PERSONALIA

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8330, 16 January 1913, Page 3

PERSONALIA

Mr H. M. Campbell, M.P. for Hawke'* Bay, is on a visit to Wellington. Mr J. Lomas, Secretary for Labor, has resumed charge of the" oliice after his annual holiday.

Among Iho passengers from Sydney yesterday by the Manuka for Dunedin were the Lev. Fathers Kavauagh and Barry. Mr Evelyn Wrench, organiser of the Overseas Club, will be the guest of the New Zealand Club at luncheon en Tuesday nest. Kea.'-Admiral Boss. Ln’ted Slates Navy vretired list), who was recently in Wellington, left Sydney for the East by the steamer Priuz Sigismuud last week.

The Mayor, Mr D. McLaren, who is spending his holiday in South Canterbury, will return to Wellington on Sunday.

Mr T. H. Davoy, M.P., for Christchurch East, is ou a visit to Wellington, and may spend some days ,u» Hawke's Bay before returning south. Mr Will Douglas, manager of His Majesty's Theatre, Wellington, who has been laid up at Invercargill with an attack of pneumonia, is reported to bo improving in health. Mr C. Harcourt ’Turner, local manager of the Blackball Coal Company, was a passenger for south by the Maori last night. Mr Turner is proceeding on a health-recruiting trip, and will bo absent for about a week.

Mr J. C. Campbell, manager of the Bank of New- South Wales in Napier, has received notice of transfer to the Dunedin oliice, where he will succeed Mr Salmon, who has been appointed inspector for tho southern district of New South Wales. Mr J. A- Inkster, sub-editor of the Wanganui "Chronicle,” left yesterday for Auckland to catch the P. and 0. Maloja, en route for England and the Continent. Mr Inkster, who will bo accompanied b yhis sister. Miss A. Inkster, M.A., B.Sc., was made the recipient of farewell souvenirs from tho staff and ' he proprietors. The Hon. R. H. Rhodes is expected to return to Wellington this afternoon from, Auckland. The Hon. W. P. Massey will inspect the Bickerstaffe estate to-day, and arrive hack in Auckland to-night. Tho Hon. W. H. Herries and the Hon. Ur Pomare are in the Auckland province. The Hons. W. Fraser, H. D. Bell. A. L. Herdman and F. M. B. Fisher are in Wellington. The following had the honour of being presented to his Excellency the Governor at tho levee last Tuesday, in addition to the list already published Mr Walter Mantell, Mr C. Gore, Mr D. C. Collins, Mr A, D. Crawford, Mr Alex. Gray, Mr Charles Wilson, Mr W. FoxCheeseman, Mr Arthur Cooper, Rev. J. R. Clarke, Mr F. Castle, Captain IX J. Gibbs. The following were unavoidably prevented from attending: Tho Moderator of the Wellington Presbytery, Rev. A. C. H. Standage, Mr Lomas, Mr Prouse.

General SapuntsaMa, who is commanding the Greek forces in Epirus, is said to hare greater military accomplishrents than any other officer now serving in the Balkan Peninsula. He has been at two military colleges, that of Evelpides in Greece, and the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich. After leaving Woolwich he was. for some years, military attache to the I'iench Legation in Paris. Eetnrning to Greece, he was appointed military tutor to the Crown Prince. He saw service, as long ago as 18G7, in the Cretan Revolution, and in the war of 1897 he was chief of tho staff. He also represented his country at the Hague Conference in 1907, and his name has often been mentioned in connection with vacant diplomatic appointments. Mr T. M. Wilford, M.P., returned to Wellington yesterday from the Hot Lakes district, where he spent a week at Roto rua and about a fortnight at Lake Taupu trout fishing. During that time his party caught 168 fish on the fly, weighing 12101 b. Mr Wilford, who for many years has taken a deep interest in the sport, is not too favourably impressed with, the fishing outlook at Rotorua and Taupo—there are too many fish and no feed, he says, id effect. “The fish have greatly deteriorated/' he told a “Times" reporter last night, “and unless the Goevrnment does something very quickly the fish in five years' time will not be worth having.” During his stay in Rotorua Mr Wilford introduced a deputation of tourist fly-fishers to the Hon. R. Heaton Rhodes on the subject. Mr J. W. Poynton, S.M., late Secretary to the Treasury, was welcomed by a full Bar at Palmerston North on Tuesday. In the course of his reply he expressed the hope that he would long remain their magistrate. The position, though an important one, was also very pleasant. Although a magistrate could not give satisfaction to everybody, yet he could give satisfaction to many. If he followed the rules laid down, ha would receive help from every member of the community. If be was courteous to everybody, and always acted on wnat he conscientiously believed to bo right, and kept himself free from favouritism, he would have the hearty help of the community. This course of action would have his earnest attention, and he would endeavour to bo fair and impartial to all.

Mr Albert Keith Smiley, who died last month at his winter residence, at Redlands, California, was one of the most pnblic-spirited citizens in the United States. In 1869 ho pnrchascd the estate of Lake Mokonk, in New York State, opened it as a public park, with fifty miles of walks, and built a hotel, where every autumn for the last thirty years he entertained upwards of 200 guests for four days to discuss the interests of the American Indian. Since 1894 he also annually entertained, each spring, over 300 guests for four days, to talk over tha problems of international peace and arbitration. In 1889 he purchased his Californian estate (Canon Crest Park), and turned it also into a public park, besides preeenting a public library to the city of Redlands. Mr Smiley was also a noted educationalist. The members of the Marine Institute assembled last evening to bid farewell to Mr J. M. Corby, general secretary for Australasia. Mr Corby has been on a two months’ visit to New Zealand to conduct negotiations with the employers so as to bring about similar working conditions in New Zealand to those secured under the Arbitration Court award in Australia. Mr J. Rankin, vicepresident of the institute, presided, and there was a large attendance. Mr D. Robertson, on behalf of the institute, presented Mr Corby with a gold albert, and also -handed to him for his wife a gold bracelet watch. Mr Robertson referred to the valuable services rendered by Mr Corby to the institute, and said that they wished him and Mrs Corbj every success in the future. Mr Corby, after .thanking those present for the handsome gifts, said that although the negotiations with the Union Company had so far not been successful ho hoped that they would terminate satisfactorily. During the evening a number of toasts were honoured, which were interspersed with musical items.