MAINLY ABOUT PEOPLE.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1367, 12 May 1898, Page 21

MAINLY ABOUT PEOPLE.

The Hon .T. G. Ward went South by the Penguin last week.

Mr T. G. Gilbert has been appointed a cadet in the Education Department.

Mounted-Constable J. £mith, of Giaborne, is at present in Wellington on Bick leave.

The Premier and the Hon Jas. Carroll returned from the Wairarapa last Friday.

Mr E. A. Marchant has been re-appointed a survey cadet in the Department of Lands and Survey.

Messrs T. Lawless, Paeroa, andß. Mamsty, Woodville, have resigned their appointments as Justices of the Peace.

Mr T. W. Kirk, Government Biologist, returned from the Wairarapa on Thursday night.

Mr W. Miller, of Napier, has resigned his position as fire inspector, after gratuitous service in that capacity for 25 years.

The Hon A. M. Dunca-i, representing the Union Steam Ship Company at Suva, Fiji, was a passenger from that port last week by the Miowera.

Father Power, who has been promoted to Hawera, was presented with an illuminated address and a purse of sovereigns by his parishioners at Waipawa on Tuesday week.

Captain Robertson, formerly harbourmaster at Onehunga, left Vancouver with a well-equipped party for Klondike, via the Stiokeen river route, on April 13th.

Mr W. W. Collins, ex-M.H.R. for Christchurch, pissed through Wellington on Thursday on his way to Auckland, the Thames and Coromamdel, where he will spend a lengthy holiday.

Mr T. C. Dawson, for some time manager of Messrs Archibald Clark and Son's Gisborne branch, takes the place of Mr Vigor Brown as manager of the £\apier branch of tho firm.

Mr L. Stowe, Clerk of Parliament, who has been laid up owing to an injury to his knee, was expected to be sufficiently recovered to again attend to his duties at the beginning of this week.

Mr G. Wilson, Inspecting Engineer of tho Mines Department, has returned to Wellington from a visit of inspection to the quartz reef on Arm Chair creek, Marlborough, and the workings at Wakamarina.

Mr J. G. W. Aitken has been selected as arbitrator in the dispute! claim for damages made by Messrs Bmg. Harris and Co. against the City Council in consequence of the overflow of sewage into their premises.

A presentation was made at the police station last week to Mrs Bernard, wife of Sergeant Bernard, who has been tranaferred from Wellington to Hawera. The present was made by the members of the local forcp, and took tho form of a pair of very handsome travelling bags.

Messrs R. Duncan (Chief Inspector of Machinery) and R. Gardner (Eereru) left for Blenheim last week to judge the machines which are being offered in competition for the bonus of £2OOO for improvements in dressing flax. Mr J. Rutherford (Nelson) meets them at Blenheim, and will assist in the judging.

At a gathering of the officers of the Wel-lington-Manawatu Railway Company yesterday week, Mr W. T. Simons, chief clerk of the goods department, was presented with a handsome dinner and tea service, in honour of his marriage. Air Hannay made the presentation, the recipient suitably responding.

News has been received in the colony of the death of Mrs H. A. Banner, wife of a well-known Napier resident, at the Auditorium Hotel, Chicago, on Ma<"oh 2±i\r. The deceased lady, who was on a trip to England with her husband, contracted a cold while travelling, which developed into pneumonia. She was interred in the Greenwood cemetery, Brooklyn. New York. . .

Mr T. H. Cramp, lata secretary of the Swifts Association Football Club, has been presented by the member* of the <lub with a travelling rng, in view of hhi leaving for tho Old 0 mntry by the ]VJararoa last week. Through Mr F. J. Courtney, who made the presentation, the Swifts ezpreß«cd their appreciation of the services rendered by Mr Cramp to the club, and wis»hod him a'l sneef?ss at Home. Mr ;':rarup rtv'ifl-1 n MiivVe ter*ns, and the reniaiadar "t iite eveuiog was spent in songs and recitations. A. A. S. Menteath, Acting-French Consul, has been advised that Count de Courto lv-is h(-o.n appointed Cm>>ui !'<)r t;;o Republic of. l<Van<»e at Wei'in cm-a. in aucou'Sion to Count Jouffroy D'Abbu.s, who sumo weods since left for France. Count de Courto has already filled the positions of Vice-Consul at Zurich in Switzerland, Aden and Batoum. He oomes from the Russian post td New Zealand. Count de Courte was a passenger from (Sydney by the Bteamer Wakatipu.

