prolessor Sir J. Russell Reynolds, one of the most distinguished members of the medical profession, and Physican in Ordinary to the Queen's Household since 1878. Hx - Empress Fugenie has 3000 godchildren. Last Saturday Mr L. G. Wilkes, steward at the Wellington hospital, and also secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Institution, tendered his resignation to the chairman of tho Institution. Mr Wilkes has been connected with the Institution for several years. Three young men destined to high distinction in different spheres-Lor 1 Salisbury, tho statesman, Sir John Millais, the painter, and Thomas Woolner, the sculptor—were simultaneously in Victoria at the height ol the gold fevor in the early fifties. Captain Adams, of the Orowaiti, remained behind this trip to take charge of the Southern Cross, which is to replace the Dingadeo on the Auckland - Fa,t. Coast running. Mr A. L. Kerr, chief officer of the Orowaiti, will act as captain until Captains Adams returns. Mr Griffiths, who was chief engineer of the Herald some lime back, but who had to retire owing to ill-health, has recovered, and will act as chief engineer of the Southern Cross. Sir Maurice O'Korke left for Auckland by tho Hinemoa on Monday morning. Messrs J. D. Ritchie and T. W. Kirk, F.L.S., of the Agricultural Department, have returned from their visit to the experimental farm at Momahaki. Mr Oswald Curtis, who for many years has held the position of secretary to tho Nelson Collide Governors has, owing to the infirmities of increasing ago, re dgncd that office. Mr L. Iv Jackson, who has acted as travelling representative of the Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company for the last four years, has accepted an appointment to manage an estate in tie; Feilding district. He is to be succeeded by Mr Herbert Godfrey, The Foxton Herald states that tho Rev C. Aitkens has resigned, and that the re,ignition has been accepte 1 by tho Bishop as from the Ist of August next. Mr E. G. Lovoll, who for some tune has been leading tenor in Christchurch Cathedral choir, is leaving for the Uld Country to finish his musical studio ; . Recent sales of autographs in London show that Mark Twain's signature is worth 12s Gil, Bret llartc's Bs, An Irew Lang's lis, and Kider Haggard's Da. for some inscrutable reason Mrs Humphry Ward's chirography i : con aderod worth o's, while Southey's is only 15s. The obituary list in Nel-on for lasl week contains the names of three ol 1 and much respected settlers, namely Mrs Darby, aged 76 years; Mr John Thomas, aged !»8 years; and Mrs I'ottit, aged 7;) years: the united ages being no less than 253 years, an 1 the average duration of these lives exceeding St. There has been a new accession to the American colony in Berlin in the person of tho wile of tho Councillor of tho Russian | Legation, Baron Baokmotjofl', who was formerly Miss Veale,of Washington. I Mr H. O. Craddock, M.A., of the Canter-

bury University College, has been appointed resident junior master at Prince Albert College, Auckland. Mr Robert Rose, secretary of the Waihi Goldmiuing Company, was married at Remuera, Auckland, last week to Miss Mary McCosii Stevenson, eldest daughter of the late Mr J. G. Stevenson. Mr J. H. Hammond, one of the Transvaal Reformer.-, under sentence of 15 year;,' imprisonment, and (as the cablegrams to-day tell us) released on parole to see his dying wdfe, was mining expert to Mr Cecil Rhodes' company, and considered as the very head of his profession. Ho received £ 12,000 per annum as retaining fee from the goldfiolds of South Africa. On Monday afternoon an address was presented by the people of Feilding to Mr K. J. Allen, who has acted as agent at Feilding of the Bank of New Zealand for the past eight years, and who has been promoted to be manager of the New Plymouth branch of tho Bank. It is said that the next Mayor of Melbourne

will be Mr Samuel Gillott, the Sir George Lewis of Melbourne attorneys. Miss Marie Corelli plays well on tho mandoline. She is petite, demure, tho embodiment of gentleness, and cultured to a fault. She knows Shakespeare by rote, but her mystical tendencies incline her to make a greater favourite of Dante. She was educated in a convent. Horr Carl Sehmitt has just completed his fifteenth year as conductor of the Auckland Choral Society. A private letter received at Lyttclton trom Shanghai mentions that about a dozen Now Zcalanders are doing well there in different employs. Mr E. F. S. Miiundrell, who was for'ovcr eight years in the Union Company's employment, is now chief officer of the s.s. Ngankin ; Mr E. Stringer, of Christchurch, is .second officer of the Rankin ; Messrs F. CroaS and H. Coo, of Christchurch, second officers in a Japanese company: Mr J. llinton, of Dunedin, second officer of a C.N. Company's steamer; and Mr Baton, ol Taranaki. second officer in Jardine M. and Company's fleet.