PERSONAL.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXVII, Issue 5483, 11 January 1905, Page 4

PERSONAL.

Major Johnston, artillery staff officer, is now inspecting in Otago. Mr T. W. Waite, raihjpiy traffic manager at Auckland, left- on Monday for Australia.

The Countess of Onslow, owing to pressure of time, has regretfully declined the invitation to visit tho Westland district.

Miss Kvans, who lias for the past thirteen years been connected with the Onaki School, has been promoted to tho Clyde quay School. Mi- Allison Smith, formerly in tho New. Zealand Railway Department, has been appointed locomotive superintendent for the Gold Coast railways. The Hon C. H. Mills, Mrs Mills, and Misses Mills (3), who have been on a visit to the Taranaki Exhibition, will ho back in Wellington on Tuesday.

Mr Justice Chubb, of Queensland, and his son, Mr 0. Chubb, barrister, of Sydney, are at present in tho Hot Lakes district, enjoying three weeks' fishing and sight-seeing. Dr A. B. Falconer, late of Dunedin, > has been appointed senior resident medical officer of the West London Hospital. This is tho first instance of an Australasian occupying that position.

A vote of condolence with Mr H. F. Allen, secretary of the- Wellington Industrial Association, upon the recent death of his mother, was passed by tho executive of tho association at its meeting last night. Mr William G. Chappie, son of the City Collector of Rates, has been appointed to take charge of the offioe of Mr A. James, architect, Feilding. Mr Ghapple was indentured to Mb Swan, architect, for several years. . An excellent portrait of Mr Thomas Ballinger, a former president of tho Wellington Industrial Association, hna been presented to tho association by Mr Ballinger for its “gallery” of presidents, which until now has included only the portrait of Mr Samuel Brown. Mr Ballinger’s portrait is from the studio of Mr Hardie Shaw.

A cablegram states that Mr John Greeley Jenkins, Premier of South Australia, will shortly succeed Mr 11. A. Grainger as Agent-General in London, and that the Ministry will he reconstructed. Mr Jenkins was bom and educated in America, and arrived in Adelaide in 1878. Ho was first elected to Parliament in 1887. He was Minister of Education in 1891-92, Minister of Public Works for a few- months in 1592, and again in; the 'Kingston Government from 188-1 to 1899. From the latter year till 1901 (when ho assumed tho Premiership) .he was Chief Secretary in the Holder Administration. Mr Jenkins has always advocated Liberal and progressive legislation. Major Seely—who, among others, has just seceded from the Nottingham Liberal Unionist Association as a protest against the acceptance of Mr Chamberlain’s fiscal policy—enjoys the reputation of bavins the courage of his convictions. During last year ho issigned his seat owing to bis dissatisfaction with , the Government (which, being a Conservative, ho had previously supported) in sanctioning the Transvaal ordinance for tho importation of Chinese labour to work the Rand mines. Major Seely’s attitude was endorsed by his constituents, who sent him hack to represent them in Parliament. By tho way, tho Major may claim a special right to a voice on the question of Chinese in the Transvaal, as he was one of those who fought to place tho Boer Republic under the British flag; indeed, he was fighting in South Africa at tho time of his election to the House of Commons. Some years ago Major Seely received a medal from the French Government for hia bravery in swimming out from the Isle of Wight to a French boat in distress, taking a rope and establishing communication with the shore.