The Eev Father Cummings, who has left Christohurch on an extended tour for the benefit of his health, passed through Wellington last week en route for Sydney by tbe Rotomabana. Prior to leaving the South he was entertained at a valedictory gathering, attended by the clergy and adherents of many denominations. Sir George Clifford, on bsbalf of those attending, presented the departing prieafc with a handsomely illuminated address and a substantial purse of sovereigns.

Aa complimentary banquet was tendered to Mr F. W. Christian by the Petone Cricket Club last week. It was given in recognition of Mr Christian's services in the interests of Petone and the < game during the season, and took plaoe at the Victoria Hotel. Tbe Mayor, Mr R. C. Kirk, occupied the chair, and about 50 persons were present. The health of the guest of the evening, proposed by the Mayor, was heartily honoured. Songs were rendered by Miss Bradshaw, Messrs Woolridge, Barclay, Wynyard and R, C. Kirk, and Dv Purdy gave a recitation,

Mr Charles Eager, well known in bicycling circles, haa taken over the Star Hotel, Napier.

Mr T. L. Murray, manager of the Auckland branch of the Bank of New Zealand, is on a visit to Wellington.

Constable Gille3pie, who haa been doing temporary duty at A .shurst, has returned to VVellington this evening.

The General Manager of Railways (Mr Ronayne) left on Saturday on a visit of inspection to the West Coast railway lines.

Mr George H. DawsoD has retired from the city firm of H. E. McDonald and Co., wool merchants.

Mr H. B. Dymock, secretary of the Waitotara County Council, and Mrs Dymock, are about to visit the Old Country.

Mr G. S. Robertson, representing Messrs Nelson Bros., at Wauganui, arrived from that port by the Manaroa Monday night.

Mr Mark Cohen, editor of the Dunedin Evening Star, lefc the southern city for Wellington last Monday evening.

The Very Rev Father Devoy is confined to his bed through an attack of influenza. The many friends of the rev gentleman will wish him a speedy recovery.

Professor Benbam, who succeeds the late Br Parker as Professor of Biology at the Otago University, is a passenger by the Kaikoura, which is due in about a week's time.

News to hand by mail from England announces th<» death of Aubrey Boardsley, the gifted blade and White artist, whose admirable work has appeared from time to time in many English publications.

* Mr C. W. Naylor, the newly-appointed organist of Christ Church, Wanganui, has for the past eight years filled the position of organist and choirmaster at the Ba.thur3t Cathedral.

The many Wellington friends of Mr Hall, the popular host of the Golden Fleece Hotel, Nelson, will regret to hear that he is in very poor health, hia medical attendants holding out very little hope of recovery.

The eldest son of Mr T. Chambers, of Greymouth, was among the crew of the Hereward, wrecked near Sydney en Friday last during the frightful storm which played havoc with the coastal shipping in general.

Mr George Loyeau, author and pressman, of Queensland, who succumbad to a paralytic stroke on the 23rd April, had been connected with literature for upward j of 40 years, and was reported to be connected with the Chichester family.

Mr J. O'Malley, son of Police Sergeant O'Malley, of Masterton, left by the Takapuna on Sunday for Onehunga to catch the outward San Francisco mailboat, it being his intention to try his fortune in the golden valley of the Yukon.

The Christohurch Philosophical Society has passed a resolution expressing regret at the death of the late Mr W ; M. Maskoll, appreciation of his services in the cause of science, especially in etymology, and sympathy with his widow.

HrCount de Courte, the new]y-appointed Freach Consul at Wellington, did not arrive by the Wakatipa. Mr A. A. 3. Menteath has received a cable message from Sydney stating that the Count deferred hia departure for a week.

Mr A. B. Hislop, secretary for the N ew Zealand branch cf the Amalgamated Sooiety of Engineers, proceeded to Dunedin last Friday by the Flora, on business connected with the Society. Mr W. B. Paton. Australasian agent tor Baboocks and Williams' boilers, also left by the same steamer.

tv'A social event of mora than passing interest took place at Hokitika on Thursday, whan a marriage ceremony was celebrated. The contracting parties were Mr Joseph Grimmond, ot Ross, and Miss M. J. Macfarlane, eldest daughter of Mr D. Macfarlane, stipendiary Magistrate and Warden for the Westland district.

