PERSONALIA

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 7853, 15 July 1911, Page 4

PERSONALIA

The Acting Prime Minister (Sir James Carroll) received tho following cablegram from Sir Joseph Ward, despatched yesterday from Marseilles; —"Just leaving R.uapohu for Port Said. All well."

Tho Hon. D. Buddo. Minister of Internal Affairs, left last night by the Maori for Christchurch, where ho will receive a number of deputations to-day. Ho will return to‘Wellington to-morrow morning.

Mr Jules Keller, of Hokitika, who died on Tuesday* last from a sudden at.ack of pneumonia, had jxist returned, from a visit to Upper Hutt, wheer ho had attended the wedding of his sister-in-law, Miss Quinn, to Mr McLean.

Mr H. A. Tustin, manager and general supervisor in New Zealand for the firm of Norman and Beard, Ltd., Wellington, has left for Auckland to superintend b ' erection of the organ at the Town Hall.

Bishop Wallis, late of Hie Wellington see, lias succeeded tho Ven. T. 8.. Buchanan in tho Archdeaconry of Wilts. He was offered and declined a benefice in the Archdeaconry, writes the Rev. <X Wordsworth, of St. Peter's rectory, Marlborough, England, to tho "Guardian." The writer was not suro that Bishop Wallis wished at present to undertake a parish with his office of Archdeacon.

There are four Now Zealanders occupying professorial chairs in the Old Country —namely, Proiossor Rutherford, of Manchester (the distinguished physicist). Professor Gerald Leighton (Pathology, Royal Veterinary College, Edinburg o). Professor Beattio (Pathology, Sheffield), and Professor Herring (Puysiology, St. Andrew's). Professors Rutherford and. Leighton were both educated at Nelson. College, while Professor Herring is an old Ashburton hoy. To-morrow, at S':. Peter's Church, at 11 a.m., the Rev. C. G. Mutter, licentiate in theology, of tho University of Durham, and of St. Augustine's College, Canterbury, will bo raised to tho priesthood by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Sprott, this being tho first ordination to bo taken by tho now bishop. The Rev. A. M. Johnson, of St. Mark's, examining chaplain, will be the preacher. The Rev. \V. Raine, licensed to St. Peter’s parish last Sunday, is now in charge of the work at the Taranaki street Mission, Mr Walton, the former lay worker, having been transferred to work in Kilbirnio parohial district.

Mr C. E. Lloyd, who was well known in Stratford and who was prominent in bowling circles, left there some time ago for the purpose of proceeding to England, and though he was suffering from an incurable malady, it was thought that ho would be able to reach England and see his friends before bis death, but Mr SH. James has now been advised by cablegram that Mr Lloyd passed away on shipboard near Rio de Janeiro, and was buried at sea (says the "Stratford Post"). Mr Lloyd learnt before leaving New Zcaland that a considerable fortune had been left to him by the death of a rehv live. He had intended on arrival in England to trv the radium cure for lua internal trouble. Mr R. Hazleton, one of the Irish envoys, held a meeting at Pahiatua on Thursday evening and left Napier last night for Gisborne, where ho holds a meeting this evening. Ho returns to Napier on Monday on his way to Wellington, where he arrives on Tuesday. Messrs W. A. Redmond and J. T. Donovan the other two envoys, arrived in Wellington yesterday morning from south and leave this morning for Taranaki. They will hold meetings on Monday at Manaia and at Opunake on Tuesdy. These fixtures will conclude the mission in New Zealand, but instead of sailing next Friday for Australia, as was intended, they will remain in New Zealand till the 28th inst., when they will sail for Queensland via Sydney. To carry out the'systematic magnetic purvey of Australia' is the mission of Mr E. Kidson,..the young New Zealand scientist, who arrived in Australia a few days ago by. the Moldavia. Mr Kidson is a member of the staff of the-Carnegie Institution of Terrestrial Magnetism at Washington, and has for some time been engaged on the survey steamer Carnegie His work in Australia will occupy about three years, during which he will carry out surveys of the whole of tho States, establishing where possible stations. The work should prove of great advantage to Australia (says the Melbourne " Argus as it will check all errors of the compass, and enable surveyors to carry out calculations more accurately. While in Melbourne he will train another native o-f New Zealand, Mr B. N. Webb, in mag netio survey work.