MAINLY ABOUT PEOPLE.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1315, 13 May 1897, Page 29

MAINLY ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mrs Jessie Fulton is gazetted as an officia visitor to the Wellington Gaol.

The appointment of Mr T. D. Kendall as Public Trustee at Greymoutb is gazetted.

Mr Thomas Hutchinson, S.M., is gazetted as a Commissioner of the Native Land Court.

Humphrey Moynahan wa3 married to Miss Mary Whelan at Hastings, on Thursday.

Horace Edwin Collett and Wilfred Richard Rutherfurd have been appointed Inspectors of Stock.

Dr Chappie left Wellington on Saturday en route for England, where he intends remaining for several months.

Mr Charles John Reakes, M.R.C.V.S., has been temporarily appointed a veterinary surgeon to the Government.

Herbert Boucher Dobbie has been appointed harbourmaster for the port of Picton, in place of Andrew Duncan, resigned.

At Wanganui on Wednesday Miss Roberta Mary Thomson, of that place, wa3 married to Mr Robert Gillies Thomson, of Dunedin.

Mrs Barney, the American gaol visitor, who is touring the colony and giving lectures, left for South on Thursday by the Takapuna.

Mr C. G. Tripp, of Orari Gorge, a very old and esteemed resident of South Canterbury, is at present on a visit to his son in Wellington.

The resignation of Mrs Katherine Hooper Tarn as an official visitor to the Wellington Gaol has been accepted by the Department of Justice.

Mr C.. A. Marcus, formerly stationmaster at Wanganui and now at Timaru, passed through Wellington on hTursday on a holiday visit to Wanganui.

Mr J. Craig, of the head office of the Department of Custom a, has, we understand, been transferred to Dunedin in place of Mr Marsh, who has been transferred to Wellington.

The names of Messrs H. Gourlay, Mayor of Dunedin, and W. Hutchison are mentioned as probable candidates for the Dunedin seat in the event of'the resignation of Mr H. S. Fish.

Alfred Casolberg, one of the younger sons of MrM. Caselberg, chairman of directors of the Wairarapa Farmers’ Co-operative Association, left for England on Saturday.

Tamahau Mahupuku, the well-known Wairarapa chief, handed to the captain of the Maori contingent a hundred sovereigns before the men embarked on the Ruahine at Lyttelton, so that the men may have a pound or two to spend at Home.

5Mr and Mrs Alfred O’Brien, who have resided for Bix years at Paraparaumu, and who are leaving for England, were entertained at dinner by about 70 persoi.s on Monday night, and presented with an illuminated address framed in inlaid New Zealand woods.

A presentation of a gentleman’s travelling bag, a set of pipes and a matchbox was made to Mr C. Bridson, of Briscoe, Mac Neil and Co., on Tuesday evening on the occasion of his leaving the firm to join that of Morrin and Co., Auckland. The presentation was made by Mr Newbold, chief accountant.

Owing to the death of Mr John Darling, of the Union Company, Captain Cameron will be detained in the Old Country for some months. During that time Captain Strang will continue to act as Marine Superintendent for the Company in this colony, and Captain Post, of the Pukaki, will temporarily carry out the late duties of Captain Strang in Wellington.

notice (says an exchange) that Mr Robert Bannister has been appointed general manager of the New Zealand Times newspaper, and we are glad to hear it. This gentloman is an object lesson for young men. It was away back in the early part of the seventies that, as a young man, with the wide world before him, he entered the office of the New Zealand Times as an assistant in the publishing room, when that journal was issued in. Willis street. Mr Bannister , soon proved himself good at business, and he next undertook outdoor work connected with the paper. Recognising his ability, Messrs Blundell Bros., of the Pest, offered him a more lucrative appointment, and in his new sphere of duty be worked well for bis employers, and helped to make the Post financially what it is. Now that, after many years, he is again back in the New Zealand Times office, at the head of its commercial affairs, we believe be will do bis best to put tbo paper in the highest position in the colony.

