PERSONAL.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14459, 27 February 1909, Page 10

PERSONAL.

Mr Frazer Burnett Barton has received intimation that he has passed the lirst section of the examination for the B.A degree.

Mr William T. Foster, 8.A., ex-Junior University and Tinline scholar, has received cable information that he has gained the M.A. degree with lirst-class honours in modem languages and literature (English aud French). Mr J. M. Patcrson, 8.A., 1908 senior English scholar of the New Zealand University, has received information that he has gained the M.A. d'ejjrce with first-class honours in modern languages and literature (English and French). Mr George Simpson, tho well-known builder, will shortly ieavo Dunedin on a trip to the Old Country. He has booked his passage by tho Moldavia, which leaves Sydney for London, via the Suez Canal, on the 7th April. Jlo will visit America and Canada on his return journey.

Sir George Clifford, -Ur Reid (Elderslic), arid Mr Duncan Rutherford (North Canterbury) were fellow passengers by the first express for tho north yesfen.;;.-' Mr Robert It. Hunter has received advice that he has passed the lirst section of the B.A. degree. Mr E. V. Duihie and Mr W. J. Meek, of Dunedin, will bo passengers by the Maluira from Sydney on May 10 for Vancouver, en route for the Mother Country! At a meeting held at Waikaka it wiis decided lo tender a banquet to Mr W. Fraser, M.P., and make him a presentation on the occasion of the official opening of the Waikaka railway. Mr James, postmaster at Naseby, is to bo transferred to Waipawa. Waipawa is a nice little town of about 1100 inhabitants, about 20 miles from Napier, so it. is (says the Mount Ida Chronicle) evidently a rise for Mr James in the official scale.

Dr and Mrs Hislop have for some time past been contemplating a trip to Great Britain and the Continent, and they have now decided to travel by the Corinthic. leaving Wellington on 21st April. While in London (says the Palmerston Times) Dr Hislop will keep in touch with the various hospitals, and he also hopes to bo able to attend some of the lectures at-the Pasteur Institute (Paris).

Informal notice of the results of the November examinations conducted by the New /.calami University was received by candidates yc'storday somewhat later in the month than usual. Among the successful candidates are Miss E. R. Ward, of Port Chalmers, who has secured soeond-class honours in English and Latin, Mr W. Alexander (first-class honours in Latin and French). Mr K. M. Rutherford (first-class in mental science). Mr G. T. Brown (lliiid-elass in mental science). A meeting of the executive of the Hospital Saturday Association was held yesterday, when there were present—Mr G. C. Israel (chair). Mrs Tbeomin. Mhs Hooper. Messrs I). 11. Hastings, V 7. J, Logic. C. R. Smith. J. E. Bone, and E. s! Wilson. Apologies were received from Mr A. E. Tapper. C. Speight, and F. G. Gumming. The chairman stated that the meeting had been called to bid farewell to Mr fj. 11. Smith prior to his departure for the Old Country, referred in glowing terms to Mr Smith's work in connection with the Hospital Saturday movement, and expressed the wish that Mr and Mrs Smith would have a very pleasant trip and return benefited in health and lit to again assist, the association. Mr Smith thanked the president for his kind remarks and said he would always take a great, interest in the work of the association and would make inquiries while at Home as to the working of the London Hospital collection, and keep his eves open for anything that would be of help to the association. He hoped that the next Hospial collection would eclipse all previous efforts Mr Sinclair Wright, one of the collectors, informs the Free Press that satisfactory progress is being made with the movement to erect a memorial stone to the ate Mr Alex. Grigor, school teacher. i„ he Balduthii Cemetery. The fund is being subscribed by former pupils of Mr Grigor in the Balclutha and Matau districts. It is probable that, a social function will ho held locally to mark the unveiling of the monument.

A very pleasant gathering was held in the Creen Island Council Chamliers last night, when Mr D. H„ Waldis was mSdo the recipient of a. beautiful gold watch ami gold double albert as a token of the esteem with which he ha s been hold bv tiio residents during tlio period of his sojourn amongst them. The Mayor (Mr ?\. Ocddes) made the presentation, and in doing so took die opportunity to refer at Iciigth to Mr Waldic'e qualities as a worker in connection with everything with winch lie had bran associated, more especially if it was to help any cliaritable or other purpose of a like nature. In handing the gift to Mr Waldic, lie hoped that ho (Mr YValdie) would be long spared to wear it. and aJso that ho would continue to act in the same manner in the place where he had settled down as he Ijad in Acean Iraasd—»e * reaj tK<HggtJQ mfta.

