PERSONAL.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4301, 9 March 1901, Page 5

PERSONAL.

The Hon J. G. Ward will return from his Northern tour by the Takapuua tins morning. Tho Rev W. O. Water's, vicar of St. Peter’s, has returned from England by way of Sidney and Auckland, and has resumed charge of the parish. Mr Waters has greatly benefited by his holiday. Mr John D. Spreckles, of tho Oceanic Steamship, Company, will not be able, as he originally intended, to visit the principal ports of the colony as he will be obliged to return to San Francisco at an early date. Miss Aland Alar belli was yesterday presented by Mr A. Dorset, secretary of th« Wellington Education Board, with Mr Judah Myers’s gold medal for, the student who passed highest in the Trinity College examination in 1899 in-the pianoforte-playing (intermediate) sec-

tion. Ex-Sergeant Mulvillc and ox-Con-ntable Coiilahan have been granted pensions by the board appointed under tbo Police Provident Fund Act, 1899. The former, who has seen thirty years’ service, will gob £9l 5s per annum, and the latter,- after twenty-five- years of duty, £6B 8s 9d a year. Air John Kirkcaldie, who has just returned from an extended visit to Europe, was on Wednesday entertained at a harbour trip and picnic at Day’s Bay by tbo staff of Alessrs Kirkcaldie and Stains, Limited. Tho members of Air Kirkcaldie’s family were also the guests of the staff. The party, which numbered 120, embarked on the steamer ' Duchess. After a run as far as the ' Heads, a call was made at Day’s Bay, ’ where the guests and staff partook of a substantial repast in the pavilion. At > tho conclusion of the dinner, Air A. - Watt, tho oldest employee, presented i the principal guest with an illuminated i address, which expressed the staff’s ap--3 precis lion of the managing director, and extended to him a hearty welcome

home. Mr Watt incidentally paid a high tribute to the ability which Mr Sydney Kirkcaldie had displayed in the conduct of the business during Ms father's absence. Mr John Kirkcaldie, on rising to reply, was very warmly received. He, said h© was exceedingly pleased to meet the employees again, and specially gratified at the spontaneity of the welcome tendered to him by the staff, a number of the members of which had been associated with him for many years. Calls were made for Mr Sydney Kirkcaldie, who, in a speech in reply, announced that it was the intention of the company to give a stocktaking dance in July. A couple of hours were subsequently spent with music and dancing.