Mr Edward Home Wittenoom, the now Agent-General for West Australia, wag born at Fremantle in 1854, and when 15 years of age ho left the Bishop's Collegiate School, Perth, to taiiio a situation as a station hand. He wnrked for five years on Bowea station, Gwraldton, and then, with his brother, leased Yuin Station, in the Murchison district. They prospn-ed. and in three years they own«d or biased 2.000 000 acre>. Mr Wit'onoora tutored rarliauientin 1.3:23, und was for several years Minister for Mines.

Details of the death of Mrs Delia Parnell to hand by mail show that the decoasw] Hdy, who was 30 years of age and vavj infirm, su-tained fatU injuries thr ugh burns u i:tracted whi'.O sitting t-.o close to a lira, af. her residence in the Vale ot Avoca, the botm> of the Parnell family since the days of Charles 11. Mrs Parnoll was the daughter of Commodore Stewart, of the United States Navy, and married in 1834 Mr John Henry Parnell, son of Sir John Parnell, who was a prominent figure in Grat ban's Parliament. The second son of this union was the late Charles Stewart Parnell, the famous Irish Nationalist leader. Of late years Mrs Parnell had lived in retirement with her son, the present member of the House of Commons for South Meath.

T* On Saturday evening a presentation was made to Mr F. W. Christian by the Petone United Cricket Club of a very handsome Maori carved walking ntiok, a srit't which was much admired by all who saw it. Alter tho presentation tho company adjourned t) BradBhaw's hotel, where a very enjoyable social evening was spent. During intervals songs were contributed by Miss Bradshaw, Messrs E.W.Christian, F. L. Ashbjlt, W. C. S. Levers and others. The affair closed at midnight by the company singing "Auld Lang Syne." Mr Christian left by the Takapuna on Sunday on his way to Auckland, whence he will travel by the Moana to America. A very popular gentleman socially, he will be specially remembered (and missed) as the most energetic and successful promoter of " off day " cricket rn.atqh.es, we fcaye «Y e I k9k&' in Wellington^

Mr Kennedy, local manager of the Union Steam Ship Company, left Auckland for Welington by the Tarawera last Tuesday.

Mrs J. H. Burfoot, the well-known contralto, returned by the Penguin on Tuesday rom an extended visit to Otago.

Mr Justice Ward was a passenger by the Wainui, which arrived from the West Coast, Nelson and Pioton early on Tuesday morning.

Messrs Alex, and James Smith, sons of Mr James Smith, of Te Aro House, returned from England on Tuesday, having joined the Wakatipu at Sydney, .

Mr William Gill, an old violin player, and one who haa long taken an interest in musical matters, waa on Tuesday unanimously elected as president of the .Wellington Orchestral Society.

The Minister for Railways (Hon A. J. Cadman) will go North in a few days' time for the Durpose of opening tae new public building at Te Aroha on the 24th inat. (Queen's Birthday).

Sir Henry Berkeley, Chief Justice of Fiji, visited the Supreme Court on Tuesday mo ing, and was accommodated with a seat on the B.;nch by the Jud?es constituting the Court of Appeal. His Honor's health has much improved.

The Rev W. Colenso, F.R.S., of Napier, is the oniy white man alive now who witnessed the signing and took part in the Treaty o£ Waitangi. The Treaty was signed in the year 18J0, and although Mr Colenso is now in his 87th year, he is hale and hearty, and nothing pleases him better than recounting his varied early experiences in the colony.

The officer commanding the first Egyptian regiment operating under Sir Herbert Kitchener in the Soudan is BrigadierGeneral Mao Donald. This officer commenced life a<a draper's assistant at Aberdeen, but afterwards enlisted as a private in the Gordon Highlanders. On the march of Lord Robert's column to Cabul he behaved with such gallantry that he was offered the V.C. or a commission. He chose the latter, and now wears the sword of an Egyptian General. General jiacDonald's chief staff officer is Major Keith-Falconer, brother of the Earl of Kintore, formerly Governor of South Australia, and a descendant of Frederick the Great's celebrated field marshal, who fell in. the battle of Horchkirch.