PERSONALIA.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6450, 22 February 1908, Page 9

PERSONALIA.

His Excellency the Governor, with Lady Dlunkft, Miss Plunket, aJid CapVain Gathorn© Hardy, left Wellington last night on the Maori for _ Lyttelton. They intend making' a cruise m Milford Sounds on Die Tulanckai, which wi.l probably leave Lytle lion on Sunday with the vice-regal partv. M hilt* in Christ” church to-day his Excellency will inspect the mw/ Technical Golhhe. anu lay the of on addition to Christ College. lie baa aJ.-o undertaken, to present several Tfoyal Tlmuam- Society medals to Christchurch recipients. ■Mr and Mrs V. Loudon left by the Maori lni*t evening on a holiday tnp to tlio Southern Lake's. There arc a number of American guests at the Grand Hotel at present, includin'' Mr and Mis Carter and Miss Abigail Trice. Tho Rev Dr and Mrs Tudor Jono» have returned from their holida.ys. Dr -Jones will preach to-morrow at the Unitarian Tree Church. lioulcott street. Mr J. L. Kelly, formerly of Welllnelon, has been appointed to the editorial B atr of Dm “New Zealand Graphic and Mail,” published by liroli and Co., A uckland. Mr A. H. Full ford, of Brooklyn, informed n representative of the “rse'v Zealand Timor” yesterday Hint I.c would lio a candidate for tho Suburbs scat at Die genera) election. The Kev J. Reed OJaseon, of the Terraco Congregational Cliunji.leffc \\elHncton yitsterday for Nelson, whore ho will spend his annual holiday. During his absence tho pulpit at the ’lerra.eeChurch will bo occupied by the Rev. B. L. Thomas, of Nelson. Constable Arthur Skinner, who has been stationed in Wellington for some months, has been transferred to Auckland, where ho will take up the duties of acting-detective. -Mr Skinner, who is well known in athletic circles, leaves on Monday for Auckjaml, whore he was stationed for a considerable time pnox* to coming to Wellington. Madame Clara Butt and Mr Kennerley Rumford will return to Wellington thus evening from Picton. Madame butt will leave for Talmcrston North by the early train on Monday morning.. Napier and* Wanganui will be visited in order, and then the famous singer will return to Wellington for her farewell concerts at the Town Hall on March 3rd and sth. / A Press Association telegram states that Cardinal -Moran and hiu party, including Archbishop Redwood and Bishops O’Connor ami Gallagher, returned to Auckland from Rotorua last evening. The Cardinal will perform the dedication ceremony in connection with St. Patrick’s Cathedral to-morrow morning, and on Monday will leave Auckland for Sydney. Mr George Dalgleish, one of the original partners in tho sawmilling firm of McCallum and Co., died at Oamaru yesterday, aged 82. Ho arrived from Tort Chalmers by tho Lady Egida in 1861, subesquently making * his home for a few years in Invercargill. |n 1877 ho opened the firm’s branch at Oamaru, where he had since resided.

Some complimentary things were said regarding Mr ,L Maughan Barnett, the conductor of the Choral Society, at the annual meeting last night. Mr Aitken, M.P., said Mr Barnett was really one of the hardest working men in the city, and deserved all the success he could attain. The success of the society was due to the continued efforts of its very ca pable conductor. (Applause.) Mr Burton Boys, an old Wairarapa soitier, who died this week at Lansclownc, was clioscbi by the Government in 1863 —u time* of Maori scare—to organise the militia in the Wairarapa, and was subsequently appointed captain of the company then formed. His brother (the late Mr Boys, of Greytown) was at the' same time captain of a mounted troop of cavalry. . His Honor Mr Justice Chapman yesterday admitted the following geiitlemen to practise as barristers and solicitors of the Supremo Court;—Mr William Perry, on the motion of Mr B. Filzgibbon and Mr Humphrey; Francis O’Leary, on the motion of Mr Levi. On. the application of Mr Barnett, Mr George Henry Ryan was admitted as a solicitor, an was Mr Paul Grosvenor Miles, of Feilding, by his Honor Mr Justice Button, on the motion of Mr Johnston.

The following visitors are staying at the Empire Hotel: —Messrs S. Vennall, Thos. Burrell, R. Quin, Auckland; Mr M.-Xb O’Connell, Mastertoa; Mr H. Hargreaves, Napier; Mr J. Jennings, Nelson; Mr G. Graichen, Christchurch; Mr A. Christensen, Patea; Mr E. 11. Hastie, Manaia; Mr E. R. Haworth, Inglewood; Mr and Mrs CE. Major, Hawera; Mr J. S. Awdry. Marton; Mr J. H. Xlvde, Stalvbridge, England; Mr and Mrs T. Lakeman, Sydney; Mr and Mrs A. Matthews, Featherston; Mr T. Allison, Wanganui; Mr J. R. King, Sydney; Mr J. Permain, Palmerston North.