PERSONALIA.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 6384, 5 December 1907, Page 5

PERSONALIA.

Kir .fosnph Ward will return fr»m Auoklauil thiß evening. lie » ;»»«»; pi'iiic/i by Mr i. Kojiaynu, General Muiing'U’ <>t IlaU-vryH, and Mr J. Gtiinpijili, tho Ciovornmout Architect. Tho lion. J- McGowan is intpccb'd to arrive in town this ovening from a visit to Napier.

Mr and Mrs (!. W. Lloyd, of Wellington, with tboir family, i-tdurm;d to \\ idlington by Uni loaio yesterday. The [Ton. Dr Findlay will probably leave for Wanganui ou Monday, lelnrnimr to Wollingion at tile end oi lee week.

Mrs (Dr) Pollen will net as ,-iere(arv to the Trustees of (die • mivnKvircnt Homo during the nhsoiieo of M n Pea rue, who is viMling England. The Kov. A. 11. I.saaeson, of Tahiatua who has In on on a visit U, lie Old Country, relnrned to New Zealand to tho lon in yesterday.

Amongst the pnnsonnerw l>Y •he f ol '' l ' vast onlay were ,Mr and Mrs -1. ilollowaj, of Nelson, who have hern on an extended vmil: to tho Old tomitry. Di' Garcia Webster. who 1011, \leHijigir (l[ - extensive tour of Britain, America, "nil the Continent in Mnrel. jitst, will return to Wellington cMily m llm'iww year.

Mr Ci. S. Malieu. of Messrs Mamin and Welch, elect ideal enifiiieors. will leave Wellington, en route for Hngland on Friday. He will remain m Mnglund for somo mouths.

Mr J. W. . alter liftcmi years’ wu-viw in tlm haihniy Workshops. IVtono, has ref.irod ofi HUpmiiinii.'ilioii. Ifo was presented !»v his telloxv.pmployoc.s with a silver watch ami chain.

('.-jpKuia O. U. Smith, Royal Naval LVirislrar. will leave Wellington Huh evening for LvUeUon, in order to enrol Royal Naval Reservists. Captain Smith 'will retnrri at Ihe end of tho fnnnlh.

Menses T. A. fAiiiitil ami .1. and T. Chatli'flon liiivn arrived in Welliiudon from HiniaiJnshiri'. Ail three liiivn to Nriv Zealand- with t.lm intention of select in;.' Innii and permanently residing in tliis country.

Mr W. .). Kent, mprosentinyr tho lord Mayor and Gorpom firm of Bristol, Entflaml. is at present in Wellington, preparatory to making a tour of Now Zealand. Ho purposes specially to examino mnnici pal alVairs. Mr F. W. AJansGehl, Chief Electoral Ollieur. left for CJiristeburcli last evening, in order to preside at a conference of Christchurch electoral officers. Mr Manslield rotuniH to AVollington on Tuesday. Mr R. T. Bambcnfor, the 100-1-5 infccrJ Varsity (English) feather-weight boxing champion, arrived in Now Zealand by tho lonic yesterday. Ho is a New Zealander, but' proposes returning to England after a visit extending over a few months.

Lieutenant-Colonel Hayhurst returned to Wellington by tho Ala ram a yesterday. Messrs C. JI. and W. J. Spook, the well-known riilo-shots, who have been shooting in tho various rifle meetings in tho Commonwealth, also return'd in tho same boat.

The marriage of Alias Elizabeth Bollock, daughter of tho late Air Alfred Bullock, of Christchurch, to Mr Venom* Royal Dulhmity, oldest son of Mif G. R. Dulhuniy, of Dub bo, New South Wale**, took place at Valparaiso on October 21st.

Mr Ben Fuller, who has boon on a trip to Sydney and Melbourne, arrived, by tho Alaraina yesterday morning. Air John Fuller, jun, who has boon on a business trip to Great Britain, will return to tho Dominion by this week's steamer, arriving at Auckland, and proceeds tliowco to Dunedin, via Wellington. Captain W. Steward, lately in the coastguard service in Galway, and formerly in command of H.AI.S. Albacoro, ijimbuat, stationed at Queenstown, arrived by tho lonic from England yesterday, accompanied by Ida wild and family. Captain Steward intends to settle in Nelson,

