MAINLY ABOUT PEOPLE.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1354, 10 February 1898, Page 21

MAINLY ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mb .Allred A. Fqeks has been .appointed sub agent at Ashburton of iho Prib'lic Trustee.

Mr W. S. Strong, a member of the China Inland Mission, has been making a bicycle trip through the Otago goldfields.

Sir James Hector, Dean Martin, the Revs Carew and Cummings and Dr Collins were passengers from Lyttelton by the Penguin last Week;

fllßtalilo Miiidpn; wiiß Js ,» oint, ( and,. vyho has boen n in ington on holiday leave, returned South by the Penguin-yesterday week.

Lieutenant Arthur C. Wellesley, of the 4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Begiment, has been appointed am . extra aide de camp to His Excellency the Governor.

Mr. Charles W Cooke has been appointed ,by thb Justice Department Deputy-Official Assignee at Oamaru, to succeed Mr E. A. Atkinßoh, resigned.

... The provisional- recognition by Hi 9 Excellency ttie Governor of the appointment of •Mr E. Foeke as Aoting-Vice-Consul for Germany at Wellington is gazetted*

A iatge nhffiber of iadib3 and gentlemen ttltend&d At the Sydiffiy street t tihdolrdom l.eatbrdtty week tci .wish MrS T: H, gferott, who J left for. England on Saturday, oon iimjaife.

On the occasion of his leaving Fairlie for Wellington Mr J. V., Morgan was presented with a handsome silver teapot by the Sunday teachers and choir of St. Colurriba s

The Bev W. Gillies, Presbyterian minister at Timaru, who had been spending a few days in Wellington, left last week for Auckland by the Westralia to attend the forthcoming General Assembly .

Messrs 8, Cousins, Alexander Cowie and Thos. Henderson have been appointed rangers under the Animals’ Protection Act for the Otago district. Messrs Henry O’Neill and William P. Mawe have been appointed for the Hawke’s Bay distrioS.

Mr J. 0. Batohelar, the well-known, Fitzherbert farmer-and sheep-breeder, has just returned from a visit to the Hot Lakes district, taken fdr the benefit of his health. He was at the Palmerston sheep show yesterday irfreek} hating almost Completely r 6; Bdvefed.'

Milrray Raul, of Mdbriahdj Blenheiffij ifcaS United in,the bonds df matrimony with Miss Helen Sewerdj of MdNab’s Gardens; Lower Hfttt. at St. Mary of .the Angels’ Church, Boulcott street, Thursday morning; The bride was dressed in pure whit 9, and carried a handsome shower bouquet. She was attended by Miss Crisaie Ross, and Mr Will Boss was the beat man. The Rev Father Goggan, of Blenheim, performed the cere- _ mony.

Agnes Arnott, daughter of Mr John Arnott (formerly of the firm of Kerr, Arnott; and Co., Grey mouth) was married to Mr 0. Martin, of Wellington, at St. Stephen’s ( huroh, R°effcon, last week. The bride was given away by her brother -in * law, Mr Barkley, of Reefton. Amongst the many presents were a large number from old West Const friends in Wellington. The employees of Messrs E. W. Mills and Co. sent a silver teapot and other tableware.

Johnston, general manager of the Nbbels'*-Eiplpsive Company, Limited, of Glasgow;'is at present in Wellington. He is acoompanied in a tour of the world by Mrs Johnston, and together they are enjoying the beauties of this colony. From this city Mr and Mrs Johnston will go North, via the “New Zealand Rhine” (the Wanganui river), and so on by way of Rotorua to Auckland. ’Hey have been much struck by the grandeur of the scenOry of the “ Fortunate Isles.”

The popular Dunedin baritone, Mr H B, Smith, is about to sett’e in Wellingt n, where -he is going into business. Says the Dunedin / Star : —“ During along residence in this city Mr Smith has ever been ready to give his services for any charitable or deserving object, and the number of instances in which he has assisted is legion. His friends should rally round him on Saturday night, when, assisted by several well-known people, he will give a farewell * pop ’ at the Garrison Hall. Dunedin’s loss’ will be Wellington’s gain, so far as its musioal strength is concerned.” .. "V '

Mr .Ross Gore, who has lately held the position cf cashier at the Wellington office of ( the Australian Mutual Provident Society, was on Friday the recipient of a very bandsome travelling valise, suitably engraved, as a souvenir from his fellow-officers on his departure to the Melbourne office of the society. The resident secretary, Mr E. W. Lowe, made the presentation in the board room at the close of business hours, and referred feelingly to the oordial relations which had always existed between Mr Gore and his fellow-officers and expressed regret that the office athletic team would lose the aid of so valuable an ally, and the hope that Mr Gore would as good a place in tennis and cricket ciroleß in Viotoria as he had done while in New Zealand. Mr Gore suitably acknowledged the present.

