PERSONALIA

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7057, 19 February 1910, Page 5

PERSONALIA

Mr C. 11. Poole M.P. for Auckland West, is on a visit to Wellington. Dr Newman will not seek re-election as -Mayor of the city. 110 visits Europe at an early date. Mr J. Card, of Fcatherston, and the Misses Card will leave bv tho steamer Momi from Auckland for a trip to tho Old Country early in April. Mr J. A. Young. Mayor of Hamilton, who arrived in Wellington yesterday aileinoon, is staving at the Hotel Cecil, lie leaves again* for Waikato to-day by the Main Trunk express.

Tho Rev. .7. Delacomrt Russell, vicar of St. Augustine's, l'etone, has accept«t the general secretaryship of the New Zealand branch of the CtuircU of linglaud Men's Society. Mr Eussell will for the present continue to act as provincial secretary also. Ml- .1. S. Tennant and Mr T. 11. Gill, who acted as joint secretaries to tho conference of school inspectors held in W.Tilmgton this week, were presented yesterday, 011 behalf of the conference, with IT.nidsome smokers' companions in oak, as a tribute to their capable work.

The Hallway Conference yesterday considered the applications for tlie position of editor of tho "Kailway Ecview" for tho ensuing two years. Twenty-oiio applications were received. These were finally reduced to four, and ns a result of tho final ballot Mr C. E. Wheeler, the present editor, was re-elected. Tliv only Ministers in town to-day ar-o tno Hon. Dr Findlay and tho Hon. D. Buddo. The Prime Minister and tho Hon. J. A. Millar are at liunedin, Hon. It. McKeuzie is at Motueka (with his Kxcellency the Governor), Hon. G. Fowkls at Hawcra, Hon. T. Mackenzie at Christchurch, Hon. J. Carroll ~at \Vangn_ntii and Hon. A. T. Ngata at I'6l't Awanni. Mrs K. A. "Wooton's resignation as matron of the Auckland Hospital was referred to in terms of. regret by the Hon. George Fowlds (Minister of Education) in declaring two new hospital wards open. For tho past twelvo years, the Minister said, Mis AVooton had done loyal sorvico by the institution, under all sorts of trials and difficulties, ajid all would admit that she left the institution with her department in a state of thorough efficiency. ,

During the session of the W.C.T.TJ. Convention at Invercargill, opportunity was taken to present Miss Powell, N.Z. corresponding secretary and organiser, who is now retiring from the position' of corresponding secretary, with a peggy bag and purse of sovereigns. Mi?e Powell has been a member of the W.C.T. Union for twenty-four years, and is well known from one end of the Dominion to the other for her untiring zeal in tho work, and a number of those present spoke appreciatively of their connection with Miss Poweill, both as co-worker and as friend. Miss Powell accepted the gift with a few words of thanks, and stated her pleasure in continuing the work of organising secretary. ■ Bishop Grimes, in the course of an address at the funeral of the lata Ven. Arch-priest Le Menant des Chcsnai'6, at Teanuka, said there was scarcely a pairish in the diocese in which he had not ministered to the people. Being in every way and always a priest and a man of God, never had he been known to shirk a duty, but he had been ever willing and faithful. In his time he had founded many convents, and schools, and other religious organisations. The keynote of Ms life had been hie lively • faith, and the people of Ternuka had been fortunate in having such a priest among them. Tho Ven Arch-priest had laboured on right up to the last, and before passing away he had desired to thank all those who at any 'time had done him the smallest favour. The Rev. W. TudoT Jones has been presented with a handsome meerschaum pipe and a box of cigars by a ninuter of his friends as a parting memento. . The gifts were handed to Mr Jones at a gathering of which Mr A. K. H. Durucan was the spokesman. Mr Duncan said that a large part of the good work Dr Jones had accomplished in Wellington lay outside of tho ordinary pulpit ministrations, and his friends who admired that work hoped that during tho voyage to England he' might, through bh© influence of their mementoes, oast his mind back occasionally to the day? he had spent in this city. Mr J. B. Speed also spoke. Dr Jones, in replying, said his regret at leaving New Zealand increased every day. Had it not been that lie was called to do gome special work he would not leavo so beautiful a country. However, ho hoped .that he might return some day to the Dominion with renewed intellectual vigour. Sir Reginald Be&uohamp, who arrived in Auckland with the Earl of Orf ord by the Malwa on Wednesday, whilst on the Melbourne wharf, immediately after landing from the Malwa, met-with a serious accident. Ho was walking along the wharf, when his walking stick went through a-slight opening, throwing him heavily. He had to be carried aboard the Malwa, and remained in his cabin throughout the voyage to Auckland. At present ho is (says the "Herald") in a private hospital m Grafton road. This has, of course, considerably upset tho visitors' plana, and accordingly no itinerary 'has been definitely fixed, but they hope to visit .Rotorua and Taupe, travel down the Wariganui river, see Wellington, and indulge in some fishing and shooting before they leave New Zealand by the Morea on April 20tn\ Lord Orford has come out here on account of his health. This is not tho Earl's first visit to New Zealand. Ho was here as a midshipman aboard the flagship Pearl, under Carurnodore Good 1 enough, and again in 1870 in H.M.S. Blanche, rcmainireg on the station till 1875. ■ •