Church was crowded last week on the occasion of the marriage of Miss Florence Crespin, eldest daughter of the late Mr Gedoin Legassicke Crespin, of Newton Abbott, Devon, to Mr Clarence Henry Barrett, of Kaikoura. The bride was attired in a dress of cream casbmcre with silk lace trimmings and orange blossoms. The dress had a handsome full train, and the bride also wore a beautiful work- d veil, and carried an exquisite bouquet. The two principal bridesmaids were Misses Minnie and Julia Crespin, sisters of the bride, and they wore cream silk lustre dresses with lace and ribbon trimmings ; white chip hats trimmed with chiffon, tips and ospreys. The two younger bridesmaids, . Bessie (sister)andFlossie (niece) Crespin, wore dressed in white and gold dresses trimmed with Valenciennes lace, and wore picture hats. Mr T. Kendall, of the Public Trust Office, acted as best man and Mi Fred Crespin as groomsman. The bride was given away by her brother, Mr E. B. Crespin. The bridegroom’s present to the bridesmaids were neat gold brooches. The Rev W. Baumbor performed the ceremony, after which the guests, to the number of 100, repaired to the schoolroom, where afternoon tea was served. Mr and Mrs Barrett were the recipients of many costly and numerous gifts and congratulatory telegrams. The happy couple left in the afternoon for the Wairarapa, whoro the honeymoon is to bo spent. The bride’s travelling dress was a brown and blue shot robe, trimmed with silk and velvet; a toque hat, trimmed with brown velvet and wings.

Lord Dudley, spoken of as the next Victorian Governor, has his life insured for .£1,200,000.

Mr Fred Hunt, the well-known cyclist, left Marton on Thursday for Australia, where 119 will try his luck for a while.

Mr James Coutts, who has been appointed Inspector of Mines at the Thames left for the North by the Takapuna last week.

Mr W. A. D. Banks, Relieving Officer of the Magistrate’s Court, returned from Nelson on Friday and resumed hi 3 duties at the local court.

Mr R. Scott, a vs ell-known Wellington resident, who has been indisposed for some time, is now able to get about again, and is looking much better.

Dr Macgrogor, Inspector of Hospitals, is now on a tour of inspection of the hospitals in the North Island. He was at Wanganui last week.

The following cable has been received from Mr Seddon at San Francisco : —“ We are all well, and enjojing ourselves. Inform all friends.”

Mr J. C. McKerrow has been appointed to the Commission to enquire into claims under the Naval and Military Claims Settlement and Extinguishment Act.

Mr and Mrs F. R. Caffry, who left Wanganui on Thursday en route to England, wero presented .with a purse of sovereigns, subscribed by old acquaintances, before leaving.

Captain Post, who is to assume temporarily the duties of wharf manager for the Union Steam Ship Companv in Wellington, left Dunedin for the North by the Mararoa last week.

Mr G. Hammon, who is second officer of the R.M.S. Aorangi, was formerly well known in the New Zealand Shipping Company’s service. Mr S. Pearson, the Aoraugi’s fourth officer, was last here on the Star of England.

Mr Nancarrow, the popular purser of the Manapouri, came up from the South on Sunday to assume control of the clerical duties on the Kauroto, relieving the present purser, who goes on holiday leave.

Mr Felix McGuire, M.H.R., has returned from a visit to the Auckland district. He spent some time in the Hot Lakes and Te Aroba districts, and derived considerable benefit in health from the treatment of the springs.

The life of the late Mr Tennet, who was burned in his house at Olive on Tuesday, was insured for .£ISOO in tho Colonial Mutual. £9OO in the A.M.P., £BOO in the Scottish Metropolitan, and £SOO in the New Zealand Accident offices.

Mr W. E. Payne, the popular City Treasurer of Auckland, was a passenger by the Mahinapua to Wellington on Saturday. He has been for some time in bad health, the effects of influenza, and having obtained six months’ leave of absence, is about to visit England to seek change of scene. He leaves this week by tho Rimutaka from Lyttelton.

William Jukes Steward, George Fisher and Edward Tregear are gazetted as Commissioners for the purpose of enquiring into the working of private benefit societies, the relations existing between employers and their employees in connection with such societies, and the expediency or otherwise of bringing such societies under legislative control.

