PERSONALIA.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6488, 7 April 1908, Page 5

PERSONALIA.

Mr \V. .Miller, chiof stock inspector for t J overtv Hay. is on a visit to Wellington.

Mr J. W. Nolan, Crown Solicitor, of; Gisborne, arrived in Wellington last overling on Appeal Court busimss. Sue.-Major Purdy will ho senior modiCtrl officer for the Peel force at the forthcoming Harder manoeuvres.

Mr H. T. Policy, of the fird Skinner’s I torso finding, is npimding his long leavein Sow Z-aland. Mr Skinner is at pro font in Wellington.

Tho (Jnder-Serretarv for Native Affairs (Mr T. W. Fisher) loft yesterday morning for Haetihi to inspect some hush lands belonging to tho natives.

Colonel l,oved.ay. V.D., commanding tiro State School cadeto, returned to Wellington yoyterday after spending r.orne wreka in mulct camps in Auckland ‘and I names. '[’ho Kov. B. ft. Knowles Kempfen, the. now minister of the Auckland Itnot-rst, Taberr.Mcle, is a pa,.--.scng.’r for Wollmg-, ton by to-morrow's steamer from .-Sydney.,

Kurgnmi-Captaiu .Tamos Herbert Ora-| ham Robertson, of tho New Zealand Medical Corps, has been gazetted to the Jolinsonvillo Rifle Volunteers.

Sergeant Joseph Calnan. of the No. 1 Company. Wellington Division Garrison Artillery Volunteers. Ims been awarded the Volunteer bong and Mieicnt bcrvico Medal.

The Bov.- P. W. Fiurclough. of Woslov Church, Taranaki street, v « » leaving Wellington shortly for Vvaimntc, nronohed his farewell sermons on bandar.

Dr and Mrs Allwork, of were amongst recent cnlloref ftt tho Department. of Toiiriotfl and Borifl. They inteml touring tho Dominion.

In Chambers yesterday, on the motion r,f Mr W A. Stout. Mr Uric KiifVioU, of luvorcarrlll, v.lw admitted by hfe Honor Mr .1 net fee Williams as a solicitor of ’lie Supremo Court.

His Excellency tho Governor will leave A uokland for Wellington on Thursday. On April 13th ho attends ft Masonic meeting at Christchurch, and returns to Auckland five days later.

'rite Tramways Committee of tiro Dunedin CUv Council bare decided to recommend tfio Dunedin Council to have a number of their trams fitted with the "Thomson Collapailo Trolley Idle.

Str Robert Loo, chairman of tho Wellington Education Board, has returned from Ilia holiday in tho North. When he was in Auckland ho paid a visit to oevoriU of tho educational institutions. Mr George Hutchison, ex-member for Paten now practising at Wanganui, is likolv to bo the Onnoaition candidate to otinose tho sitting member, Air J. IHogan, tor tho Wanganui scat nt tile next general election.

It is understood that Mr T. Humphries Hurvoyor-Oenoral, who* would have retired from tho Civil Service under the Superannuation Act, will continue to act in that position for another twelve month©.

Mr D. Carrnodv, who has been assistant Inspector of Factories at Dunedin for some time, and lias been ar-opinted to tho position of inspector nt Gisborne, lenves for Gisborne this morning to vonimonco his duties.

Lieutenant-Colonel L. W. Lovcday, Oliicer Commanding the Public Schools Cadets, returned to Wellington yesterday from Auckland, which place he visited to inspect tho annual cadet camps it Pnpaknra and Omahn, near Thames.

Judge M.unro, when leaving a tram in Newmarket. Auckland, wns knocked down bv a cyclist and hurled with great force to tho footpath, suffering severe bruises and some internal injury. Ho is now confined to hia bed.

Mr U. Easton Taylor has been transferred from tho Government Printing Office to the Department, of Lands and Survey, and to mark their appreciation Ilia comrades of the lithographic and photographic staff presented him with a parting souvenir of regard.

Mr B. W. Holmes. Chief Engineer of the Pubiio Works Department, hnvihg eompleteil his inspection of the North Island Main Trunk line, is inspecting tho railway extensions north or Auckland. Ho was at Whangarei yesterday, and will return to Wellington, just before Easter. Tho Rev, W. A. Evans, of Newtown Congregational Church, who t was appointed Moderator in connection with Iho Ailing of the .vacant pastorate at tho Congregational Church at Palmerston North, wont to Palmerston yesterday to preside at a special church meeting held Inst night.

Mr O. Eriokeon, recently elected chairman of tile Dannevirko County Council, has been for the past twenty years n member of tho Wainnwa County OoiTnril, and ho was also for many years oloseJv connected with tho Notsewood Bond Board, so that he brings to ilia new office a long experience of local body management.

Chief Warder J. C. Scanlon, of Auckland Gaol, haa been appointed gaoler at Wanganui, in place of Mr H. T. Noble Beasley, who retired on eunperannuatiou owing to one of Ms legs having to lie amputated through en accident. Mr Scanlon, who did good service to the justice Department ns head of tho Waiotapu prison camp, where trec-pianting is carried _on extensively, is an eld Wellinglonian. Mr O. E. Mati'iner, before leaving Christchurch to take up the position of Curator of tho Wanganui Museum, was tho recipient of a substantial cheque from tho Canterbury College undergraduates. Dr Chilton, on behalf of the Professorial Board, and Mr P. B. Bedgrnvo, who made the presentation on behalf of the students, both referred in eulogistic terms to Mr Marriner's work during the last twelve years in Canterbury College.

Lord Overtoun, whoso death at Glasgow was briefly announced by cable a few weeks ago, was one of Scotland's greatest philanthropists. For thirty years ho conducted a Sunday evening lUble-cla?S of 500 young men. He also gave groat assistance to the Y.M.CA* movement, supplied Mr Moody with funds, Hnd enabled the Rev. John McNeill to go on his famous evangelistic tours. Ho was bom in 1843, and was raised to the peerage in 1803 by Mr Gladstone. The peerage becomes extinct, ad Lord Overtoun had no family.

An interesting fact in connection with the recent visit to Now Zealand of Madame Clara Butt is that the relationship of cousins exists between hor and Mrs H. E. Johnston, of Gisborne, this having been traced (states the Gisborne "Herald") ns tho result of a conversation that tho famous contralto had with a lady in Christchurch, but too lato to enable communications to pass between them prior to Madame Clara Butt’s departure from New Zealand. Mr and Mrs Johnston have in their possession portraits of Madame Clara Butt taken when a child.

Tho "Manawatn Times/* discussing tho Increase in gambling, says: Tho faith sxpretssed bv tho Attorney-General in tho bookmakers* pledge to observe tho Act has long sinoo failed in justification tlirough the acts of tho very men who made the pledges. One of those regularly isemce cards which represent his profession ao that of a stock Und station agent, and are accompanied by tho ordinary betting cards, which it is supposed to be illegal to send out to clients through the post or otherwise. And Sir Joseph Ward's honest belief thut he would bo able to confine betting to tho racecours-v kao not yot boon /Justified either. If 30 lookmakors are willing to pay «ClO to .£2O Sr diem in foes to tho Manawatu Facing üb, for instance. \m aggregate of nearly JIIOOO for permission to waeer at a two days* mooting, it is obvious that the public must bo falling in most heavily to make the profits so largo that so heavy an impost does not frighten oil applicants.