Mr C. Napier Bell, M.lust.C.E., having completed designs and estimates tor the sewerage of Perth and Fremantle, and plans for a large graving dock at Fremantle, was requested by the Government of Tasmania to fnrnish plans and estimates for deepening the bat of Macquarie harbour, on the West Coast of Tasmania. The extraordinary development of the mineral wealth of Mount Lyell, the Rosebury aDd Zeehan districts,, with the consequent increase of population and traffic, has made the question of deepening the bar of Macquarie harbour most urgent, remaks the Sydney Daily Telegraph ,j and Mr Napier Bell has submitted plamg which, when the work therein indicated* - carried out, are calculated to give aboujJj[H of water on the bar, which at presonffigjßM - only 9ft. Mr 801 lis at present in Sy«ey on J his way to Queensland to report on improvemeats for the port of Rockhampton.

Dr MacGregor, Inspector of Hospitals and Asylnms, has returned to Wellington.

Sir Walter Buller returned from the South by the Rotomahana on Saturday afternoon.

Master Hehry Woods. son of Mr J. J. Woods, Lawrence, bss,. diitered St: Patrick’s College with the object of studying for the priesthood.

MrD. Kirkcaldie, Commissioner of Railways in New South N ales, returned to Sydney by the Rotomahana early on Sunday mcrning.

Captain KemsleV, of th 9 Municipal Fire Brigade; who has been granted a fortnight’s leave jot absbiiSe; Went tip the Coast by rail on Saturday;

W'- . a Mr and Mrs S. T. Fitzherbert, of Wanganui, are going to England by a P. and O. liner. They left for Sydney by the Rotomahana on Saturday.

Miss Rose Blaney and Miss Clara Mongredien, Welland popularly knowh in. musical circles in Dunedin and elsewher# itt.tba colony, are at present on a visit to Wellington.

Mr G. Milne, of Christchurch, for some years a member of the staff of tbe Lyttelton Times, is in Wellington. He is on his way to Wanganui, for the Athletic Championship meeting*

Mr £. C. Ctabb; .district champion, left oh Wednesday fdr Christchurch td fttOpafe fdr the Aihatetir Swimming Championship for sdme o’f the etSrfts at which he fids fehteidd.

Mr John Duncan, of Levin and Co., leaves early in May on a trip to England for the. benefit of lrs health. Mr Arthur Pearce, of the same firni, who is at present at Home, - is' elpectfed to return April.

Constable iviitoheil, died of typhoid fever at Auckland last week, was transferred from the Permanent Force in Wellington to the Police Force in Auckland in November last. His father lives at Stafford, in Westland.

Mr Robert Gardner, proprietor of the handsome Faiaka estate, near Kerern, intends to live in Wellington. The estate is therefore to be submitted to auction this month by Messrs Macdonald, Wilson and Co.

Mr James Glover, of B ack Ball, Havelock, who has been study ing at the Trinity H use Navigation and Steapi Schools, Wellington, ofi Saturday last passed his examination for a Certificate of Competency as a third-class engineer in the mercantile marine.

Mr Re.rcy Dohslin, of Blenheim, is at present fesi-Jent in the Occidental Motel. He is in Wellington dn business connected with the geld dredging operations about to be commenced at the Wakamariila and Peloriis rivers, in Marlborough:

Mr Edgar Brinsmead, of the celebrated firm of pianoforte manufacturers, is at present in Wellington. He is on a tour through Australasia fixing up agencies in every large town. Messrs Charles Begg and Co., of Willis street, have been appointed the local agents.

“ The little new woman of the north,” is what Olafla Johannsdottir has been called. She is president of the National Women’s Christian Temperance Union of far-off Iceland, and she was to be one of the most interesting figures at the convention of the world’s W C.T.U. held at Toronto.

