PERSONAL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 5806, 25 January 1906, Page 5

PERSONAL.

Bi-hop Muk.s arrived trcai Ni-i.-ou yo-slu'rda v* cft err, 00 n by tbo A rahur.i. Airs Howie CIV* Kangi Paii arrivuxl in AVellir,2;;on from (Levmouth laM eveniug. Air Hobei‘l Ficleber will be a r-andi- : date frr 4-kwt ion to the Wellington Harbour Bo.ml next mouth. The Rr- in.- r. wuut jotivneyiul overland 11 oiu W<-.t bin! to (■;iri>tciiiirc-Ji, " .II arrive in Wellington this inc-rnin". i)r ttfilil.'-n, totu.ei !y a>ei'-I n lit me<i.--•;ii oilicer at Men'.il Iloi-t*’.-ta I, Ini-, taken up hi, nt tv iliili-', at I’oritiia. -Mr A, M. Samnol Iki, been chatted teaptaiii fit’ the Heret an iitta Momittrl | IMlee. ami Mr X. S. ('. Colt--, lieutenant ' ut ’.lie corp,. Mr Ih'ti |-'n U»r retitni from Sootit 1111 a morning by tiie Itotcinahalia. ami rSil ic.-;iiiic iiuiugotncnt oi the rite.it fc Uoyal. Mi- \V. 11. Homy, a: Wnllingtoii, intemi.-, takme up hie penuatmii residetnm in MeAnmnie, and leaves New Zealand on Satnrtiny for Sydney. Bishop BritiH'.s, of ( hrisU'liui-eh, vnll n-oh.ihly leave on a nip to Home after K.ioter. He expert., to return to the colony towards the end of the year. The lion. T. V. Duncan returned to WeMinKton ve-terdav from a visit to ; the South Island, fie accompanied the (’render i n a tour oi South Siestlaud. Mr and Mr> K. Lawson, of London, who have been louring the X’orlh ■ Inland, leu Wellington tor the South i last evening, with the intention of j visiting the cold lakes. I The Premier will Ik- nte-ent at I’iihiatua to-morrow ovuninjj tit a social to he U-mlcred to the memher for the district, Mr K. 1L lt«-.,. On Saturday he will proceed to I’ougaroa. The Hoc J. K. Flynn Anderson, of Johanueshurg, i' at present visiting Dunedin. Mr Anderson visited Wellington last winter, anti gave hcverul interesting lectures on South Africa. Kdwanl IL Mc«. Walm-!cy. "ito headed the- Otago list in. tho nationa scholarship coih|H>tition. is the son cn | a I’ermanent Artilleryman. Ha has aeon prizes in every class at school.

Captain Brailliwaite. A.D.C. to hf* Excellency the Governor, who for Mu' p.i~t few (lavs has boon the guest tu j Wellington o"f Mr lan Duncan, i> eonI Cukkl to bed with a slight attsck | pleurisy. Mr V. X. Do Caro, for several years a. chief si award on the Slia-w. .'savill. and Albion Company's steamers, has hi an appointed manager of Days Bay : House by the Wellington Steam berry Company. Mr Thomas Slade, of Hamilton, well known throughout the M aikato. died at Hamilton" Hast on Saturday ln-t from interval hemorrhage, caused by tlm bursting of a Wood-vowse! in the abdomen. Deceased was fifty years of ago. Mr McLav. Chief Inspector of Factories and Shops in Queensland, is coming to New Zealand on holiday leave. While in the colony he is to visit tlio chief centres to observe the working of factories and shops legislation. ■Mr H. 11. Siuuii who for the past fourteen years has been on the stalf of Sr.raood. San and Ewell, is joining the staff of Bing, Harris and Co. His bite fellow-workers piescnted him with a gold albert and sovereign-raw*, and a travelling-bag. and entertained him at a “social' 1 last night at Godbor’s rooms. Mr T. Procter, for six years chief rtoward at tlio Petonc Working Men’s Club, was entertained by members ot tlio club at a smoko concert last night, and presented with a gold watch and a gold chain. Mr Proctor is severing Ids connection with the club. Mr H. Wynyard (president) made the prosontution. The members of the dull also presented Mrs Proctor with a leather travelling companion. Mr Joseph Great-batch, a Wairarapa pioneer, died at Carterton on Tuesday at tlio ago of seventy-nine yearn Ho camo to New Zealand from tlio United States as a young man, and resided in Wellington ton years before Bottling in the plains. Amongst his children are Messrs John Greathatch (of this city), ami Samuel Greathatch (Petono), Mrs Bovan (Manukau), Mrs Bvcritt. and two unmarried daughters at Foatliorston. Mr Clement L. Wragge, F.R.G.S., who over a year ago made a lecturing tour of Xcw Zealand, has in the press a book entitled “The Romance of the South Seas,” containing the result of his observations in New Caledonia, Tahiti, R.iiatca, and Rarotonga. The [work, which is to bo copiously illus- , trated, will be published by Cluitto and jWindtis. Mr Wragge intends giving • another course of scientific lectures in Xew Zealand this year. The contemplated marriage of Princess Ena. a niece of King Edward, to King Alfonso, of Spain, has attracted more than usual attention in Europe ou account of the rTincc.ss I>oiii" a Protestant, it being supposed that this formed a barrier to the union. The matter seems to have settled itself in a simple manner according to the following item of news taken from Sydney “ Freeman's Journal " : —Our correspondent, Dr W. J. (Yoke, LL.D.. writes under date December 15th as follows; All that is known to the Holy See about the Anglo-Spanish marriage is that it is to take place, that the Princess is to become a Catholic, and (hat she will be Catholic Queen of Spain. Rut officials and dignitaries disclaim that there has been any interference by t.ho Papacy, or that the Duke of Norfolk came to Rime with any mission or commission in the matter.