Mis* May Alison, oldest daughter of Mr 13. W. A! icon, ALP., Auckland, vrae irwmod on September 18th to Mr Jolm i othoriugharu, elder son of Mr Robert Fofcheri.ugha.m, of Glasgow. Tho marriage was soloinnieed in tho Rowlands United Free Church, Glasgow, the officiating clergyman being the Lev. J, B. McMillan. The bride was given away by her mother. Mr IX. Field, formerly secretary of tho New Zealand EmpkJyers' Federation and tho Wellington Employee*’ Association, who bits been on a visit to tho British foies during tho Inst two years, returned to 'Wellington by the lonic yesterday. He had intended to permanently reside In England, but tho climate affected his health injuriously, and ho was obliged to return to tho Dominion, Tho following visitors are staying at tho Empire Hotel: —Messrs J. Cornell. M. Moorehou.se, M. F. Barnett, M. A. McOonnona, and il. Baron, Christchurch; Mr and Mrs Kinross White, Mr F. 800, 'Napier; Mr and Mrs W. P. Finomore, Sydney; Air H. H. Abbott, Auckland; Mr B. Chambers, Hawke’s Bay; Mr G. Gordon Thompson, England; Mr E. Short, Foilding. Air J. Godbor has boon re-elected chairman of tho District erf Wellington Hospital Board, and Mr R. C. Kirk treasurer. Tho chairman and members of the Board yesterday acknowledged tho valuable services Mr Kirk had rein dored to tho Board as treasurer.. Air Kirk was yesterday re-elected chairman t»f tho Wellington and Wairarapa .District Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, suid Mr D. McLaren treasurer. At a "social” bold nt tho Presbyterian Sabbath School at Jolmeonville, the Rev. Mr Inglis presiding, a solfintorproting Bible in four volumes, containing all tho latest Biblical information, with over 100 plates, lOin by 12in, taken recently in countries and places mentioned in Biblical narratives, was presented to Mr D. L. Kelly, tho retiring superintendent, who is removing to Khandallah. Tho new superintendent, Air Murdoch, was pnesont during tho proceedings, and was introduced to the scholars and members of the Church. Itr Cyril Toweoy, of Wellington, and MiSs Irene Amsky, of Auckland, took part in a concert given at tho Aeolian Hall, London, on October 23rd, in aid of tho National Society of Day Nttrserim. Mise Aiueley sang ‘Divinites du Styx” (Clock), and later on a group o-f — Lak>’s "X/Dsclavo,” Brahms’’ "Sapphfooho 000,” and Teresa del Biogo’s "Happy £>or»g.” Though suffering from a bad cold, Alisa Ainslcy acquitted herself most creditably under the cirorrmstances, and was heartily applauded and recalled after each appearance. Air Tow soy ’noted ns accompanist. Mr Cunningham Bridgman, author and artist, who was a passenger by tho lonic, was much to the fore during tho voyage of that vessel in entertaining and amusing tho passengers. Mr Bridgman is tho author of a new dramatic comedy. "Retribution,” a work that took first prize in a London competition, there being 990 x competitors. Thin play wns produced on board tho lonic "for tho first time on any stage,” and tho parts wore taken principally by tho officers of the ship. Mr Bridgman also instructed and amused with his artistic sketching, and received an ovation from the > passengers tho night previous to tho arrival in port.

Captain rtorrien-S-mith, one of the BUb-Anfcfvrofcio expedition, wap a passenger frorri tho south yesterday. Ho accompanies Thr Cockayne in ; lie Qnoon of tho Sontli this afternoon to Kapiti Island, whore tho binds caught at tho .Antipodes Islands arc to bo liberated. Captain Dorrion-Smith, who served in South Africa, hails from tho Scilly Isles. is an ardent naturalist. and is on a tour* of tho nonunion studying its plant life. Ho proposes tx> toko back with him living specimens to tho Scilly Isles, vJUftro axo estoblishtxl a very coizsider-*

able number of Now Zealand plants. His familv originated tho dahodil culluro in 11)oso isles. He went with Ur. (hickayoft as assistant holanist to tho sub-Antarctic.

Mr (I. Knight ha« been eloetod chairman of tho Auckland Hospital and Charitable Aid Hoard.

At Knox Church, MiiMcrton. yesterday, Mr it. C. (lav. of Hie Hank of New South Wales, ‘Wellington, was married to Miss Annie Kennedy, youngest daughter of Hie late Mr Donald Kennedy, ot Tnpiirujmru, V ice-Admiml Sir Albert John Durston, fingi not* r-i n-Chief of tho Fleet, for ninny year's a notable figure in tho administrative work of tho British Navy, lias retired on pension. A number of special honours have fallen to this officers lot. A complimentary "social” to Mr Poole. M.P., was held at Pom»ouh.y last night nmVr tlie auspices of the Auckland West branch of the Liberal and Labour Federation. A Press Association nicas:c/e states that (hero was a good attendance. including tho Hon. G. Fov/lds. v.ho made a brief speech eulogistic of Mr Poole's services in Parliament. ft is announced that tho British Army is about to lose a notable figure in General Sir Bindon Blood, who has just r> reived permission to go on the retired list. Most of his service has been passed in .India, where lie has taken part in nearly every campaign during tho m»t Iwenty years. It was thought at one tidic, the London correspondent of the "Manchester Guardian” states, that lie would ultimately become Coinrnaader-in-Chief in India, but circumstances have been against him. Ho retired from the command of the troops in the Pnnjanb last year, and has since been living ouiefly on Ills Irish estates in County (flare. His service extends to fortyseven years.