PERSONAL ITEMS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2471, 24 July 1901, Page 50

PERSONAL ITEMS.

-Mr W. Crow, who after 15 years' service i t» a telegraph operator in Dunedin became i private secretary to Sir J. G. Ward, and afterwards acted in the same capacity to _ciher Sfinieters, h.os been appointed to the •vacancy on the Hansard staff caused by the resignation of Mr A. Kaye. Mr A. Grant, formerly, traffic manager here, assumed control of the Hurunui-Bluff ( Ifee" and branches on Thursday as traffic superintendpnt. Mr A. Stubbs, clerk of the Supreme Court, Napier, has been promoted to the position , of deputy-registrar of the Supreme Court, i Dunedin. Mr G. Cmielisliank, solicitor, of Cororaandel, Auckland, has been appointed stipendiary magistrate- and warden at Tuapeka vice Mr Stratford (re-iguetl). We are always pleased to hear of any poring New Zealander doing well, and the friends of Mr E. lies (who about six yeajj ■sjo joined the Shaw, Savill Company's ship Euterpe, and latterly with the British India Company trading in the Ease) will he glad to know that word Las bee>n received by his parents in Dunedin that he has been s- ccestful in passing his examination in London as master. It is still more gratifying to hear that out ot six candidates who presented themselves the only two tKat were successful hail from New Zealand — the subject of this note and Mr W. Rupert. Mr Black, accountant in the Blenheim branch of the National Bank, is u-uder orders to leave for Invercargill, to take up a position in the bank there. Mr Henry Symes tendered his resignation as Mayor of Alexandra at Monday aighfs meeting of the locil borough council. The council held a special meeting on Wednesday (says the Herald), when Mr James Kelman was elected to fill the vacancy for the iinexpircd term. Mr A. Marshall, late fii-.l assistant in thf Mosgiel School, wai waited on at hi? residence on Friday ni«ht by a panv of friends and admirers (~ays the Advocate), when he was presented with a purs* of =o \-ereiene. The presentation was made by Mr Prentice. who made a few appropriate remarks, to which !\[r Marshall suitably replied. At Napier on Saturday week Mr F. CJ. Hartley, of the National Bank, who has been promoted 1 ie the lrumageivhip of th«> Outram branch of the bank, was onteriained at dinner by a number of his frieocH On behalf of those present the Afayor (Mr M'Vay) presented Mr Hartley with a valuable spirit stand, and in doing *n voiced tbe feeling 3 of the recipient's numerous acquaintance*, in wishing him evrry future prosperity. The gift was suitably acknowledged. The Lalce County Prose Fays : — Mr M" . O'Meara, for many years in the auctioneering and timber bu^ines* in Queenstown, has decided to try his- fortune m new fields. M. O'Meara's departure from the district will be* regretted' by aU. and we echo the sentiment 3of the community when we wish him and his good wife prosperity wherever they may ea«t their lot. Mr O'Meara h#s been associated with many public offices, and the district can ill afford to lose a man of his ability. Mr K. .7. Cotter is takins rip the auctioneering business in Mr O'Meara's stead. (^ Mrs Attwood, one of tlw early settlor 0 of Otago, passed away at l r ortro?p on Sunday, l*th ins I", (says tbe Wyndham Herald). The deceased !adv left London for the colony in the ship Eohunga. in 1855, and arrived at Port Cbalmer3 after a \oyage of four month?. Mr and Mrs Attwood resided for nine year's at Morningtonu Dunedin, and arrived at Fortrose in 1874, living for the first part of. the time at Pine Bueh, and latterly at Fortrose. Mr Attwood was the first settler in the Hundreds in Mataiusa district. Mrs Attwood is survived by her husband and two daughter*

Mr W. S. Hunter, who has been for some time past in the office of the registrar ot the Supreme Court at Auckland, has left for the south, having been transferred to the Supreme Court Office at Dunedin. The health of Lord Hopetoun is unsatisfactory, and he has been ordered a complete rest. He is 6iiffering a general collapse. Every effort will be made to spare him any work or worry that is possible. The Southland News states thai Mr and Mrs Sneyd, victims of the recent rocket explosion at Invercargill, are now making good progress towards recovery. The last 'Frisco mail brought word that Mr Nolan Fell, of Nelson, at the Scottish inter -university sports, was first in the throfmile and mile, and second in the half-mile championship events. Mr Fell intends to compete at the international university meeting at Glasgow.