The Rev W. A. Evans, of Wellington, is at present furnishing ministerial supply for Berecford street Congregational Church, Auckland. He is taking advantage of the opportunity to investigate the working of the and benevolent institutions of the Northern? city. &

Mr W. E. C. Mobs, youngest son of Mr F. J. Moss, British Resident at Rarotonga (formerly M H. ft. for Parnell), was married to Miss Norah Hull, third daughter of the late Mr W. P. Hull, of Auckland, at St. George’s Church, Malvern, near Melbourne, last n onth.

S. W. Durham, me t and milk inspector for the Thames district, and formerly Government Inspector of Stock in the Taranaki district, died last week in the Thames Hospital. The news will be received with widespread regret in Wellington, where Mr Durham was well known.

The winner of the ohampionship at the Star Boating Hub’s swimming sports on Saturday, A D Duncan, was coached for the event by Mr Pannell, the well-known teacher, who was coach to F. Von stunner, H. J. Bailey, Harold Nicholson, W. Bassett, and other notable swimming men.

Alfred Hill, the well-known Svdney musician, formerly o F Wellington, has decided to settle in Auckland, as be finds that the Anstraliah climate does not agree with him. Mr Hill’s recognised abilities will no doubt be highly appreciated in Auckland. It is possible- that a new opera which he has composed will be heard for the first time in that city.

The office of Administrator of St. Mary’s Cathedral parish, vacant by the Very Rev Father Dawson’s resignation, has been filled by the appointment of the Rev Father Lewis, now in charge of the Timaru parish, and formerly of Blenheim. The Rev Father Holley, of St. Patrick’s College staff, will be his curate. Father, Dawson is at present on a visit to Father Patterson at Palmerston North.

S“A well-known Hawke’s Bay resident, Mr A. H, Elbourne, the popular trotting handicapper, died on Saturday afternoon at the Wellington Hospital. Mr Elbourne’s illness, which dates from March last, assumed a oritioal phase a few weeks ago, when he came to Wellington to oompile the handicaps ifpr tho Johnsonville meeting. He was stay'ing afc.'the house of Mr Bennett, but latterly wentrto the Hospital to seek the advice of cause of death was oonsump. who was son of Mr W. EljdHhAlta.pu’ was 32 years of age. for the Hawke’s Bay, North and Johnsonville ■pi, and was well known in racing cirolcs Ptnroughout the colony. The remains are to be sent by to-morrow’s train to Napier for

Mr R. D. D. McLean, M.H.R. for Napfer, is at present oh a visit to Wellington.

Dr A. Bronte is gutted .public vaccinator for the district of Shan on.

Mr Justice Williams proceeded South by the Mararoa on Friday afternoon.

fiir Robert Stout returned to Wellington, viti Wairafapa, f’rdffi WaftgaStii last Friday.

Judge Davy proceeded to Lyttelton oh Monday atternoon by the Pengnm.

Tho Minister of Education left Nelson for Wellington via Blenheim on Monday morning

Captain Kennedy is performing Captain R. A*. Edwin’s duties While the latter gentlejtidii iff on holiday IeUVC,

The Rev Nichoihs. B:. Mblohqy, S.M ; , of Dunedin, is now on the staff of Ssfc; Patrick s College, of which ho is an old pupil.

Sir Francis Dillon Bell was a passenger for Lyttelton by the Penguin ou Friday afternoon,

Mr R: Slater, employe A?'representative on tho Arbitration Court, left tSb Dtfnedin by the Mararoa on Friday.

Councillor J. Myers has returned from a visit to Sydney, after having spent a most enjoyable holiday at that place.

Mf J. Glenville, composer of that plea sir g ballad “Ldved LenorQ ” (sung here recently by Mr Erfleet Fitts with marked success), is at present in WollifigtOfl.-

Miss Banks, who has been acting a? re-, lievirfg teacher at the NevHowri rdhool. is to go t 6 Eketahdna t? take the- place of Miss Toohill during the latter’s iline'sS.

Mr W. M. Hannay, General Manager cf the Wellington-Manawatu Railway Company, returned on Friday from a week’s visit to Waverlsy.

“The son of the Duke of CohxiaUght is now the fag at Eton of young Astor, the. so’n of the New York Astor, who now resides in England.’’ Thus an American paper.

The Rev J. G. Bartlett, recently ordained in England, will on arrival in New Zealand go to Wanganui, as assistant curate to the Rev T. B. Maolean at Christ Church.

