PERSONAL.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXX, Issue 3864, 6 October 1899, Page 5

PERSONAL.

!, Captain Russell mentioned at the luncheon on board' the s.s Tomoana yesterday, that lie arrived in Wellington harbour fifty-four years ago in a fifty-two-ton schooner. <•. Mr P; Peterson, son-of Captain Peterson, of thosteamer Fanny, who lefttfor England in May last, has enlisted in tlie Royal Horse Artillery, at present stationed at Woolwich. Dr J. S. Purdy, of tho Hutt, who is a member of the National Association for tho Prevention of Consumption, intends to publish shortly a brief medical work entitled “Consumption : Its Cure.” Mr Charles Matthews, who has been in attendance on the Hon Thomas Thompson as private secretary in Auckland for some months past, returned to Wellington on Tuesday. Mr Thompson remains in Auckland. , ■ His Excellency the. Governor is reported to bo meeting with considerable success in his -trout,fishing expedition to tho Waikanao. Captain Leah and Lieutenant Johnson, of H.iVI.S. Mildura, are also fishing in the same stream. Tho Governor is expected to return to Wellington mext week. Mr W. Linga.rd, tho district main agor of the .National .Mutual *.. f>’ Assn ' ciation-, Wellington, was made tho re- ; cipicnt of a titling presentation _by the members of tho head office staff. 'Mr Lingard has been granted sis,, months; leave of. absence in order to',visit England on private business. : After , a brief visit to Great Britain, Mrs Grace Noil), Assistant Inspector of Hospitals’ and Charitable Aid.returned to Wellington-by the Tarawon; yesterday. During her. stay in London Airs Neill took an active, part in the! Women’s Congress, before which as-; oemblago she read two papers that mol with very favourable review, the subjects being “Hospital' -.Nursing,” and tho “Popr Laws of New Zealand.” Tho career of Judge Davy, Chief Judge of the Native Land Court, .vhi; is retiring on a pension at the end of; this year, has been on mtercmiug one; He arrived- -in - Auckland- from London by the .ship Indian Empire in 1863/ and entered the Government service .six- years later-as Warden and Resident Magistrate at tho Thames. Two years afterwards' Mil. Davy was appointee District' Land Registrar at Auckland., In 1875 Tie became Registrar-General ni. Lauds, succeeding Mr ■ Justice • Williams; in that office. trio was it; Wellington in .1877, and ,dn. the retire-; inont of ; Mr; H- G. Seth-bmitiv -in 189.* assumed the post ho , now holds. .