Several of Hie gentlemen present eulogised Mr Waldie for the assistance ho had given 1.1 forwarding the vdis.ro of the district as a whole, whether it was ot a public or private nature. Mr Waldie, iii replying to the many expressions of goodwill In- those present, thanked the donors lor their gift and good wishes. The announcement of Constable Findhiy's transfer from Pnlmerslon to Winton will (says the local Times) be received with regret by residents of the district. Constable Findlay lias been stationed at Pa.lmerston for a comparatively short period but by bis obliging disposition and, tho courteous manner in wbieli he lias discharged his duties he has made many friends in every part of the. la.rgo district which lie controlled. He, was entertained by his friends at the Waverlev Hotel on Thursday evening, and presented by the chairmen (.Mr JO. li. Clark, M.P.) with a gold-mounted umbrella, suitably inscribed. t On Thursday afternoon last, at the Ot<i»o Steam Laundry, North-East Valley, a very pleasant function took place, having for its purpose the emphasising of the mixed regret and pleasure with which the various employee j>ade liod-speed to Mrs Dryden, who is on the eve of departing to Invcrcargill, to enter into business on her own account. A large party of employees sat down to supper, and took occasion to present their departing forewoman with a handsome dressing-case. Mr Campbell, in making the presentation, eulogised Mrs Dryden's many sociable and workmanlike qualities, and the splendid disciplined fellowship she had maintained at the laundry. Mr* J>rydcn suitably re>]xmded.

Tho iiNiiiv friends of Captain the Hon. W. D. H. and Mrs Riillio will regret to hear of the death on Thursday (says a Wellington message) of their youngest" son, Dr J. H. If. (Burnish) Bai.llie, in London of scarlet fever. Dr llaillio, who was 32 years of age, was educated at Nelson College, where he obtained a junior university scholarship, and subsequently at Duncdin took his B.Pe. and M.B. degrees at the University of Now Zealand. He then went to London, and entered University College, taking his M.R.O.S. and L.R.C.P. degrees. He has since studied in the various hospitals, and was for over three years one of the ho'tife surgeons in the London County Asylum at Horton. A few months ago he obtained his D.Ph, degree at Cambridge, and was, when he last wrote, actirur as dcmor.fitrntor in bacteriology at University College, London, Dr Boillio had hooked his passage back to New Zealand as surgeon of fclie s.s. Arawa, to leave London on March 4 next. ;

A Foilding message states that.Mr F. T. Lothbridge, who retired from Parliament pTior to tho last olcotJon, received a complimentary social from the Kimbolton part of the late Orotia electorate on Wednesday evening, and was presented with an address. In a letter to the chairman of the meeting Mr Maesoy (Leader of the Opposition) said Mr Lethbridgo would be welcomed by nil parties when he re-entered politics..

On Monday cvciiinpr a. cordial social was extended to Rev. Father Howard, tho nowly and pc.rina'iontly-appointod pastor of tha parish of Milton. An address of vmlcome was read. It expressed the most sincere pleasure of the congregation at the coming of one who was an old and muchestecmcrl friend.

The Milton Mirror reports that Mr Wm. Poirata, son of Mr Tame Parata, M.P., who has taken up his residence at the Park, Waihola, is still in a very critical stato of health. Mr and Mrs Parata took a trip into Dunedin one day last week and on going h-.'ino at .nis'ht Mr Parata felt so indisposed that a doctor was summoned from Duncdiii to attend him at Waihola.' At latest accounts. Mi" Parata was much easior.

D.r Hay, who has been resident practitioner lit Mat--.'jrp. for tjio past t'vo years. has disposed of his practice, and intends returning to Kn»land. Dr and Mrs Hay will sail from Wellington by tho Fifeshiro in March. ))r Hay's successor (Dr Vhili.i|») comes from Ibc Old Land, having 'f-i.vs_ t!x> Core Standard) arrived in the Dominion about six months ago.

Mr and Mrs John Blimpied! well known a-d respited residents of Mataura, are leaving the district, where they have spent many years (say:: the (We Standard) for Diuiedin, where they intend to live in tho future. A well-known and respected old resident of Waikouaiti and Mooraki districts. Mrs Charles Hopkinson (nee Isabella (Irani) passed away at her residence, Mount street, Waikouaiti on Sunday, February 21. Mrs Hopkinson, who had reached the advanced ago of 90 veins, was the relict of the late (.'luulks Ilopkiison. a well-known landholder in the districts named in the early fifties and sixties and who was well-known an the original proprietor and host of Hie Golden F<"cce Hotel and stables at Waikouaiti. Mr Flopkinson died a few years ago in Iho North Island. Mrs Hopkinson, who was Miss Grant, arrived in Otago on January 6, 1849, in the ship Ajax, and was then 19 years of age, and some four or five years after her arrival site married her late husband. In tho early days Mrs Hopkinson assisted her husband in his many business enterprises, and was known to the public a.s a good wife and fond mother. Unfortunate speculations and investments brought about, a change in the financial condition of Mr Hopkinson and his family in the latter part of the sixties, and ior very many years Mrs Hopkinson, while her husband was away ir the North Island, with the characteristic self-reliance of ■ tho early settler typo of colonist, maintained herself and her young family by her own i'fforls. Mrs Hopkinson, for many years prior to her death, lived 'a very retired life in Waikouaiti in one of her own cottages, having for her companion her youngest daughter, Miss Ellen'Hopkinson. Old set tiers of the Moeraki and 'Waikouaiti districts will hear with regret of Mrs Hopkinson's decease, as it. removes one more of tho few remaining links that hind Ihe present with the past She is survived bv the following members of her family: Mrs A. Webb, Christchurch; Miss Caroline Hopkinson, Outram; Mrs T. S. Dunn, Hasting-:-, Miss E. Hopkinson, Waikouaiti, and Mr C. J. N. Hopkinson, Western Australia.