On Thursday afternoon a very pleasing ceremony took place, when the directors of the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company, and Mr C. B. Izard, one of the late directors, made a presentation to Mr T. G. Macarthy for his wife. The presentation consisted of a handsome solid silver salver, teapot, cream jug and sugar bowl, bearing her initials and a suitable inscription. The presentation was made by Mr John Plimmer m an appropriate speech, Mr Macarthy suitably responding on behalf of his wife.

Mr W. Bentley, who for many years has been connected with the dress department of Kirkcaldie and Stains’, establishment, was presented on Saturday evening by his fellow assistants with a handsome marble clock on the eve of his departure to take up a position in Te Aro House. Mr Bentley, during the many years he has been connected with Messrd Kirkcaldie and Stains, has become extremely popular, and he carries with him the good wishes of all his associates.

On Saturday nigbt about 20 members of the Wellington Cash Cycling Club met on the wharf to say good-bye to two prominent cash cyclists, Messrs F. Hunt and A. C. Forbes, who left for Sydney by the Mararoa. These riders intend to compete at the principal meetings in Sydney during the next few months, and it is expected they will secure a few races between them. When the steamer was leaving the wharf, the members of F c club gave the club “ cry,” followed by th- co cheers.

It was stated the other evening, “ on the best authority,” that overtures had been made by the Premier to a iirominent official connect )d with a leading Australian bank doing business in this colony, with the object of inducing him to take the position of general manager of the Bank of New Zealand in succession to Mr Henry Mackenzie, and more to the same effect. At the time the canard was published—for canard it was —Mr Tegetmeier, who has received the appointment of general manager of the Bank of New Zealand, was on his way to this colony from London.

The information published in Thursday morning’s New Zealand Times, concerning Captains Cameron and Strang, is proved to be authentic by the following Press Association message received last week from Dunedin, the headquarters of the Union Steam Ship Company : —“ Captain Cameron, of the Union Company, is not to remain in the Home Country, and Captain Strang has not been permanently appointed Marino Superintendent at Dunedin. Captain Cameron is to supervise the construction of. the Rotoiti, and will then return to his former position as Marine Superintendent.” This telegram is practically a contradiction of what was published in the evening paper of Wellington with reference to .certain so-called permanent changes in the Union Company,

Mr and, Mrs A. E. Kernot left on Friday for the South on a few weeks’ holiday tour.

Dr Campbell will aet as locum tenens during Dr Chappie’s absence.

The Munster of Justice (Hon T. Thompson) left for the South in the Te Anau last Monday night.

It is stated that the tour of Carl Hertz in New Zealand will increase his banking account by .£SOOO.

Colonel Pole-Penton will return from the South in time to be present at the Queen’s Birthday review at Newtown Park.

The Hon R, H. J. Eeeves, M.L.C., has been summoned to Greymouth by the serious illness of his nephew, Mr C. Eeeves.

Mr P. A. McHardy, of Hawke’s Bay, has been elected president of the Manawatu Agricultural and Pastoral Association.

Mr W. Carnell, a well-known solicitor practising in Coromandel, is now on a visit to Wellington. He has just concluded a holiday trip to Australia.

Mr P. G. Ellis, 8.A., of the Riwaka school, Nelson, has been appointed third assistant master at the Newtown school. Mr' Ellis holds a B2 certificate.

Mr Frank Eoberts, custodian of the Opera House, who broke a blood-vessel some weeks ago, is now about again. He will resume his duties in a few weeks.

Mr E. C. Stevens, of the Masterton Post Office, who has been for some time on sick leave, has had his leave extended for four months further, without pay.

T Mr Simon Davis, youngest son of the late Drum-Major Davis, was married on Monday at the Buckle street Church to Miss Kathleen Killeen, daughter of Mr Wm. Killeen, of this city.

Mr H. Thomson, of the staff of the Otago Daily Times (who was married at Wanganui on Wednesday to Miss Thomson), accompanied by Mrs Thomson, passed through Wellington on Friday on their way to Dunedin.

Mr F. Arenas, the popular proprietor of the Cafe de Paris in Christchurch, was presented with a gold cigarette case by Christchurch citizens on Friday, on the occasion of his approaching departure on a visit to Europe.