William Galbraith Rudman, a well* known and popular Napier athlete, died at that place on Wednesday last, aged 27, from rapid consumption supervening on a cold.

Mr W. Blacklock, who held the Consular reins during tho Tamasese-Mataafa war, has been again appointed U.S.A. Yioe-Consul-General in Samoa*

Mr Thomas Meredith, well known in Auckland, hUs returned to Sjmoa, after an ab* eence Of six months’ duration, during which he visited Australia and New Britain.

His Excellency tho Governor is expected to pay his second visit to Akaroa next month, when ho will probably unveil the monument; which it is proposed to erect at Observation Point-. !

The Rev W. Baumber and Messrs John Kershaw and G. Tiller are to represent the Wellington circuit at the Wesleyan Conference, which is to open in Dunedin on the 25th inst.

fr It is stated that Mr E. D. Hoben, formerly of the Evening Post staff, but lately assistant editor of the Sydney Mail, has been appointed London correspondent of the Sydney Morning Herald.

Mr A. Zachariah, of Gisborne, has underr taken a bicycle tour of the colony. Having ridden from Napier to Wellington, he will cross the Straits .by steamer, and then rde as far South as Dunedin. *

Mr Moss Jonas, one of the leading commercial men of Timaru, and well known throughout the colony, has decided to leave South Canterbury. Arrangements are being made by the citizens for an enthusiastic send-off.

W. P. McGirr, sen., whose funeral took place on Monday morning at the Bolton street cemetery, was well known in the printing trade in Victoria and New Zealand. Many who knew him in the old days will regret to hear of his death.

One of the boldest of the heroes of the Victorian bush fires was the Rev George Cox, of Thorpdale, described as “ one of those poor struggling parsons of the bush in behalf of whose work appeals are made now and then.”

he Canterbury Cricket Association proposes to erect a tombstone on the grave of the late Mr Arthur Ollivier, and the * ‘ld Boys’ Asfociation to p’ace a suitable tablet to his memory in Onist’a (j. liege Chapel, Chris tohu.ch.

On Monday Mr Hugh Wright, who has been transferred to a higher position in the Dunedin branch of the firm of Messrs Ross and Glendining, was presented by the Wellington employees of the firm with a set of opal sleeve links and shirt studs. The presentation was made by Mr Harton, in the absence of Mr Jones, manager.

Mr J. B. Bailey, musician, of Gore, writing in connection with the Jubilee of Otago, says he thinks it might be interesting to know who formed the first band in Dunedin. He states that he left the band of H.M. 70th Regiment in 1864, went to Otago, and formed what was called the Battalion Band. Their practice room was in an old gunshed on the beach, where the telegraph office now stands.

While the Right Hon Mr Soddon was at Greymouth last, a few old friends--all old identities who had been on the Coast since 65 resolved to get photographed in a group. The next morning after the proposal was made they all met - at Mr Ring's studio and sat for their picture. The photo consisted of the Right Hon Mr Seddon, Hon J. Kerr, M. L.C., Dr 0. Morioe, Messrs Frank Hamilton, It. Nancarrow, Duncan McLean, D. Donald, F. Campbell. The picture is an excellent one and will serve as a memento of old times and friendships in years to come, — Grey River Aryrn,

Dr Charles Morice. of Greymouth, has obtained bis fellowship degree in London.

Miss Jessie Ricliardson, appointed assistant teacher at the Levin School,- is to 1 t after up6n her duties this week.

The many "Wellington friends of Mr A. R. Curtis, of FeUding, will regM to'lCarn that he is confined to his rooms at the City Buffet with a malignant attack of sciatica, MeLachlin is attending him.

Mv Tboffias McMahon, of Westport, has, we notice', had some humorous verses accepted by the , Bulletin: He lias also written and had published in other Journals some poetry, which has been favourably received. His brother, Mr M. 3. McMahcn',;has produced sottiO paintings which are epeketf of. Both gentlemen are at present m Wellington with a view of settling here.

.Lewis George Clark, said to be the original of? George Harris in “ Uncle Tom’s Cabin, effed at Lexington, Kentucky, on December 16th For Nearly a year he had been supported by money raised ifl Dunedin, New Zealand, through the instrum'enta-My ot Mr Charles Umbers, and there was firoitey enough left to pay for his burial He was 86 years of age, and had been bedridden tor several months.