Mr Albert Sykes Ison of the late Mr Sykes, of the Napier Railway Department), having secured the highest pass obtainable in the dental profession in New Zealand, has decided to take a trip to America and enter a dental college to finish his education.

As soon as the Palmerston North Rifles assembled for Government inspection on Monday night, they were dismissed as a mark of respect and sympathy for their comrade Colour-Sergeant Richardson, who had that day suffered a great bereavement, by the drowning of his son.

It is not improbable (says the Auckland Star's London correspondent) that Mr Cameron, who has been so successful in pushing New Zealand dairy produce in Manchester, will be offered tho export’s berth at this end, vacant through Mr Henry Gray’s retirement. I fear though he is not likely to accept it unless the Government enable him to supervise his provincial business at the same time.

It will be learned with sorrow by a groat many people in New Zealand, says the London correspondent of the Npao Zealand Herald, that Sir William Jervois has been for some time past in very feeble health, and it is feared is failing rapidly. He lives at his pretty house near Virginia water, and is seldom well enough to come to London. lam afraid, indeed, that his physical strength is less even than that of the othor distinguished ex-Governor, Sir George Grey. Neither will ever again be seen in Now Zealand.

On the occasion of his severing his connection with the Wellington branch of the National Firo and Marino Insurance Company, Mr M. E. Bannister was presented by tho manager, Mr A. Campbell, with a very nice memento of the term served by him with that company, to the complete acceptance of those in authority. Mr Bannister, junior, is now installed in the commercial department of the Nkw Zealand Times, and his former colleagues wish him increased success in a wider sphere of usefulness.

On Madame Amy Shorwin’s birthday tho popular singer received crowds of gilts and congratulations from Australian and English friends. On the evening before Mr Hugo Gorlitz entertained a party of friends at Daly’s Theatre, and at the close of V The Geisha” ho gave a delightful supper at the Savoy Theatre. Among the guests were Mr and Airs Phil May, and Mr May improved tho occasion by dashing off a number of pen and ink sketches appropriate to the occasion, and presented them to Madame Slierwin.

Lieutenant and Commander Selby H. B, Ash is still in command of H.M.S. Goldfinch, which arrived at Auckland the other day to relievo H.M.S. Lizard on the New Zealand Station. The other officers of the G oldfinch are as follows : —Navigating-Lieutenant, Wilfrid Munn ; lieutenant, N. M. Lewis ; surgeon, Thomas D. Halahan; paymaster, W. F. Wells ; engineer, Frodorick J. Jacobs ; gunner, Fred. E. 11. Johns. According to present arrangements the Goldfinch will remain in Auckland for cibout a month, and then come South, calling at Wellington.

The many friends of Mr A. C. Barlow, chief goods clerk in the Wellington Bailway Station, will regret to hear that he is leaving the colony for Western . Australia, having been offered and accepted a lucrative position in the railway service of that colony. Mr Barlow has been in the New Zealand service for 1(1 years, the past three of which he has spent in Wellington, his previous service including several years at Christchurch, Timaru and Templeton as stationmaster, and on the Invercargill section. _Mr Barlow is also well known in musical circles, and the choir of St.- Peter’s Church, of which he is a member, have passed a resolution regretting his departure. This feeling will, wo are sure, be shared alike by his comrades in the railway service and the public generally) with whom he is deservedly popular,

Mr Mclntosh, of Sydney, has_ been ap-. pointed judge in the poultry division at the championship show in Auckland in July.

Mr Percy S. Ellis, 8.A., who has been appointed assistant master at the Newtown School, will take up his duties on the 31st inst

Captain Eckford, of the Opawa, we areglad to state, has considerably improved in health, and hopes to be able to rejoin his steamer next trip.

The Acting-Premier, Hon J. McKenzie, was to have returned to Wellington on Tuesday, but a wire was received from him last night to the effect that he could not get back till Sunday.

Mr H. J. H. Elliot, under-secretary of the Mines Department, is at the Thames. Mr George Wilson, mining inspecting engineer, is also at the Thames, and is introducing Mr Eyan to his new duties as assistant mining inspector.